The creation of this design is rooted in resistance, it breathes life into the style of Taíno art with Meso-American influence and the strength/organization of Zapatistas. Created with the intention of caretaking seeds that will flourish in liberation for all. The radial design weaves in community, the symbolism of corn screams resilience, obsidian glyphs of protection a vessel that holds the grandfather medicine of Peyote. This design was created with love and rage for intertribal two-spirit gallery owners who are an important foundation of community that ripples out across so called borders. It was an honor to co-create this design that will represent their work and manifest that Afro-Indigenous future we pray for.
-Red Rojas, Logo Artist
Semillistas fuels the centuries-long resistance to colonization. Through our cultural teachings, we share about the value of life, our autonomy, our stories, our healing, and lineal legacy through our seeds. Creative expression of culture is an act of resistance among historically oppressed peoples. Semillistas preserves, and revitalizes knowledge and art through traditional and tradition-based culture bearers, as an act of reclamation. Healing is our liberation.
Seeds back. Birth back. Land back.
SEMILLISTAS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
SEMILLISTAS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Danny Fuentes
2024 Artist in Residence
Danny Fuentes, Third3y3dChild, was commissioned to explore his world of art in a project of his choice.
Funded entirely by the NYSCA Support for Organizations, Danny Fuentes spent a larger part of the Summer 2024, collaborating with NY tradition-based culture bearer Ashley Montalto.
Danny T3C is the Artist behind The World of Third3y3dChild. Danny is a Young Performance Illustrator whose Live-painted, intuitive symbols and bold introspective Murals immerses audiences with a unique storytelling style, honoring his family’s Meso-American heritage and New York upbringing.
In our virtual exhibit, explore the world of Third3y3dChild.
Priscilla Bell Lamberty
“I seek to share my art with others in hopes of sparking thoughtful conversation with the viewer. It is my hope to help shed light on some of the often-challenging topics that I address in my work.”
Priscilla Bell Lamberty was born in North Philadelphia and raised in the Hunting Park section of the city. She attended Moore College of Art and Design where she received a BFA in 2D Fine Arts. In 2010, she graduated with her MFA in Painting from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. As an artist, Priscilla looks towards her family, surroundings, and cultural heritages for guidance and inspiration. She continues to explore the issues that mean the most to her, including Parenthood, Environmental Justice, the centering and uplifting of Black & Brown voices, and Indigenous/Native/Indigenous Caribbean visibility. Priscilla was the recipient of the Leeway Transformation award (2024) “Distinguished Alumni” award from Community College of Philadelphia (2023) “Taino Muralist of the Year” award (2020), “Phenomenal Woman” award (2020), Leeway Art & Change grant (2017), “Taino Storyteller of the Year” award (2017). She also works as a freelance muralist with Mural Arts and is a painting instructor at Fleisher Art Memorial.
About the Semillistas Logo Artist
Red Rojas is 2 Spirit, Queer Xicanx Tlacuilo (they/them), born and raised in Yanaguana, Somi Se’k (San Antonio, Tx) of Purépecha and Chichimeca Lineage claimed by Kalpulli Ayolopaktzin. They are an interdisciplinary artist with a focus in sacred body art, fueled with the purpose of connecting with community through art, medicine, danza and palabra. Offering arte con intenciones of reconnecting with our highest self and ancestral knowledge, while actively decolonizing, centering community care and uplifting BITQPOC.