Valeria Cray-Dihaan, Creative Hue Member, Sculptor, "Creative Legacies"

Valeria holds a BFA from SUNY Buffalo and an MFA from the Pratt Institute of New York. Valeria studied and taught art with the Aztec Indians in the mountains of Tespostlan, Mexico, where she also assisted with the construction and organization of area schools; she also studied Jamaican art and culture. Cray-Dihaan has the distinction of being the only African American female modern artist who has a sculpture in the permanent collection of the Albright Knox Art Gallery, a work entitled “Adam and Eve.” Valeria was commissioned to design the outside doors of the new Frank E. Merriweather Library.