Dignidad Rebelde – Selected as Organizer Pick for Art of Politics 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 Party-Life, Liberty and Libations July 4, 2008 Backspace and The Someday...
NYC Police Beat Up Rap Group Members Rebel Diaz
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 and call to the 41st Precinct. If you are in New York please make the effort to show physical solidarity...
A Successful International Immigrant Rights Poster Project
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 the help of artists, art enthusiasts and movement supporters this May 2008....
Thank you beloved community…
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 in the celebration of what we have been able to do (in partnership...
NYC Police Beat Up Rap Group Members Rebel Diaz
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 and call to the 41st Precinct. If you are in New York please make the effort to show physical solidarity...
Taller Tupac Amaru – Open Studios
Open Studios for Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, and Favianna Rodriguez TALLER TUPAC AMARU TAMALES + BEER +LIVE ART MAKING! June 7 & 8th, 2008 10 am - 6 pm 1505 33rd Ave. Oakland, CA 94601 (Accessible by BART - Fruitvale) It is with great joy and excitement that...
Encuentro Xican@ and Flor y Canto
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 gathering of activists, scholars, poets, public intellectuals, and dreamers....
Anti-War and Immigrants Rights Movements Converge in Oakland’s May 1st Mobilizations
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.” This year a coalition of Oakland community based organizations,...
Solidarity with the People of Palestine/Melanie’s 31st Birthday
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 resistance to the occupation of their lands by Israel. As Xican@s we...
International Migrant Rights Poster Project
Please read the letter below from fellow Tallerista and artista activista Favianna Rodriguez. We are seeking our communities support for this timely project. Please help fund this Immigrant Rights Poster Project April 5, 2008 Dear Art Lover, We need strong and...
Education is a basic human right, not a privilege.
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 years now). Please read about this wonderful organization and consider...
Reproduce and Revolt
My friends Favianna and Josh have been working on the Reproduce and Revolt book for a while and it's finally out. This book is done in the spirit of Rini Templeton whose work was released in book form as a free clip art book for the movement. In the same spirit,...
Nakba-60
I was asked to work on the poster for the Nakba 60 event coming up in May, the Nakba - 60 marks the 60th anniversary of the occupation of Palestine by Israel. I was very honored to be asked, as a Xicano artist to create the poster and postcard for the event. I have...
Jaguar Knight Poster for Jesse Hernandez
Just printed this poster for a friend of mine, Jesse Hernandez. I first met Jesse trading some toys, getting one of his Kaniza's that had been released earlier this year. I really liked his work, i was psyched to see a Xicano do some cool vinyl toys, cause there...
The Road to Racial Justice
Quinn Delaney is founder and President of Akonadi Foundation. She and her husband, Wayne Jordan, developed their passion for working for racial justice through their life experience and their work with young people organizing in their schools and in the street. The...
Longest Walk 2: San Francisco to Washington D.C.
On February 11th, Longest Walk participants set off on a 5 month journey that will take them across the country to Washington DC, the walk is being coordinated in the North by Jimbo Simmons. This walk is for the Seventh Generations, for the youth, for peace, for...
New Poster for The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
I was approached by the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel to create a poster for their campaign. I was really excited that they asked and felt honored to create a poster for them, they are going to use it to post in Universities across the...
500 Years of Chicana Women’s History
I began working with Betita Martinez about 10 years ago on Shades of Power, it was my first big break and an honor to work with her. I learned so much working with her on that project, and it helped open so many doors, basically starting my career as a designer and...