Mimi Soto

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All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up

Pablo Picasso

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This is another crayon drawing I did myself. I was trying to keep it simple, avoiding the obsession of making it all proportionately correct or very realistic

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These are some examples of what friends and relatives have done in solidarity with the 43 disappeared students

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In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends

Martin Luther King Jr

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This is another life painting from class with the intention to look more carefully at colors and to obtain more practice and confidence with figure painting

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This painting should have already be done but I keep adding and removing elements. I had a reflection on the bottom that I removed. I had added a figure but I also got rid of it. The only thing I an thinking of adding now for sure is a dog crossing the street. And I still need to define better the parked vehicles

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This is an oil on canvas,4ftx3ft. I just started it and I have a collage composition in mind for this painting. I will be referencing the corruption, violence and oppression that is experienced in Mexico.

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For this coming Thursday’s candle light vigil and march I have invited friends and relatives to show their support by cooperating with the drawings of the 43 students. This is one I made with crayola crayons.

I will soon be posting images of the rest of the drawings made.

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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter

Martin Luther King Jr.

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I was recently asked by a friend to help him with a poster design for an organization he is a part of, called Escuela de la Paz. He more specifically wanted help with drawing some birds and what he wanted was simplified versions. This was my attempt at it.

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It's time for us to raise our voices and show our solidarity not only with the students and their loved ones, but all those who have lost their lives because of corruption and violence. We will be holding a candlelight vigil and march on November 20, which also marks the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. The march will begin in Cleveland Park in downtown El Paso, from there we will march to the Mexican Consulate on San Antonio, and then join our voices with others around the globe who are demanding justice, answers, and accountability. 

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The most violent element in society is ignorance

Emma Goldman

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Today I started a very small portrait painting of the president of Mexico. An 8inx10in oil on canvas. His hairstyle is what has significantly distinguished him since election days. He will be portrayed as the cynical, corrupt and violent government that he represents.

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Life painting. It really does help to better observe the details in colors and light and therefore it helps better our painting skills. Also there is the "pressure of time" element.

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Pain-ting

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#IlustradoresConAyotzinapa: Mexican artists seek justice for disappeared Ayotzinapa students

A new blog is making sure we know the names and faces of the 43 Ayotzinapa (Guerrero, Mexico) students disappeared by the State on September 26.

Ilustradores con Ayotzinapa invites artists to humanize the 43 normalistas with artistic renditions of the student’s photographs. Visit the blog here, and make sure to share their illustrations on your social media accounts. Help keep their family’s fight for justice alive!

Names of the 43 disappeared normalista students of Ayotzinapa:

Abel García Hernández

Abelardo Vázquez Periten

Adán Abrajan de la Cruz

Alexander Mora Venancio

Antonio Santana Maestro

Benjamín Ascencio Bautista

Carlos Iván Ramírez Villarreal

Carlos Lorenzo Hernández Muñoz

César Manuel González Hernández

Christian Alfonso Rodríguez Telumbre

Christian Tomás Colón Garnica

Cutberto Ortiz Ramos

Dorian González Parral

Emiliano Alen Gaspar de la Cruz

Everardo Rodríguez Bello

Felipe Arnulfo Rosas

Giovanni Galindes Guerrero

Israel Caballero Sánchez

Israel Jacinto Lugardo

Jesús Jovany Rodríguez Tlatempa

Jonás Trujillo González

Jorge Álvarez Nava

Jorge Aníbal Cruz Mendoza

Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideño

Jorge Luis González Parral

José Ángel Campos Cantor

José Ángel Navarrete González

José Eduardo Bartolo Tlatempa

José Luis Luna Torres

Joshvani Guerrero de la Cruz

Julio César López Patolzin

Julio César Ramírez Nava

Leonel Castro Abarca

Luis Ángel Abarca Carrillo

Luis Ángel Francisco Arzola

Magdaleno Rubén Lauro Villegas

Marcial Pablo Baranda

Marco Antonio Gómez Molina

Martín Getsemany Sánchez García

Mauricio Ortega Valerio

Miguel Ángel Hernández Martínez

Miguel Ángel Mendoza Zacarías

Saúl Bruno García