Beyond Gestures in Socially Engaged Art

Community processing and ‘A Color Removed’

On November 22, 2014, in Cleveland Ohio, Officers Frank Garmback and Timothy Loehmann responded to the dispatch of a young man pointing around a gun outside the “Cudell Commons,” a public recreation center in a largely African-American neighborhood tense with gun violence. The dispatcher neglected to emphasize that the caller said ...
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Beyond Gestures in Socially Engaged Art

Satellite Events at the Republican Convention

Party conventions aren’t just about politics and parties. They are also about education and promotion. Groups come looking for supporters, or just to inform the public. They push their products as readily as any merchant. Some groups ask for money, some don’t; some feed you, some don’t. All want your ...
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Satellite Events at the Republican Convention