Category: off the rez
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La Isla Memory Project
During the Great Depression newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented by Executive Order a public works program to get US citizens back to work called the New Deal. A program that emerged was called the Works Progress Administration or WPA and one of the communities to benefit from the WPA projects was the…
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we are the people who are darker than blue (art space – new haven, ct)
If your mind could really see You’d know you’re color the same as me Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory I know you won’t mind if I tell the whole story Get yourself together, learn to know your side Shall we commit our own genocide Before you check out your mind? I…
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American Domain
Humanist and documentary photographer Dan Budnik is best known for his black and white photography from the civil rights era. It was Dan’s photo of Dr. King that appeared on the cover of Time magazine when Dr. King was assassinated. After covering the civil rights movement from 1964 – 66 Dan gradually made his way…
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blue light till dawn
There’s a new project space that opened in Santa Fe recently called Biocultura. They had an inaugural event April 23rd where they were one of several organizations to partner with the Smithsonian Institute to recognize Earth Day. The event at Biocultura Santa Fe was called Earth Optimism. As taken from the Smithsonian website: Earth Optimism…
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Live + Direct from Penland School of Crafts
Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina is one of the country’s oldest and most respected schools of craft. Opened in 1929 by Lucy Morgan who focused her initial instruction on weaving in order to help local women build cottage industries to help support their families. As noted on Wikipedia “…The school now offers Spring,…
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event horizon
I was invited to participate in the 2017 Joshua Treenial. The theme this year was event horizon. I ventured to Joshua Tree in January to find a potential location for an installation and to obtain source photos. Thanks to local resident and artist Diane Best I was able to find an abandoned house on the…
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brooklyn!
shout out to the homies lunar new year, nanookso, jess x chen, dan budnik, meredith potts, brooklyn street art and the bushwick collective for helping to make this project happen. brooklyn street art article huffington post
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jazz-minh moore at claire oliver gallery (06.16 – 07.31)
thanks to artist andrew erdos for turning me onto this piece by jazz-minh moore included in her show at claire oliver gallery, nyc.
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ursula rucker: live + direct from the heart of the city
ursula rucker, poet, activist, mom, friend posted this photo today marking the 1 year anniversary of the installation of her mural in philly. the original photo is by donnell powell; tilt shift manipulation by jetsonorama (sans drama).
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justseeds x the young new yorkers
The prints that Justseeds donated on view at the Young New Yorkers Benefit show at Joseph Gross Gallery in NYC last night (April !, 20!5). Young New Yorkers is a restorative arts justice program for incarcerated youth in New York State. Read more about Young New Yorkers & the amazing work they do here:www.youngnewyorkers.com…