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August 21, 2010, 8:00 PM to August 21, 2010, 10:00 PM
Place: Levis WorkshopLocation: San Francisco, CA
This exhibition opening culminates a furious week of printmaking at the Workshop by local artists Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Juan Fuentes, Txutxo Perez, Ivan Lopez, Rachel A...
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Migration: prints, posters and photography
August 13, 2010, 6:00 PM to September 11, 2010, 2:00 PM
Place: MIssion Grafica, Galeria ZapatistaLocation: San Francisco, CA
A collection of prints, posters and photography visually illustrating the human face of migration. Experience the movement which these works convey made artists from different wal...
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Signs of the Times & La Grafica Politica An Exhibition of Politi
August 1, 2010, 12:00 AM to August 31, 2010, 8:00 PM
Place: Tia Chucha's Centro CulturalLocation: Sylmar, CA
Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural presents a two-part exhibit of political graphics, in commemoration of the Mexico's Bicentennial, and the one-hundredth anniversary of the 1910 Revolut...
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Out of the Closet and Into the Street: Posters of LGBTQ Struggle
July 3, 2010, 5:00 PM to September 26, 2010, 5:00 PM
Place: ONE Archives Gallery & MuseumLocation: West Hollywood, CA 90069, CA
Opening Reception: July 3, 5-8 pm Gallery Hours: Friday: 4:30-8:30 Saturday & Sunday: 1-5 Despite decades of...
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Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes 12" x 16" 4-Color, Handmade,Screen Print, Cougar 160lb Archival Paper, Printed in Oakland, CA 2010 We wanted to create a special print to take to the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit. We decided to create a print to sell as a fundraiser for the Excluded Workers Congress. We talked about racist and classist it was for ce...
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2010 Socialism Conference
This Sunday Jesus and I will be presenting at the Socialism Conference in Oakland. It will be at the Oakland Marriot.Sunday, July 4th at 11:30 am. "Art and Resistance". The conference describes itself as follows: With the economy in shambles and with wars and occupations continuing, the challenge to change these conditions confronts us all. More than a ...
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International Indigenous Women's Symposium
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Jesus and I are gearing up to go to the US Social Forum next week. The US SOCIAL FORUM will take place June 22-26, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. The US Social Forum will provide a space to build relationships, learn from each other's experiences, and share analysis of the problems our communities face. It will help develop leadership, vision, and strategy ...
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