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Art & Politics

This channel is a bit of a catch all, since so much of what we do and are interested in over here in Justseeds engages in some way with both art and politics.
La Minga Indigena

La Minga Indigena

April 1, 2019

I’m in Medellín, Colombia, for a six week residency at Casa Tres Patios, an arts center connected to the University of Antioquia. I’m here with my partner Erica Thomas, and…

Waking up from the Forest

Waking up from the Forest

March 20, 2019

For the next six weeks I’ll be in Medellin, Colombia, working with the people at Fundación Casa Tres Patios to create some projects with ex-fighters of the FARC, the Revolutionary…

Free Alejandra!

Free Alejandra!

March 5, 2019

Alejandra is a 22 year-old lesbian from El Salvador who came to the US seeking asylum due to persecution for her sexual orientation. Since arriving in the US, she’s been…

Higher Education Action Day

Higher Education Action Day

February 20, 2019

It’s been amazing to see the involvement of Justseeds artists in the organizing, labor, and image generation at the large-scale art builds happening in Wisconsin around immigration and California around…

Telling Tales at Hartwick College

Telling Tales at Hartwick College

February 19, 2019

I’m excited to be included in this exhibition currently up at the Foreman Gallery at Hartwick College. Curated by Richard Barlow, Telling Tales: Illustration, Narrative, Communication is an eclectic group show…

Sanctuary Exhibition in Seattle

Sanctuary Exhibition in Seattle

February 6, 2019

Cleo Barnett, the Deputy Director of Amplifier Foundation, recently invited a number of Justseeds artists to participate in a migration-themed exhibition she curated at Design In Public in Seattle. The…

Censorship in Brazil

Censorship in Brazil

January 13, 2019

The incoming tide of fascism in Brazil is breaking on the shores of Rio. The government of the state of Rio de Janeiro shut down today an art exhibit at…

The Warden Game

The Warden Game

December 29, 2018

I came across this on Twitter last week: a newly compiled version of Ed Mead’s 80’s text adventure “The Warden Game“. Ed was a member of working-class anticapitalist urban guerrilla…

Civil Rights Fonts

Civil Rights Fonts

October 30, 2018

Tré Seals is a designer who is working to create fonts out of the letters on Civil Rights era protest signs. I interviewed him via email. How did you get…

Utopian Flag Making

Utopian Flag Making

October 2, 2018

This past Sunday I organized (along with Monica and Interference Archive’s Radical Playdate) a kids flag making workshop in connection with For Which It Stands, an exhibition at the Old…