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Jos Sances
Born
John Joseph Sances

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

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.

Biography[edit]

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 last 1970s, Sance was active with the Galería de la Raza and the La Raza Silkscreen Center.[7] In c.1982, Sances co-founded Mission Grafica at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.[6][7]

In 1989, Sances founded the 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] The Or, The Whale work was created on 119 panels, when assembled together they form a 14 feet high by 51 long 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.[15]

Murals[edit]

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[edit]

  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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