It was great to attend the ¡Printing the Revolution! Virtual Conversation Series: From Black and Brown Solidarity to Afro-Latinidad panel discussion. It was awesome to hear from the panelists and I was particularly excited to hear from Favianna Rodriguez. She had a lot of good stuff to say and she also talked about her own experiences as an Afro-Latinx woman. She was super open about herself and her community. I loved hearing about her upbringing in Oakland and how she got into art. I was really curious about how she developed her art style, which she attributes to political posters she saw growing up. She was really proud of being from the Bay Area and claims that is where political posters are from. Favianna talked about other artists she worked with and what she learned about them. It was really nice to see what space she works with. She had many plants around her and lots of sunlight and she spoke about how she likes to work in positive environments. It was interesting to hear about Black and brown solidarity as well as Afro-Latinidad within an art setting because art isn’t usually part of this discourse. This panel was less academic and more about lived experiences, which I really enjoyed. Favianna Rodriguez’s panel was the one that stuck with me the most because she talked about her experiences as a woman and as an Afro-Latinx individual and I felt she had the most insight and she had many powerful things to say.
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