Pati Navalta has dedicated much of her life to crusading against gun violence since her son, Robby Poblete, was shot and killed in Vallejo at age 23 on Sept. 14, 2014. The Robby Poblete Foundation has promoted “Art of Peace,” transforming unwanted guns “into instruments of hope,” offered educational opportunities in skilled trades, and, among…
VALLEJO — The third Solano County Gun Buyback event will take place Dec. 14 at McCormack Hall on the county fairgrounds. “It was important for me to hold our first gun buyback in Vallejo because this was where my son’s life was taken,” Pati Navalta, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Robby Poblete Foundation,…
Recognition as a YBCA 100 honoree is a celebration of an individual’s present efforts and acknowledgment that their work will have future impact. Our YBCA 100 honorees come from the Bay Area and around the world. On this list, celebrities rub elbows with unsung heroes, and activists and artists are as revered as pop stars.…
SAN FRANCISCO — This is the Art of Peace exhibit — presented by two Filipino Americans who have been affected by gun violence, Pati Poblete of the Robby Poblete Foundation and Rudy Corpuz of United Playaz, along with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Each art piece is made up of various parts of…
With “Art of Peace,” an exceedingly powerful exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Pati Navalta Poblete is fulfilling her mission to get guns off the streets and into galleries. “Every one gives me the chills,” said Poblete, describing the 10 evocative artworks made from dismantled firearms at the show’s opening reception on July…
Art of Peace at the YBCA on view ~8/25. free open to the public. 10 artists transformed SF gun buyback program unwanted guns into art. Art of Peace is a collaborative exhibition that brings together three organizations—Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Robby Poblete Foundation, and United Playaz—and features art and artists raising awareness…
Art of Peace is a collaborative exhibition that brings together three organizations—Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Robby Poblete Foundation, and United Playaz—and features art and artists raising awareness about the continued escalation of death due to gun violence in our country. Robby Poblete Foundation and United Playaz are working to remove as many…
ART LOOKS Pati Navalta Poblete grew up in Vallejo. But after her 23-year-old son Robby Poblete was shot there in 2014, she had such severe PTSD she couldn’t go bring herself to go back there. She had moved to Fairfield about a year before he was killed, and when driving home, she would go well…
Guns kill, art heals — it’s that simple. Or not, given complex, often vitriolic discussions about gun control and violence caused by illegal weapons that Vallejo-based Pati Navalte Poblete aims to turn into compassionate, hearts-and-heads-together art and dialogue. The Robby Poblete Foundation, founded after Poblete’s 23-year-old son was fatally shot during an attempted robbery in…
During a time when senseless gun violence continues to plague our country, artists are transforming weapons into instruments of hope and symbols of peace. In this sponsored episode of the Datebook podcast, King Kaufman speaks with four key individuals behind the upcoming Art of Peace exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA). Pati…