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BELOVED ARTS EXHIBITION: EXPRESSION AS A PRAXIS OF LIBERATION

Presented by BeProximate at Online/Virtual Space

May 19 2021
BELOVED ARTS EXHIBITION: EXPRESSION AS A PRAXIS OF LIBERATION

A curatorial collaboration of incarcerated men and women at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department and students at Boston University.

A curatorial collaboration of incarcerated men and women at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department and students at Boston University who explore the praxis of liberation through expressive arts at the nexus of mental, emotional and spiritual health. The artists' pursuit of identity within community calls for embodied empathy and humanity, the spirit and essence of Beloved Community, toward the point of convergence - love. Their art of storytelling, visual and performance, galvanizes ... view more »

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All attendees will receive a copy of the Beloved Arts Coloring and Poetry Book.

The unprecedented times brought on by COVID-19, presented an ingenious opportunity for dialogue through the arts. Men and women at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department (SCSD) initiated the dialogue by expressing themselves through poems and vignettes, and students at Boston University (BU) took on the response(ART)ability to respond with insight and intentionality – not interpretation .