Migration Now! Artist Talk at Pequot Library
December 14, 2020
I was invited by the Pequot Library in Southport, CT to give a talk about the Migration Now! portfolio, which I co-produced with Favianna Rodriguez. It was great to get…
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Voting is Power: Black and Brown Lives Matter street mural by Voces de la Frontera in Milwaukee
October 11, 2020
This past Saturday – October 10, 2020 – Voces de los Artistas (the art affinity group with Voces de la Frontera) painted a 275′ x 26′ street mural with text…
Fight Like Ida B + Marsha P
October 2, 2020
This song is bringing me so much joy and energy! Ric Wilson is a Chicago treasure and I’m grateful he was so dedicated to the movement that he made us…
Climate Strike illustrations by Sanya Hyland
September 18, 2019
The kids’ portraits are my attempt at creating some graphics for the Climate Strike on September 20th, but to also use for Climate Crisis protest in general. I spend a…
Mutual Aid Animation
August 22, 2019
This has already made the rounds a bit, but in case you haven’t seen it, Dean Spade and the Big Door Brigade made this really neat animation about mutual aid….
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…
A Brief History of Mining
January 12, 2019
I recently finished a residency at the Arrowmont School of Art and Craft in eastern Tennessee. This was different from the residencies I normally do- instead of working on print…
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Zapatista uprising
January 2, 2019
January 1st 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the EZLN (Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional-Zapatista Army for National Liberation) uprising in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas. Their struggle for…
Believe Survivors: Flood the internet with love letters for survivors
October 17, 2018
The painful reality of this political moment is personal for many of us. As Kavanaugh becomes our new Supreme Court justice, let the survivors of the world know that not…
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…
August 6, 1945 – May this great evil never be repeated
August 6, 2018
The world entered the nuclear age with the A-bombing of Hiroshima at 8:15 A.M. on August 6, 1945. Ever since then, there has been a growing desire by humankind for…
Hanford and the Reactionary Imagination: a Journey into Nuclearity, Part 1
July 19, 2018
This is the first in a series of posts about a visit to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Eastern Washington state, and the fate of the uranium ores found in…
“Our Bodies Our Doctors” film fundraising effort
June 1, 2018
I’d like to share an inspiring new documentary film with you. The film is called, “Our Bodies Our Doctors” a feature-length film that tells the rarely-discussed story of what it…
Wilderness of Possibility
May 30, 2018
I left Portland at about eight o’clock on a Thursday night, after a cruise through the art shows downtown. The sun had set by the time I reached Celilo Park,…
A Justseeds Garden
May 24, 2018
Gardening is a large part of my practice from April through November. We’ve got a greenhouse where we have maintained rosemary through the winter to harvest for homemade bread, and…
Family Portrait Collage #7: Dvora Ehrlich
May 18, 2018
I’ve been going through the archival documents and photos of our family and trying to find out all I can about the Russian origins of my family. This is a…
Family Portrait Collage #6: Sadie Halpern
May 12, 2018
I’ve been going through the archival documents and photos of our family and trying to find out all I can about the Russian origins of my family. This is a…
Jess X. Snow needs your help: a queer asian film
April 23, 2018
Safe Among The Stars is a short film directed by justseeds artist Jess X. Snow about a queer Asian American woman (starring Poppy Liu and their mom, Leah and Vera…
Poor People’s Campaign NYC Art Build
April 22, 2018
I had a lot of fun helping out at the Poor People’s Campaign NYC art build at the Union Theological Seminary, a couple weekends back. Below are a couple of…
Family Portrait Collage #5 : Rose Bamak
March 30, 2018
I’ve been going through the archival documents and photos of our family and trying to find out all I can about the Russian origins of my family. This is a…