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Reproduce & Revolt in LA High School

Posted February 10, 2010 by jmacphee in Justseeds Collective Projects

Alex Bodnar and Mark Ayala, art teachers Manual Arts Senior High School in Los Angeles, used Reproduce & Revolt, the book of copyleft images Favianna Rodriguez and I edited (check it out HERE), as the basis for a mural class, and students decorated the school with images from the book. Check it out:

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Comments

Hell yeah! This stuff looks incredible in a school!

Posted by: shaun at February 10, 2010 9:30 AM

So great, the perfect use for that book! i want to go to school there.

Posted by: colin at February 10, 2010 10:26 AM

these look incredible on those lockers!!! this is mad inspiring...i wonder if any of the schools in pittsburgh would go for it?

Posted by: mary at February 10, 2010 12:15 PM

Most definitely the most incredible use of R&R yet!
These look super vibrant and really inspiring in that context.
Congrats to the teachers for facilitating this.

Posted by: kc at February 10, 2010 3:26 PM

OMG!! This amazing. This made my day..my week..month! What an amazing project. Cheers to Alex Bodnar and Mark Ayala!! If only I went to a high school like this.

Posted by: Nicolas Lampert at February 10, 2010 4:29 PM

Wow. This is dope. I know this high school -it was in the great LA area where I grew up and I am amazed to see them doing this kind of work. I would love to repost this blog on Dignidad Rebelde Josh if you think that is ok.

Posted by: Melanie Cervantes at February 10, 2010 11:24 PM

Hello all! I'm happy and proud to be part of a school that supports this kind of free speech. I have to give credit to another fellow and veteran art teacher by the name of John Latsko. His initial class silhouettes opened the door to this type of free expression. We invite all visitors to come by and see the artwork in person!

Manual Arts Senior High School
4131 S Vermont Ave,
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Phone: (323) 846-7300
Fax: (323) 232-0837

Posted by: Alex Bodnar at February 11, 2010 11:36 PM

That's so great that the school supports this.

Posted by: Jay at February 12, 2010 8:03 PM

Wow! So crazy to see these beautiful walls! So well done too. Lovin' it.

X Tom

Posted by: Tom Civil at February 16, 2010 6:11 PM

thanks for all the support and enthusiasm! everyone here recognizes the value of expression like this... you can imagine the precarious situation in which we find ourselves defending such expression - the distraction of a series of leadership changes at our school at least enabled us to move through three or four phases of the project. we're now on the brink of something even larger and grander on some of the school's exterior walls! keep your fingers crossed for us everyone!

Posted by: john latsko at February 17, 2010 11:40 AM

Aw that is so cool i happen to be browsing and i bumped into this, my team worked on the black silhouette of the gas pumps in the tree i can say i loved this class :)

Posted by: Maria at May 24, 2010 5:55 PM

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