Black & Asian Solidarity w/Civic Design Studio (2021)
This was a dope collaborative project w/ Tommy Wong and Han Nguyen of Civic Design Studios and Cece Carpio featuring TYS artists Cece Carpio, Miguel Bounce Perez, Thitiwat P, Rob Liu-Trujillo and a gang of other talented folks such as Elaine Chu, Malik and Karen Seneferu, Eric Norberg, Emory Douglas, Priya Handa, Tarika Lewis, and more.
Here’s the original copy from the team:
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.
Dig this? Check out the Tuloy Po Kayo wall in SOMA district of San Francisco lead by Cece Carpio and Miguel Bounce Perez