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Jesusa Rodriguez’s Genetically Modified Secret

By on August 11, 2011 in Action + Activism, Art With Heart, Artists and Their (He)artwork, Rights & Resistance

Performance artists gather at la catedral in San Cristóbal de las Casas to protest Monsanto

“Come hear the secret.” She beckons us. “The secret of Mother Earth.” It is a clear afternoon at la catedral in San Cristóbal de las Casas when, suddenly, dozens of masked figures in robes of red, green, and blue pour into the [...]

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Women, Art, and Resistance in the Americas

By on August 10, 2011 in Action + Activism, Art With Heart, Feminawesome
It was moving to wear her name on my body. Putting a name to each crime. Remembering the importance of who each woman was—that they weren't just statistics.
Norma Cacho

I think it’s fitting that the conclusion to the Centro Hemisférico’s “Diálogos Hemisféricos” series celebrated women using art in the movement. The “Acción política y creativa de las mujeres en Chiapas” (Creative political [...]

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