Artist Talk: Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde

Artists Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes create work that amplifies people’s stories. Their graphic arts collaboration, Dignidad Rebelde, has supported grassroots organizing and produced many of the political graphics that continue to shape the visual identity of social movements in the San Francisco Bay Area and globally. Their artwork is featured in the ongoing exhibition “Radical Histories: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.” The traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian American Art Museum explores how Chicana/o artists, such as Cervantes and Barraza, have utilized printmaking as a tool for resistance, community engagement, and the reclamation of cultural identity. 

The lecture is followed by a conversation with Angélica Becerra, the Bradford and Christine Mishler Associate Curator of American Art at The Huntington. 

Key Details

• Registration does not include admission to The Huntington.
• Please bring registration confirmation with you. 
• Check in with Education staff at Rothenberg Hall beginning at 2:30 p.m.   
• No food or drinks are allowed inside the theater.  

For questions about this event, please contact publicprograms@huntington.org.