Curated Art Exhibitions
& Citizen Forums
Juried, Local, National, and International
Curated Art Exhibitions
& Citizen Forums
Juried, Local, National, & International
Using art to spark seemingly impossible
cross-cultural conversations
and sneak science past the censors
since 2017.
Curated Art Exhibitions
& Citizen Forums
Juried, Local, National, and International
Using art to spark allegedly impossible cross-cultural conversations,
heal humans and communities,
and sneak medical science past the censors since 2017.
Catalyzes civic engagement and curate under-served community voices by translating complex issues into easy-to-understand:
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Local, national, and international art exhibitions and installations;
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Academic research and publications;
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Educational materials for attorneys, teachers; citizens, and advocates.
Our own body of work is motivated by the same goals that guide our exhibitions of other artists' work. We want to use aesthetic experiences as a means of engaging the general public with digital and biomedical harms that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye or too bogged down in esoteric jargon.
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AI BIAS
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Digital Rights Are Civil Rights
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#NeighborsNotNumbers
(outside link to institute for digital humanity)
PRIVACY & SURVEILLANCE
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Digital Rights Are Civil Rights
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#NeighborsNotNumbers
(outside link to institute for digital humanity)
PRIVACY & SURVEILLANCE
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All Bullets Shatter:
Crime and Trauma
Living Art Exhibition and Public Forum
Minneapolis, MN and Online. May 2022.
In partnership with:
Guns Down, Love Up I Protect MN
Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives
Urban Educators I North Suburban Center for the Arts I MN Second Change Coalition
and Faculty from Ohio State, Georgia State, Portland State, and Pittsburg Univ.
Digital Rights are Civil Rights: Race and Tech
International juried art exhibition and civic forum.
Minneapolis, MN and online. February 2021.
The murder of George Floyd made it clear to the world that systemic racism is a life or death issue for people of color in our country. This issue has only become more pressing in light of recent technological developments: racist facial recognition software; predictive policing programs that target minorities; and discriminatory algorithms (in employment, healthcare, education, and criminal justice) that violate our privacy, threaten free speech, and replace human judgment with encoded systemic inequity.
Thank you to our partners;
ACLU MN; Native Youth Arts Collective; North Central University; the Institute for Digital Humanity; the POSTME Coalition; and City Councilman Steve Fletcher.
Digital Rights Are Civil Rights: Race and Tech
International juried art exhibition and civic forum.
Minneapolis, MN and online. February 2021.
In partnership with:
The Institute for Digital Humanity
The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy
ACLU Minnesota
Native Youth Arts Collective;
North Central University
Post ME Coalition
Councilman Steve Fletcher (Minneapolis, MN)
Contaminated:
Mental Illness & COVID
International juried exhibition & civic forum
Online and in Minneapolis
(At the height of the pandemic.)
May 2020
In partnership with:
The Institute for Digital Humanity
The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy
North Central University
Hamline University
Plugging In:
Tech & Surveillance
Art and Community Education Event
Minneapolis, MN and Online. October 2021.
In partnership with:
ACLU Minnesota I Reclaim the Block
The Institute for Digital Humanity
Safety Not Surveillance I Post ME
Tulane Valley Creates (Portland, OR)
Councilman Simon Troutman (Richfield, MN)
Councilman Steve Fletcher (Minneapolis, MN)
ALL BULLETS SHATTER:
Crime & Trauma
Living Art Exhibition & Public Forum
Minneapolis, MN and Online. May 2022.
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.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
Guns Down, Love Up I Protect Minnesota
Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives
Urban Educators I North Suburban Center for the Arts
Minnesota Second Change Coalition
and Faculty from Ohio State, Georgia State, Portland State, and Pittsburg Univ. Prison Writing Project
PLUGGING IN
Tech & Surveillance
Community Education & Empowerment Event
Minneapolis, MN and Online. October 2021.
As with every other part of society, technology is changing public safety forever. The need to ensure basic principles of human and civil rights in the mechanisms of digital public safety has never been more pressing. The IAA and its partners participated in a public discussion and technology workshop focused on surveillance, privacy rights, racial justice, and digital ethics. The event was hosted on October 20, 2021.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
ACLU Minnesota I Reclaim the Block
The Institute for Digital Humanity I North Central Univ.
Safety Not Surveillance I Post ME I Tulane Valley Creates
Councilman Simon Troutman (Richfield, Minnesota)
Councilman Steve Fletcher (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
DIGITAL RIGHTS are CIVIL RIGHTS:
Race & Tech
International juried art exhibition & civic forum.
Minneapolis, MN and online. February 2021.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
The Institute for Digital Humanity
The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy
ACLU Minnesota
Native Youth Arts Collective;
North Central University
Post ME Coalition
Councilman Steve Fletcher (Minneapolis, MN)
CONTAMINATED:
Mental Illness & COVID
International juried exhibition & civic forum.
Minneapolis and online. May 2020. (COVID)
In this time of uncertainty, COVID-19 -has contaminated everything: Our homes, our lives, our communication, and even our shared reality. But how can we use art to cleanse and decontaminate our world of the “political plagues” -- cultural divisions, medical inequities, and digital pollution -- that COVID has called greater attention to? Curated to catalyze cross-cultural conversations on our post-COVID-19 existence and start to rebuild our common humanity and reality.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
The Institute for Digital Humanity
The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy
North Central University
Hamline University
IAA ZINE EXCHANGES
The IAA has often used zine-making events and zine exchanges as opportunities to facilitate dialogue around issues related to public health, mental health, and cultural politics. Zine events are a straightforward means for students and communities to playfully offer their own perspectives on issues they normally might not talk about with people they might not normally talk to.
Thank you to our partners; Hamline University; North Central University; the Institute for Digital Humanity
