Art on view Feb 1 - Mar 16

The History & Legacies of Manifest Destiny

The gallery runs Feb 1 - March 16 in the atrium of 1275 Minnesota St. as well as Gallery #9 on the second floor. It's free!

The atrium is open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11AM - 6PM. (Closed Sunday, Monday)

This exhibition features the work of 19 visual artists and 19 poets, all connected to California. Together they represent more than 14 Native American tribes (including Chukchansi/Miwok, Diné/Navajo, Powhatan Confederacy, Tongva-Ajachmem, Tsalagi/Cherokee, and Ohlone); American Descendants of Slavery; and those connected to Burma, China, Columbia, Hawai’i, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, the Jewish diaspora; Mexico, Palestine, Okinawa, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Taiwan, Tonga, and Western Europe.

Manifest Differently at M.S.P. is a rare opportunity to engage with intergenerational artists whose works underscore issues of place and history and embody resistance. Artists reflect on a complex web of issues including:

• inaccurate and outdated perceptions of indigenous peoples;
• the impact of the U.S. government’s bureaucracy and policy decisions on indigenous communities in the Americas, Pacific Islands, SWANA nations, and the Global South;
• post-colonial Latin America’s ecological crises, regional conflicts, narco-trafficking, and gender struggles;
• calls for reparations for slavery in the United States;
• and how local and global communities can move forward from positions of compassion, education, and organizing.