Sin Fronteras/Images of Hope: ¡Rini Templeton Presente!

She was a one woman Twitter/Facebook/Instagram whirlwind long before the Internet ever was a public communication concept. For 30 years, a brilliant artist-activist, Rini Templeton illustrated and wrote of the struggles of the grassroots people in the United States, Mexico, Central America and Cuba. Before her early death in 1986, Rini made thousands of unsigned drawings to be reproduced and used freely for popular movements. She told people she did “xerox art,” meaning they could freely photocopy drawings they found useful to put on flyers, pamphlets, banners, picket signs, t-shirts, anything to support their work.

The Latino Center of Art and Culture presents SIN FRONTERAS/IMAGES OF HOPE: ¡RINI TEMPLETON PRESENTE! an exhibition of over 100 prints, publications, and original sculptures. They present Rini’s legacy of art — of and for the people. The exhibition includes a multi-media biography, “Rini Templeton, A Life of Struggle and Creation,“ created by Mexico City’s Punto Crítico magazine collective.