Art Murmer in Oakland
Next Friday! Come through to Oakland Art Murmur and and support local artists! Dignidad Rebelde will have all its prints and goods marked down 15% and we may just have special goodies for the first 25 people to make a purchase. Next to the The Eat Up Representing the...
Support Local Folks this Black Friday
Support Dignidad Rebelde's work this holiday season! All our work will be discounted 15% off retail! If you are in Oakland come to Solespace and buy art and cute shoes for your holiday gifts and support other local artists too: Favianna Rodriguez, Oree Originol and...
Walkout on Walmart
Download a copy of this 11"x 17" poster and show your solidarity with the workers this Friday! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD I stand in solidarity with workers across the country who are taking a stand against Walmart's greed and exploitation. "For the first time in...
Cal State University East Bay, Department of Ethnic Studies
I am thrilled to share the new banner I designed for the Department of Ethnic Studies at Cal State East Bay. Though I am an artist I never focused my studies in Art. I did dedicate my time and training to Ethnic Studies. - Melanie
Exhibit at Facing Race 2012 in Baltimore
Getting ready to head out to Baltimore for Facing Race 2012, check out this exhibit with a group of great artists. Also look out for some Dignidad Rebelde screen printed posters if you come out to the conference.
Dignidad Rebelde on Juxtapoz.com
November's issue of Juxtpoz magazine is focused on politics and is curated by Ron English. In an interview with our good friend Ernesto Yerena he talks about our work: “It is impossible to talk about contemporary political art without mentioning the talented and...
New Print for the Chiapas Support Committee
In 2006 I connected with the Chiapas Support Committee after hearing about a event they were planning to raise money to support Zapatista educational projects in Chiapas. I decided to create a poster for them, inspired by La Otra Campaña I designed a poster for them...
Dreams are Stronger than Fear: Strong Families
"Dreams are Stronger than Fear." This design was commissioned by Forward Together for their Strong Families Civic Participation Campaign. "Strong Families engaged three cultural artists, Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde (me), Favianna Rodriguez and Micah Bazant...
RIP Valeria Munique Tachiquin
RIP Valeria Munique Tachiquin - Mother of five killed by plain clothes border patrol agent in Chula Vista, right down the street from where my mom lives and I grew up. This brutality is not something new, this has been happening along the U.S. - Mexico border for a...
Break ICE’s Hold: Our Families Belong Together
This is a poster we just created for the "Mass Rally to Support the TRUST Act & CA Domestic Workers Bill of Rights" this coming Saturday, September 29th. The mobilization is being organized to urge California Governor Jerry Brown to sign the Trust Act & the CA...
Making art for Justice and Dignity in Arizona
In early July we traveled to Arizona as part of a project we started, "Justicia y Dignidad", to work deepen the connections we have to three grassroots community organizations. We visited with No More Deaths, Tierra y Libertad Organization in Tucson and Puente...
September Rise Up-Pop Up Art Show
Rise Up Pop Up Art Exhibit at the Eat Up TONIGHT (6:30-11PM) @2025 Telegraph, Oakland. Artists: Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde, Jessica Sabogal and Sean Murdock. The Eatup is back again! A number of new vendors and artists are joining so come...
Make A Difference-CA Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights
This is big. The California State Senate just passed A.B. 889, the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The most populous state in the country is on the threshold of changing history for hundreds of thousands of Californians—caregivers to our loved ones, nurturers to our...
Reproductive Justice
"Reproductive Justice =People Power to End Gender Oppression". This is a new print designed in partnership with the Groundswell Fund for the "This is an Emergency" portfolio which focuses on reproductive rights, gender justice and reproductive justice. The portfolio...
The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magon
This portrait of Ricardo Flores Magon was designed back in 2001 when i first started screen printing, it's been used on a AK Press Reader of his writing and now on this cool poster for "The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magon" an event to honor LA's radical history with a...
Ruckus Training Camp for Migrant Rights
In June i was invited to lead a screen printing workshop at the Ruckus Society's Action Camp for Migrant Rights that was coordinated with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. The camp was held at the Highlander Center in Tennessee, a historic space for...
Dia de los Muertos
New design commissioned by the California Institute of Integral Studies. It was really important to me to center a danzante in the composition because I feel that Dia de los Muertos is about a world view that understands a duality between life and death. These...
RISE UP ART SHOW IN OAKLAND
This Friday come out and support your local artists while feasting on 13 different food trucks right outside the venue!! Print a coupon for $5 off your purchase of $25 or more by clicking HERE.