'In the Name of the Blood Shed: Art, Resistance and Repression in Mexico'

Alongside historians Jerry García and Benjamin Smith, I have been working on the curation of a small exhibition called 'In the Name of the Blood Shed.' Focusing on photographs, street art, and installation work from Oaxaca, the exhibition includes works by Lapiztola, Zzierra Rrezzia, Edith Morales Sánchez, and Antonio Turok. 

If you happen to be in Three Fires Territory any time soon, stop by the show at LookOut! Gallery. Turok and Morales Sánchez will be at the opening, while the members of Lapiztola and Zzierra Rrezzia should be at the closing.

Opening Reception
02 March 2009
6:30-9:00 with a panel at 7:00

Closing Reception
27 March 2009
6:30-9:00 with workshops at 7:00

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Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo, Protesta 150 Años

Back in 1998 (alright it's not that long ago), a bunch of us (Brown Berets and Mechistas) traveled from Michigan to Arizona for the 150-yeard protest of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidaldo.  The treaty, which cedes more than half of Mexican territory to the United States, guaranteed Xicanas/os and other Native peoples certain legal rights which have never been upheld.  

As for the pics, I look like a baby, no?

Bobby Seale y Yo

Bobby Seale, a man who needs no introduction, was in Mid-Michigan this week. This is the obligatory shot that validates my activism by placing me alongside an important (and once imprisoned) revolutionary.

An equation: Bobby's BBQ Cooking Show + Dead Prez's BBQ tofu = 1 Happy Dylan!

Youngstown Ohio + Worker's History

A little while back, I went to New York City to visit my brother and scope show shows. On the way back Estrella, the grrls, and I stopped in Youngstown to check out the Labor History Museum. Oddly enough, according to this exhibit, I dress as did a miner in the 1940s. Once a Miner, always a Miner.

Estrella Torrez, PhD

Although Estrella defended her dissertation this summer, she wasn't officially hooded until this December. 1: Estrella con los papás. 2. Estrella con los suegros. 3: ¡Toda la familia feliz!

Just Seeds Retreat 2008 (November)

Just Seeds getting things done in the back of a panel van.


Here I am freezing!!

Although it happened a few months back, Just Seeds (the only radical artists' collective that matters) gathered in Milwaukee for our annual retreat. It was an extremely productive weekend, although cold. I somehow arrived in Milwaukee having only worn courier pants and a hoodie. The radiator in the studio where we met only kicked in if it got below 40 degrees inside. Needless to say, I froze my arse off.

What We Want! 2009 | Radical Artists' Retreat

This past weekend about 80 artists from across North America gathered at Chicago's Co-Prosperity Sphere for the What We Want! retreat. Among those in attendance, were about six Just Seedsters and tons of allies.

Over the course of three day, we discussed the state of anti-capitalist cultural work and how we can collectively move forward. Coming form a variety of institutional positions and working in a variety of 'genre,' the retreat served as an exciting site of dialogue and action. Although the outcomes of the retreat are still uncertain, the possibilities are endless.

If nothing else, I met some rad folks and spent a couple of nights in a sleeping bag on the floor of the Co-Prosperity Sphere.