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IDH VICTORIES

ALL BULLETS SHATTER

ALL BULLETS SHATTER

BACKSTORY

26,000 bullets got fired in Minneapolis the year kids in my neighborhood were killed and some asshat almost took me out in my living room Halloween 2021.

As a human, Dr. M's feelings here are complicated.  As a boss, this was a shitshow: The next day, the IDH was supposed to launch nationally.  We never really did recover.  And after a year of hell -- the pandemic, the Floyd memorial, militias, tanks, chaos -- this was the final straw that kind of broke him.

So, of course and like an 80s movie, the Jesus Goonies, literally, saved my life.

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The Call to Action:

Over 26,000 shots were fired in Minneapolis between January and September of 2021. 

These stories of gun violence are always “counted” in fatalities and injuries.  Behind the numbers, however,  there is always an “uncounted” story of trauma – for victims and their families – that can’t be quantified.
 
This demo of a "living" art and storytelling exhibition is a small step towards correcting this injustice and to amplify the stories and voices of these unheard victims.

THANK YOU TO:
Guns Down, Love Up  I Protect Minnesota I Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives I Urban Educators I North Suburban Center for the Arts I Minnesota Second Change Coalition I and Faculty from Ohio State, Georgia State, Portland State, and the Pittsburg University  Prison Writing Project

iNSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY

The Curation: A 'Living' Exhibition

Intended as a way to "do something" or "give back," All Bullets Shatter was essentially a demo for the gun violence and mental health/ptsd community to see how our curation /advocacy / research / education system could scale their (frankly, heroic) efforts to do something about this human rights tragedy.


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The Conversation

Given how essential art (and narrative) is to healing trauma (individually and as a society), the conversation quickly turned to pragmatics: How do we make art more accessible to these communities, especially disabled communities.

Roundtable Speakers:

  • ​Rashmi Seneviratne, Protect Minnesota
  • Ben McCorkle, Digital Archive of Literary Narratives
  • Abby Kosberg, North Suburban Center for the Arts
  • Blue-Rei Sun
  • Aaron Mckain, IAA Creative Director
  • Shea Sullivan, IAA Interim Associate Director

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Roundtable Topics:

  • How Art can Help Students Work Through Trauma (w/ Blue-Rei Sun)​
  • Art is Therapeutic (w/ DJ Hill)​​
  • Art Accessibility: How to Reach More People with the Resources We Have
  • The Archive of Literary Narratives (w/ Ben McCorkle)

  • Breaking the Threshold Barrier: A Conversation About Increased Access to Art Therapy

Gallery 1: Visual/2D Art

Thank you to our artists

  • ALL BULLETS SHATTER:
    A PROPOSAL TO OUR CITY

    SEE DETAILS HERE 

  • Over 20,000 bullets were fired in Minneapolis in 2021.

    These stories of gun violence
    are always “counted” in fatalities and injuries.
    But behind the numbers, there is always an “uncounted”
    human story of trauma for victims and their families
    that can’t be qualified.

ART EXHIBITIONS

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