{"id":71011,"date":"2026-02-23T16:16:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=71011"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:47:37","slug":"ice-rapid-response-hotline-artist-flyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/ice-rapid-response-hotline-artist-flyer\/","title":{"rendered":"This hand-drawn flyer is the most-shared ICE resource in the Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Winsor Kinkade, a nonbinary artist, has been making art as soon as they were old enough to pick up a pencil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Painting and drawing have long served as sources of comfort. As immigration enforcement escalates nationwide, they\u2019ve turned to art as a tool for resilience in immigrant communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of my work comes from deep wells of grief,\u201d said Kinkade. \u201cDeep wells of anger, frustration, and strong embers of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winsor Kinkade, 30, a queer, nonbinary artist, looks through their oil paintings at home in Pacifica, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2025. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the Trump administration launched a large-scale federal immigration crackdown in Los Angeles, sparking confrontations and grassroots organizing nationwide. In San Francisco, asylum seekers were detained during routine immigration court check-ins, prompting protests and clashes<\/a> with police across the Bay Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In January, Kinkade responded swiftly. Using a red Micron marker, they sketched a flyer in a tan-toned sketchbook compiling Bay Area rapid response hotline numbers \u2014 a network of community-based immigrant rights organizations operating 24\/7 to respond to suspected or confirmed enforcement actions. The hotline helps verify ICE activity and connects detained individuals with emergency legal support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cI\u2019m seeing all of these numbers floating around,\u201d Kinkade said. \u201cAnd it would be helpful [to have them compiled].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After posting the flyer to Instagram<\/a>, the image quickly spread online and onto the streets. Friends began sending photos of the flyer taped to storefronts and stickered along streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left:<\/strong> The hand-drawn rapid response flyer created by Winsor Kinkade, 30. The artwork was widely shared and took on a life of its own, as people created their own versions. Courtesy of Winsor Kinkade. Right:<\/strong> Winsor Kinkade, 30, a queer, nonbinary artist, sits in their dining room in Pacifica, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2025. Kinkade created a rapid response hotline flyer that gained visibility throughout the Bay Area. \u201cPeople make edits to it, change the color \u2014 I\u2019ve been encouraging that. Make it how you want,\u201d they said. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The original drawing depicts a cornfield in red tracing, a homage to Kinkade\u2019s close relationship with farmworkers through their full-time work as a community mental health therapist with Ayudando Latinos A So\u00f1ar<\/a> in Half Moon Bay. Across the top, the flyer reads: \u201cOHLONE LAND BAY AREA ICE RAPID RESPONSE COMMUNITY NETWORKS.\u201d Hotline numbers fill the center. At the bottom, a message in Spanish declares: \u201cNING\u00daN SER HUMANO ES ILEGAL,\u201d finalized with a tiny red star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Kinkade, who identifies as queer, the artwork does not solely belong to them: \u201cIt\u2019s ours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the artwork went public, the image has taken on multiple iterations. \u201cPeople make edits to it, change the color,\u201d said Kinkade. \u201cI\u2019ve been encouraging that. Make it how you want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kinkade also leads an art program for farmworkers at ALAS, creating space for families to come in and paint after long days working the fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left:<\/strong> Oil paints are neatly arranged in Winsor Kinkade\u2019s home studio in Pacifica, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2025. Right:<\/strong> Winsor Kinkade, 30, a queer, nonbinary artist, holds a succulent at their home in Pacifica, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At a time when many artists rely on iPads and digital software, Kinkade remains committed to an analog practice. They work with paper and pen. Their oil paintings are spiritual and raw, often focusing on hands or still lifes. They favor bold, warm and earthy colors \u2014 a palette connecting to the farming towns along the Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Kinkade shared a linocut piece honoring the Indigenous Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico. The work features a large corn stalk filling the frame in bold red, and red hues. At the bottom it reads: \u201cTierra y Libertad\u201d in Spanish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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