#jesus barraza

[robtrujilloart]

So fresh to see Melanie & Jesus get some shine. Always repping, please follow Dignidad Rebelde.

[daughtersofdig]

Washington DC!

The prolific Dignidad Rebelde (Melanie Cervantes & Jesus Barraza) will be working on a HUGE mural in Washington DC with Mazatl Mazatl from September 1st through September 5th and they need some cool people on their team! Interested? Comment on this post on FB with your email and they will connect with you on the details! This is an incredible opportunity to work with some of today’s most important change-makers.

[differentialmovement-blog]

screenprint by Jesus Barraza, 2009

[ardor-mohr]

Steve Biko

[xicanism]

Dignidad Rebelde is a blog where Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes share their political art and movement work.

[afinidades-blog]

http://www.galeriadelaraza.org/eng/events/index.php?op=view&id=4151

[thisisfusion]

Hopeful,'Unapologetic' Art Rebrands Undocumented Movement

By CRISTINA COSTANTINI

Every year, during their mating season, millions of monarch butterflies make the journey from Canada and the U.S. to a small town in Mexico called Angangueo where they coat branches and leaves like gobs of black and orange paint. Migration is built into the monarch's DNA. For that very reason, the creature has played a central role in the rebranding of the undocumented movement. The choice in symbol is simple: Migration is natural, borders are not.

Whether it's plastered across buses, screened on t-shirts or painted on billboards, the monarch has spread quickly thanks in large part to a group of West Coast artists -- including Melanie Cervantes, Cesar Maxit, Jesus Barraza, Ernesto Yerena, Julio Salgado and Favianna Rodriguez.

Through their work, these artists have helped shift the the movement by making art that reflects a "proactive rather than reactive" tone said Rodriguez, a California-based printmaker and activist. Phrases like "Undocumented and Unafraid," "No Papers No Fear" and "Migration is Beautiful" have grown in popularity -- a stark contrast from some of the movement's former reactionary refrains like, "Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?".

"It's about setting forth very positive messaging about who we are," said Rodriguez. "We're not politely asking for our rights anymore, we're demanding them."

Read the full story here.  

(Photo Credit: Cesar Maxit)

[melaniecervantes]

"Por el Maiz y la Vida, Jesus Barraza, 13 x 19, 3 - Color, Handprinted Screenprint on Dark Grey Neenah Paper, Printed in San Leandro, 2013

Available here: http://bit.ly/WLq1Sy

Corn has been something sacred to Indigenous people on Turtle Island for a long time, it has been an important source of sustenance and for many an important part of their creation stories. In the past couple decades corn has come under attack, companies like Monsanto have been bioengineering corn and creating mutant strains forcing people to grow the seed they are creating. But there are many people who are resisting, they continue to grow the seeds that have been passed down through the generations, they have taken on Monsanto who wants to control corn production in order to create more profits. It is this resistance to the mega corporations that inspires me, to make me believe that we can defeat them and our peoples traditional ways will continue.