Open Process: Communication for Liberation

Tue, Dec 13
7:30
$5-15 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Open Process Series: Communication for Liberation-Panel Discussion &
Conversation
Tuesday, December 13 - 7:30pm

Graphics and logos have been used in social movements throughout
history to mobilize, incite, and encourage discussion and continue to
be some of the most effective tools for mass distribution and
education. Join us for a lively discussion about critical issues in
movement design, iconographic symbols, and radical graphics with
experts in the fields of design and communication. This Open Process
Series invites you to help us understand and shape our upcoming
installation in Intersection's Gallery, Battle Emblems, scheduled for
2006. Panelists include: Lincoln Cushing, UC Berkeley's Bancroft
Library and the Ethnic Studies Library; Nadia Khastagir, Design
Action; Juan Fuentes, Mission Grafica. The evening will be moderated
by Favianna Rodriguez, Tumis Design.

BATTLE EMBLEMS

February 1 - March 25, 2006

This new exhibition takes a look back to a thrust in the history of
graphic arts that envisioned and constructed symbols to encapsulate
the ideas, beliefs, and goals of various domestic social movements of
the last century, with a focus on the past forty years. By
juxtaposing a historical survey of some of the most important and
enduring symbols of these movements (such as the peace sign, the
United Farmworkers bird, the Ecology Symbol, the Black Panther), as
well as some lesser known graphics from labor and union movements
with new work created by local artists and designers, our hope is to
educate and inspire conversation about the role that art and design
can play in helping to define and mobilize action and change today,
and making publicly visible the desire for justice and equity.
Participating artists include Favianna Rodriguez Giannoni, Dan
Hamaguchi, Choppy Oshiro, Mark Pearsall, Yaeger Moravia Rosenberg,
Jessica Tully, and Marcelo Viana.

INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this
year. Intersection is San Francisco's oldest alternative art space
and provides a place where provocative ideas, diverse art forms,
artists and audiences can intersect one another. At Intersection,
experimentation and risk are possible, debate and critical inquiry
are embraced, community is essential, resources and experience are
democratized, and today's issues are thrashed about in the heat and
immediacy of live art. We depend on the support of people like you.
Please help ensure that Intersection is around for 40 more years and
become a Member today. To become a Member, simply visit our Website
and click on the Donate Now icon at www.theintersection.org.

Venue:

The Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia
San Francisco
415-626-2727
www.theintersection.org

BART Mission & 16th. Between 15th & 16th streets.

Additional Info:

415-626-2727
www.theintersection.org