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Mission Gr\u00e1fica bares its roots in the Mission. Founded in 1982, it is currently housed in the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, a key cultural center in the neighborhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book includes a brief, but insightful look at the history of Mission Gr\u00e1fica by artist Art Hazelwood and a touching and powerful preface by former U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera. He describes the art and how it embraces the people \u2014 la gente. It also includes five black-and-white photographs of artists at work in the early days of the center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The center harbored El Tecolote in those early days when we needed space to layout the newspaper. \u00a1Grac\u00edas MCCLA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of being categorized decades, the art is creatively grouped based on six distinct categories: Women\u2019s Voices, International Solidarity, Local Politics, Indigenous America, Cultural Celebrations, and U.S. Imperialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book\u2019s cover by R\u00e9ne Castro is a colorful tribute to the Salvadoran rebels with a solidarity rose and an erupting volcano representing the power of the freedom fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mission Gr\u00e1fica, the book, is a powerful collection of poster art from some of the most notable Bay Area artists who have utilized the services of the center. Among the artists are R\u00e9ne Castro, Carmen Lomas Garza, Juan R. Fuentes, Rupert Garcia, Ester Hernandez, Ren\u00e9 Ya\u00f1ez, Juana Alicia, Jesus Barraza, Enrique Chagoya, Nancy Hom, Chuy Campusano, Irene Perez, Tirso G. Araiza, Art Hazelwood, Linda Lucero, Herbert Siq\u00fcenza, Alfonso Maciel, Francisco Letelier, Calixto Robles, and Michael Roman, just to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reproduction of the poster art is exquisite. Also, how the text compliments the graphics makes it easy to navigate from page to page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMission Gr\u00e1fica: Reflecting a Community in Print\u201d is worth adding to your personal library collection. You won\u2019t be disappointed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The book is available at the Mission Cultural Center of Latino Arts, 2868 Mission St. The posters are also on display at the current MCCLA exhibit entitled “Mission Gr\u00e1fica, 46 years, Community, Culture, and Politics” which runs through June 25. Fuentes is the exhibit’s curator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, call 415-796-6422.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book Documents Voices for Justice Mission Gr\u00e1fica\u2019s Poster Art Reveals the Power of Print With an army of community-based graphic artists over its 40-plus years of existence, Mission Gr\u00e1fica, a Mission-based graphic arts center, has helped lead campaigns for social justice. That effort is now the focus of a new book that documents how their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":55763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"by Juan Gonzales","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[870,23720],"coauthors":[18445],"class_list":["post-55758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-graphic-art","tag-mission-grafica","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Iconic](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mission-Grafica_Juan-Fuentes_web.jpeg?resize=900%2C1200&quality=89&ssl=1\")