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Salon Series 42: Trust Your Struggle
September 7, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
with Robert Liu-Trujillo, Nisha Sethi
Rob Liu-Trujillo and Nisha Sethi of Oakland-based collective Trust Your Struggle speak on graffiti and its influence on their art practices.
Trust Your Struggle is an multi-generational Oakland-based collective of artists, educators, and cultural workers who are dedicated to mobilising their communities on social justice, environmental sustainability, and community organising through public art. We are thrilled to be joined by both Nisha Sethi and Rob Liu-Trujillo who are active members of this collective, as they speak on their relationship to graffiti, and its impact on them as working artists in the Bay Area.
Like all Archive Salon Series events, a recording of this presentation and panel will be available to members.
Robert Liu-Trujillo is father, husband, artist and an author based in Oakland California. He’s the author and illustrator of Fresh Juice and has illustrated several other picture books. Reach out at www.robdontstop.com
Nisha Kaur Sethi is an artist/activist born and raised in Berkeley, California. As a woman of color who is deeply invested in uplifting her community, Nisha’s work serves as seeds for the resistance in which bright, bold lettering and images dance their way into the streets where they echo the chants and songs of the people. Early on, Nisha developed a passion for typography and was deeply influenced by childhood trips to her motherland India where she was exposed to the fascinating world of hand-painted film posters. Back home in the Bay Area, Nisha was brought up in the graffiti scene, gravitating towards street art with powerful messages.
Nisha’s art serves as a call to action while constantly being informed by iconic political art and movements from the 1960’s. Her hand-painted posters have been carried by thousands of protestors at the Women’s March, March for Our Lives, UTLA Teacher’s Strike, and Global Climate Strike. She is also a printmaker and clothing designer for her brand, Kalakari, where her work is manifested into wearable art.
@nisha.k.sethi