FLAG WORKSHOP
LED BY ROSES TOO
Workers design, cut, and sew their own flags to bring to protests and rallies.
COLLAGE ZINE-MAKING WORKSHOP
LED BY CYNTHIA NAVARRO
February 17, 2023, Cynthia Navarro led the first art workshop with Los Angeles workers. Workers created collage designs that are used as covers for a zine that outlines workers’ rights in the workplace and how they can get involved in organizing. Using a risograph printer, each worker created copies of their original designs, then collated and stapled their customized zines to be able to distribute them to co-workers and recruit them to the movement.
HAND LETTERED SIGNS WORKSHOP
LED BY ISAAC VASQUEZ
February 11, 2023, artist Isaac Vasquez taught a workshop in using a brush and ink to create letters for handmade signs. His work as a professional sign painter, as well as a fine art painter, emphasizes the gesture of the hand in creating unique, legible, and graceful lettering for signs.
FILM WORKSHOP
LED BY LEO MACO AND FRANCISCO NUNEZ-CAPRILES
This film workshop offers participants an artistic space where personal expression, collaborative work and critical reflection are developed. In order to meet these objectives, the workshop will focus on documentary production using 16mm film & digital video. This mixed approach will foster a pace and rhythm that allows us to take the time for reflection, dedication and appreciation of key documentary filmmaking techniques. By the end of the sessions, we will collectively produce a documentary short film with 16mm footage shot by the participants about their experiences as workers.
QUILTED BANNER WORKSHOP
LED BY CHRISTINE TROWBRIDGE AND NASHDELLY GUTIERREZ
On May 14, Christine Trowbridge and Nashdelly Gutierrez led a workshop for workers to design and paint individual tiles with imagery and words that represents “your story, your passion, your message as a worker and activist.” These cloth tiles were sewn together into two unique banners.
DIRECT ACTION WORKSHOPS
LED BY ROSES TOO
Banner painting, screen printing, watercolors, quilt panels, and more!
COMIC DRAWING WORKSHOP
LED BY CRISTIAN CASTELO
On June 19, Cristian Castelo led a workshop for workers to explore personal character and storytelling through comics drawing. They created self-portraits and put their character into a four panel comic strip that expressed a personal wish from inception to completion. Some wishes were about workplace justice, while others used the opportunity to tell silly or deeply personal stories. By sharing their stories in this way, workers bonded and learned more about one another on a personal level.