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BeLonging. Solo Show at the Highland Park Center
Opening Reception March 3, 2023 @5:30 to 8:00 PM

BeLonging. The Work of Indira Freitas Johnson explores the expansive and multifaceted issue of “Belonging” that runs through race, religion, ethnicity, philosophy, and sexual orientation.

The word ‘Belonging’ is a heavy word for me, fraught with contradictions and dichotomies. Today, questions of home, homeland and displacement come up in multiple ways on the global terrain.

My work in this show explores concepts of self and belonging and represents among other things attachment, rejection, regeneration, and the landscape of the everyday. The works reinforce the idea that none of us have singular identities belonging simultaneously in different geographies and cultures.
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Special thanks to Curator Caren Rudman for her immeasurable help and support. And to  thee Illinois Arts Council for funding a catalog of this exhibition. 

Concurrent exhibition, What Does Freedom Look Like?

I am so honored to have been invited to curate this show on the theme of Freedom.

How is freedom defined and expressed through visual form? What does it look like to the individual, the community, or the world? How does an artist express through a person, a place, a moment, an event or something which in some way represents an expression freedom? Often looked at in political terms, freedom of expression is foundational in a democracy. “Without it, it is not difficult for a culture to descend into authoritarianism, fascism, and dictatorship.”
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Art Exhibit: Visible / Invisible. How silence is a tool of violence allowing it to blossom and grow.
Juried Exhibit Curated by Indira Johnson, Fran Joy and Lisa Degliantoni
February 4 - March 18, 2022 @ Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Second Floor Gallery
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Multi-disciplinary works are on display from a wide range of artists, who were asked to consider what kinds of violence are made visible and gain widespread public attention and what is excluded and remains invisible. From sculpture to painting to audio submissions, the diversity of art artists and mediums are impactful in the way they address this difficult topic, pervasive in our culture. More than 50 artists are participating, see full list below, and we invite you to see this event in person, February 4 - March 18, 2022 @ Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Second Floor Gallery, 927 Noyes St.
This exhibit and programs are sponsored in part by a grant made available by the Evanston Arts Council. 
Events
  • Opening Reception, Friday, Feb. 4, 4-7p
  • Community Conversation, March 3, 6:30p
  • Hands on Family Community activity with Kids Create Change, Saturday, March 5, Time TBD
Contact: [email protected]
Masks and proof of vaccination required at all events.

Additional information:
Visible Invisible explores invisible violence as it manifests itself in everyday life, in our homes, schools, workspaces and media. It brings together artists' voices and viewpoints to investigate the roots of this subversive invisible violence tracing its historical and cultural origins through language, identity related issues, representation, fluctuating socio-economic conditions and long held beliefs. 
While violence has become endemic to our lives, globally, nationally and in our neighborhoods, the invisible aspects of violence remain hidden, existing behind the highly visible public incidents.  
The theme of invisible violence is not new as can be seen from the increased incidents of emotional and mental abuse and the socio-economic legacy that is all around us. Visible and Invisible will explore the tangible effects of invisible violence as it manifests itself in everyday life, in our homes, schools, workspaces and media. It will bring together artists' voices and viewpoints to investigate the roots of this subversive invisible violence tracing its historical and cultural origins through language, identity related issues, representation, fluctuating socio-economic conditions and long held beliefs.
How has popular culture provided a structure that has contributed to the lack of attention and resources to fight invisible violence? 

List of Participating Artists
Sarah Kaiser-Amaral     Rene H. Arceo     Alicia Forestall-Boehm    Bradley Cahill.    Salvador Campos.    Sara Peak Convery     Matt Cortez     James Deeb    Makeba Kedem DuBose     Laura Easton Frazier     ​Michael F Gallagher    Diana Leviton Gondek.     Kenneth Henckel    Lynell Ingram     Karl Johnson     Rose-Marie Lamour     Cynthia Kerby    Stephanie Klein       Pauline Kochanski  William Krug  Amelia Lozada    George John “LARDO” Larson    Siyao Lu     Bob Magrisso    Michaela Marchi    Claudia Marter     Derra McWilliams Margoth Moreno    Daniel E. Murphy     Stephen Murphy    Mark Nelson.     Tasha Nemo    Kasia Ozga.   Yaounde Olu   Andre Pace    Christine Perri    Joanna Pinsky   Catherine Schwalbe     Jevoid Simmons   Patricia A. Stewart      Beth Swanson    Beverly Sholo.   James Totulis.    Katy Washington      Michael Workman       Levi Yutuc     Fran Joy    Indira Freitas Johnson






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