Abolition: Imagining How We Get Free | Online Gallery
Abolition: Imagining How We Get Free features the dreams, visions, and calls of youth and young adults, the leaders of our future, for a world free of policing and oppression. It tells of our dreams for a future in which we exist. It is our determination, in the face of hopelessness, to believe in possibility — the possibility of a future where we thrive. It is a call for the right and space to breathe and to exist in our full truth. It is a reminder that our collective liberation requires our collective imagination, that if we visualize freedom today, it becomes all the more possible tomorrow. It is us, believing in us — our ancestral wisdom, our knowledge, our brilliance, and our strength — to build and sustain a world where each of us are fed, whole, and free. Dream with us.
Abolition: Imagining How We Get Free ran from February 8 - 28th at Alma Mater's Milk Gallery at 1322 Fawcett Ave, Tacoma 98402.
What does abolition mean to you?
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Featured Artist: Talea Barker
Featured Artist: Byron Gaines II
Featured Artist: Odalys Sanchez
“Abolition is… living in a world controlled by its people. This exhibit demonstrates the way in which the youth of our community, the leaders of our future, imagine a world free of oppression. Abolition is dedicated to creating a safe space for our community and creating a welcoming environment for all.”
Featured Artist: Iridian Sanchez
“Abolition is ending something from its grass roots in order to feel free. We look forward to abolition because our community needs to be allowed to grow and feel safe at all times. In this exhibit, we want to show what a world without police looks like as we imagine together through all forms of art.”
Featured Artist: Isha Hussein
“Abolition is fighting every single day, not losing hope even when we feel like there’s no point in fighting anymore. Feeling joy every step we take to get closer to our goal. Abolition means tearing America down and rebuilding it the way we want it even though it’s going to take blood, sweat, and tears. Abolition is having the world we envisioned as little kids come into reality.”
Featured Artist: Alex Witzens
“Abolition is the sense of freedom. Today, that comes far and few; we as a group are working towards making a better future, where no one will have to fear a target for the simplest thing; existing. Abolition is going to give space for us to breathe knowing there is not a threat of retaliation for being and living your authentic life. This exhibit is going to show a bit of what that future will look like. You will be able to see what the youth think a better, brighter, and freer tomorrow will look like.”
Featured Artist: Perseus Rodda
Featured Artist: PJ Sorem
“Abolition is allowing us to dream of a future in which we exist. It is an act of love. It is so easy to feel clouded by our current state and society that we never see past the fog. This exhibit works to rid us of hopelessness, to show us that a future where we thrive is possible. ”
Featured Artist: Baylei Jones
Featured Artist: Gloria Muhammad