event details posted by: layne begins: Jul 16, 8:00 pm ends: Jul 8, 10:30 pm location: the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St

ART FOR LIBERATION with Elizam Escobar and Joserramon Che Melendes

Calling all poets and playwrights, culture workers and community organizers! Join us for a conversation about art in the everyday work of social movements.

With special guest Elizam Escobar, a renowned painter and art theorist from Puerto Rico who spent twenty years in prison for his involvement in the Puerto Rican independence movement. During and since his incarceration, his art has been a vital component of Puerto Rican organizing on the island and in the U.S.

Plus performances by poet Joserramon Che Melendes (San Juan), Spiral Q Puppet Theater, and members of MMP Arts and Culture Collective.

Also featuring a special one-night exhibition of ZAPATA VIVE!, a portfolio of prints from La Escuela de Cultura Popular Martires del 68 (Mexico City).

Because Art Makes Resistance Irresistible!

Co-sponsored by Books Through Bars, Centro Pedro Claver, MMP's Arts and Culture Collective, the National Boricua Human Rights Network and Spiral Q

$5 suggested donation to benefit Centro Pedro Claver