About the Project:

Visions of Liberation, created by renowned Bay Area artist Cece Carpio captures the heart of Greenlining’s mission. In partnership with Cece, we embarked on a journey to showcase the core of who we are and what we’re working towards as an organization based in the heart of Oakland.

The Greenlining Institute is building an abundant future that brings opportunities into communities of color–what we call Greenlining. Visions of Liberation portrays scenes of a just future that is cooperative, sustainable, participatory, fair, and healthy for all.

We’re centering imagery of the future we’re working towards to help us to imagine a vision not yet realized.

The collective struggle is all around us, we live it, and we experience it daily. 

We deserve to see and to hold closely images of the future we are building because the dream of our thriving communities is what propels us forward. If we can see it, we can build it. 

About the Artist

Using acrylic, ink, aerosol and installations, Cece Carpio tells stories of immigration, ancestry, resistance, and resilience. She documents evolving traditions through combining folkloric forms, bold portraits and natural elements with urban art techniques.

Her work is influenced by people she has met and places she’s been. Cece paints everyday people who have been invincible in order to share their thriving presence, to show the dignity and power of their existence.

Cece has produced and exhibited work in the Philippines, Fiji Islands, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Italy, Norway, Ireland, United Kingdom, India, Guam and throughout the United States. She can often be found collaborating with her collective, Trust Your Struggle, teaching, and traveling around the world in pursuit of the perfect wall.

Learn more about Cece’s work here.