While visiting the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore for a volunteer thank you reception of drinks and food, I made the Shrinky Dink peace medallion, below. The project at the AVAM, following the filling of our bellies, was just a fun project. The AVAM is all about promoting the art of untrained artists. I am one of those.
My urge to create this particular item followed a week where all the news was about how Trump's White Supremacists and his KKK were killing and terrorizing people in Charlottesville, VA, and elsewhere. Why can't America face up to the fact that he and his ilk are terrorists? "Making America Great Again" means making it great only for lilly white people, especially men. They can't stand that white men felt that they were losing their place of privilege in America to women, people of color, non-Christians, and gays.
My urge to create this particular item followed a week where all the news was about how Trump's White Supremacists and his KKK were killing and terrorizing people in Charlottesville, VA, and elsewhere. Why can't America face up to the fact that he and his ilk are terrorists? "Making America Great Again" means making it great only for lilly white people, especially men. They can't stand that white men felt that they were losing their place of privilege in America to women, people of color, non-Christians, and gays.
