Activations

For Freedoms x Queen City in Washington DC

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June 1 - June 4: A celebratory weekend of programming and events honoring the former residents of Queen City, VA

For Freedoms News: Live at Fotografiska

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Join us for a For Freedoms News Special Report on the occasion of Cuban Independence Day with host José Parlá.

Listen Until You Hear, For Freedoms x Fotografiska New York

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A six-artist exhibition of intersectional identity explorations including trans survivalism and Indigenous Futurism presented in collaboration with Fotografiska, New York.

School of Lived Experience (SOLE)

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The School of Lived Experience is an artist created renewal space.

For Freedoms Town Hall @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Artists and thought leaders Hank Willis Thomas, Eric M. Anderson, Erin Genia, Sabrina Dorsainvil, and Eric Gottesman will explore themes of love and compassion in a conversation moderated by Yng-Ru Chen of Praise Shadows Art Gallery and organized in collaboration with For Freedoms.

Let Love Quiet Fear

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In conversation with The Embrace, a new monument on the Boston Common by Hank Willis Thomas x Mass Design, For Freedoms co-curated the exhibition with Praise Shadows Gallery.

For Freedoms News - Miami Art Week

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Following its premiere at the Brooklyn Museum (October 28 - November 6, 2022), For Freedoms announces that For Freedoms News (FFN) will be presented in its second iteration at Untitled Art.

For Freedoms News Special Report News from the Inside - Brooklyn Museum

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On stage at the Brooklyn Museum, Peña and Bain will coanchor a live show that includes a segment called “News from the Inside,” featuring an incarcerated correspondent reporting from prison.

Eyes On Iran

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#EyesonIran is a response in solidarity with the courageous Iranians who are risking their lives to express their demand for human rights and a free Iran.

We ARe Here: A Celebration of Legacy

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Commissioned by The Music Center, We ARe Here: A Celebration of Legacy paired the worlds of physical and digital artistic experiences to broaden our understanding of L.A.’s ancestral history.

Another Justice Parrish Museum

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Another Justice is a call to reconvene and reconsider what justice can be in a time of imbalance.

Looks of Freedom III at The Armory Show

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For Freedoms, in collaboration with Blackpuffin Curatorial, presented its third visual essay Looks of Freedom III, curated by Modou Dieng Yacine and Michelle Woo.

Lyrics from Lockdown at The Apollo Theatre

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On August 29, we were at the Apollo Historic Theater for a one-night performance of LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN.

Hear Her Here — Listening Party

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The Hear Her Here (HHH) initiative, created by For Freedoms and supported by Converse, focuses on propelling more Black femme artists into spotlights, onto stages, and at the heads of tables, to make a transformative impact on the communities we share.

A Cool Million

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A COOL MILLION (ACM) is a campaign for climate awareness and activism led by artists, arts professionals, and institutions.

Hear Her Here

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FOR FREEDOMS and CONVERSE have teamed up for Hear Her Here - an initiative that helps propel more Black femme artists into spotlights, onto stages and at the heads of tables to make positive impact on the communities we share.

Landback.Art

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What does LANDBACK mean to you? We asked over twenty Indigenous artists and allies this question, inspiring reflections on the past, and visions of the future.

Avant Arte

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For the first time, For Freedoms went to the UK! In partnership with Avant Arte, For Freedoms presented 2020 Awakening billboards by Hank Willis Thomas and Christine Wong Yap throughout London and offered limited prints of each design.

Beyond The Box 4 (JUSTICE for Our Future)

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The final program, JUSTICE for Our Future, is a culmination of the full series, unveiling and addressing the systemic reality of mass incarceration and deepening understanding of the work being done to do away with it.

Beyond The Box 3 (HEALING through Community Collaboration)

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HEALING through Community Collaboration brings focus to youth and community, opening with a performance by Truthworker Theater Company, a theater troupe of high school and college-age youth in Brooklyn, and followed by a group reflection on the performance.

Beyond The Box 2 (LISTENING for Individual Stories)

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The second program, LISTENING for Individual Stories, focuses on the individual impact of mass incarceration

Beyond The Box 1 (AWAKENING to Transformative Practices)

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In tandem with Coby Kennedy’s Kalief Browder: The Box, Pioneer Works and For Freedoms present Beyond The Box, a four-part program series to consider the realities of mass incarceration through the lens of art and activism.

AAPI Solidarity

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In collaboration with The May 19th Project, in solidarity with AAPI heritage month, and in honor of the diversity of the AAPI community, For Freedoms curated and produced a billboard campaign to visualize mutual support in a time of increasing anti-Asian violence around the globe.

2020 Awakening Billboards

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Since 2016, For Freedoms has been inserting artists’ voices into the American media landscape. This year, in collaboration with Unfinished, we asked the question: What would it look like if advertising, like art, asked questions instead of answering them?

50 State Initiative — Lawn Signs

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The lawn signs allow every participant in their own way to articulate a vision of freedom that contains multitudes.

50 State Initiative — Billboards

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We believe that if artists’ voices replace advertising across the country, public discourse will become more nuanced.

50 State Initiative — Exhibitions

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As part of the 50 State Initiative in 2018, For Freedoms released a set of curatorial questions to the community.

50 State Initiative — Town Halls

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For Freedoms Town Halls are meant to be artful acts—the goal is civic engagement and dynamic conversation.

Our Four Freedoms

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What else could freedom look like? How expansive can a nation's self-image be?

For Freedoms @ Jack Shainman Gallery, 2016

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On June 7th, 2016 the For Freedoms headquarters opened to the public at both Jack Shainman Gallery's 24th Street and 20th Street locations in New York City.

Activations

is an artist collective that centers art and creativity as a catalyst for transformative connection and collective liberation. By wielding the power of art, we aim to deepen and expand our capacity to interrogate what is and imagine what could be. Together, we seek infinite expansion.