Favianna Rodriguez is a California-based artist who, in less than a decade, has achieved a considerable amount:
Favianna is a founding member of the EastSide Arts Alliance (ESAA), an Oakland-based collective of third world artist and community organizers who use the arts as a tool in the freedom struggle. She is the director of Visual Element a graffiti arts organization that trains young graffiti writers to produce political murals in communities of color. She is also the co-owner of Tumi’s Design, a multi-service technology and design firm. Implementing advanced graphic & web technologies with a social consciousness, Tumi’s seeks to use multimedia to engender global communication between oppressed communities and to promote political art and open forums of expression.
She boasts a very impressive portfolio, as diverse as it is accomplished. She also maintains a fantastic blog.
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I checked out her portfolio and blog. Great work, great causes. Well worth a visit.