7 Ways Artists and Designers Can Set the Tone for Election Defense
November 2, 2020
What will happen after election day? In this unprecedented year, we are likely not to know who our next president is when we go to bed on November 3rd. We’re…
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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. 
Fundraiser for Congolese researchers in pursuit of the US nuclear legacy in Africa
October 27, 2020
If you’ve been following my research and writings here about the legacy of DR Congo’s Shinkolobwe mine (the source of the impossibly powerful uranium ore that made the Manhattan Project…
VDLA wheatpasting action-Vote Nov 3rd-Black and Brown Lives Matter
October 25, 2020
This past Saturday Voces de los Artistas (VDLA) – an art affinity group with Voces de la Frontera – organized a wheatpasting action to put up VOTE NOV 3rd /…
Political Patterning
October 6, 2020
First things first, I’ve launched a small Spoonflower shop of some of my political fabric patterns. You can check it out and buy fabric HERE. Because I don’t have the…
The Witch in the Smoke
September 14, 2020
David Graeber died last week, and in mourning his loss and considering his contributions, I read, at a friend’s suggestion, his 2011 summary of Occupy on the Al Jazeera website….
From Shinkolobwe to Tsankawi- 75 years of nuclearity after the Trinity Test
August 5, 2020
It was my pleasure to help organize a webinar on the 75th anniversary of the Trinity test to commemorate all those who have been affected by the legacy of the…
Fifty Three Days of Protest in Portland, Oregon.
July 20, 2020
It’s been 53 days of protest in Portland. Tonight at the Justice Center a line of mothers in yellow is pressed against the new fence that the Federal forces have…
Polit-Groove IGTV Channel
May 4, 2020
In early March I started posting daily political songs from records I have onto a new Instagram TV Channel. It’s called Polit-Groove, and I’m up to almost 50 songs at…
Melanie Cervantes on Becoming an Artist
March 17, 2020
After some informal surveys on social media to help me gauge interest, gather topics and get a sense for timing I am happy to announce my first FREE online lecture:…
Jamaa al-Yad: Revolution Until Victory
October 30, 2019
A new project has been launched by the international pan-Arab collective Jamaa al-Yad: “This project is based on a call for artwork from the Institut du Monde Arabe. The question…
Advertising Shits In Your Head
July 31, 2019
PM Press is collecting pre-orders via Kickstarter to help print the new edition of the killer adbusting book Advertising Shits In Your Head (originally published in the UK by Dog…
Remember history, remember relevance
July 24, 2019
Above: Native-American activists Amy Anderson and Mari Villaluna, with Chinese-American elder Pam Tau Lee One of the leaders working to take down the New Deal-era murals at George Washington High…
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
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!
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
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
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
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…
National Veterans Art Museum Art Auction is live
January 21, 2019
Thanks to the generous donation from amazing artists like Ehren Tool, Jesse Albrecht, Yvette M. Pino, Sarah Seamstress, Josh MacPhee, Melanie Cervantes, Eric J. Garcia, Dan S Wang, Amber Hoy,…
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…