<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Mi Gente,<br><br></div>Don't miss this special evening with activist, artist and agitator, Favianna Rodriguez and a screening of her three part documentary, <b>Migration is Beautiful</b>.<br>
<br></div><b>Migration is Beautiful</b> screening (42 minutes)<br></div><div>followed by Q&A with<span><span class=""> guide, witness and narrarator Favianna Rodriguez<br><br></span></span></div><div><span><span class=""><font><b>Wednesday, February 20 • 8pm</b></font><br>
</span></span></div><div><span><span class="">The Democracy Center<br></span></span></div><div><span><span class="">45 Mt Auburn Street<br>Harvard Square • Cambridge, MA<br><br></span></span><b>Favianna Rodriguez</b> is a celebrated printmaker and digital artist based
in Oakland, California. Using high-contrast colors and vivid figures,
her composites reflect literal and imaginative migration, global
community, and interdependence. Whether her subjects are immigrant day
laborers in the U.S., mothers of disappeared women in Juárez, Mexico, or
her own abstract self portraits, Rodriguez brings new audiences into
the art world by refocusing the cultural lens. Through her work we
witness the changing U.S. metropolis and a new diaspora in the arts. <br>
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Rodriguez is co-editor of Reproduce and Revolt! with internationally
renowned stencil artist and art critic Josh MacPhee (Soft Skull Press,
2008). An unprecedented contribution to the Creative Commons, the
200-page book contains more than 600 bold, high-quality black and white
illustrations for royalty-free creative use. Her artwork also appears in
The Design of Dissent (Rockport Publishers, 2006), Peace Signs: The
Anti-War Movement Illustrated (Edition Olms, 2004), and The Triumph of
Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican Art (Bilingual Review Press,
2005).
<br><br><span><span class=""><span><span class="">Produced by Pharrell Williams,<b> "Migration is Beautiful"</b> addresses the debate surrounding immigration policy in the United
States and the overall perception of immigrants, the three-episode
project focuses on the<span class=""> growing influence of artists in the political realm. The
documentary captures not only the dedicated efforts of undocumented
activists risking arrest to protest in Arizona, but also the
participation of countless creative figures -- street artists,
filmmakers, musicians, public performers and more -- who use visual
expression to affect the national dialogue.</span></span></span><br><br>------------------------<br><br></span></span></div><div><span><span class="">Facebook Event Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/340816089360227/">https://www.facebook.com/events/340816089360227/</a><br>
<br></span></span><span><span class="">------------------------</span></span></div><div><span><span class=""><br></span></span></div><div><span><span class="">Peace and aché,<br><br></span></span></div><div><span><span class="">Luis<br>
</span></span></div><div><span><span class=""><br></span></span></div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br>Luis E. Cotto | <a href="http://about.me/luiscotto" target="_blank">http://about.me/luiscotto</a><br><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,153,0)"><b>~ "Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living." -- </b>Mother Jones</span>
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