This action came about when I realized the 2018 Women's March started at Pershing Square. My fist design was a raised middle finger but I …
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Gay Pride
I had just finished a huge commercial project, six designs for the Pershing Square Summer Concert Series, when the head of the park, …
SCIENCE
Artwork mapped to pavers Drone Photo of finished chalk SCIENCE: You don't have to believe for it to work. This chalk was for the …
Water is Life
Artwork mapped to pavers Drone Photo of almost finished chalk I designed this after coming back from the Standing Rock Pipeline Water …
Say Their Names
Artwork For this Oakland chalk I made a list of about 1200 names of people killed by the police in the US in the last 10 years. There …
Climate Change
Image by Anita Wasik. This chalk was done at the request of VisionLA Fest, a citywide arts festival that ran concurrently with a climate …
Reverend Billy’s Freakstorm!
Design: The image was a giant wave with the word “Freakstorm.” Freakstorm is a series of sermons by our friend, Reverend Billy Talen, on …
Francois Robert – Bones, Gun Coffin
Design based on photo by Francois Robert We did not meet or communicate with Francois Robert but love his imagery. The image was a …
Make Out Not War
Artwork by Faviana Rodriguez Image was a poster by Oakland artist and activist Faviana Rodriguez, who came down and signed her work. …
Pilgrim = Migrant
Design Finished Chalk Design by Cesar Maxit The image was a pilgrim hat with a monarch butterfly alighting on it. …
Domestic Workers Demand Respect
The Simplified Design The image was a poster by local artist Melanie Cervantesof a strong, cheerful looking Latina maid with the words …
Nobody for President
The Design The image was the headless Anonymous suited guy, the Text: Nobody for President but Vote anyway, along with a whole lot of …
opChevron
Design The image was a re-brand of the Chevron logo with the symbol for smoke taken from the no smoking signs coming off of it. There had …
Rent a Bully Fake Badge – VMA
The image was a badge with a clown face in the middle. The text was “Rent a Bully Fake Badge.” The city of Oakland hired Vince Mackey …
Justice for Alan Blueford
According to ABC News: Alan Blueford, 18, was shot by Oakland police Officer Miguel Masso shortly after midnight on May 6, 2012, during a …
Oakland’s Latest Weapon in the War on Poverty
Image was the Oakland antipersonnel tank and the tag line: Oakland’s latest weapon in the war on poverty. Copblock. org announced that they …
Monsanto, Monstruo, Monster
This is Monsanto's Logo: This was our rebrand:Re-branded Monsanto for Davis, Road Trip. This was in support of Prop 37 which would …
Happy Birthday Occupy
The design was a giant birthday cake with a fi st coming out of it, reaching for a star and the words: Happy Birthday Occupy. September …
Lemmon Instagrams to Congress
The image is angry cartoon lemons in a bowl with speechballoons that people were able to fill in at the end. We did this one at the request …
Chalk Walk – LA
The design was based on my friends, Craig and Pratibha’s, Tony’s Circus puppet character It was important that the small squares were in a …
Arresting People For Sitting is Unenlightened
The image is Buddha sitting with a colorful background and the tag line: Arresting people for sitting is unenlightened. Around that time we …
Chalk You!
A clip art picture of a young Turk with his hand raised in red, white and blue defiance holding a chalk “holster.” Tag line: Chalkupy! …
Dear Leader
This was a take-off on Shepherd Fairey’s iconic red and blue Obama portrait with the “North Korean” tag line: Dear Leader. This was a …
Asylum for Assange
The image was the Wikileaks symbol in the middle of a glowing circle background. Tag line is Asylum for Assange and a Thomas Jefferson …
Homeless Wish Lists
The image was a series of colored post-it notes and the tag line was Homeless Wish Lists. Seeking to keep things interactive and wanting to …
Save Lakeview School
The image was four doors, one a closed library, one a closed school, one a closed shelter and the fourth an open jail cell. This was a …
Game of Drones
This was the Obama “O” logo with drones surrounding or “emanating” from it. Tag line: Game of Drones. Drones usher out the era of heroism. …
The First Amendment
The First Amendment, in its entirety. One of our extracurricular chalkers was arrested for using some of the thick, vine charcoal we used …
Gas Mask
Picture of a black gas mask with gas-like lurid colors in the background. Some consider a gas mask a de rigueur Oakland protest accessory. I …
General Strike
This chalk was from a poster by the designer R. Black. I cut off the bottom to make it easier and squarer. Design by R. Black We did …
Feds Out of Our Meds
The icon of a cop beating the icon of a wheelchair guy who apparently was smoking. (Smoke lines coming from him) A marijuana leaf in the …
Closing the Port Oakland
Pixelated art map I made back when that was my technique Photo I used from the web Chalk from a photo of protestors up on rigs at the …
Badge 357
Who Shot Scott Olsen? Copblock.org published a very thorough and convincing video on the probable identity of the policeman who shot Scott …
Oscar Grant
Videos of Oscar being shot in the head by police while face down in handcuffs were caught on multiple cell phones and the videos led to an …
Occupy Tipi
The image was tipi to represent the tents of Occupy. The tag line was: Commune. Dandelion’s requested this chalk theme. OPD had just removed …
OPD Badge
The image was a large OPD badge with a cop with a raised nightstick coming out of the middle, ready to "serve and protect." This chalk was …
Anonymous Mask
The group of activists that I was a member of at the time, Fresh Juice Party, came to chalk because the words “Occupy Oakland,” written in …
Occupy America
“Captain America” was a guy who had walked from Texas to Oakland in a Captain America suit. He was a well-built hero and attracted a fair …