Art of witness
We All Belong Here, We Will Defend Each Other , poster by Micah Bazant 2017 I first saw this poster in a shared art studio my cousin was renting in Oregon in 2017. The message still feels much needed today. I value diversity in my community and find it very disturbing that my immigrants-of-color and Indigenous friends and neighbors are being needlessly traumatized by militarized agents. It's deeply concerning how the raids are being used to feed a narrative that dehumanizes people of color. In researching the above image through the organization ‘ Forward Together ’ I came across another timely artwork in a similar vein: Dismantle Prisons, Abolish I.C.E. , poster by Art Twink, Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, and Forward Together, 2018 Unist’ot’en, No Pipelines , banner image by Isaac Murdoch & Christi Belcourt I sincerely appreciate the land and water protection banners being made by artists Christi Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch through Onaman Collect...
