{"id":1002,"date":"2021-10-08T06:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T06:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saints-alive.com\/?page_id=1002"},"modified":"2022-02-03T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T21:23:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saints-alive.com\/?page_id=1002","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"clare-cresap-villa-santera\">Clare Cresap Villa, Santera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clare Cresap Villa has been a practicing santera \u2013 an artist who creates religious images in the Spanish colonial tradition of the American Southwest \u2013 for over a quarter of a century. Her expansive works include nearly one hundred\u00a0<em>retablos<\/em>, dozens of\u00a0<em>bultos<\/em>, a series of large-scale\u00a0<em>reredos<\/em>, and altar pieces for a series of historic church restoration projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To bring the saints and their blessing into homes everywhere, Clare Cresap Villa has created \u201clos santos de la gente\u201d (saints for the people). These reproductions of Villa\u2019s original retablos are mounted on hand-crafted wood and tin backings. Each piece is created by a trained artisan in the Clare Cresap Villa studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-color has-ast-global-color-1-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clare-cresap-villa.com\" style=\"border-radius:10px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clare Cresap Villa, Santera Clare Cresap Villa has been a practicing santera \u2013 an artist who creates religious images in the Spanish colonial tradition of the American Southwest \u2013 for over a quarter of a century. Her expansive works include nearly one hundred\u00a0retablos, dozens of\u00a0bultos, a series of large-scale\u00a0reredos, and altar pieces for a series &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/saints-alive.com\/?page_id=1002\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet the Artist<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"plain-container","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"disabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1002","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Clare Cresap Villa, Santera Clare Cresap Villa has been a practicing santera \u2013 an artist who creates religious images in the Spanish colonial tradition of the American Southwest \u2013 for over a quarter of a century. 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