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I am a graphic artist that lives and works in Oakland, CA. My art pieces reflect national and international grassroots struggles, and tell a history of social justice through graphics. In this blog, I write about art, art criticism, political graphic
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New Print for Winter Portfolio
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
The TUMIS tradition continues this season with our annual Winter Portfolio. Every year, TUMIS designers (including myself) create a small handprinted art piece. The completed limited edition prints are numbered, signed, and assembled into a portfolio. The porfolios are given to our ongoing clien...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
The TUMIS tradition continues this season with our annual Winter Portfolio. Every year, TUMIS designers (including myself) create a small handprinted art piece. The completed limited edition prints are numbered, signed, and assembled into a portfolio. The porfolios are given to our ongoing clien...
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Daniel Alarcon, one of America's Best Young Novelists
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I went to see my buddy and neighbor Daniel Alarcón read at City Lights bookstore this evening, I have known him for over a year and interviewed him twice, but sadly I had never attended a reading before. I was very impressed! Daniel published his first novel in February 2007, entitled Lost City R...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I went to see my buddy and neighbor Daniel Alarcón read at City Lights bookstore this evening, I have known him for over a year and interviewed him twice, but sadly I had never attended a reading before. I was very impressed! Daniel published his first novel in February 2007, entitled Lost City R...
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New Work March 07
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I recently was accepted to the Artist in Residence program at Kala Art Institute. This is great news. Artists at Kala are encouraged to produce innovative artwork of the highest quality, and are given total freedom to realize their artistic vision using media that span th...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I recently was accepted to the Artist in Residence program at Kala Art Institute. This is great news. Artists at Kala are encouraged to produce innovative artwork of the highest quality, and are given total freedom to realize their artistic vision using media that span th...
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New Year's Eve Party
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Please join us for the GRAND OPENING of the EASTSIDE CULTURAL CENTER - NEW YEAR'S EVE GRAND OPENING PARTY Sunday, December 31, 2006 2277 INTERNATIONAL BLVD 9pm - 2am $10 Families Welcome! DAVID MURRAY & THE FREEDOM NOW BAND Celebrating a year of struggle, growth & Imagination And Celebratin...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Please join us for the GRAND OPENING of the EASTSIDE CULTURAL CENTER - NEW YEAR'S EVE GRAND OPENING PARTY Sunday, December 31, 2006 2277 INTERNATIONAL BLVD 9pm - 2am $10 Families Welcome! DAVID MURRAY & THE FREEDOM NOW BAND Celebrating a year of struggle, growth & Imagination And Celebratin...
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Tokyo November 2007
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I returned from Tokyo a few days ago after being there for about 2 and a half weeks. This marked my 6th time visiting one of my favorite cities in the world. I would say this was the most interesting trip ever, as many of my worlds collided...relationships intersected. Shortly after my arrival ...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I returned from Tokyo a few days ago after being there for about 2 and a half weeks. This marked my 6th time visiting one of my favorite cities in the world. I would say this was the most interesting trip ever, as many of my worlds collided...relationships intersected. Shortly after my arrival ...
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Completed new poster and billboard for Just Cause Oakland
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I just completed a billboard and poster commissioned by Just Cause Oakland, a grassroots membership organization based in West Oakland that organizes workers and tenants for a more just city and region. Shortly after voters passed Measure 1C and rejected Proposition 90 in early November 2007,...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I just completed a billboard and poster commissioned by Just Cause Oakland, a grassroots membership organization based in West Oakland that organizes workers and tenants for a more just city and region. Shortly after voters passed Measure 1C and rejected Proposition 90 in early November 2007,...
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New Poster for YBCA's "Oakland: EastSide Story"
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I developd this poster in September 06 for "Oakland: EastSide Story," and exhibit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The exhibit runs through December 31, 2006. "The artists in this show live and work amidst Oakland's vibrant history, culture, politics and communities-its beauty, its stories, ...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I developd this poster in September 06 for "Oakland: EastSide Story," and exhibit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The exhibit runs through December 31, 2006. "The artists in this show live and work amidst Oakland's vibrant history, culture, politics and communities-its beauty, its stories, ...
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Images from Oaxaca - Boycott on 11/20
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Communique from the Clandestine Indigeneous Revolutionary Army - General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army - Mexico (October 30, 2006) To the people of Mexico: To all the peoples of the world: To every body from la otra campaña in mexico and north of the rio grande: to everybody...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Communique from the Clandestine Indigeneous Revolutionary Army - General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army - Mexico (October 30, 2006) To the people of Mexico: To all the peoples of the world: To every body from la otra campaña in mexico and north of the rio grande: to everybody...
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Indymedia Journalist, Brad Will, killed in Oaxaca
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
(from Democracy Now!) Indymedia journalist Brad Will had been covering the situation in Oaxaca for four weeks. In his last dispatch from Oaxaca, he wrote about a demonstrator named Alejandro GarcÃa Hernández who was killed on the barricades. Brad wrote "one more death... one more martyr i...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
(from Democracy Now!) Indymedia journalist Brad Will had been covering the situation in Oaxaca for four weeks. In his last dispatch from Oaxaca, he wrote about a demonstrator named Alejandro GarcÃa Hernández who was killed on the barricades. Brad wrote "one more death... one more martyr i...
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Aterciopelados Concert in Sunnyvale - March 30, 2007
posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Returning home from a very inspiring evening... tonight I saw the Aterciopelados perform in Sunnyvale and it was OFF THE HOOK!!! They performed songs from their current album, Oye, as well as a song from Hector Buitrago's album Conector. The Aterciopelados is without doubt one of my top bands. And...
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posted: October 13, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Returning home from a very inspiring evening... tonight I saw the Aterciopelados perform in Sunnyvale and it was OFF THE HOOK!!! They performed songs from their current album, Oye, as well as a song from Hector Buitrago's album Conector. The Aterciopelados is without doubt one of my top bands. And...
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