Kate Wool Art for Change Events - in partnership with For Freedoms
Over 150 Alaskans have showed up across the state for art for change events. They posed with targets on their chests in a bold statement to communicate that we want and need gun safety legislation. Their portraits are displayed on these three 16 feet x 7.5 feet banners, I am NOT a Target. The banners are available on loan to any community that would like to communicate that we need gun safety legislation. The banners have also been made into 3 ft. x 4 ft. posters and sent to all three of Alaska’s Washington, DC delegates, used in advocacy days in Juneau, school walkouts, and the March for Our LIves events. Thank you to all of the brave participants and activists who help make this project a success.
I am NOT a Target project
This is the 3ft. x 4ft. poster sent to DC delegates. It is available for activism, advocacy, or any purpose related to gun safety education.
For more info, please contact Kate Wool
For Freedoms
For Freedoms is a platform for greater participation in the arts and in civil society. We produce exhibitions, installations, public programs, and billboard campaigns to advocate for inclusive civic participation. Inspired by American artist Norman Rockwell’s paintings of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms (1941)—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear— For Freedoms Federation uses art to encourage and deepen public explorations of freedom in the 21st century. Founded by Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, For Freedoms Federation encourages new forms of critical discourse. Our mission is to use art as a vehicle to build greater participation in American Democracy.
For Freedoms believes citizenship is defined by participation, not by ideology. For Freedoms believes art can be a vehicle that broadens participation and deepens public discussions of civic issues and core values. For Freedoms is a hub for other artists and arts institutions who want to be more engaged in public life.
About For Freedoms
Since 2016, For Freedoms has produced special exhibitions, town hall meetings, billboards, and lawn sign installations to spur greater participation in civic life. This year, For Freedoms launched its 50 State Initiative, a new phase of programming to encourage broad participation and inspire conversation around November’s midterm elections.
Building off of the existing artistic infrastructure in the United States, For Freedoms has developed a network of over 300 artists and 200 institutional partners who will produce nationwide public art installations, exhibitions and local community dialogues in order to inject nuanced, artistic thinking into public discourse. Centered around the vital work of artists, For Freedoms hopes that these exhibitions and related projects will model how arts institutions can become civic forums for action and discussion of values, place, and patriotism. forfreedoms.org