Installing “Not In Our Name” w/ Juana Alicia
OG muralist and teacher Juana Alicia hit me and some other painters/muralists to come help her install her piece in support of Palestinians in Gaza on a church in Oakland/Berkeley. We had lots of help from David Solnit, Yazmin Madriz, Keena Romano, Nadya V, my crew mate and sister Cece Carpio of Trust Your Struggle Collective, and myself. Here we are with some of the folks who work at the church! Diego Mendoza snapped this photo. Shout out to David Solnit who helped lead the installation w/ Tirso (Juana’s husband).
Here are some words from Juana herself:
Thank you so much to the crew that helped us install our mural, Not in Our Name, on St. Columba Catholic Church in Oakland yesterday! San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim’s poem and my illustration are proudly displayed on the exterior wall of the church, facing San Pablo Avenue at Adeline.
This work, which expresses our profound solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine, seeks to touch the hearts of those who see it, and move them to action to support those who are suffering from an ongoing genocide.
Our mural fam came through to work with Tirso Araiza, David Solnit and I on mounting the 7′ x 15′ canvas on the church wall. Deep bows to Father Aidan McAleenan and the staff at the church (Harriet, Margaret and Joyce) for their kindness, cooperation and solidarity! Thanks so much to Keena Romano, Cece Carpio, Yazmín Madriz, Diego Mendoza, Robert Trujillo Liu and Nadya Voynoskyva for their great energy and elbow grease!
This church is super progressive and as a result has been fucked with. But, from what they told me its very inclusive and they stand ten toes down. If you’re in the East Bay go see it.
Dig this? Check out this street mural take over in front of Black Rock in SF.
