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Artillery AG home of the independent

2011-10-08T20:50:00.000-07:00

Dearest Fans,
I just came back from a wonderful afternoon in the lovely Mission District in San Pancho, Ca, where I visited with my favorite artists and friends at Artillery AG, Alexa and Ivan. I dropped off new tops and I got to hang out, literally, I sat in one of the many hammocks they have hanging from the ceiling, for a few hours in the store looking at all the wonderful work they carry from local independent designers and artists. Please look at their website www.artillery-ag.com or stop by 2751 Mission Street in San Francisco. The artwork up in the gallery is by Alexa Trevino stop by and say hi to her.

SNAG Magazine Earthday Eco Fashion Show

2011-05-24T09:30:00.000-07:00

SNAG: Seventh Native American Generation, a program that gives native youth an opportunity to explore and learn about art and leadership. On April 22, 2011 they organized an Earthday Celebration at Galeria de la Raza along with PODER youth program in the mission. I was invited to show my work, as an indigenous and eco fashion designer. The mini collection I made was inspired by Danza Azteca trajes and dance. The fabrics I used were all from remenent fabrics, fabrics that would otherwise be in our landfills. The design is no waste pattern making, I use the whole piece of fabric to create interesting silhouettes. The colors I chose also represented the four directions White-North, Yellow-East, Black-West and Red-South. Here are a few pictures and a video taken by Shadi, co founder of SNAG. Please stop by their website to learn more about their youth program: www.snagmagazine.com

Ross Dance Company Spring/Summer 2011 season and Earthday Celebration

2011-05-18T15:56:00.000-07:00

Spring showers are ending and the summer time, the best time, is so close....April was a busy month, I worked in collaboration with Ross Dance for their new piece that they will be performing at this years Praise Dance festival. Here is an image of the costumes I created in collaboration with Tecsia Ross and the rest of the company. Please look at their work and happenings at at www.rossdance.com

Ross Dance Company

2011-03-07T17:04:00.000-08:00

Here are some videos of the costumes I have designed and constructed for Ross Dance Company in Oakland, Ca from 2007 to the present. I went to see this show live and it was wonderful. It was an honor to be part of this...I thank Tecsia Ross for trusting me in designing for her company. Here it is...

Artillery AG...is lovely...

2011-01-24T17:30:00.000-08:00

This past Saturday I took some tees to the lovelies of Artillery AG in the Mission. I love going there because every time I walk through the doors I am blown away by all the lovely Arte and Fashion they have there. Every month they have a new exhibit of local artists on their walls and every week or so they have local designers bring new garments and accessories. I for one enjoy being there and having my clothing there. I hope you all can stop by and look at all the wonderful art and maybe buy and support this local business. Check out the exhibit they have now called, Rise Up, poster art from Dignidad Rebelde from Oakland. The next show is Febuary 5th, 3-D Photography.

See Ya,
XOXO

Preview of Spring 2011...What is inspiring me right now for later...

2010-12-08T12:32:00.000-08:00

Hello All,

I have been MIA for almost a year now. Only a few shows here and a few pieces there. But I think I am almost ready for the year and beyond! I am a new mommy and I have begun a completely new way of life with her. I feel like I am staring fresh, being inspired by her and with her, I feel like a new designer. I have new career and life goals and all that I do now is dedicated to Ixchel and I. Always and Forever...

Starting the linear momentum to reach SF Fashion Week this year!

Inspirations and what is to come for 2011...enjoy and stay tuned.xoxo

9th Annual celebration of Women Painting Stories: Amate by Leticia Hernandez

2010-11-12T14:28:00.000-08:00

I will be part of this lovely event. Get your tickets and please attend this wonderful ceremony of poetry, music and art...

Amate: Women Painting Stories (9th Annual)

Fri, Dec 3 | 7pm - 9pm | $10 - $15
Get Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/137710
Our exploration of the sights and sounds of the Mission begins this December. Join us for a standout spoken word event that has showcased accomplished poets and performers eight years and counting. The tradition continues as Amate spreads its wings and brings the show down Mission Street to Intersection 5M. Founder and organizer Leticia Hernandez presents a ninth year of the finest women's poetry, performance, and song. The all-star lineup of artists includes Meldy Hernandez, Natalia Vigil, reina prado, and Jewelle Gomez. DJ Special K graces the night with her turntables and local artisans will sell their one of kind wares. Special guests, Las Bomberas de la Bahia will close the evening Puerto Rican style with Bomba music and dance. This year we'll give extra love to the Mission with a multimedia tribute to Mission District Art by Amanda Lopez, Michelle Gutierrez and master muralist Juana Alicia.

ARTISTS

Juana Alicia is a muralist, printmaker, educator, activist and painter who loves to draw. She has been teaching for thirty years, working in many areas of education, from community organizing to migrant and bilingual education to arts education, from kindergarten to graduate school levels. Currently she is full-time faculty at Berkeley City College, where she directs a public art program called True Colors.

Bomberas de la Bahia, an ensemble of Bay Area artists, educators, and activists is dedicated to continuing to maintain Bomba, Puerto Rico's oldest African influenced musical tradition, a living cultural art form; and contribute to growing the tradition by highlighting the important role women play in supporting our communities. By educating through both performance, workshops, and in community contexts as well as through collaboration with other Bomba practitioners and mentors from Puerto Rico and the Diaspora, Las Bomberas del la Bahia strive to continue to be in the practice of honoring this tradition in the Bay Area. Las Bomberas de la Bahia have performed throughout the Bay Area for educational institutions, cultural centers, and cultural festivals and in two commissioned original works, La Bomba es Nuestra (La Pena Cultural Center, April 2007) and Cimarronaje (Laney College, July 2008).

Jewelle Gomez is the author of seven books including the double Lambda Literary Award-winning lesbian vampire novel, THE GILDA STORIES which has been in print for almost 20 years. Her fiction, non-fiction and poetry are included in over one hundred anthologies. She has written essays, literary and film criticism for numerous publications including ‘The Village Voice,’ MS Magazine,’ ‘The Advocate, ‘The San Francisco Chronicle,’ and ‘Black Scholar.’ She’s taught creative writing and popular culture in campuses across the country and at Intersection for the Arts. She is currently director of grants for Horizons, the oldest queer foundation in the US and serves as President of the San Francisco Public Library Commission. She recently finished her second novel, TELEVISED; and a play about James Baldwin, which will be produced next fall at New Conservatory Theatre.

www.jewellegomez.com
www.redroom.com
www.hillgirlz.com
www.epochalips.com

Michelle Gutierrez is a photographer based in San Francisco. She has covered various topics in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela, and the US. When living in South America she worked on long-term projects about children, women, indigenous communities, culture, and those affected by exploitation of their land. Home in San Francisco at the moment with those close to her heart, she is working again with independent community journalism, women, children, culture, and against discrimination of any type. She is grateful to be turning her attention these days towards teaching photography and asking her students to express their identities and culture. www.culturalfotografia.com

Writer and educator, Leticia Hernández, has presented her music and teatro-infused poetry throughout the country and in El Salvador for over a decade. Her writing has appeared in newspapers, anthologies and literary journals, some of which include, Street Art San Francisco, and Latino Literature Today. Razor Edges of my Tongue, her chapbook of poetry, was published by Calaca Press in 2002. She has taught literature, creative writing, and worked with youth and community-based organizations throughout California. A Mission resident of fifteen years, she is currently completing a poetry manuscript and spoken word c.d. entitled Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl, funded by a San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant. In 2001, she began organizing and hosting Pinta tu Propio Mundo an annual women’s poetry, performance, and art event. Under its new name, Amate: Women Painting Stories, this series is now part of the Intersection for the Arts Incubator Program. For more info about Leticia and her work visit www.ciguanabaink.com

Meldy Hernandez, BSN, MPH is a multidisciplinary public health artist/nurse who believes in the power of stories to promote health. Utilizing over twelve years of global experience in nursing and public health along with her lifelong passion for dance, theater, and poetry, she strives to promote health through the arts. Her energetic dance and poetry infused work has been performed in Spain, West Africa, and Bay Area community theaters including the Marsh, Counterpulse, Stage Werx, the Thick House, and Off-Market Theater. Meldy’s solo-shows, “Nursing in Timbuktu” & “Bathala Na!,” showcase her adventures as an RN in Africa and the stories of mothers, daughters, breast cancer and the drums of hope. Ms. Hernandez regularly presents at health conferences and has assisted in teaching a number of university courses including Women's Health, Global Health, Promoting Positive Health, storytelling, and community building workshops. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing with a Women's Studies focus from Seattle University and Master of Public Health in Health Education from San Francisco State University. Her unique solo performance artistic style has been most influenced by her studies with David Ford and Anthem Salgado.

Amanda Lopez was born and raised in Sacramento, California under the watchful eye of her parents and paintings of La Virgen de Guadalupe. Her father lent her a camera at the age of 17, and photography soon became her savior. She studied art at San Francisco State University, and continued to shoot around the Bay Area and beyond. Whether she's photographing Latina homegirls, street musicians in the Mission District or members of
her family, Lopez's camera eye looks for a balance of beauty, strength and urban tenacity. Her work has been published in Vibe, XXL, Essence, XLR8R, Hamburger Eyes, Roger Gastman's "Street World" and Upper Playground "Backyard Shake Down." Lopez continues to be influenced by her Latina background and the energy of American cities. She believes La Virgen de Guadalupe has guided her well.

amandalopezphoto.com
amandalopezphoto.blogspot.com

reina alejandra prado’s performances and poetry challenge taboos imposed on Latinas by delving into the realm of the erotic affirming that sexesmiotroerórtico (sex is my other erotic). In August, she completed a Hothouse Residency through UCLA’s World Arts & Culture Program to continue work on her solo performance Whipped! Prado has performed to audiences throughout the United States and internationally in Scotland, Mexico and Cuba. She is also a founding member of The NeoSpinsters and is currently collaborating with Words with a Purpose. You may contact her for readings and performances via her website: www.santaperversa.com

DJ Special K. is a Bay Area DJ and Visual Artist. She is known for moving dance floors with her stylistic fusion of Hip Hop, Latin, Brazilian, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Afro-beat and 80's Freestyle.

Natalia M. Vigil was born and raised in the Bay Area, one of five sisters. She finds wonder in the resiliency and complexity of friends/family/individuals around her and aims to capture this in her writing. She marvels at the forms a story can take; identity poem, myth, letter and more. Her collaborative work has appeared in Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts’ Día de los Muertos show and San Francisco’s Queer Arts Festival. She was a proud participant of the Voices of Our Nations (VONA) Writing Workshop and Intersection for Arts Intergenerational Writer's Lab 2010. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College, but began her writing career in first grade when she wrote the poem, "You Make Me Glitter Up", for her teacher Mrs. Kahn.

VENDORS

Itzpapalotl is a clothing line made for a warrior woman. She dresses to accentuate her curves and the brownness of her skin. She mixes old huipiles with jeans and old Mexican jewelry or a Guatemalan skirt with a small top and jean jacket. This woman is fighting injustice by day and a danzante by night. Itzpapalotl is a line that appeals to professional freedom fighting women. She needs her garments to be comfortable and versatile. These are garments that compliment this woman's all around beauty, indiviuality and fighting spirit. Itzpapalotl Clothing is now available for our fighting brothers also. Itzpapalotl is for people who fight this struggle everyday. http://itzpapalotlclothing.blogspot.com/

Rachel-Anne Palacios is part of the Oakland Artisan Marketplace and sells her work at the Jack London Square farmer's market on Sundays. Her booth, called Devika's Palacio (Little Goddess's Palace) offers handcrafted necklaces, earrings, bracelets, decoupaged and embellished light-switch covers, picture frames, magnets, belt buckles, and nichos (shrines or spirit houses). She is of Mexican, Peruvian and El Salvadorean descent. Being born in the U.S. has given her a serious motivation to reconnect with her ancestral roots through dance, art and food and learn about other cultures in the process. A self-taught, multicultural artist her pieces reflect the respect she has for culture, religion, traditional values, elders, and the cycle of life and death. http://devikaspalacio.ning.com/

La LadyCakes is sugar and spice and everything nice…a High-Femme QSMOC (Queer Single Mother of Color) of two little rambunctious nene's, Theory- Enthusiast, Passionate baker/lover/mother/youth-worker/student who *hearts* making tummies smile and swoon.

Location

Intersection for the Arts
925 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

More Information

www.theintersection.org
rebeka@theintersection.org, (415) 626-2787 x109

Ross Dance Company

2010-07-04T21:39:00.000-07:00

If you all love contemporary dance check out Ross Dance Company. I designed and made their costumes for the latest dance tour. I am so proud and honored to have worked with this wonderful group of women. Please go to www.rossdance.com to look for performance dates and classes available.

Everything Must Go!!!!

2010-06-21T10:05:00.000-07:00

Hola mis amiguitos!!! I am having an everything must go sale on etsy!!! please go to http://www.etsy.com/shop/Itzpapalotl2012
and check out the store. If you have
any questions please email me at
mariposaitzli@gmail.com
All items are made from vintage and remnant fabrics, hand sewn and hand printed by me!!!
Thanks everyone also go to Sol Collective in Sacramento and Artillery in San Francisco
for Itzpapalotl clothing.
Also available for custom order:
Costumes
Bridal
Alterations
Special Occasion
and accessories

Here are some items you'll see on http://www.etsy.com/shop/Itzpapalotl2012

My living offrenda explained...

2010-04-14T12:53:00.000-07:00

This post is inspired by a few comments I read regarding my work. I was not offended, just that I have never explained these pieces to anyone. Here is my artist statement for these pieces:

El Cine de Oro: My living Offrenda

In 2007 I was given the opportunity to showcase my designs for a Dia de los Muertos fashion show at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Ca by Mia, of Encantada Gallery, in the Mission. She was curating a big show for Dia de los Muertos. Her theme for the fashion show was, "Mambo Muertos" living offrendas. The fashion show was to showcase I and other lovely designers and artist. I have always been inspired by Zoot Suitors and Pachucas of the 1940's. So I dedicated my offrenda to the most famous Zoot Suiter of Mexico, Tin Tan. A star of the Cine de Oro in the 40's. These pieces are to my antepasados of the Zoot Suit riots, those who beaten and striped of their drapes during those terrible nights that the riots took place in East Los. These pieces are dedicated to the great actors and artists of the Golden Age in Mexico, when film and art thrived. The mix of a vintage Zoot Suit with a collar shirt inspired by my brothers and sisters of Guatemala, whose traditions are sacred and passed on even in the so called "civilized" world. This offrenda is for them also, the women and men who still dress in their traditional clothing and carry their traditions throughout centuries. The dress I made is inspired by the weaving and embroidery that are the huipilis. I was truly lucky to work with a great team, they all helped me put my vision to life. This is only a short explanation of my vision before I got together with the models, photographer and hairstylist. I wanted documentation of the outfits but what came of these photos was another piece of it's own...

Photographer:

Gustavo Rodriguez

The models:

Mayra Ramirez and Hugo Hernandez

Mayra's Hair:

Amaru of Hair Sauce in San Francisco, Ca

Sol Collective in Sacramento

2010-04-14T11:29:00.000-07:00

Last month I sent new items to Sol Collective, an art gallery and community space in Sacramento, Ca. The organizers are great people and the energy is fantastic. Please check out their website

: http://www.solcollective.org http://freesolarts.wordpress.com/

Artful Steps Workshop

2010-02-21T21:36:00.000-08:00

Last month, January, I held a silkscreen workshop at the Stepping Stones Growth Center in San Leandro, Ca for the Artful Steps Program. Before I moved to Salinas, Ca this is where I spent my days working as an art teacher. Since I have been back in the Bay Area, I substitute as an Art Teacher. This is a wonderful program and center for Adults with Disabilities, there are programs from teaching art skills to healthy living skills. They have a website: www.steppingstonesgrowth.org This workshop was so much fun and a huge success! We made our silkscreens from organza fabric in an embroidery hoop and used mod podge as our emulsion. This process was so fun an inexpensive. Please check out the website and donate to the center. Also Artful Steps Program will be having an art show in Union City, Ca on February 26 at 7pm at Paddy's Cafe in Old Alvarado.

Artillery Art Gallery en La Mission

2010-02-12T10:47:00.000-08:00

Hello all, I just dropped off some new woman's tops to Artillery AG, located in the Great Mission of San Francisco, Ca. In December 2009 Artillery and I organized a Holiday Fashion Show. We showcased the local designers that Artillery supports by selling these beautiful items in their store. Designers such as Nicacelly, Invisible Hero, Indie Industries and Itzpapalotl. Check out Artillery website at http://www.artillery-ag.com and visit them to check out the clothing and art.

New items just posted!!! Free shipping till March 21st

2010-02-02T22:03:00.000-08:00

Free shipping for all purchases made through the online store at http://Itzpapalotl.cartfly.com. If you see something and it's not in your size please let me know and I will make it in the size you need. All items are made from vintage, upcycled clothing, sewn and printed by hand. Support indie fashion design and art!!! Check out www.myspace.com/laboos for more photos of designs available or hit me up on facebook: Amelia Berumen.

Photo shoot by Gustavo

2010-01-31T22:34:00.000-08:00

I have been so lucky to work with Gustavo Rodriguez, he is a dear friend and fellow artist. I got to help out on this photo shoot for one his ideas to portray an Aztec Legend, Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. I am so happy that Gustavo asked me to style and make the outfits for this photo shoot. It's still a shoot in progress but I am really happy on the final photos.

For more examples of Gustavo's photography go to:

facebook: Gustavo Rodriguez

The Online store and other sites!!!

2009-03-05T15:47:00.000-08:00

Hello people, I have never done a blog before but this is the only way to keep in touch with the Internet world as I do not have Internet in my studio and I hardly have access to myspace.
This month a collaboration took place and it is posted on different websites, so check them out and holler back with comments, only constructive critiques and thoughts...
www.myspace.com/comebienbooks, http://comebienbooks.blogspot.com,
http://tiffanyeng.carbonmade.com/

Also check out:
http://Itzpapalotl.cartfly.com
www.urbanxic.com
www.myspace.com/laboos

www.beatboxarmada.com

These websites are by wonderful people, artists, musicians, and friends that support independent business and artisans.
Thanks to all that read this....
Keep posted everyone this is just the beginning...