{"id":9155,"date":"2023-02-16T15:47:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/?post_type=portfolio_page&#038;p=9155"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:18:16","slug":"blanka-amezkua","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_page","link":"https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/page\/blanka-amezkua\/","title":{"rendered":"Blanka Amezkua"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9155\" class=\"elementor elementor-9155\" data-elementor-post-type=\"portfolio_page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f3b4239 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"1f3b4239\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bc58bda\" data-id=\"5bc58bda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1432f515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1432f515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9156 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Headshot_Blanka-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"Blanka Amezkua\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Headshot_Blanka-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Headshot_Blanka-scaled-600x465.jpg 600w, https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Headshot_Blanka-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Headshot_Blanka-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Headshot_Blanka-1536x1191.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Headshot_Blanka-2048x1588.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Headshot_Blanka-700x543.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Blanka Amezkua<\/strong> is a Latinx interdisciplinary artist, cultural promoter, educator, and project creator. 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