Looking back at notes:
I was lucky enough to get excused from a night class to attend a lecture by Favianna Rodriguez. An artist who not only creates art as a form of resistance but lives her life as an activist and uses her medium of print making as her voice, eyes, tongue and fist raised up. Rodriguez is the daughter of immigrants and has grown up in the barrios of oakland. This has inspired her to bring her art to the open canvases of walls and street buildings instead of the traditional and not so accessible spaces of museums. She touched on the signifcance of collaborationg with other artist, organizing, educating, and public speaking as her extended platform from her print making in order to educate her peers, students and audience on global issues to issues that are happeing in our local communites. Getrification, immigration, and education are all topics that she tackles over in her political art. She allows issues to become more visible and relatable for youth to particpate in a creative field to have their voices heard. She is also co-founder of th east bay art alliance building in fruitvale and has open houses for all artist to partipate in an art and action movement.
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