{"id":5211,"date":"2020-06-03T23:45:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T23:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2021-02-01T05:22:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:22:21","slug":"black-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/black-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cArtists are here to disturb the peace. They have to disturb the peace. Otherwise, chaos.\u2019\u2019 \n\nJames Baldwin<\/h5><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Art is never apolitical. And curation is never accidental. For 11 years, ArtBridge’s primary mission has been to transform the eyesore of construction fencing into a public platform for local artists. As NYC\u00a0 has over 300 street-level miles of construction, it’s a prominent mechanism to promote the voices of our city’s artists.<\/span><\/p>

This past week’s violent suppression of peaceful protests is antithetical to that mission. It is a horrifying annihilation of our city’s and our country’s voices. And it furthers our resolve to promote artistic voices that, in Baldwin’s words, “disturb the peace.”<\/span><\/p>

Sometimes our exhibitions have merely tried to create something beautiful; other times we’ve aimed to amplify the narratives of the marginalized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The events of this past week, and the continual murder of innocent Black people, have made it quite clear to us: We at ArtBridge have an abject responsibility to employ public art as a mechanism to empower those who are disempowered; to uplift those who bear the heaviest weights; to shine lights on sociological corners that have been systemically darkened.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

We will try. And we will continue to drive our ongoing NYCHA public art program towards these ends. But we also ask for your help to push us to achieve more.<\/span><\/p>

We want your input on how we can best be an ally:<\/b><\/p>

What sites are best located to amplify meaningful artistic voices?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Which community organizations should we partner with to create a genuine impact?<\/span><\/p>

And which local artists can most effectively disturb the peace?<\/span><\/p>

Please email us, message us on <\/span>Instagram<\/b> <\/a>or <\/span>Facebook,<\/b><\/a> or <\/span>call us<\/b><\/a>. We want to collaborate with as many of you as possible to build a more equitable world.<\/span><\/p>

Stephen Pierson<\/span><\/p>

Executive Director, ArtBridge<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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