Opening Reception at Minnesota Street Project!
The History & Legacies of Manifest Destiny
Our gallery opens at the Minnesota Street Project and runs Feb 1 - March 16! 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 Artists reflect on a complex web of issues including: inaccurate and outdated perceptions of indigenous peoples; the impact of the U.S. government’s bureaucracy and policy decisions on indigenous communities in the Americas, Pacific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.
