In the 1930s, Estella García taught colcha embroidery at Melrose, New Mexico, for the Federal Arts Program. Anglo and Hispana women in her class collaborated to design and produce embroidered theater curtains, wall hangings, and seat coverings for institutions across the state, including the Albuquerque Little Theatre. García is one of the few Hispanic women artists recorded in Federal Arts Program documents, though few examples of her work remain. Under the umbrella of the WPA, the National Youth Administration, and the Federal Arts Program, instructors and students were recruited to work in community-based art centers that produced fabric arts including weaving, colcha embroidery, and lace-making. Although the artistic creativity of these mostly unrecognized women was considered women's work for home use by WPA administrators, this now popular New Mexican art form has been revitalized.