Help make the 25th anniversary of Gloria Anzaldua’s Borderlands a reality!
Thanks to HOLA GATITA (aka Hello Kitty) and her reading habits I have connected with Aunt Lute Books, the publishers of Gloria Anzaldua's book Borderlands. They are in the midst of a crowd source fundraising campaign which will support the publishing of a fourth...
Hola Gatita is all about Xicana Power
Hola Gatita sends messages of solidarity to Arizona and any where books about our experiences are banned. La Gatita dice no to censorship. Download the poster by clicking HERE
“Tumbling Down the Steps of the Temple” A portrait of Gloria Anzaldua
I was recently invited to participate in the Serie Project XIX portfolio. The Project is based in Austin, Texas. When Sam Coronado founded the Serie Project in 1993, he envisioned a workshop where underrepresented artists could benefit from collaboration and learn the...
#YoSoy132
The day before the presidential election I was inspired by the #YoSoy132 movement to design a poster about the movement that was started by students who are against the corrupt PRI government and the media conglomerates that control the news in Mexico. It was the way...
End the Legacy of Racism -Basic Rights for Farm and Domestic Workers
After 74 years, it's time to end the legacy of racism that has left farm and domestic workers without basic rights Jesus and I were invited by Mujeres Unidas y Activas and the United Farm Workers to support an action, through design, they are hosting on today to...
Interference Archive in Brooklyn
In May I had the opportunity to visit the Interference Archive in Brooklyn, New York. The Archive came into existence in 2004, developing from Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee's personal collections of Books, Posters and ephemera produced by social movements from...
Native American Health Fair
Check out the design Jesus created that was commissioned by the Seva Foundation for their first annual Health Fair this weekend. ______________________________ Spring Greetings from Seva Foundation! We are very excited to welcome our 1st annual Bay Area Native Health...
May Day/International Workers’ Day Photos
This year, 2012, there was so much build up as May Day approached. Historically the day is an international celebration of workers and labor movement. Since 2006 when a mass scale boycott was called by migrants and solidarity groups , May Day has become a call for...
West and East Coast Happenings this week: Undocunation and La Bracera
Culture Strike, the Center for New Community and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Present: An evening of Visual Art, Posters, Prints and Pro-Migrant Graphics, Comedy, Music, Literary Readings and Short Films to Fight Anti-Immigrant Hate. Read more about the event by...
Mama’s Day Our Way
Forward Together recently invited me and over half a dozen other artist to create e-cards for Mama's Day. The goal was to create cards that addressed that gap that the greeting-card-industrial-complex left many of the people who have mothered us in. The project...
Growing up In L.A. and becoming an artist; an interview
I recently spent time talking with artist, activist and guest columnist for San Francisco MOMA's Open Space Blog, Adrienne Skye Roberts. Our conversation covered several topics including Occupy and the movement of the 99%, how I define collaboration and people's art...
More May Day Posters
These English and Spanish posters are two of four poster designs we will be giving away on May Day in Oakland and San Francisco. I want to thank all the people who donated and made this project possible, through this generous community support we are printing 1000+...
Bay Area 2012 May Day Activities
Join us for The People's Street Festival Celebrating International Workers' Day and the 99% 12 Noon, Gathering at Montgomery & Market, San Francisco Financial District A day of Protest, Performance, Art & Culture We will be reclaiming the financial district...
Speaking Engagements-Dignidad Rebelde in the Bay
SFAI Urban Studies, the Indigenous Arts Coalition, and Student Union Present Indigenous Arts & Activism Lecture with Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza of Dignidad Rebelde. Wednesday, April 25th, 7PM-10PM San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall 800 Chestnut...
End Mandatory Detention Poster Release
This month, marks the 15-year anniversary of the implementation of harsh immigration laws (including the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act) that have led to the detention and deportation of millions of immigrants. In order to help raise...
Dignidad Rebelde at Arte Americas in Fresno alongside Malaquias Montoya and the Barrio Art Collective
Opening Reception: April 14 2-5pm / Exhibit: April 5, 2012 to June 12th, 2012 Arte Americas - 1630 Van Ness. Fresno 93721 - Gallery Hours Wed-Sat 11am to 5pm, Sunday 1-5PM This coming weekend we have a opening reception at Arte Americas in Fresno, California. This is...
May Day Posters for Downloading
DOWNLOAD MAY DAY POSTER BY CLICKING HERE I designed this poster for this years May Day festivities, to get the word out and make some cool giveaways...like printing a few hundred of these for the opening of the All Of Us Or None exhibit at the Oakland Museum. The next...
Sneak Peek: All of Us or None andThe 1968 Exhibit at the Oakland Museum
Mar 30, 2012 | 7:00 - 9:00 pmVenue: Oakland Museum of California(OMCA)Location: 1000 Oak Street, Oakland 94607 Get a sneak peek at OMCA’s new exhibitions, The 1968 Exhibit and All of Us or None: Social Justice Posters of the San Francisco Bay Area. Groove to classic...