¡Aye Dios Mio! So this past weekend I met up with Meligrosa and the Calitexican (AKA Meli and Melyssa) in Japantown for a day of purikura adventures. I’ve been following their writing and photography for years and we finally all came together like Voltron to kick out the creative jams. Together we are the SMFF [...]
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August 31, 2010
SMFF Crew Purikura
Coming soon, a buncha purikura with Meligrosa, the Calitexican, and myself! Stay tuned! Rio
August 27, 2010
Girl in a Coma – Swoons and Shirts
It’s been a few days since I saw Girl in a Coma at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco but my head is still spinning from that crazy night. After getting out of my design class I raced to meet up with my homegirls Katynka and Robynn and we headed to Bottom of the [...]
August 26, 2010
La Pocha Catalana comes to San Francisco
The rumors are true! Rakel Delgado AKA La Pocha Catalana has landed in San Francisco. Rakel is a Spanish poet and performance artist who identifies as a Chicana and pocha. She creates The idea of a Spaniard adopting a Chicana aesthetic, sensibility, and approach to art is both fascinating and provocative. You can check out [...]
August 26, 2010
My Mission Launch Party
Here’s the scoop on my big book project! You’re invited to the launch party for Mission Loc@l’s My Mission, an oral history and map project illustrated by Rio Yañez September 11th 7:00pm-11:00pm Artillery Apparel & Gallery 2751 Mission St. There will be Food, Drinks, and Music! Plus! The event will also launch Mission Loc@l’s fly [...]
August 20, 2010
Mission Icons in a Time of Change
Mission Icons in a Time of Change August 21st-29th, 2010 Opening Reception: Saturday August 21st, 8:00pm-10:00pm The Levi’s Workshop 580 Valencia Street (at 17th) San Francisco, CA 94110 This exhibition opening culminates a furious week of printmaking at the Workshop by local artists Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Art Hazelwood, Txutxo Perez, Ivan Lopez, Rachel Anne [...]
August 18, 2010
Behind the Scenes and Mischief in the Mission
This past Sunday I got together with the infamous Mayra Ramirez for another session of Homegirl Purikura. For this special session we were joined by guest artist and chola Evil Rose. Mayra and I met Evil Rose in Japantown and together we ventured into Pikapika to take some photos. During our first session of Homegirl [...]
August 17, 2010
In Progress
Having another late night session of editing Homegirl Purikura photos and videos. I’ll try and have some photos up very soon. Did I mention I’m a student again? I had my first class in graphic design at CCSF’s Mission campus. I was a little nervous about being a student again after 5 years but it [...]
August 15, 2010
New Adventures
On Friday I ventured to the Metreon to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. My love for the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels is well documented and I wouldn’t have missed it for all of the world. In all 30 years of my life I have never cosplayed before but I have such a strong identification [...]
August 6, 2010
Denim Adventures
Hey everyone, Things are officially crazy. I am busy and overwhelmed in the best way possible. I have a lot of projects coming to fruition in August and balancing my work for them has become a full time job for me. Rene and I have been working with the printers and facilitators at the Levis [...]
