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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 AT 5 PM – 7 PM
Art opening featuring silkscreens by DIY Printing and images of the Black Lives Matter mural and the Cincinnati protests by Aaron Kent, Ben Wright, Shay Nartker, and Jens Rosenkrantz Jr. In a moment of civic urgency, these works register the pulse of the street—bodies, slogans, and color turning public space into a manifesto. The exhibition invites close looking at how printmaking and photography become tools of memory, solidarity, and community action, tracing a visual record that helps shape a shared conscience.
Time
Thursday, October 29, 2020 AT 5 PM – 7 PM
Location
Essex Studios
2511 Essex Pl, Cincinnati, OH 45206
The Atlantic / Culture
Black Lives Matter Just Entered Its Next Phase
Months removed from the height of nationwide street protests, the movement has arrived at an important juncture, where its next steps will determine its success.
By Syreeta McFadden
Direct action is never the primary component of a movement’s longevity; it is only a piece that works in concert with a multitude of efforts. (Martin H. Simon / Redux)
There is something bitterly ironic, and in some way unjust, in the posthumous fate of William Blake. An extraordinary poet and engraver, he spent his life defending imagination as a sacred faculty, denouncing slavery, and dreaming of a spiritual Jerusalem on earth. He has nevertheless ended up recast, in the contemporary imagination, as a numen, or tutelary spirit, of evil. His name and his images appear tattooed on the skin of serial killers, whispered into the ears of victims in television series...
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