Week 7 Blog Post

The artist that I have chosen for my presentation is Melanie Cervantes a Xicanx printmaker whose art really focuses on community. A lot of her work is centered around radical transformations of communities in struggles. Her work tackles issues of liberation, along with the patriarchy, exploitation and also centers around third world and indigenous movements  Because her work is heavily inspired and create for communities in struggle, the subjects in her work are not exclusively Xicanx. As shown in the image below, a lot of her art is inspired by other movements such as the movement for liberation in Palestine. This ability to create art for many communities is what makes her work very powerful for me as building solidarity is very important for many movements. I am very excited to present some more of Melanie's work with the class.