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.
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Born | John Joseph Sances August 18, 1952 |
Education | Montserrat College of Art |
Website | www |
Biography
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.
Murals
Year | Title | Artists | Location | Notes |
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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.[15][16] |
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.[15] |
2009 | Jos Sances, Art Hazelwood | Arnett Watson Apartments, San Francisco, California | A tile mural[17] | |
2009 | Jos Sances | Castro Valley Library, Castro Valley, California | A tile mural[17] | |
2010 | Jos Sances | Ira Jenkins Park, Oakland, California | [17][18] | |
2019 | Jos Sances | Shadelands Sports Complex, Walnut Creek, California | A 1500 sq.ft. tile mural.[17] |
References
- "Jos Sances". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- Hashe, Janis. "Jos Sances' Great White Whale". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- 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.
- "Celebrated muralists Daniel Galvez and Jos Sances in two-artist exhibition at Skyline College". The Mercury News. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- 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.
- Levine, Howard (April 2005). "The Art and Activism of Jos Sances". Street Spirit. American Friends Service Committee. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- Rossman, Michael (November 1986). "Evolution of the Social Serigraphy Movement In the San Francisco Bay Area, 1966-1986". FoundSF. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- "Jos Sances". The Nation. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- 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.
- "Advice to Young Artists: René Yáñez". Mission Local. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- 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.
- "Printed by, Jos Sances, American, born 1952". Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA). Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- "Jos Sances ~ artist | Mission Grafica ~ printer". Oakland Museum of California, OMCA Collections. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- "Jos Sances". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- Sullivan, Denise (January 27, 2019). "Oakland muralist committed to painting people and their places". CurrentSF.com.
- 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.
- "LaborFest | Art Show – The Future Challenges Us Now". Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- Hashe, Janis. "Jos Sances' Great White Whale". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2020-11-07.