by Jesus Barraza | Dec 12, 2010 | Prints, Studio
Over the past ten years that I have been printing I have had the opportunity to collaborate with artists and screen print their artwork. It started working with Favianna Rodriguez, which I co-founded the Taller Tupac Amaru with, I’ve printed about 30 of her...
by Jesus Barraza | Oct 28, 2010 | Collaborations, Prints, Studio
I was in high school when I was introduced to the work of Rupert Garcia, my sister gave me her copy of the CARA exhibit catalog, it was where I first learned of all the Chicana/o artist I love today. Garcia’s print “Cesen Deportacion” was a piece...
by Jesus Barraza | Apr 12, 2010 | Prints, Studio
This is one of the most ambitious pieces we have printed, nine color runs and a size of 26″x34″ makes this print a very special piece. This image is part of a offset poster Melanie designed for her immigration poster that was one of five for the TIGRA...
by Jesus Barraza | Apr 9, 2010 | Prints, Studio
We wanted to share the printing process for one of our latest prints, Free Hawai’i designed by Melanie as solidarity statement with the Indigenous people from Hawai’i, and the first in a series that deal with occupied islands. This is a five color screen...
by Jesus Barraza | Feb 2, 2010 | Prints, Studio
This week was super busy, I printed three editions and still had time to run around getting supplies and table at an event to sell some prints. The week started with printing Melanie’s Iran solidarity poster, this is one of two pieces in which we both used the...
by Jesus Barraza | Jan 24, 2010 | Prints, Studio
This week has been great, I was able to spend most of the week in the studio working on a couple prints, one of Melanie’s designs and one of my prints. It is a lot of fun having all this time to make art, it makes me feel very fulfilled as an artist and...