A Benefit for Critical Resistance Art Auction, Events, and more...
Opening event next week 9/29/20!
RSVP today for the Virtual Opening Cocktail Hour Celebration
and receive a special "Imagine Freedom" cocktail recipe from Bryant Terry.
(drink pictured on left)
Critical Resistance and the Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition Host Committee are enthusiastic to invite you to engage with Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition, an online programming series, exhibition and benefit art auction. Artist list below.
RSVP today! No one turned away for lack of funds. Donations welcome.
Virtual Opening Cocktail Hour Celebration
Tue, September 29, 2020
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT co-hosted by the Bayview Opera House and Critical Resistance Amy Kisch and Steven Canals, Host Committee members
Dana King (MC), Host Committee member and Featured Artist
Film Screening: "Oklahoma is Black" by Melinda James
Music by Amanda Joy, Atlanta-based, soul and funk singer and lead vocalist for The VIBErance.
Cocktails + recipes with acclaimed chef and Host Committee member Bryant Terry
*and more*
Accessibility: ASL + closed captions provided. RSVP here
A word from our Imagine Freedom Movement Partner Sponsor, CCWP...
Movement Partner Sponsor Announcement!
Webinar this Saturday, September 26th @ 4-6pm
No registration required
Click this zoom link to join (other call in info is below) bit.ly/CommutationWebinar
Join F.U.E.L. and CCWP (California Coalition for Women Prisoners) for an online discussion about commutations specific to people sentenced to Life Without Parole (LWOP). The conversation will include an explanation and training on how to file an application for commutation.
Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition programming, continued...
Artist Talk on CR Facebook Live
Thurs, Oct 1 @ 4pm PDT – Christine Wang with Mieke Marple
A Portal for Liberatory Practice: A/R, Afrofuturism and Abolition
with the Wakanda Dream Lab
Friday, October 2, 2020 @ 12-1pm PDT/ 3-4pm EDT
Streamed on CR Facebook Live
Artist Talks on CR Facebook Live
Sat, Oct 3 @ 4pm PDT – Sadie Barnett with Essence Harden
Mon, Oct 5 @ 4pm PDT – Hank Willis Thomas with Black Joy Parade
Closing Event and Live Auction
Tue, October 13, 2020
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
Dr. Leigh Raiford, Host Committee
Poetry from Fred Moten, Host Committee
"In the Studio" with Meryl Pataky, Featured Artist
Live auction of artwork by Lava Thomas, Kenturah Davis, Shawn Theodore, Theaster Gates, Wangari Mathenge, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Hank Willis Thomas.
*Raffles * Guest appearances * and more*
Accessibility: ASL provided. RSVP here
Organizational Sponsors
Artist As First Responder * Bayview Opera House * Black & Pink * California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) * Dream Defenders * Essie Justice Group * EverGold [Projects] * Forward Together * H.O.L.L.A! * Law 4 Black Lives * Survived and Punished * TGI Justice Project * The Culture Ref * Women's Center for Creative Work (WCCW)
Host Committee
Amy Kisch * Angela Hennessy * Black Joy Parade * Bryant Terry * Calvin Williams * Cara Levine * Dana King * Deanna Van Buren * Elena Gross * Emory Douglas * Erin Christovale * Favianna Rodriguez * For Freedoms* Fred Moten * Indya Moore * Janet Mock * Julia Chinyere Oparah * KQED Arts * Lateefah Simon * Leigh Raiford * Michael Orange * Minnesota Street Project * Patrisse Khan-Cullors * Pt. 2 Gallery * Ruthie Wilson Gilmore * See Black Womxn * She Bends * Soraya Rios * Steven Canals * This is Not a Gun * Vielmetter Los Angeles
Four ways to support Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition this year!
Purchase Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition special limited-edition gear from the Critical Resistance shop.
Checks and donor-advised funds also accepted! Email [email protected] for details. Send checks (payable to “Critical Resistance”) to Critical Resistance, attn.: Development; 1904 Franklin St. #504, Oakland, CA 94612. Please write “Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition” in the memo.
Bid on over 60 artworks September 29 through October 13 on artsy.net.
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Adia Millett
Ainsley Burrows
Ali LeRoi
Alyse Emdur
Andrew Wilson
Angela Hennessy
Anthony Peebles
Ariane Vielmetter
Ashley Hunt
Awol Erizku
Bob Williams
Brandon Andrew
Brett Cook
Cara Levine
Carmen Argote
Chanell Stone
Chris Johnson
Christine Wang
Courtney Desiree Morris
Crystal Paris
Dana King
David Antonio Cruz
Demetri Broxton
Domenico Villeda
Ed Ntiri
EJ Hill
Emanuel Tegene
Emory Douglas
Erica Deeman
Favianna Rodriguez
gavin benjamin
Githinji Mbire
Glen Wilson
gloria galvez
Hank Willis Thomas
Hermon Futrell
Jean-Marcel St. Jacques
Jesus Barraza
Jimena Sarno
José Figueroa
Joel Daniel Phillips
Joshua Mays
joshua whitaker
kate deciccio
Kenturah Davis
Kwame Brathwaite
Kyle Lypka and Tyler Cross
Lava Thomas
Leila Weefur
Lena Gustafson
Leslie Lopez Dime
Lewis Watts
Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
Maria Paz
Mario Ayala
Melanie Cervantes
Melinda James
Meryl Pataky
Michele Pred
Paul Mpagi Sepuya
rafa esparza
Mieke Marple
Miguel Arzabe
Ricky Weaver
Rodney Ewing
Ruben Ochoa
Sadie Barnette
Saif Azzuz
Sam Vernon
Shanna Strauss
Shaun Leonardo
Shawn Theodore
Sydney Cain
Traci Bartlow
Shadi Yousefian
Travis Somerville
Umar Rashid
Wangari Mathenge
Zahyr Lauren
Curatorial + Planning Committee:
Ashara Ekundayo (Curator) * Hans Kuzmich * Jess Heaney * Maya Futrell * Mieke Marple *Shirley Leslie * T Rasheed * William Ramirez
