NEW-This is a new set of prints I started this summer. I started a similar series years ago and I’m happy to pick it nack up. I made these prints to be hung in places where young people can see them. Libraries, offices, classrooms, homes, maybe even community centers. Wherever the place, its meant to be a tool to encourage reading for fun and to learn.
Hey, this is my first time doing this event. If you’re in Cupertino or San Ramon on the dates of these events please stop by and say hello. For more info go HERE.
You might hear me critique politicians or systems and think Rob is just anti this or that. But, although I am anti systems of Capitalism, Patriarchy, Homophobia, Police brutality, so many things I am very PRO getting off your ass and getting involved beyond electroral politics. Those serve a purpose as well tho, dont get me wrong. What I want folks to do is join a fucking organization, and link arms with other orgs so you can learn from each other and champion ea others causes. Joining organization builds power, and when we have power we dont have to ask, we can demand.
That being said if you saw my profile image of the huge street mural painted in front of Black Rock in SF who are actively funding genocide-David and Gemma are two down ass foo’s who were leading us all that day and I have hella respect for them. On this podcast they are interviewed by photographer and activist Brooke Anderson who has been there documenting so many of our movements for ages. Please listen to this show, rate it, subscribe, and recommend more movement artists who should be on the show in the BAY.
When I released the bk trailer for my 1st self pub bk 8 yrs ago I barely used #YouTube, in the past 4 yrs tho, I started 2 have fun w/ it. But, I also want 2 help other artists, students, parents, etc. If ur subscribed 2 my channel, what would u like 2 learn from me?
Besides working in Kidlit and illustration I also worked in public art and murals for many years and I bring skills, ethic, and politics from that with me wherever I go. For this, we were brought in to paint a mural called “El Relevo” to symbolize the handing of the baton from the older Chilean founders of this cultural hub and organizing outpost to the next generation. The hand off was not so smooth in reality, but I remember loving working on this. I had just moved back to Oakland after living in Brooklyn for a few years. This video was shot by Miguel Bounce Perez.
Dig this? Check out this direct action in front of “Black Rock” who are one of the private equity companies bankrolling bombs being dropped in Palestine.
Ey fam, these are trying times. Real talk as my uncle used to say. Genocide, recession, a culture of individualism over collective. But, I am manifesting more connection, helping one another, connecting, and bringing in enough to feel stable and share that. If you are manifesting something, or want to acknowledge something, this sticker is for you.
Here is a new “story time print” for a series that i’ve been working on for years now. In this one I wanted to show a bunch of teens sitting at a bus stop and a bit of magic as one kid levitates as she’s sharing her book.
“Moose” amazed everyone who met him; in the alter world and in ours. We thought he’d want to be a god on earth, stop wars, reduce the Richie riches to humble, or throw a rock the size of a house at the sun. But his life force was drained and he got weaker with each passing sunrise. So, we did what any good friends would do, we packed up his things and floated him right out of the Bay. This way, we could find the portal, send him back. He’d be back to tagging his name soon enough, we hoped”.
What is this? Short stories are a way for me to sharpen my skills, to play, to practice, and to stretch out by trying new ideas for stories. In 2010 they started off as a way to practice the format of picture books but I’m interested in middle grade and comics now too. My name is Robert Liu-Trujillo and my most recent book is Fresh Juice published by Lee & Low Books.