death_date death_place birth_place training awards nationality birth_date image article_title name
23 march 2013 san francisco , california san francisco , california san 1961 -rrb- mills college -lrb- mfa , painting , 1963 francisco -rrb- art institute -lrb- bfa , education , honorable , national endowment for the arts grant -lrb- 1973 -rrb- mention adaline kent award -lrb- 1974 -rrb- guest artist , american , academy in rome -lrb- 1987 , 2000 -rrb- , distinguished richmond alumni award , san francisco art institute -lrb- 1989 -rrb- art , pollock-krasner foundation award -lrb- 1997 -rrb- flintridge foundation grant center -lrb- 1998 -rrb- pamana award , filipino american art exposition -lrb- -lrb- 2000 -rrb- guggenheim fellowship , creative arts , fine 1959 arts -lrb- 2012 -rrb- -rrb- american 11 december 1936 carlos_villa . jpg carlos villa
 carlos villa
carlos villa

carlos villa -lrb- december 11 , 1936 -- march 23 , 2013 -rrb- was a american visual artist , curator and faculty member in the painting department at the san francisco art institute .
his work often explored the meaning of cultural diversity and attempts to expanded our awareness of what we consider as `` multicultural . ''
