Rosalva Willow

Rosalva Willow  is a Sacramento-based, community engaged, multimedia artist whose work explores women’s strength, cultural memory, and collective resilience. She was the recipient of the Sacramento Creative Growth Fellowship in 2025 and the California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship for the Capital Region in 2026. Willow earned a double major BA from UC Berkeley in Art Practice & Sociology with an emphasis in race relations in the US.  As the daughter of Mexican immigrants, she is interested in centering memory, joy & healing as an antidote to racial & gender injustice.  

Drawing on 13 years of experience as an art educator, Willow leads art making workshops that empower participants to discover their creative voices and connect with others.  Over the past decade, Willow has partnered with private, civic, educational, and cultural organizations to lead creativity workshops that celebrate community and inspire imagination, collaboration, and connection.  Her commissioned work includes Sewing Circles for Sacramento’s Del Rio Trail Project, which collages together cyanotypes created by the community to celebrate the collective contributions of women.