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At Galeria de La Raza
Symposium Participants
Juana Alicia
Luz Calvo
Melanie Cervantes
Ana Fernandez
Jennifer Gonzalez
Ester Hernandez
Amalia Mesa-Bains
Laura E. Perez
Celia Herrera Rodriguez
Favianna Rodriguez
Tere Romo
For more information, please contact Professor Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano at yyb@stanford.edu
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At Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Location: San Francisco, CA
Culture Strike, the Center for New Community and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Present
An evening of Visual Art, Posters, Prints and Pro-Migrant Graphics, Comedy, Music, Literary Readings and Short Films to Fight Anti-Immigrant Hate
An evening of culture jamming, visual art, and performances addressing the devastating consequences of our country's broken immigration system.
At a time when severe anti-migrant laws are being passed around the country and when deportations are breaking records, artists from different racial backgrounds, immigration history and documentation statuses will be sharing art works, and cultural interventions about the current immigration crisis.
CultureStrike, Center for New Community, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (ybca) will host an evening of culture jamming, visual art, and performances responding to the devastating consequences of this country’s anti-immigrant movemen...
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At Oakland Museum
Location: Oakland, CA
Melanie Cervantes will be speaking at the 22nd Annual California Studies Conference-How Democratic Is California".
"Popular Media Organizing: From Posters to Blogs" Lincoln Cushing, moderator and presenter; Melanie Cervantes (graphic artist and co-founder of Dignidad Rebelde), Keith Kamisugi (communications director, Equal Justice Society)
Panels will include presentations on subjects such as:
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At San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall
Location: San Francisco, CA
SFAI Urban Studies, the Indigenous Arts Coalition, and Student Union Present
Indigenous Arts & Activism Lecture with Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza of Dignidad Rebelde.
Wednesday, April 25th, 7PM-10PM
Opening blessings by Point Arena Pomo Dancers 7:30pm.
Dignidad Rebelde is a graphic arts collaboration between Oakland-based artist-activists Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes. Grounded in Third World and Indigenous movements their visual work encompasses people's power to transform the conditions of fragmentation, displacement and loss of culture. Representing social movements through visual art means connecting struggles and seeking to inspire solidarity among communities worldwide.
Free food from Casa Latina Bakery!
Contact: drodriguez@artists.sfai.edu or 510-485-2612.
Workshop will follow during SFAI's Open Studios on April 28...
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At Yippie Museum
Location: Manhattan, NY
Media Contacts: Leilani Montes; Olivia Canlas
Email: nynj@af3irm.org
Tel: 212-726-2254
Address: P.O. Box 2693 New York, NY 10163-2653
NEW YORK: Fresh from the triumph of Eritrea Ahdey (Eritrea, My Country) exhibit, Samra Ghermay joins more than a half-dozen transnational women artists for AF3IRM’s annual art show. La Bracera: Women & Work opens on Saturday, April 21, 2011, 7 pm at the Yippie Museum, 9 Bleecker Street, Manhattan, 10012. Those interested in the reception are urged to call or email AF3IRM NY so they can be included in the guest list.
Among the confirmed participating artists are Sarah Kolker (36Kolks), Crystal Clarity, Madonna Davidoff, and Melanie Cervantes. The women artists trace their ethnicity to a mixture of bloodlines: from Xicana, Puerto Rican, Jamaican to Afr...
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At Project Grow Gallery
Location: Portland, OR
One Night Only Exhibit
Dignidad Rebelde is proud to be invited to participate in this fantastic event, Thanks to our comrade as the Portland Central American SOlidaity Committee we have been invited to participate in Tomando Las Calles. Presenting works from local artists, regional revolutionary art collectives, as well as cross border work received from galleries in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Featuring Live Music by Edna Vazquez and Lolo Cutumay
Spoken Word by Walidah Imarisha
Traditional Dance by Lo_Bé
and a DJ Fueled Dance Party
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At Arte Americas
Location: Fresno, CA
Opening Reception: April 14 2-5pm
Arte Americas: Casa de Cultura
Gallery Hours Wed-Sat 11am to 5pm, Sunday 1-5Pm
Admission is Free, Donations Welcome
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At Oakland Museum of California
Location: Oakland, CA
Photo by Lincoln Cushing
The "All of Us or None" archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States.
The 68 reproductions featured in this exhibit at the Oakland International Airport include examples of works that Rossman himself collected. The posters address a wide range of social issues, including access to healthcare, education reform, environmental activism, and cultural identity. Contributions by well-known artists such as Malaquías Montoya, Rupert Garcia, Nancy Hom, Juan Fu...
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At Cosecha
Location: Oakland, CA
Cosecha is a Mexican and California cafe in Old Oakland and one of our favorite places to eat. Join us Sunday, 3/18 from 12-3pm at a fundraiser that will benefit the Chicana/Latina Foundation.We will be selling prints there and be donating 20% of all sales to the Foundation.
Cosecha, (Harvest in English), is a cafe inside of Old Oakland's historic Swan Market. The cafe is the creation of chef Dominica Rice. I am inspired by my Mexican American upbringing and the traditional food we shared at the table. We will offer our customers high quality Mexican and California dishes using an abundance of fresh ingredients available in the Bay Area. We will prepare everything from scratch everyday, including handmade tortillas and complex traditional entrees, as well as seasonal salads and soups. We will commit to using meat, poultry, fish and produce grown sustainably and organically and strive to provide high quality, affordable mea...
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At Artillery Apparel & Gallery
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Daughters of the Shaking Earth: Bay Area Latina Artists
May 12, 2012
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May 12, 2012
Galeria de La Raza
Attendance by invitation only.
Symposium Participants
Juana Alicia
Luz Calvo
Melanie Cervantes
Ana Fernandez
Jennifer Gonzalez
Ester Hernandez
Amalia Mesa-Bains
Laura E. ...
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Undocunation: An Evening With Artists for Immigrant Justice
May 3, 2012
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May 3, 2012
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
Culture Strike, the Center for New Community and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Present
An evening of Visual Art, Posters, Prints and Pro-Migrant Graphics, Comedy, Music, Lite...
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"How Democratic is California?"
Apr 28, 2012
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Apr 28, 2012
Oakland Museum
Oakland, CA
Melanie Cervantes will be speaking at the 22nd Annual California Studies Conference-How Democratic Is California".
"Popular Media Organizing: From Posters to Blogs" Lincoln Cushi...
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Indigenous Arts & Activism Lecture with Melanie Cervantes and Je
Apr 25, 2012
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Apr 25, 2012
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall
San Francisco, CA
SFAI Urban Studies, the Indigenous Arts Coalition, and Student Union Present
Indigenous Arts & Activism Lecture with Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza of Dignidad Rebelde.
...
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Apr 21, 2012
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May 6, 2012
Yippie Museum
Manhattan, NY
Media Contacts: Leilani Montes; Olivia Canlas
Email: nynj@af3irm.org
Tel: 212-726-2254
Address: P.O. Box 2693 New York, NY 10163-2653
NEW YORK: Fresh from t...
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Apr 6, 2012
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Apr 6, 2012
Project Grow Gallery
Portland, OR
One Night Only Exhibit
Dignidad Rebelde is proud to be invited to participate in this fantastic event, Thanks to our comrade as the Portland Central American SOlidaity Committee ...
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