By American Art Collector Magazine, November 2019 Issue Born in Vietnam, Humanitarian Artist Elizabeth Nguyen-Espinoza settled in the U.S. after the Vietnam War in 1975. After retiring from a long career in federal law enforcement in late 2016, she established and founded ISEE Artist's Gallery and the Rosa Thay Nguyen Children's Foundation (RTNCF), which [...]
By Lily Nguyen of the Daily Pilot and LA Times Elizabeth “Liz” Nguyen-Espinoza likes to keep busy. Her work days begin at 6 a.m. and end at midnight — sometimes 1 a.m., depending on what’s left on her agenda. She runs three businesses out of Huntington Beach during the work week. She helps coach [...]
By Donna Furey of Laguna Indy The post-baccalaureate program at Laguna College of Art and Design, which is in its 10th year, has served as a route to dream careers, second careers, and in the case of Liz Espinoza-Nguyen, even the creation of a nonprofit organization. Betty Shelton, who heads the program, said it [...]
By Stu News Laguna LCAD Alumna Liz Espinoza-Nguyen began studying privately with Laguna College of Art + Design’s (LCAD) Fine Arts faculty members Brittany Ryan and Taylor Montague, who introduced her to LCAD’s Post-Baccalaureate in Drawing and Painting certificate program. “They said, ‘Don’t start over with another undergraduate degree,’” she remembered. “’Get your skills [...]
By CODAworx Art Commission A Global Vision of Compassion “Visual art, literature and music have always been important parts of my own creative expression,” says Elizabeth Nguyen-Espinoza. “But as a person who had experienced hardship as a child, I know that in order to be a fully creative person, our basic life needs have to [...]
