Orios Designs

Rest In Peace Rob Base.👑🎤🙏🏽

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As I prepare for birthdays in June, Graduations Parades and Festivals, Its with extreme gratitude that I share this with you. Since 1986, I've been painting, illustrating, and writing my name and graffiti on the walls while serving our community. To celebrate this 40 year milestone, I have released some PuertoRican Day Parade inspired tshirt that were hand made from the archives. These never released Tshirts designs are now available exclusively on shop.oriosdesigns.com as well as some Orios Designs 20th anniversary hats (2006). Thank you everyone for all your Love and Support throughout the years.
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On Friday, April 3, 2026, Caridad De La Luz—widely known as La Bruja—marked a powerful milestone: 30 years since her first appearance reciting poetry at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Over the past three decades, La Bruja has become a defining voice in Puerto Rican poetry, using her platform to uplift the community and advocate for critical issues including domestic violence awareness, social justice, and cultural preservation.... Read more
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Thank You and the entire staff for hosting such an epic historic event last night. Thank You for sharing your wisdom last night. We greatly appreciate your love and dedication to out PuertoRicand and Latino community. Michael Abramson who documented the movement with his camera and who's photos are inthe documentary.
Shout out to the OGs who were present 30 years ago at the original screening of Palante Siempre Palante. for exhibiting his Young Lords collection and to everyone in attendance. A huge thank you to the original Young Lords who were in the building... and to the new generation of Young Lords keeping the legacy alive.. We're still here making history. Palante Siempre Palante! Tengo Puerto Rico En Mi Corazon. 🇵🇷

Working with and raising awareness about the leathetback turtles was a very informative and educational project. Mixing colors and using Taino petroglyphs was also very therapeutic and spiritual for me. Here are some various colors I used as well as printing on cloth and paper.
The Orange and Green version of this 18 x 24 print is a special color challenge for

Raising awareness

Nitza Tufiño and the workshop collective collaborated to help raise awareness for leatherback sea turtles. Under Nitza’s direction, each artist created a 18 x 24 inch image using printmaking techniques, printed on cloth. The works take the form of flags designed to alert the public that newborn turtles are making their journey to the ocean.

The return of the leatherback turtles is deeply symbolic for Puerto Ricans in the diaspora. Nitza explains, “We are like the leatherback turtles. As Boricuas of the diaspora, we leave our homeland of Puerto Rico and journey into the unknown in search of growth and survival. Yet we return to our beloved home to lay down our love and lived experiences, continuing to nurture, support, and protect the island that shaped us.”

– Oliver Rios

About the Symposium
On February 21, 2026, for the first time, Siete Quillas will hosted the 8th Puerto Rico Sea Turtle Conservation Symposium, bringing together sea turtle conservation groups from Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra, along with scientists, educators, government officials, students, and community members.

Siete Quillas Siete Quillas Play Pause Unmute Mute Rafael Tufiño Printmaking Workshop & Siete Quillas collaboration Siete Quillas – San Juan Sea Turtle Conservancy is a community-based nonprofit organization certified under Section 1101.01(a) for local tax exemption and Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenu...