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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio
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Featuring the work of medicinal artist/activist Ricardo Levins Morales. Studio and store in Minneapolis MN USA, shipping anywhere via RLMArtStudio.com. Most posts made by staff.
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November of next year in our Liberation Calendar features: Sabrosura (Soul Food).The words features in this art piece are from poet and historian (And Ricardo's sister) Aurora Levins Morales' 1998 book Remedios.

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November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Time for another consultation with you all! Which shirt would you be most likely to purchase? (Scroll thru the images for a closer look.) Sound off in the replies, and thanks!
Background of a white and blue ocean. In the foreground, three shirts in the center of the image, numbered from 1-3. Shirt on the top is tan with a swirly design, a yellow circle with the number 1 is on the right of this shirt. The second shirt is black with a rectangular design. The word "cat" can be read in a bookshelf that has several cats perched on it. On the top left of this black shirt, a red circle with the number two on it. The third shirt is in the bottom right corner. A cow is sitting in front of a bookshelf. The number three is in a red circle on the top right of this shirt. A cut out of a tan t shirt with a yellow circle with a number one on the top right of the shirt. Design in the center of the shirt features swirly letters and faces. Text reads "Nothing about us without us is for us". Black shirt with a red number 2 in the top right corner of the graphic. Rectangular graphic features a bookshelf with several cats on each shelf. Text reads "Cats. We may not have great attention spans, but". Maroon background with a white shirt, the number three is in a maroon circle on the right of the tshirt. Design on the shirt features a bookshelf behind a reading cow. Text underneath the cow's book reads "Begin with research".
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Today in 1999, Trans Day of Remembrance is created to memorialize the murder of Black trans women Rita Hester and Chanelle Pickett.

Buttons featured found here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/tran...
Multiple blue and pink buttons stacked on top of each other. They all feature the exact same design. Circle uses the trans flag colors, blue and pink. To the right of white text, a winding tree extends its leaves to the sky. White text to the left of this tree reads "Won't be erased".
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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We've got something for everyone! Stop by an browse during our open hours or visit us online at RlmArtStudio.com
Light and dark blue striped background. White text in foreground reads "Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio. Calendars, books, shirts, posters and more! 3260 Minnehaha Ave. MPLS, MN". In center, three calendars stacked on top of each other, one book lies in the center and below that, a bright coloring book. To the left of these books, a person wearing a black tshirt with a brightly colored design.
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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A popular gift for moms, sisters, aunties and the wonderful women in your life. This poster shows the diversity and solidarity of women and is also available as a notecard. ❤️

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Image of a smiling man wearing a purple shirt and brown hat, holding a poster featuring a drawing of a crowd of women. Text on this poster reads "Sisters".
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The Liberation Calendar is filled with 50+ years of art and activism. December's art is from RLM's poster Stop The Words Now (Rumi) that was originally made for the Macalester College Center for Religious and Spiritual Life.

Get your copy of the calendar here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/2026...
Dark grey/green background, with three calendars stacked on top of each other with white text bordering these graphics. Two calendars on the left are stacked on top of each other. Their design features as green background with a brown hand holding a blue compass. Text on the cover of this calendar reads "Ricardo Levins Morales Liberation Calendar". The calendar to the right of these two is open to the December page. The graphic for this page features a green landscape with trees covered in bright green leaves. Above and below these calendars, white text reads "The Liberation Calendar is filled with 50+ years of art and activism. RlmArtStudio.com. Art for hope and healing".
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Pick up a copy of Ricardo's first book and tenth annual calendar this year. Filled with knowledge that the current administration doesn't want us to know. Let's continue sharing people's history.

Get yours on our website RlmArtStudio.com or by stopping in during our open hours.
Blue background. White and yellow text bordering a calendar and book. White spikey suns are scattered throughout the image. White text on top of the image reads "Great gift duo".Yellow text on bottom of the image reads "RlmArtStudio.com". In top left of the image, a Ricardo Levins Morales 2026 Liberation Calendar. Background of this calendar is green, with a brown hand holding a blue compass in the foreground center of the image. Below this calendar, text reads "2026 Liberation Calendar". Behind this, in the bottom right, the front cover of the book "The Land Knows the Way", by Ricardo Levins Morales. Cover features a green, hilly landscape with a bright blue sky. In the center of the image, a green fist that is shaded in with soil and roots below green grass. White text below this book reads "Ricardo's first book!".
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Your feedback is kindly requested! Which of these designs would you be most interested in getting as a vinyl sticker? Let us know below. -jh

p.s. CRUSH ICE
At the top one-third of a circular image, Ricardo's block illustration in dark orange, tan and dark brown of a worker hauling a sack full of tools on their back, labeled "Immigrant Rights Now - Justice is for Everyone" casts a large dark brown shadow, covering the bottom two thirds of the image, in which block letters in tan and orange spell out "ICE OUT!" A red circle/slash covering the black serif letters ICE. Across the slash, script text says "migration is beautiful", with a small illustration of a monarch butterfly at either end. the phrase "migration is beautiful" is also seen in light transparent gray repeated across the background of the entire design. A hand lettered circle in the form of an official insignia. Words in navy blue around the outside of the badge read U.S. Intimidation and Community Eradication -- framed by two red stars, and with the initials I, C and E highlighted in red In the center, an angry looking bald eagle spreads its wings beneath the red text "Abolish ICE!". In its talons, the eagle is holding a jail cell with brown faces peering beneath the bars; red text above this says "nadie es ilegal" - nobody is illegal.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience,
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,

who do what has to be done, again and again.

The poem is from CIRCLES ON THE WATER, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.
Neutral colored gradient background, colors consist of reds, greens, and browns. A landscape that consist of rows of growing plants, birds flying and rolling hills. Three bison are stacked on top of each other. The top, red. Middle, green. And bottom, brown. Large text in caps reads "To be of use". Poem in the center reads "The first two of four stanzas read: The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half-submerged balls. / I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart, who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience, who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done, again and again. The poem is from CIRCLES ON THE WATER, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973, used with permission.
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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If you've got the November 2025 page of our Liberation Calendar on your wall, you've probably noticed a big piece of art in a small space. That's "Century of Struggle": a "cen-tree" of 700+ illustrations depicting people's movements from 1900-2000.
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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This month, you can read about RLM's newest posters and the question, "What if we're confronting a single attack? What if we aimed for the heart instead of the limbs?" mailchi.mp/rlmartstudio...
A montage graphic for the November newsletter, featuring image snippets of our 2026 calendar, a spooky "Eat the Rich" shirt from the Amazon Labor Union, a rooted heart illustration, and a purple "Complacent = Complicit" button.
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my
vision – then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
~ Audre Lorde

This design is available as both a poster and a note card.

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Image of a poster with black linework over yellow and orange gradient. A yellow sun with a smiling face on the top of the black background. Black text below this sun reads “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision – then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” Black Caribbean-American writer, radical feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist Audre Lorde wrote these words to live by.
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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On this day in 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni environmental activists were executed by the state of Nigeria. Their legacy: challenging the power of Shell Oil and the military dictationship. Saro-Wiwa's final statement: "Neither imprisonment nor death can stop our ultimate victory."
"A two-color (black and sienna brown) portrait poster on a cream background, showing Kenule Beeson (Ken) Saro-Wiwa, a black man with short cropped hair, a mustache, and necklace, looking forward to the left. Amidst decorative patterns, and outlined by the names of the Ogoni Nine, are two pieces of hand lettered text: In addition to a paragraph biography of Saro-Wiwa, the poster also shows part of the closing statement at his tribunal: "I have devoted my intellectual and material resources, my very life, to a cause in which I have total belief and from which I cannot be blackmailed or intimidated. I have no doubt at all about the ultimate success of my cause, no matter the trials and tribulations which I and those who believe with me may encounter on our journey. Nor imprisonment nor death can stop our ultimate victory."
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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A beautiful new poster we're offering. ❤️ Ricardo came across this black and white panel that was originally made three decades ago, and decided it was time to provide it with some color.

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A fanciful depiction of hearts as seeds, pushing through rich and nutritious soil toward a vibrant sky. Sky is bright blue with swirls stretching from left to right. Seeds under the ground stretch up to this blue sky. Red seed in the shape of the heart is centered in the image.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A grassroots coalition spearheaded by the bAZta Arpaio coalition, defeats anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio in elections. Later he is convicted of contempt of court. Maricopa County, AZ. 2016

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Tan background with tan rectangle in center of image. Text on top and bottom of the image, bordering a circle seal in the center. On the orange/brown circumference of this seal, text reads "Great seal of the state of aryanzona". Graphic in the center of this circle shows two officers arresting a figure. Text on top and bottom of the rectangle reads "If they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night. Basta! Si te agarran en la manana, regresaran por nosotros esa noche".
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Today in 1841, enslaved African people overpower crew of ship “The Creole” and navigate to the Bahamas where they achieve their freedom.

This two toned screen print is a tribute to those who perished during the Atlantic crossing during the slave trade. 
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A two tone slate gray and pale sky blue screenprint poster, with a simple paper cut like design. An African face is silhouetted looking to the left; a crescent formed partially by the front of the face turns into a moon above three ocean waves below. Handdrawn text below the image says, "for those who perished on the Middle Passage [the words Middle Passage are outlined] Atlantic crossing, we remember you." The artist's initials RLM are in the lower corner.
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Did you know we make a new free calendar page every month? November’s artwork is “Cycle of Cooperation” – available as a poster, greeting card, and a puzzle too!

Download the pdf and plan your month: www.rlmartstudio.com/wp-content/u...
Colorful background with white rectangle that contains a calendar page of november 2025. Text on the left side of a brightly colored landscape reads "November / Noviembre 2025".
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Without lies there cannot be wars. Ricardo originally created this poster during the Iraq War of the early 2000s.

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Black, red and white image that resembles a woodcut print. Red bold text reads "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire". To the left of this text, a soldier can be seen holding a gun up. A black rectangle is below the soldiers' feet. White text inside of this black rectangle reads "Say no more to permanent war!".
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Demand Environmental Justice! Racism is Toxic.

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Black background. Black circle in center of the image with text and graphic. Tree with brown base and green leaves forms a fist. Text reads "demand environmental justice! Racism is toxic!"
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Our spooky sale is still on! Stop in today during our store hours or visit us online at RlmArtStudio.com ! Don't forget to use code "ghost" at checkout! 👻
Blue background with two black outlined skeletons. Text to the left of these skeletons reads "15% off for Halloween y Dia de los muertos. Plus: 50% off select seasonal posters. Oct 31-Nov2. Use code ghost at RlmArtStudio.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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On October 31 1968, The Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell (W.I.T.C.H.) marches to place a hex on Wall Street and the patriarchy. The stock market fell 13 points the following day.

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Black background. Black circle with yellow glow surrounding it contains multicolored text that reads "Resist!"
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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We've got a sale this upcoming weekend! Enjoy 15% off, and half off select posters! Come visit us in store or online at RlmArtStudio.com. Use code "ghost" at checkout.
Blue background with black squiggly lines over it. Yellow text on bottom and top of image reads "Day of the dead and Halloween spooky sale!" Text in the center of the image reads "Oct 31-Nov 2, Half off select posters, and use code 'ghost' at checkout". Graphic of skeletons in the bottom center of the image are shown in different poses. There is a cluster of brightly colored notecards in the center of the graphic.
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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One of our crew members and Ricardo posing next to one of our new signs!
Two people in masks with fists up stand on either side of a large rectangular sign. Sign features bright blue sky with green, plant filled fist. Text above this fist reads "Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio. Drawing the line for social justice. RlmArtStudio.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Sighhhh. Wouldn’t it be nice?
This early twentieth century slogan summarizes one of the great labor battles of the time: the demand for more leisure time.

Notecard art can be found here:
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A horizontal, black and white block print type image with 3 vertical panels. Each panel says "8 Hours" on the top. The leftmost panel shows a person in a dress and apron operating a sewing machine, and says "for work." The middle one shows a person laying in bed, their feet facing the viewer, with a rat a mouse on the floor and cityscape with moon out the window. At bottom is says, "for rest." The panel on the right shows two people facing each other, sitting in a rowboat on a lake. The person facing the viewr has a flower in their cap and is reading the Union Advocate newspaper. The caption at bottom of this panel says, "for what we will." In the lower right of the image, a person holds up a 19th-century style banner on a stick, with flowers and the slogan "8 Hours."
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Capitalism - it isn't healthy for anyone! 🤒😷🤕 Who else is sick of it?

Artwork is available as a poster and notecard here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/capi... or online at RlmArtStudio.com.
A whimsical scratchboard/woodcut-style image with black ink illustrations, red block lettering and green highlights. In red across the page are the words "Capitalism is not healthy for children and other living things." In and around the words, are scenes such as fighter jets taking off into the sky; a line of cars with a supermodel, fast food meals strewn about, a set of handcuffs, and a television protruding into the air dispalying the word "BUY!" in green. The anthropomorphic TV holds an alcoholic drink in one hand and a gun in the other.
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM