Daily Archives: September 18, 2019

‘A Voice Unbound’ at Bihl Haus Celebrates Triumph Over Childhood Trauma

Nicholas Frank Two years after Rocío Alvarado Lockwood died of cancer in 2015 at age 54, her family found her voice. Among her possessions were impassioned journals she had scrawled years earlier, recounting her traumatic experiences as a child immigrant in El Paso, and a haunting set of drawings and prints depicting wounded, silent children,…

‘Una Voz Desatada’ exhibit at Bihl Haus gives voice to an immigrant child’s trauma

Deborah Martin Sep. 17, 2019 Updated: Sep. 17, 2019 7:12 p.m. When Rocio Alvarado Lockwood talked about her childhood in the time right after her family moved across the border from Juarez into El Paso, she left out some of the more harrowing aspects. “When she did talk about it, she sort of played it off…