Gary Aagaard

Gary Aagaard

Originally, this painting was conceived to explore Trump’s cozy relationship with the NRA & resulting gun-related deaths from 2017 thru 2019 (excluding suicides). However, it soon expanded to also highlight some of his numerous visual & speaking gaffes (it’s...
Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence

From 1915-1960, almost 6 million African Americans migrated from the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, seeking job opportunities and hoping to escape oppressive conditions such as lynching, unjust legal systems and denial of the right to vote. That...
Jim Morris

Jim Morris

Viewing the death of George Floyd on television I was compelled to create a painting demonstrating my emotions at the time. I did this by using an image of Mr. Floyd that was repeatedly shown on the news. My intension is to show the shattering of our concepts and...
Elizabeth Denneau

Elizabeth Denneau

I am currently interested in creating visual connections between the intentionally hidden histories that are the foundation of our country and our current social/ political climate. In mettre le feu, I examine the legacy of the antebellum south and its impact on our...
Cecelia Chavez

Cecelia Chavez

Creating art is my form of activism in this current socially distant world. I made this piece to support the Black Lives Matter movement and to illustrate the importance of voting in this critical time; the country’s needs simply cannot go unmet for another four...