Booklyn Moving Sale
February 15, 2018
Our friends at Booklyn are having a giant moving sale! Booklyn, 37 Greenpoint Ave. Ste. E4G, Brooklyn, NY 11215 February 22: Artists’ Books & Prints Preview Reception [7-10 pm] THURSDAY’s…
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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. 
CPH in Ann Arbor
February 6, 2018
One of the best designed exhibitions of the Celebrate People’s History poster series is now on at the Stamp Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The photos (see below) look amazing,…
Reflections on the process. Upcoming show: “A Time of Expectant Hopes”
February 5, 2018
March 29th Jenna Valoe and I have an opening at Ripon College in Wisconsin for a show we are calling “A Time of Expectant Hopes”. I was approached by Ripon…
Voces de la Frontera Community Art Build in Milwaukee
January 30, 2018
Building Art to Keep Families Together from MTEA Union on Vimeo. Joe Brusky of MTEA and the Overpass Light Brigade made a time lapse video of the recent Voces de…
Garrick Imatani – Rendering Culture and History
January 21, 2018
Artist Garrick Imatani has been working on a series of powerful projects related to culture and power in the context of colonial and Indigenous relationships to land, and to the…
NO LNG Rally in Salem
January 15, 2018
Over the last few weeks I’ve been collaborating with Klamath artists Ka’ila Farrel-Smith and Asa Wright to produce some big banners for a rally against Liquefied Natural Gas export in…
Free all Palestinian Political Prisoners
January 4, 2018
Street artist Zola has produced a powerful poster in support of Palestinian political prisoners. The illustration is of Ahed Tamimi, a 16 year old activist, who faces 12 charges after…
No Insects means No Future
December 18, 2017
I recently completed this illustration for our ongoing collaboration with the excellent political magazine In These Times, in which Justseeds artists are providing the centerfold posters for their upcoming year…
Jerusalem is Palestinian
December 9, 2017
As a Xicanx I’m always in solidarity with Palestinians, because like indigenous people in the Americas they’ve had their ancestral lands taken from them. Right now they are dealing with…
Recap of the Twin Cities Art Build for Public Education
November 27, 2017
There is power in a union. There is power in art. A few weeks ago, five hundred-plus people – teachers, students, union organizers, artists, and allies – came together in…
Collaborating with CE Setzer and Wobbly Artists
November 27, 2017
Over the past two years, I’ve worked on a series of projects with Canadian curator Jon Lockyer. Each of these projects commenced from an initial event in 1906 when my…
Close Rikers T-shirt Production
November 21, 2017
Engaging Community Through Art for the Close Rikers Campaign from Amplifier on Vimeo. Check out this short video just released by the Amplifier Foundation about the T-shirts I designed and…
Help Booklyn Stay in Brooklyn!
November 15, 2017
Our friends at Booklyn need your help! Have you heard of Booklyn? They are an amazing artist-book publisher and distributor that has been essential in the funding and distribution of…
True Lies exhibit opens at Redline in Milwaukee
October 17, 2017
TRUE LIES CultureJam MKE #6 Premier Event: Friday, October 20, 2017 – 5pm to 9pm Exhibition runtime: October 20 – November 25, 2017 True Lies is the sixth installment in…
Yes Thank You For Asking group show
September 12, 2017
Some friends and I are showing some work in their studio. Its at a DIY gallery space TheShed 45 Beekman St Beacon, NY An exhibition of work by Helen Michelson,…
Put Down Roots with Interference Archive
September 12, 2017
Interference Archive is moving, building, and growing—and we really need your support to make our new, long-term home a reality. In August, we received a notice that we had to…
“To Immigrants, With Love” mural
September 10, 2017
Jess Chen and Roger Peet collaborated on an illustration early this year for a campaign entitled To Immigrants, With Love- an outreach and letter-writing effort designed to breach the feelings…
Haymarket: An Embattled History of Static Monuments and Public Interventions
August 31, 2017
A critical view on monuments and whose history is presented and whose is omitted is crucial in the aftermath of Charlotteville. Here is a link to a PDF of an…
Justseeds in Mexico!
August 20, 2017
About a third of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative recently traveled to Mexico City, (where three of our members live) for a week of collaboration with some of the amazing political…
ReciproCity – recent press from Milwaukee
July 20, 2017
Here is a recent article by Virginia Small on ReciproCity – a Milwaukee-based project that combines art, community engagement, and urban farming and is best known for turning three-empty city…