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Melanie Cervantes
20 x 26
6-Color, Hand made, Screen print Heavyweight Archival Art Paper, Printed in Oakland, CA, 2010
After the campus event we would drive to East L.A. for Self Help Graphics annual celebration. There were always great musicians and tons of fun to be had. One year in particular, my last year in Los Angeles, the band Quetzal was performing. The lead singer, Martha Gonzales, was striking. She had half her face painted to remind the audience death is the other side of life and that it is something we will all face.
This print is an homage to Martha. It is part of a series of prints that I am creating to honor the bad ass mujeres whose music consistently inspire me and influences my art.
Jun 10, 2013: Dignidad Rebelde at Taller 75
May 20, 2013: Dignidad Reblede is out of tow
May 20, 2013: Dignidad Rebelde at Taller 75
May 7, 2013: Assata Shakur
May 6, 2013: Mama's Day 2013
Jun 14, 2013
to
Aug 3, 2013
AR/GE Kunst Gallery
39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy,
May 4, 2013
to
Jun 20, 2013
Galeria de la Raza
San Francisco, CA
TALLER TUPAC AMARU - TEN YEARS OF COLLABORATIVE ACTIVISM
The Taller began with the aim of building a studio that focused on creating political posters t...
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Dignidad Rebelde: Signs of Solidarity
Apr 10, 2013
to
Jun 14, 2013
UC Santa Barbara Multicultural Center
Santa Barbara, CA
Oakland-based artists and activists Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes boldly partner their social and creative work, spreading knowledge on the artform of silkscreen printing a...
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Taller Tupac Amaru: Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes and Faviann
Mar 17, 2013
to
Apr 16, 2013
Thacher Gallery at University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
The Taller Tupac Amaru is an Oakland-based collective art studio founded in ...
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Dignidad Rebelde: Prints for the People
Mar 1, 2013
to
Jun 30, 2013
TANA
Woodland, CA
Taller Arte del Nuevo Amancer and the Department of Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis presents
Dignidad Rebelde: Prints for the People, Works by Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barr...
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Mar 1, 2013
to
Mar 30, 2013
Taller Boricua
New York,, NY
IN COLAB
Print portfolios by members of the Consejo Gráfico Nacional
Curated by Marcos Dimas
March 1 - March 30, 2013
Opening reception: Frid...
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