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Chucha Marquez

Chucha Marquez is a Queer, Nonbinary Chicanx artist, event producer, and social media strategist from the South Bay. 

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Chucha Marquez is a Queer, Nonbinary Chicanx artist, event producer, and social media strategist from the South Bay. It was in a Chicanx Studies screen printing class at UC Davis, where they realized art and printmaking could be more than just a hobby. Inspired by struggles for liberation, gender justice, and immigrant rights, Chucha began creating prints and digital illustrations centering Black, Indigenous, Latinx queer and trans communities. Their work spread all over social media and also appears in a gender expansive coloring book called All Bodies Deserve: The Future of Us. During the pandemic, Chucha stepped into performance art —embodying both drag queen and drag king characters, playing with gender representations of Latinidad with punk rock spirit. They co-produce Dragiarte at Galería de la Raza, a night where drag meets arte in all its loud, queer glory. They currently live in Oakland, CA.

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The Power of a Change In Perspective

Don’t underestimate the power of a change in perspective. Simply rephrasing the question “why did this happen to me?” to...

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Erik Wright

Erik Wright, known as Chiller Leo, is a multimedia artist and community leader from Oakland, CA.

Timothy B

Timothy B. is a muralist and storyteller from Oakland, CA. 

Galería De La Raza

First Row (L-R): Stephen Torres, Esperanza Macias – Board Treasurer, Richard Bains, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Ani Rivera – Exec...

Ray Ryda’s Hood Ministry, An Origin Story

Ray Ryda walks into Oakland’s Souley Vegan restaurant–six foot two and lanky, a plush forest green jacket, bright jewelr...

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Sophia Tupuola

Sophia Tupuola is a first-generation Sāmoan-American visual artist born and raised in Bayview Hunters Point, San Francis...

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