#forfreedoms

[forever-scotland]

SCOTLAND FOREVER

[thismomentmemory]

I Miss Her.

Man, do I miss her. I was so excited for her to be President. 

I wanted to go to an inauguration. She was someone who reflected me on the stage. 

She was so nice and kind. She debated so well and gave me so much hope, for a country that didn’t deserve it

I think about her every day. I want her to be in the office. I’d follow everything she did. I actually wanted to get into politics for a bit.

But that’s not reality, THIS is reality.

I wish I could go back in time. Somehow shape things differently. Or wonder what would it take for me to get to the timeline where she won. Where every day didn't feel like hell. 

She said we’re not going back. I don’t know where we went. 

I love you Kamala, thank you for everything. 

I wish she was in office, but wishing won’t change anything. I did my part. I really wanted to see my vote inflict change.

I wonder what will come from this. But MLK once said:

And I believe him. 

But man is this hard.

(Image credits: @themourningsky on TikTok & @forfreedoms on IG)

[akc1906]

#ForFreedom

Music: @beyonce - #Freedom feat. @kendricklamar

[trascapades]

#ArtIsAWeapon

🖤Reposted from @forfreedoms for the citizens who dare to love

to create and risk and rally

clenching courage

like a truth telling poem

or photograph

for the will to change

for the freedoms we cherish

and the stories yet to be told

art is a vote and a choice

how we shape and shift the culture

how we get free

🎥

For… Freedom (2020) is an interdisciplinary collaboration of film, poetry, and art to help continue a national dialogue around commerce, politics, education, and the role of the artist created by Lyndon Barrois Sr (@itsawrapper) in collaboration with artist @shantell_martin and poet @ajamonet.

#Art #Artists #ForFreedoms

[g4rchomp]

this is a piece by japanese artist Sho Shibuya (see a short description on forfreedoms on insta) (+ an interview with him if you're interested by his work)

[brooklynmuseum]

On the heels of the presidential election, artist collective For Freedoms hosts a conversation about the potential for creativity to create social change. Join the artists on Tuesday, November 17 in considering how art can strengthen democracy and imagine new possibilities for liberation and joy.⁠ ⁠ Register in advance and pay what you wish to join us on Zoom. Your contribution supports our dynamic public programs and events. Also available on Facebook Live.

[mtaartsdesign]

Duke Riley and Mel Chin, artists behind #MTAArts projects in Queens and Manhattan, are two of the more than 30 artists and designers collaborating with Times Square Arts, Poster House & For Freedoms to share their messages of hope, gratitude and public safety. "Messages for the City" is on view in Times Square, public health clinics, food pantries, community centers, and on LinkNYC kiosks across all five boroughs of NYC.

Pictured: Duke Riley's "Thank You to Health Care Workers". Riley's faceted glass project "Be Good or Be Gone" (2011) is permanently installed at Beach 98th Street (A) station in Rockaway Beach. Mel Chin's interactive installation "Signal" (1997) is located at the Broadway-Lafayette/Bleecker Street (B,D,F,M) station in Manhattan.

[eyegiene]

Repost from @forfreedoms Boulder. Atlanta. El Paso. Parkland. Tree of Life Synagogue. Las Vegas. Orlando. San Bernardino. Sandy Hook Elementary School. Aurora. Columbine. Another 10 lives were lost to gun violence yesterday in the nation's second mass shooting in just 7 days. The victims: Eric Talley; Denny Strong; Neven Stanisic; Rikki Olds; Tralona Bartkowiak; Suzanne Fountain; Teri Leiker; Kevin Mahoney; Lynn Murray; and Jody Waters. While the motives of this shooting are still being investigated, artist @paulacrown_art's message is clear: we don't need more thoughts and prayers in America, we need policy changes to ban assault weapons and save lives. #PaulaCrown’s #ForFreedoms billboard was installed in Cheyenne, Wyoming as part of our 2018 #50StateInitiative. Photo by @jscrogginsphoto https://www.instagram.com/p/CMzXyvUDTmB/?igshid=78ft84mq64z5

[localdorkincombatboots]

Drove past this beautiful thing today in Lexington, KY

[diannesmith]

@forfreedoms launch party #headquarters @fortgansevoort taking in #christophermeyers fantastic work yesterday! It was awesome finally seeing an entire exhibition of Christopher’s work, bravo! #50states #forfreedoms #art #power #activism #dopeblackartist (at Fort Gansevoort) https://www.instagram.com/p/BngLeMZh8xZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1501xo3dswp7g

[andraegreenstudios]

So happy that this awesome pice by the one and only @ummmpriya will be on view soon. Stay posted for more details. Blessings 🙏🙏🙏 #Repost @forfreedoms • • • • • • UMass Fine Arts Center This month #ForFreedoms is proud to be collaborating with @umass_museum_umca on "We Are For Freedoms," an interdisciplinary exhibition of commissioned posters responding to the idea of freedom. Join us on March 4 at 5 pm EST for the virtual opening reception with the artists in the exhibition—tap the link in bio to RSVP. Swipe 👉 for a selection of posters by artists Javiera Benavente, kara lynch, Liz Chalfin, and Priya Green. (at UMass Amherst) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLagMFEl3d-/?igshid=1o400rl5einaf

[trascapades]

🗿#ArtIsAWeapon

#Artist: #MichelleBrowder

#Artwork: Mothers of Gynecology monument

#Anarcha #Betsey #Lucy

#WomensHistoryMonth

Reposted @forfreedoms Artist and activist #MichelleBrowder’s "Mothers of Gynecology" in Montgomery, Alabama reclaims the history of the enslaved Black women who underwent non-anesthetized medical experimentation by Dr. James Marion Sims in the late 1840s.

Once celebrated as the "father of gynecology," Sims performed excruciating and repeated experimentation on enslaved Black women. He justified these experiments through the belief that Black people didn’t feel as much pain as white people (a racist belief which still impacts medical treatment for Black people today).

Browder's monument honors the life of three enslaved women whose names were recorded in Sims’ documentation of his experiments: Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy. The identities of other enslaved women who suffered under Sims are still unknown.

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Learn more:

▪︎ www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mothers-of-gynecology-monument-honors-enslaved-women-180980064/

#TheMothersofGynecology #ArtistActivists #AmericanHistory #BlackWomenArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks

[gavlakgallery]

🙅🏻𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙊𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 🚧⁣ ⁣ This billboard, by artist Maynard Monrow, has been installed in Columbus, OH, in partnership with @thisisunfinished for the @forfreedoms billboard campaign, #The2020Awakening.⁣ ⁣ These billboards, reaching all 50 states across the United States, plus D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, will be on public view through the election on November 3rd. Along with more than 75 artists, the billboards aim to promote civic joy and themes of The 2020 Awakening: 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, and 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.⁣ ⁣ Maynard Monrow⁣ 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘖𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 ⁣ Installation location: Columbus, OH⁣ Photographed by Alyssa Meadows⁣ ⁣ @forfreedoms @thisisunfinished @ameadowsphoto @orange_barrel_media @maynardmonrow ⁣ #ForFreedoms #2020awakening #vote2020 #election2020 #conscientiousobjector #wideawakening #maynardmonrow #voxpopuli #artsign #artsignage #neonart #neon #billboard #politicalart #textart #textbasedart #visualpoetry #conscientiousonserver #playonwords #alyssameadows #forfreedomsbillboard #theawakening2020 #publicart #installationart #artforthetimes #wakeup #socialchange #conceptualart #artlife (at Columbus, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG8EQA8FcDS/?igshid=l6shdpuagrln

[greigroselli]

I love exploring New York City on foot. Even with a plethora of taxis and trains to get you where you want to go, it’s only in New York that you can cross a bridge over the Gowanus Canal and witness a pop-up recreation of a nineteenth-century abolitionist movement that the group @wideawakes organized. Or find a working fridge with free food — I took and ate a tomato 🍅. Today begins early voting in New York State — so I’m waiting in a long line (but it's worth it). Go out and exercise your right to vote. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #vote #getoutthevote #gowanuscanal #frederickdouglass #wideawakes #forfreedoms #gowanus #newyorkcity #teacherswhovote #gowanusdredgers #washyohands #vote2020 #besafe #smithninthstreet #staysane via stonesoferasmus.com (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGuxmMAlVEw/?igshid=14hkd6ew4p0w5

[letsbendreality]

A townhall meeting for the EVERYONE...! Please come! Make time for a series of discussions and art performances that will help us confront and get through the disagreements and injustices we see, hear, face and feel in this country. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Lead by @sankofadotorg @peacegina and structured around, moderated, or inspired by the work of artists like @svetjacque @resilience2032 @aloeblacc @ajamonet @osopepatrisse @nicoleacardoza @brettcookstudio @tanyaauthor @kamalsinclair @gkstudio and many more.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Come to listen, participate, and BE ACTIVATED to take part in how this world is being shaped. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ If you are ready to build and feel and learn and grow, then you are ready for this event. If you aren't...you are ready for this event. It will nurture and teach those parts of you how to be better. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ As a country, it is always ok, and always the right time...to be better. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Much love to @hankwillisthomas and @forfreedoms for this series of events...looking forward to today and this weeknd! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #Community #America #ForFreedoms #Dialogue #Art #Participate #Townhall #Forum #Moca #Geffen #Caam #HammerMuseum (at MOCA | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9FiixtJx-9/?igshid=ruvsr4kusy8y

[williechou]

藍天是自由的．象徵 生來的權利？ 抑或是爭取來的？ 難能可貴 #taiwan #hongkong #forfreedoms #humantight #borntofree (at Tainan, Taiwan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B36ZB9WATf9/?igshid=naoyb6xbyv8b