Riseup Needs Our Help
October 15, 2010
It is a little known secret, but Justseeds can only do what it does because groups like the Riseup Collective create online tools that facilitate 25 artists in 14 cities…
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Installing Rowboat Lookout Tower
September 28, 2010
Over the weekend with the help of family and friends I installed a “Rowboat Lookout Tower” on 35th and Capitol in Milwaukee. This is part of a project organized by…
New Mexico #2: Tinkertown
September 27, 2010
I am going to try and do a semi-regular post on things that interest me in, of, or about New Mexico. I’m still very much learning about this place so…
Rebel Diaz Video “Libertad”
September 24, 2010
Hip-Hop activists Rebel Diaz, based out of the Bronx, have a new video- Libertad. http://rebeldiaz.mvmt.com/
Birmingham Sunday by Langston Hughes
September 13, 2010
Birmingham Sunday (September 15, 1963) Four little girls Who went to Sunday School that day And never came back home at all But left instead Their blood upon the wall…
“Grace Before Dying” photo show (Portland OR)
August 26, 2010
There’s a great show up at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland this month, photos of the prisoner/volunteer-run hospice program at Angola State Penitentiary (LA) taken by Lori Waselchuk. Angola has…
Wisconsin Wonders
August 24, 2010
I recently spent some quality time in northern Wisconsin. The best way to spend a summer day in Wisconsin is at a cabin on a lake. Luckily my uncle has…
WERKKAMP
August 12, 2010
Here are a few photos of what I made at WERKKAMP this July at Fort 8 in Antwerpen, Belguim. This wonderful event was put together by the fine folks at…
Firebrands Reviewed
July 29, 2010
There’s a thoughtful (and critical) review of the Justseeds collaborative book Firebrands on Ernesto Aguilar’s blog here. (It’s a great blog too!)
The Political Graphics of Jules Perahim
July 28, 2010
Jules Perahim was a Romanian artist who died in 2008. Most links to him on the web refer to his surrealist works (in the Dali vein of surrealism) produced while…
RESOURCED Portfolio Launch in Pittsburgh
July 26, 2010
Justseeds RESOURCED Portfolio Launch Reception Pittsburgh, PA Friday, July 30th – 6-10pm Free and Open to the Public 3410 Penn Ave 2nd Floor (entrance and bike parking around back via…
Radical America
June 13, 2010
I just ran across a digital archive of Radical America, an SDS associated magazine that began in 1967. I downloaded a pdf of an issue at random and it was…
R.I.P. Keith “Guru” Elam
May 1, 2010
I have been a big fan of Guru, Gang Starr, and the Jazzmatazz albums and wanted to share some tribute shows I’ve been listening to over the last week. Mister…
Rondos website
April 22, 2010
The Rondos were a punk band from the late 1970s from Rotterdam. They have a pretty thorough website documenting not only the band, but the many collective projects that the…
Philagrafika-Philadelphia
March 29, 2010
I was fortunate enough to have Favianna Rodriguez and Jesus Barraza drop by my house late last Thursday. With very little arm twisting, at 1AM, they convinced me to go…
Rad Teen Art of the Week: Capitalism Train
March 16, 2010
This week I’m bringing you rad art, rather than print…this drawing is from a project that students in Schenley High School’s Theory of Knowledge course did a few years ago….
Rad Teen Print of the Week: G.Y.T.
February 23, 2010
This is one of the first prints created at Power Up, a new after school program I am teaching, by Shaleia McElligott. This poster is to promote Planned Parenthood of…
Rad Teen Print of the Week: Was It Worth It?
February 16, 2010
Another old skool image here…this silkscreen print was created by Abby Gordon and Kimi Hanauer for a Celebrate Pittsburgh People’s History project as part of RUST 2008. This piece is…
Rad Teen Print of the Week: Urban Redevelopment
February 9, 2010
This week’s Rad Teen Print of the Week is from Schenley High School Theory of Knowledge class from Spring 2008. This project was a Pittsburgh People’s History print, and the…
Rad Teen Print of the Week: POWER UP!
February 2, 2010
front back This week’s rad teen print is a t-shirt design, collectively conceived, drawn and printed by the girls of Power Up, a new after-school youth program I am teaching…