Mission Gráfica: Reflecting a Community in Print

As a community print center of diversity and cultural ferment, Mission Gráfica has produced challenging, aesthetically outstanding artwork of social and political relevance from 1982 to the present. Over one hundred full-color screenprints were selected from thousands produced by the many artists who passed through the studio.

This abundantly illustrated narrative situates Mission Gráfica within the context of the rich history of political posters in the San Francisco Bay Area. and includes an evocative introduction by US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Mission Gráfica: Reflecting a Community in Print offers inspiration for new generations of graphic expression.

The artwork presented reflects an enormous variety of styles, approaches and sensibilities. The artists range from non-professional and emerging artists to well-known figures such as Nancy Hom, Rupert Garcia, Mildred Howard, Jean La Marr, Ester Hernandez, Michael Roman, Jesus Barraza, Favianna Rodriguez and the San Francisco Print Collective, as well as the four principle artists involved over the course of Gráfica, Jos Sances, René Castro, Juan R. Fuentes and Calixto Robles.

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.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	138
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Pacific View PR
Fecha de Publicación	2022-10-12
Dimensiones	11.0" x 8.5" x 0.36" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No

Sances, Jos

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.

Fuentes, Juan R.

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.

Hazelwood, Art

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