Category: News

Thanksgiving in NYC

Right before Thanksgiving,  I wandered around NYC and drew people as they shopped for food,  sometimes chatting with some of them about what Thanksgiving means to them.  A CBS producer and I made little videos with my drawings and the recordings, and I show some below the gallery here.
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We’re All In This Together: Dialogue without hatred, in the fight against hatred

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I have hope. Some may consider me naive. My socioeconomic class and skin color have helped me live a relatively easy life, free of negativity; perhaps that’s why I can be optimistic. But I am also a woman, and have felt sexism and misogyny because of my gender. I have chosen to push past it?—?I don’t ignore the hatred, but I try find a way in my cartoons to expose it, talk about what it is and why it might exist. All with the hope of creating awareness, change, and making things better.

If nothing else, this period will be a time for Democrats and left leaning folks to bond. But all Americans, no matter the political stripe, have to be vigilant to be sure hate does not win over. If someone expresses hatred in the form of bigotry, sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, we speak out.

Those things are not America, and the majority of us believe that.

Each of us must try to find a way to make change?—?no matter how small?—?either in our work or in our community. It’s about positive individual steps, right?

And I’ll try to keep drawing cartoons that speak to this, try to expose what I see, create dialogue without hatred, as we move FORWARD as a country.

Dogs Of Halloween

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Last week, Liza, ventured downtown with her tablet,  stylus and a huge umbrella to draw the annual New York City Dog Parade, held in Tompkins Square Park.  It was crowded, rather cold and rainy–in other words very Halloweeny– but the spirit of fun was extremely high.  The ratio of people to dogs was also high, but Liza chose to capture primarily the main event: the dogs. CBS This Morning is publishing her dog drawings all day long on Halloween today on their Instagram and website.  Enjoy!  Woof woof!

Rise Up As One: Live drawing a historic concert on the border of Mexico

img_5673I was excited and honored to be invited to live draw Rise Up As One, an amazing, historic concert on the border of Mexico, put on by Univision and Fusion. Lucky to be situated on the side of the stage,  I drew what I could onstage (sadly I missed a few early acts). It was exhilarating, the music was beyond great, the audience was incredibly pumped, and after the sun went down, it was freezing?—?my hands stopped working! During a few acts, my visibility was limited because folks backstage were crowding to watch the performers. The energy was infectious. In the current political climate, we need to express more unity and less hatred.
This was the first time I have had the opportunity to live-draw a music event from the stage, and it was thrilling. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I only wish I could have drawn more!
To see more, go to the website of Rise Up As One.