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Jos Sances

John Joseph "Jos" Sances (born August 18, 1952) is an American artist, activist, writer, and community organizer, known for his printmaking, and tile murals/public art .[1][2] He is the founder and director of Alliance Graphics.[3] Sances is based in Berkeley, California.

Jos Sances
Born
John Joseph Sances

(1952-08-18) August 18, 1952 (age 71)
Boston, Massachusetts
EducationMontserrat College of Art
Websitewww.josart.net

Biography

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John Joseph Sances was born August 18, 1952, in Boston, Massachusetts, to a Sicilian-American family.[3][4][5] He studied at Montserrat School of Visual Arts (now Montserrat College of Art).[6]

He came to California in 1976 and became active in art and politics.[6] In the late 1970s, Sance was active with the Galería de la Raza and the La Raza Silkscreen Center.[7] In 1982, Sances co-founded Mission Grafica at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.[6][7]

In 1989, Sances founded Alliance Graphics, a Berkeley-based union screen print shop.[8] Profits from Alliance Graphics support the parent organization, the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA).[6]

His work, Or, The Whale (2019) was in the 2019 exhibition, Here is the Sea at Richmond Art Center.[9] Or, The Whale was created on 119 panels. When assembled together they form a 14 feet high by 51 feet wide scratchboard with the image of a sperm whale with the illustrated history of capitalism in America inside of the whale.[9]

Sances is a member of the food-based art group The Great Tortilla Conspiracy making tortilla art, other members include Rio Yañez, René Yañez, and Art Hazelwood.[10][11]

Sances' work can be found in various public museum collections, including Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] Birmingham Museum of Art,[12] American Labor Museum in Haledon, New Jersey, Oakland Museum of California (OMCA),[13] Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[14] among others.

Sances' screenprints, his own images and images printed for other artists, are included in Mission Grafica: Reflecting a Community in Print by Art Hazelwood.[15]

Murals

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Year Title Artists Location Notes
1991–1994 Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California 4 murals
1996 Jos Sances Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California 9 murals
2003 Future Roads Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez 16th Street BART station, San Francisco, California A screen printed tile mural around the entrance of the esclators.[16][17]
2006 Youthful Transformation Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez Juvenile Justice Center, Main Corridor, San Leandro, California A digital tile mural.
2008 On the Right Track Jos Sances, Daniel Galvez Richmond BART/Amtrak/AC Transit station, Richmond, California A series of tile murals.[16]
2009 Jos Sances, Art Hazelwood Arnett Watson Apartments, San Francisco, California A tile mural[18]
2009 Jos Sances Castro Valley Library, Castro Valley, California A tile mural[18]
2010 Jos Sances Ira Jenkins Park, Oakland, California [18][19]
2019 Jos Sances Shadelands Sports Complex, Walnut Creek, California A 1500 sq.ft. tile mural.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jos Sances". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  2. ^ Hashe, Janis. "Jos Sances' Great White Whale". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  3. ^ a b MacPhee, Josh (2010-11-09). Celebrate People's History!: The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution. The Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-55861-678-3.
  4. ^ "Celebrated muralists Daniel Galvez and Jos Sances in two-artist exhibition at Skyline College". The Mercury News. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  5. ^ Dalzell, Tom (2015-10-12). "How Quirky is Berkeley? Baseball bas-relief, part two". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2020-11-07. Sances is the founder and art director of Alliance Graphics in Berkeley. A Sicilian-American, Sances worked for years with La Raza Graphics and Mission Grafica in San Francisco.
  6. ^ a b c d Levine, Howard (April 2005). "The Art and Activism of Jos Sances". Street Spirit. American Friends Service Committee. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  7. ^ a b Rossman, Michael (November 1986). "Evolution of the Social Serigraphy Movement In the San Francisco Bay Area, 1966-1986". FoundSF. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  8. ^ "Jos Sances". The Nation. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  9. ^ a b Desmarais, Charles (May 3, 2019). "'The Whale' is an immense topic at Richmond Art Center". Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  10. ^ "Advice to Young Artists: René Yáñez". Mission Local. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  11. ^ Romo, Terezita; Ramos, E. Carmen; Zapata, Claudia E.; Reinoza, Tatiana (2020). ¡Printing the Revolution!: The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now. Princeton University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-691-21080-3.
  12. ^ "Printed by, Jos Sances, American, born 1952". Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA). Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  13. ^ "Jos Sances ~ artist | Mission Grafica ~ printer". Oakland Museum of California, OMCA Collections. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  14. ^ "Jos Sances". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  15. ^ Hazelwood, Art (2022). Mission Grafica: Reflecting a Community in Print. San Francisco: Pacific View Press. ISBN 9781881896371.
  16. ^ a b Sullivan, Denise (January 27, 2019). "Oakland muralist committed to painting people and their places". CurrentSF.com.
  17. ^ Jones, Carolyn (2002-10-25). "Putting the art in BART / Mosaics, murals and steel cows brighten up Oakland, Berkeley stations". SFGATE. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  18. ^ a b c d "LaborFest | Art Show – The Future Challenges Us Now". Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  19. ^ Hashe, Janis. "Jos Sances' Great White Whale". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
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