Favianna Rodriguez

If you're not familiar with the art and cultural work of Favianna Rodriguez, you must check out her blog.

Rodriguez was trained in free neighborhood art classes in the 1980s in Oakland. She has gone on to make work about immigration, economic justice, food justice, the war, and occupations at home and abroad.

Rodriguez writes about her work,

There has never been a movement for social change without the arts, posters in particular, being central to that movement. All art is political, but not all art is overtly political. Protest posters flaunt their politics and court discussion. They can deepen compassion and commitment, ignite outrage, elicit laughter, and provoke action. The power of the poster is that it is produced in multiples, and therefore can be easily distributed for all to see.

In addition to her political posters, she serves as president of Tumis, the woman/people of color owned, community-based design firm.