Lifestyle — SAM COMEN PHOTOGRAPHY

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Self Help Graphics & Art is a prominent community arts and activism center in Boyle Heights. It grew out of the Chicano movement of the 60s/70s, and has played a prominent role as a center for fine art, youth education, and Chicano/Latino cultural movements.

From the org: “SHG fosters the creation and advancement of new art works by Chicana/o and Latinx artists through experimental and innovative printmaking techniques and other visual art forms. We are an organization rooted in community; and since 1973, have been at the intersection of arts and social justice, providing a home that fosters the creativity and development of local artists.”

I caught-up with master printer Dewey Tafoya and artist Nanibah Chacon, who was selected to be part of the Professional Printmaking Program in 2021. Juntos, the piece she produced during her residency was a 7 color serigraph process, with each layer hand cut from ‘ruby lith’ film.

Commissioned by Los Angeles Magazine.

Photographed May, 2015

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