Background
Dávila, Maritza was born on April 18, 1952 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Ramón Dávila-Cruz and Dolores Irizarry Vanentín. came to the United States, 1975.
Dávila, Maritza was born on April 18, 1952 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Ramón Dávila-Cruz and Dolores Irizarry Vanentín. came to the United States, 1975.
Bachelor in Art Education with honors, University Puerto Rico, 1974. Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, 1977.
Assistant, Pratt Graphics Center, New York City, 1974;
art teacher, Ramon Power H.S., San Juan, 1975;
artist-in-residence, New York City Board Education, 1980;
music instr, coordinator elementary and junior high program, American Museum Natural History, 1979-1981;
printmaking assistant professor, Memphis College Art, since 1982. Visiting artist Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York City, 1986, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1991, San Jose (California) State University, 1991,Salem College Fine Arts Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1997. Speaker, lectr.in field.
Judge Helen Keller Arts and Crafts Fair, Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1992, Arts in the Park Fine Arts Festival Children's Exhibition, Memphis,1995. Juror Junior Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards, Memphis Brooks Mus.Art, 1993, Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, 1998. Represented by Normandy Gallery, San Juan, Dorothy Solomon and Associations, Water Mill, New York, Botello Gallery, P.R.
Panelist Tennessee National Civil Rights Museum, 1993. Mentor Girl Scouts United States, Memphis, since 1986. Member Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Southern Graphic Council, Tennessee Association Crafts Artists, Asociación Difusora Obra Gráfica Internacional, Print Club of U. Memphis, Philadelphia Print Club, U. Tennessee Print Club.
Married Jon W. Sparks, November 23, 1979. Children: Joshua R. Sparks-Sávila, Jaqueline Luisa MarÍa Sparks-Dávila.