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Recent Blog Posts

Dia De Niño
tbt- New Frontiers Comics Anthology
Love and Protect: Mural Series in Oakland Chinatown
Podcast w/ Afriware owner Nzingha Nommo
Reading! - NHCC
Children's Portrait 64 - Belen's Fam
Jazz is Dead + Gary Bartz

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Last wknd I got to paint w/some OGs & young artist

Last wknd I got to paint w/some OGs & young artists(BLK/Asian). Organized by @cececarpio & @civicdesignstudio510 and w/ the help of hella folks like @curyj510 .We got down to show solidarity and to demonstrate to our local community that we cannot be divided by white supremacy. We have long had each others backs, and we will continue to. We all need a reminder sometimes and this was therapeutic to make some dope art around the idea of solidarity.Peep the official statement:

Love and Protect: Mural Series in Oakland Chinatown

Bay Area visual artists of Asian and Black descent are producing a series of mobile public art murals in Oakland Chinatown for those impacted by Asian hate crimes. On Saturday, April 10th local artists will gather at Madison Park starting at 10 am to paint large canvas works that can travel for community events and public display. This project is in collaboration with Chinatown Coalition and we are outreaching to seniors and community members in the neighborhood. We acknowledge that the global health and economic pandemic are amplified by systemic injustices that disproportionately hurt immigrants and communities of color. Love and Protect is a condemnation of violence and a commitment to uplift, nourish, fortify and pay homage to our communities so that when we rise, we rise up together.

Artists Cece Carpio of Trust Your Struggle Collective and Tommy Wong of Civic Design Studio and Good Good Eatz have brought together local artists who are deeply rooted in the fight for racial and environmental justice. Emory Douglas and Joan Tarika Lewis, who are revolutionary artists and historical members of the Black Panther Party, bring visibility to the long history of Black and Asian unity. Robert Liu-Trujillo, Elaine Chu, Miguel “Bounce” Perez, Eric Norberg, and Karen Seneferu & Malik Seneferu are contributing their art and deep ties to social justice work. Ming Mur-Ray and Elokin Orton Cheung who are art teachers in Oakland’s Chinatown are bringing their students to help paint. Youth artists Deanna Brownfield and Lauryn Marshall from from the Black Cultural Zone are also bringing their vision and perspective. #blackandasiansolidarity

Fam, I will be presenting at the 2021 @NHCCNM bili

Fam, I will be presenting at the 2021 @NHCCNM bilingual book festival this week on Thursday on April 15th, 2021. I'll be reading in Spanish and English so tune in w/ your bilingual learners. Check out the schedule and more here @nhccchildrensbookfest

Music to share: link in my bio to “my blog” so

Music to share: link in my bio to “my blog” so u can listen.

I never really was a fan of house as a kid, teen, or even a 20 something. It wasn't until my 30's that I began to really appreciate it and now I love it. But specifically "deep, afro, or down tempo" house. So here are some of my favorite joints. They range from hip hop/house to the above mentioned and are from a bunch of different eras. What’s the first house song u loved?

👾Opio- Granite earth (2005)
🌟Smiles Davis- Count on my love feat Alice Smith (2020)
👾Aya- Sean (the first house record I bought before I knew what it was!) (2004)
🌟Zion I -Antenna (2009)
👾Kerri Chandler - Sunday sunlight (2014)
🌟Les Sins -Grind aka Toro Y Moi (2013)
👾Miguel Migs feat Lisa Shaw - Waterfall (2016)
🌟Tall Black Guy remix for Roy Ayers Project - Luv Dancin (2011)
👾Anderson .Paak - Twilight (2019)
🌟Teymori - Escapism (2018)
And more... but IG only allows 10 images. #musictoshare #deephouse #hiphop #housemusic #vinylcollectors #ifyouliketodance #blackfolksinventedthatshit #goodvibes #musictodanceto

Hey y'all. I've been invited to do work with the t

Hey y'all. I've been invited to do work with the team at Umber to help bring UMBER publishing to life. We plan on expanding from 1 to 4 journals a year focusing on Black Men, POC, sexual expression, music, art, and more. If you enjoy the feel of an actual printed mag check out the campaign, the video, and the pledge tiers!

Posted @withregram • @thisisumber UMBER is read by a community of vital tastemakers and movement-builders. Our readers aren’t just casually interested in the content we offer, they help create it! The people that read UMBER are creators and thinkers who belong to multiple communities, are socially conscious, and intentional in how they shape their lifestyles.

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Meet illustrator, children book author and muralist Robert Liu Trujillo (@robert_tres) of @trustyourstruggle artists collective. Trujillo talks about his process in working on children’s books and what “UMBER is” to him.

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Make a pledge UMBER’s “Succeeding Against the Odds” campaign. Donate. Support. Spread the word. See link in bio.

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Video: @sean_d_johnson
Music: @eddouxl
Fonts: @vocaltype.co

#UmberPublishing #blackowned #blackpublishing #blackjoy #independent #oakland #publishing #design #typography #art #sustainable #creatives #tastemakers #crowdfunding #UmberIs #familiar

Here’s children’s portrait 64- Belen’s famil

Here’s children’s portrait 64- Belen’s family
Did this for a sister named Belen who’s family is from Uruguay. This was fun and challenging to put all the different poses together. Check out some process.
#portraitpainting #familyportraits #acrylicpainting #artofrobertliutrujillo #childrensportraits #uruguay

Next up-“Focus” New in a series of stickers t

Next up-“Focus”

New in a series of stickers that are meant to encourage, remind, and affirm you or your team. Link is in my bio.

#vinylstickers #artofrobertliutrujillo #encourage #affirm #remindertoself #laptopsticker #sketchbookstickers #hydroflaskstickers #stayontrack

Children’s portrait 62 - Jahbreel, Kubwa, and Ja

Children’s portrait 62 - Jahbreel, Kubwa, and Jahlyl

Yo, really like how this one turned out. My bro Walker hit me up to paint this portrait of a father and his sons and it is a special gift to give. Scroll through to see some of the painting process. Link to my shop is in my bio.
#fathersandsons #familyportraits #families #fathers #handpainted #acrylicpainting #artofrobertliutrujillo #retratosfamilia #retrato

You too can keep your glasses from falling. Young

You too can keep your glasses from falling. Young Rob.

Did these letters as an art offering. Please feel

Did these letters as an art offering. Please feel free to share w/credit.

These hand styles/ letters are a response to the recent attacks in GA, the past yr of attacks against Aapi which have risen 150%, and the historic racism against the Asian American community in the US.

Action steps: What can you do?
1. Have u supported orgs that uplift the Aapi community? Start w/the GA families and organizers by following and donating to @advancing_justice_atl

2. Are u willing to Speak up and speak out? Whether you think your followers and friends will give AF, speaking out is a muscle. Let folks know where u stand and engage the comments.

3. Can you uplift Asian American storytellers, artists, musicians, journalists, etc in telling our very unique, specific, diverse, and varied stories? Do this in kid books, film, music, video games, animation, etc

4. Can u help dismantle white supremacy and patriarchy by studying them and talking to your kids, fellow co-workers, students, friends, folks about it? The personal is political.

5. Thank you for showing solidarity and showing up.

#stopasianhate #stopaapihate #asianamerican #dismantlewhitesupremacy #dismantlethepatriarchy #handstyle #handlettering #typography #artofrobertliutrujillo #artistsagainstracism #solidarity #fuckwhitesupremacy #fuckpatriarchy

For the #Graffiti and writing community who supports AAPI folks, plz do your own letters and share. Spread the message.

For the lover in you #vinylforever . Here’s a ne

For the lover in you #vinylforever . Here’s a new print (Sunset Needle) I made for analog music makers and lovers. Link to my shop in bio.

I was about 15 or 16 when I got my first Stanton 500 AL needle/cartridge. What’s the first time you got a record, tape , or cd w/ur own money? Think I was 12 or 13.

#artofrobertliutrujillo #musicinspired #vinyl #analogmusic #cratedigging #onmyturntable #vinylgram #vinylcollector #hiphopvinyl #lp

For as long as I can remember this brother has bee

For as long as I can remember this brother has been locked up as so many freedom fighters have to prove a point. That point is “if you speak out against the power structure/system, we will silence you”.

If you’re an Illustrator, graf writer, or lettering artist plz do a a quick piece in support of his release and hashtag it #artistsformumia

If you’re new to his case, do me a favor and lookup up the documentary “Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary” to learn abt his case and his revolutionary journalism! Listen to him speak on KPFA. Read up on his case. And...

Please follow @mumiaabujamalofficial and @bringmumiahome to learn how u can help put pressure on Philadelphia’s DA and Governor to release this man who’s been in prison on death row since 1982 for a crime he did not commit. #politicalprisoner #mumiaabujamal #freeemall #freemumia

What up fam? Here’s a new gold sticker. “GROW”🌟

I created an original painting with the word "GROW" back in 2013. Matter of fact, I painted a whole series of affirming words. In an effort to get back to making pieces that are not only affirming to me (hopefully you too) but to make it affordable, I plan to make some new stickers with affirming type based art. I painted this piece on paper and got it printed with gold to add a bit of shine. It simply means to change, step forward, learn, unlearn, etc. Tag a friend. Or send one to a friend. The link is in bio!

#stickers #goldsticker #typeart #artofrobertliutrujillo #stickerart #typography #affirmation #hydroflaskstickers #journalstickers #laptopstickers

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