   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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San Diego-Papel y Tinta: The Artwork of Jesus Barraza & Melanie CervantesJuly 20, 2008
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 a...
Dignidad Rebelde-Selected as Organizer Pick for Art of Politics 2008July 1, 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 Pa...
June 18, 2008
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...
Thank you beloved community...June 10, 2008
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 ...
A Successful International Immigrant Rights Poster ProjectJune 10, 2008
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 th...
Taller Tupac Amaru -Open StudiosMay 30, 2008
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 +L...
Encuentro Xican@ and Flor y CantoMay 1, 2008
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 g...
Solidarity with the People of Palestine/Melanie's 31st BirthdayApril 25, 2008
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 resistan...
Anti-War and Immigrants Rights Movements Converge in Oakland's May 1st MobilizationsApril 25, 2008
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."...
Education is a basic human right, not a privilege.April 16, 2008
I have been on the board of an organization called Youth Together for almost a year and a half now. I have been a supporter of the organization almost as long as I have been in the Bay (over five yea...