National Participants USA

Sama-sama/Together Collaboration Apotik Komik, Yogyakarta, Indonesia and members of Clarion Alley Mural Project, SF CA conceived/directed Megan Wilson http://www.meganwilson.com/related/Curatorial/Sama-sama.php Yogyakarta Indonesia (2003),…

“El Salvador: I Want My People To Live/El Turno Del Ofendido” directed by Adrian Carrasco Zanini. Produced by Adrian Carrasco Zanini and…

http://www.johnhalaka.com/ Artist Statement I consider myself an activist artist whose creative work serves as a vehicle for meditation on personal, cultural and…

 Please Click to enlarge http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=267&Itemid=82 Interview: Joe Sacco  By Laila El-Haddad Ajazeera.Net When it comes to the world of cartooning, Joe…

http://breadandpuppet.org Cheap Art Philosophy The Cheap Art movement was launched in 1982 by the Bread and Puppet Theater in direct response to…

http://www.richardcastaneda.com/ Richard Castaneda’s work exhibits the uneasy tension of cultural identity, living within a paradoxical paradigm of what it is to be…

http://www.homeysf.org/ What is HOMEY’s? The mission of HOMEY remains to transform the lives of at-risk youth and community members in San Francisco,…

www.breakthesilencearts.org BTS works across movements- using culture to create alliances as well as perceptual ‘ruptures’ or ‘disturbances’ wherein people have the opportunity…

http://www.freepeltiernow.org/welcome.htm Peltier audio Leonard Peltier An innocent man, Leonard Peltier was wrongfully convicted in 1977 and has served over 30 years in…

Rigo 23 has exhibited his work internationally for over 20 years, placing murals, paintings, sculptures, and tile work in public situations where…

http://www.commongroundrelief.org/ Common Ground Relief’s mission is to provide short term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the gulf coast region, and…

www.voicesofpalestine.org We are a Seattle, Washington based community group with strong ties to Palestine. Most of our group’s members are US citizens…

http://www.lasmadresproject.org/ (link not currently working.  For more info use one below) http://hispanic7.com/transforming_tragedy_into_art.htm “I am compelled as an artist and more importantly as…

students.washington.edu/sjpal Students for Justice in Palestine, University of Washington is a group of students dedicated to promoting the principles of justice, human rights, liberation, and self-determination for the Palestinian people. Our dedication…

www.quitpalestine.org As queers, we are part of an international movement for human rights that encompasses the movement for Palestinian liberation, and all…

www.palestineinformation.org The Palestine Solidarity Committee — Seattle supports Palestinians in their struggle for the fundamental right of self-determination.  PSC works for an…

www.repohistory.org REPOhistory began in Manhattan in 1989 as a study group of artists, scholars, teachers, and writers focused on the relationship of…

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/basket/pomohist.html Pomo People: Brief History “Among our people, both men and women were basketmakers. Everything in our lifestyle was connected to those…

Arist Bio from: “East/West Convergences” Exhibit, Jan-Feb 2010, Features Arabic, Lebanese & Syrian Artists” After she left her career as an interior…