Manasha Garcia began drawing and painting as a child and later studied art while attending tutorial classes at Oxford University in England, under the auspices of Shimer College.

Jerry Garcia and Manasha first met in Chicago in 1978.
In August of 1990. Jerry and Manasha married privately at their California home in a spiritual ceremony, free of legal convention. They made their home in San Anselmo, California with their daughter, Keelin Garcia.

Manasha Garcia
Jerry Garcia Foundation: Co-founder
Jerry Garcia Music Arts, LLC : Producer
Guitar Center Music Foundation: Advisory Board

Jerry Garcia dedicated his art book: “To Manasha with Love, Jerry.”
J. Garcia: Paintings, Drawings and Sketches Pub. 1992, Celestial Arts, Berkeley.

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