Yari Mena
2022-2023 Studio Assistant
Yari received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Georgia State University in 2019 in Atlanta, GA. She is a mixed-media artist who explores memory, time, place, and identity through painting, drawing, photography, and monotype printmaking. Most recently, she worked with the skilled Mokuhanga printmaker Hiroki Morinoue and her coordinator Silma Berrada to co-curate a pop-up exhibition at the ranch. She has taught art to elementary and middle school-aged students in Georgia and Colorado and has a passion for spreading a love of the arts to others.