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Art Hazelwood is an artist, instigator and impresario who has curated dozens of exhibitions and organized and promoted the artwork of under recognized artists. He is the author of one book, Hobos to Street People: Artists' Responses to Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present, and several essays on printmaking, the intersection of art and politics, and the life and works of several artists. For over 25 years Art Hazelwood has created politically charged prints, working with dozens of organizations from arts organizations to unions to grassroots movements. He taught printmaking at the San Francisco State University and San Francisco Art Institute where he was involved in union bargaining for adjunct faculty and was elected Shop Steward. In 2021 UC Santa Cruz Special Collections established an archive of approximately 300 of his political prints.www.arthazelwood.com Juan R. Fuentes is a Chicano artist living in San Francisco, a long time cultural worker, art teacher and social activist/poster maker and printmaker. For ten years in the 1990s he was director of Mission Gráfica. He grew up in the farm labor camps of Monterey County in California, picking fruits and vegetables along with his parents and eleven brothers and sisters.www.juanrfuentes.comEvery aspect of the creation of this book was a collaborative effort involving Juan R. Fuentes, Robbin Légère Henderson, Michelle Mouton, Calixto Robles, Jos Sances and author Art Hazelwood. Jos Sances, is co-founder with René Castro of Mission Gráfica in San Francisco. For over 40 years he has made his living as a printmaker and muralist. He is founder of Alliance Graphics, begun in 1989, a successful, union screenprint shop. All the while maintaining a steady output of art. The Library of Congress acquired nearly 500 of Sances' prints that broadly represent his output. Jos is proudly a founding and lifelong member of the Great Tortilla Conspiracy. A political performance group that produces satirical edible art screenprinted with chocolate on tortillas. www.josart.net Every aspect of the creation of this book was a collaborative effort involving Juan R. Fuentes, Robbin Légère Henderson, Michelle Mouton, Calixto Robles, Jos Sances and author Art Hazelwood.
Mission Grafica: Reflecting a Community in Print details the incomparable role Mission Grafica plays in the history of printmaking. The print shop has been an instrumental leader in print craftsmanship, political solidarity, and communal sharing. Acting as a pivotal hub for creative partnership, Mission Grafica has been a cultural beacon for artistic production, inspiring change among communities and cultivating the great printmakers of our time. - Claudia E. Zapata Smithsonian American Art Museum Replete with powerful images, Mission Grafica: Reflecting a Community in Print is a historical and artistic record of an important San Francisco institution. It provides an inspiring narrative of artists who found a supportive and collaborative center that facilitated a range of artistic production, from political prints that connected the local community with international struggles to announcement posters for myriad Bay Area cultural events. It is an invaluable resource for understanding Mission Grafica's international impact and its legacy within Chicano and Latino political activism as well as American art. Terezita Romo Adjunct Faculty, UC, Davis and author of Malaquias Montoya A historic collection of art posters from the prolific crew at Mission Grafica. A true explosion of colors, themes, events, beautifully printed by some of the Bay Area's premier artists. A historical keepsake for those interested in art and printmaking, but also a wonderful guide to some of the key events in the history of the Mission District, the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, and especially the groundbreaking work of the many world-class artists that have worked at Mission Grafica. Bravo! Alejandro Murguia Professor, Latina/Latino Studies San Francisco State University The posters produced by Mission Grafica supported local communities, publicized cultural events, opposed wars, and expressed solidarity with people across the world. They also continue to be treasured and displayed decades after the events they promoted took place because the art was as important as the message. Although dozens of artists are included, there is a recognizable look to much of the work produced at Mission Grafica. Movement posters are rarely as subtle or as striking as these. Carol A. Wells Founder & Executive Director Center for the Study of Political Graphics Their finer work integrates elements from many graphic streams, and reflects the rich diversity of the multi-ethnic community served by the social serigraphy movement. Indeed, the workshop is an epitome of the social serigraphy movement itself, which has been dedicated to the most local service, yet internationalist in perspective; intensely ethnic in focus, yet inter-racial in cooperation. These qualities are embodied in Mission Grafica. Michael Rossman All of Us or None Archive
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