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AZ GALLERY
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308 Prince Street, St. Paul
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The
ANNUAL LOWERTOWN ART SHOW
brings together
SIXTY “Lowertown” ARTISTS
to recognize and celebrate their contribution
to making downtown Saint Paul
a unique artists community.
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Exhibit Dates: 20 October – 20 November 2016
Reception & Awards: Saturday, 22 October, 6-10pm
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My piece FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN will be exhibited.
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FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN Catherine L. Johnson 2012
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Accompanying text to FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN 2012:
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ALL LIVES WILL MATTER WHEN EVERYONE’S LIFE MATTERS.
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ALL LIVES WILL MATTER WHEN CONDONED BRUTALITY IS NAMED AND IS STOPPED.
BRUTAL INJUSTICES DIRECTED TOWARD ANY ONE POPULATION
STEALS THE HUMANITY OF ALL.
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SYSTEMIC + INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM ARE THE DEFINING / ONGOING
CIVIL RIGHTS + SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES OF THEN AND NOW.
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THE UPSHOT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT COLOR BLIND
AND EFFECTS THE TRAJECTORY OF HOPE FOR BLACK AMERICANS.
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TO BE SILENT AND IN DENIAL ABOUT Y/OUR SOCIETY’S PERVASIVE
EXPOSED/CONCEALED VIOLENCE/THREATS TO THE LIVES/WELL BEING OF BLACK AMERICANS.
IS TO BE WILLINGLY COMPLICIT/CULPABLE AND PERPETRATORS IN THE CONTINUANCE
OF THE VIOLENCE + IN THE THREATS THAT SHAPE BLACK AMERICANS LIVES.
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ALL LIVES MATTER, YET, ALL LIVES WILL NOT MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.
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WE ARE ALL CHAINED WHEN ANYONE IS CHAINED BY FEAR;
REACTIVE JUDGEMENT; BRUTALITY AND INVISIBILITY
UPHELD BY THE PREVAILING DOMINANT CULTURE.
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PLACE YOUR HAND ON MY HEART
FEEL MY HEART BEAT BEAT BEAT
DON’T BEAT MY HEART
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For further information on FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN:
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REVIEW: Published on NEW YEAR’S DAY 2016
Star Tribune’s Art Critic, Mary Abbe, writes a Walt Whitman review:
https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/review-humanly-possible-the-empathy-exhibition-instinct-art-gallery-the-path-to-empathy-by-mpls-star-tribune-art-critic-mary-abbe-published-new-year-s-day-2016/
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Minnesota Public Radio:
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/12/01/empathy-show#gallery
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FRESHDRIEDBLOODIAMHUMAN Catherine L. Johnson 2012:
https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/humanly-possible-the-empathy-exhibition-instinct-art-gallery-21-november-2015-16-january-2016-freshdriedbloodiamhuman-2013-catherine-l-johnson-the-humanity-port/
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13th Amendment / Ava DuVernay’s 13th documentary
Catherine L. Johnson’s art that addresses social justice issues:
https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/672-13th-amendment-to-the-constitution-neither-slavery-nor-involuntary-servitude-except-as-a-punishment-for-crime-whereof-the-party-shall-have-been-duly-convicted-shall-exist-within-the-unit/
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