{"id":17585,"date":"2012-11-25T20:03:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T03:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=17585"},"modified":"2012-11-25T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T03:14:09","slug":"an-artists-journey-through-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/an-artists-journey-through-time\/","title":{"rendered":"An artist&#8217;s journey through time"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17586\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/2012\/11\/an-artists-journey-through-time\/favianna-rodriguez_02web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17586\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17586 \" title=\"Favianna Rodriguez_02web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_02web.jpg?resize=720%2C480&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_02web.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_02web.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_02web.jpg?resize=360%2C239&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Favianna Rodr\u00edguez junto a su obra \u2018D\u00eda de los Muertos 2012\u2019 en una gala de apertura de exhibici\u00f3n en la galer\u00eda Solespace de Oakland. Favianna Rodriguez and her piece Dia de los Muertos 2012 at an Opening Art Show at Solespace in Oakland, Nov. 2, 2012. Photo Melanie Guilbault<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For 34-year-old Oakland artist Favianna Rodriguez, merging activism and art is something that comes natural. The curly-haired industrious champion of the disenfranchised is unafraid to speak her mind, verbally or through her colorful prints and digital art. Although she\u2019s won many awards, Rodriguez has a genuine humility and calmness about her that belies her firebrand spirit and her in-your-face work.<\/p>\n<p>Her Peruvian parents met in Oakland in the early 1970s where they settled in the Fruitvale neighborhood and raised their children amid a community rich with Latino culture and political awareness. As a child Rodriguez learned about social movements at Centro Infantil school. Her art journey began in a children\u2019s program at the Spanish Speaking Citizen\u2019s Foundation where she was taught by Chicano muralists.<\/p>\n<p>But in the early \u201890s, 14-year-old Rodriguez began to feel trapped by Oakland\u2019s growing violence. In the eighth grade, after friends were beaten and sexually assaulted, Rodriguez\u2019s parents agreed to her request to go to school in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one of the best experiences of my life, because in Mexico I was not seen as an outsider,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cAll the education was about me. I learned about Sim\u00f3n Bolivar, El Che, the muralists. It felt so relevant to me and it made me realize that in the U.S. young Latinos are treated as outsiders. The history is not ours. We are always on the sidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After three years she returned to the U.S. and enrolled at U.C. Berkeley, majoring in architecture and Chicano Studies. She began exploring art and the Internet, learning to code and build websites. Three years later she left school before getting her degree to explore art on a deeper level. When she couldn\u2019t get into art school because she lacked formal training and a portfolio, she decided to learn on her own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really am a champion of being an autodidactic,\u201d she said. \u201cEspecially now with all the cuts, you have to go outside of the institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her quest, she worked with Xochitl Nevel Guerrero, an Oakland artist who taught her to have a voice as an artist. Other mentors included Bay Area artists Yolanda L\u00f3pez, Ester Hernandez and Jesus Barraza. She soon extended her network to Los Angeles when she met Yreina Cervantez, Barbara Carrasco and Diane Gamboa. She also worked with author Elizabeth \u201cBetita\u201d Martinez on her book, \u201c500 years of Chicana Women\u2019s History.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all gave me the confidence to know that I could do anything I wanted to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17589\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/2012\/11\/an-artists-journey-through-time\/favianna-rodriguez_06web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17589\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17589 \" title=\"Favianna Rodriguez_06web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_06web.jpg?resize=347%2C480&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_06web.jpg?resize=347%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 347w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_06web.jpg?resize=600%2C830&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_06web.jpg?resize=180%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Favianna-Rodriguez_06web.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cLo m\u00e1s cierto a horas inciertas\u201d, 2007 letterpress print by Favianna Rodriguez. Photo Courtesy favianna.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A turning point happened in 1999 when Rodriguez got her first print made at Los Angeles\u2019 Self Help Graphics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing to Self Help Graphics was like walking into art heaven for me. It is the place where Chicano and Latino artists thrive. And they loved my art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2001, she and artist Jesus Barraza created TUMIS, a multi-purpose design and web-consulting firm with a mission to help communities of color. On a wave of tireless creativity and organizing, Rodriguez went on to establish the Eastside Arts Alliance, Taller Tupac Amaru, CultureStrike and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presente.org\">Presente.org<\/a>, a national organization working to promote the voice of Latino communities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rodriguez, Latinos are six years behind the technology curve. She saw the massive 2006 immigrant marches as a missed opportunity to use tech tools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I started Presente.org, because I saw it as an opportunity to really leverage our power via technology, \u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>While many people see her art as empowering the Latino community, Rodriguez said it\u2019s larger than that. \u201cIt\u2019s about serving humanity, about serving mother earth. It\u2019s about serving all of us and not just a few of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And she is not afraid to take on her community when they oppose issues like gay marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an artist it\u2019s important to know that sometimes your work has to be groundbreaking. Sometimes it has to disturb people\u2014get people mad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, pro-military people attacked her post-9\/11 anti-war work. Her pro-immigrant stance was attacked when she taught a class at Stanford University. And, she\u2019s gotten \u201cslut bashed\u201d for promoting an alternative way to think about sexuality through her \u201cSlut Power\u201d and \u201cPussy Power\u201d series.<\/p>\n<p>But Rodriguez is prepared for the backlash: \u201cMy arguments are pretty sound so I can explain all the positions of my work. It\u2019s okay for people to feel uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was honored at the recent Chicana\/Latina Foundation awards where she spoke about sex positivity and her personal experience with abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I began to do posters about coming out with your abortion I felt like I needed to speak my truth and just be honest about it. That was a turning point because I got so much love from my own gente,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After ten years of non-stop work Rodriguez is ready to take a break, but then, a list of projects come rolling off her tongue: \u201cI want to develop more story-based medium. I\u2019m getting bored with art that you interact with and that tell a short story. I want to do longer stories. I want to do graphic novels, short films, and write illustrated books. I want to take people on a journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t seem like this talented artist is going to slow down anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez\u2019s work can be viewed at<a href=\" http:\/\/www.favianna.com\"> www.favianna.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more info on Favianna Rodriguez, please visit: <a href=\" http:\/\/www.favianna.com\">www.favianna.com<\/a>. You can also find more information about the different organizations mentioned at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumis.com\">www.tumis.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsideartsalliance.com\">www.eastsideartsalliance.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturestrike.net\">www.culturestrike.net<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallertupacamaru.com\">www.tallertupacamaru.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presente.org\">www.presente.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 34-year-old Oakland artist Favianna Rodriguez, merging activism and art is something that comes natural. The curly-haired industrious champion of the disenfranchised is unafraid to speak her mind, verbally or through her colorful prints and digital art. 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