  
 Papel y Tinta: The Artwork of Jesus Barraza & Melanie Cervantes July 11, 2008, 5:00 PM to August 15, 2008, 10:00 PMPlace: The FrontLocation: San Ysidro, CA A joint project of artist-activists Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes Dignidad Rebelde is a space for collaboration and artistic skill-sharing that is grounded in a Xicana worldv... read more » A Declaration of Immigration July 4, 2008, 10:00 AM to September 7, 2008, 5:00 PMPlace: The National Museum of Mexican ArtLocation: Chicago, IL A Declaration of Immigration is an exhibition that depicts many of the experiences and viewpoints within U.S. immigrant communities. The works of over 70 artists will help visitor... read more » |
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Youth Screen-Printing Workshop
About a month ago I began teaching a screen-printing workshop for youth from PODER's Common Roots, SOMCAM and Chinese Progressive Association. The San Francisco Print Collective and Asian Neighborhood Design conceived the workshop with the idea was to bring youth together from d...
Posted on July 27, 2008 by melanie
San Diego-Papel y Tinta: The Artwork of Jesus Barraza & Melanie Cervantes
We would like to invite all of our folks that will be in Southern California on August 15th to join us for an artists talk at The Front in San Ysidro. This show is our first two person show together and we aree very excited about having a show in Jesus' home turf. It will be a ni...
Posted on July 20, 2008 by melanie
Dignidad Rebelde-Selected as Organizer Pick for Art of Politics 2008
DIGNIDAD REBELDE'S ARTWORK SELECTED AS AN ORGANIZER PICK FOR ART OF POLITICS 2008 If you are in Portland this Friday check out this event... Announcing the Official Art of Politics Poster Launch Party-Life, Liberty and Libations July 4, 2008 Backspace and The Someday Lounge, P...
Posted on July 1, 2008 by melanie
NYC Police Beat Up Rap Group Members Rebel Diaz
Jesus and I are great fans of Rebel Diaz and see them as allies in the cultural work that is at the heart of a movement for social justice. Please get the word out an call to the 41st Precint. If you are in New York please make the effort to show physical solidarity with these c...
Posted on June 18, 2008 by melanie
Thank you beloved community...
The Taller Tupac Amaru participated, for the first time, in ProArts East Bay Open Studios. We want to thank each and everyone of the over 350 people who came to visit us at our studio and who shared in the celebration of what we have been able to do (in partnership with our comm...
Posted on June 10, 2008 by melanie
A Successful International Immigrant Rights Poster Project
We need strong pro-immigrant and migrant art to confront the multitude of images of disempowerment given to us by our daily media. The Taller Tupac Amaru set out to meet this need by enlisting the help of artists, art enthusiasts and movement supporters this May 2008. Jesus ...
Posted on June 10, 2008 by jesus
Taller Tupac Amaru -Open Studios
Prints! Radical Political Art! T-Shirts! Books! Printmaking Demos! Live Art and More! Open Studios for Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, and Favianna Rodriguez TALLER TUPAC AMARU TAMALES + BEER +LIVE ART MAKING! June 7 & 8th, 2008 10 am - 6 pm 1505 33rd Ave. Oakland, CA 9460...
Posted on May 30, 2008 by jesus
Encuentro Xican@ and Flor y Canto
The Xicana/o Culture Working Group at U.C. Berkeley proudly presents: The 1st Annual Encuentro Xican@ Friday, May 9th, 2008 9:30 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Tilden Room, MLK Student Union A community gathering of activists, scholars, poets, public intellectuals, and dreamers. Fea...
Posted on May 1, 2008 by melanie
Solidarity with the People of Palestine/Melanie's 31st Birthday
Jesus and I have talked about creating Palestine solidarity posters since we had dinner with another artist friend in Fall of last year. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Palestinian's resistance to the occupation of their lands by Israel. As Xican@s we understand how se...
Posted on April 25, 2008 by melanie
Anti-War and Immigrants Rights Movements Converge in Oakland's May 1st Mobilizations
On May 1 Oakland Families Call for "No War, No Walls, No Raids" Two years have passed since millions of immigrants took to the streets demanding human rights and calling for "legalization for all." This year a coalition of Oakland community based organizations, community clin...
