—Currier Museum of Art New Hampshire Toolkit

Contents

Welcome The For Freedoms Network

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Institutional Collaborators15 —The For Freedoms Town Hall Guide

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The For Freedoms Lawn Sign Guide

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Welcome,

For Freedoms is a collective for creative citizenship. We use art to deepen public discussions on civic issues and core values, and to advocate for equality, dialogue, and civic participation. We believe that art and artists have the power to reshape society and challenge the prohibitive and divisive systems that define existing notions of citizenship and politics.

We invite you to join For Freedoms as we take up residency at the Currier Museum of Art. Starting in October 2019, we will run a campaign comprised of concurrent, decentralized programs with various organizations across New Hampshire.

Our goal is to encourage broad creative civic engagement in Manchester and communities throughout the state.

This toolkit serves as a how-to for two different For Freedoms activations: Town Halls and Lawn Signs. These programs are designed to attract diverse voices and lend agency to community members to express and explore what freedom means to them today.

We believe in the collective power of artists. We are committed to the idea that democracy thrives on free dialogue.

JOIN US. FOR FREEDOMS. FOR US ALL.

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Town Halls

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FOR FREEDOMS

Town Halls

WHAT IS A FOR FREEDOMS TOWN HALL?

Our Town Halls are forums for inclusive public conversations that• are artist-led• can be inspired by one of the Four Freedoms (fear, speech, want or worship)• welcome many kinds of voices and points of view• provoke active, critical listening

FORMAT

For Freedoms Town Halls are meant to be an artful act—the goal is civic engagement and dynamic conversation. There is no required format, topic, or rules for the discussion. It could be a walking tour of a city, an artist critique, or a debate. What happens when we begin to think of dialogue and discourse as an artistic medium unto itself ?

WHO PARTICIPATES

This is an opportunity to highlight the expertise among artists, designers, policy makers, community organizers and citizens in your city or town. If helpful, we can recommend local artists or institutions in our network.

PAST EXAMPLES

• A conversation in a museum about immigration populated only by self-identified immigrants• A round-table talk about food insecurity amongst chefs, artists and urban agriculturalists• Artists and lawyers discussing the First Amendment• A rifle-range visit led by an artist and discussion of gun culture among doctors, gun enthusiasts and historians

DOCUMENTATION

Take photos of your town hall and/or record the discussion, if possible. Our recommendations for the best images include: photograph in 20mb or larger highest resolution RAW format; try to use the ratio of 6x9 for horizontals, 4x5 for verticals, and 16x9 for super wide.

If you have questions or want advice on how to make your Town Hall more impactful, please reach out to emma@forfreedoms.org and/or fellow@currier.org

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TOWN HALLS

Examples

For Freedoms Town Hall : Freedom from Fear : Migration

MOCA Cleveland, 2017For Freedoms Town Hall : Collective Thinking

Aperture Foundation, 2017

Lawn Signs

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FOR FREEDOMS

Lawn Signs

WHAT IS A FOR FREEDOMS LAWN SIGN EVENT?

The Four Freedoms outlined by FDR and Norman Rockwell began to articulate the human right to freedom, but the articulation of those freedoms did not apply to everyone. The lawn signs allow every participant to define freedom in their own way and articulate a vision of freedom that contains multitudes. The signs read:

• Freedom Of ____• Freedom From _____• Freedom For ______• Freedom To______

HOW TO DO IT

• Download the sign designs (click here) • Our Lawn Signs can be whatever size or material that suits your budget/location.

Institutions have printed them as postcards, posters, vinyl wallpapers, buttons, or as yard signs made to stick in the grass with posts

• Contact your local printer for a quote on price and timing to produce your versions of the Lawn Signs. Order signs, sharpie markers, and mounting hardware

• Hold a public event and invite people who attend to fill out the signs. Participants from any age group can be invited to take part. Encourage attendees to discuss their own visions of freedom with one another

• If possible, find a location to display the community’s work

DOCUMENTATION

Take photos of the Lawn Sign activation that capture the action of people filling them out and installing them in the location. Our recommendations for the best images include: photograph in 20mb or larger highest resolution RAW format; try to use the ratio of 6x9 for horizontals, 4x5 for verticals, and 16x9 for super wide.

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LAWN SIGNS

Examples

For Freedoms Lawn Signs

Brooklyn Museum, 2016Bayete Ross Smith and Stuart Sheldon x For Freedoms

Miami, 2016

The For Freedoms Network

Artists We Have Worked With 2016-2018

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FOR FREEDOMS

Our Network

OUR NETWORK CAN ALSO PROVIDE

• Support from For Freedoms core team [and Currier Fellow]• Connection to our network of over 700 artists and institutions• Amplification of your work at a national and regional scale through our website, social media, and information about your event and institution in our exhibition at the Currier Museum’s For Freedoms NH hub• Guide for branding• Guide for social media • Website support, support for questions and brainstorming • Partner profile on our digital platform

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Ahron Weiner Aida Muluneh Albert James Ignacio Alec Soth Alejandro Cartagena Alex Bell Alfredo Jaar Allison Stewart Amy Adler Andrea Bowers Andres Serrano Angie Smith Anya Ayoung Chee Argus Paul Estabrook Ashley Gates Bayeté Ross Smith Baz Dreisinger Beau Rhee Ben Schonberger Betsy MacLean Brian Ulrich Brittany M. Powell Caran Hartsfield Carrie Mae Weems Cassils Charlene Carruthers Cheryl Pope Chip Southworth Chitra Ganesh Chris Berntsen Chris Myers Christine Wong-Yap Claire Beckett Coby Kennedy Corinne May Botz

Cristina Velasquez Daesha Devón Harris Dan Farnum Daniel Evan Rodriguez Daniel Shea Danna Singer David Rothenberg Debi Cornwall Deborah Willis Demetris Koilalous Domingo Borges Dread Scott Edgar Arceneaux Emily Jacir Emily Yang Emma Sulkowicz Eric Gottesman Esa Nickel EverydayClimateChange Firelei Báez Francesca Magnani Fred Tomaselli Gary Burnley Gerard Gaskin Gigi Gatewood Glenn Kaino Hank Willis Thomas Harm Weistra Hector Rene Holly Lynton Inbal Abergil Invisible Borders Jackie Nickerson Jamilah King Jared Thorne

Jasmine Clarke Jay Turner Frey Seawell Jean-Christian Bourcart Jemima Kirke Jenny Brover Jeremy Dean Jess Ingram Jess T. Dugan Jim Goldberg Jim Ricks Joaquin Palting Jon Henry Jon Santos Jordan Reznick Justin Brice Guariglia Kambui Olujimi Kameelah Janan Rasheed Kamoinge Katrina Walker Ke Peng Kerry Alan Skarbakka KevinCharityFair Kris Graves Lacy Austin Lali Khalid Laurence Tribe Leslie Wayne Lili Holzer-Glier Lisa K. Blatt Mara Sánchez-Renero Marc McAndrews Marcus DeSieno Maria Gaspar Mariam Ghani Marilyn Minter

Mark Tribe Marshall Reese Marta Kosiorek Mary Beth Meehan Matthew Day Jackson Matthew Hamon Maureen Drennan Michael Joseph Michele Pred Mickalene Thomas Mike Fernandez Mike Osborne Mikhael Subotzky Millee Tibbs Myriam Abdelaziz Nari Ward Nina Chanel Abney Nora Ligorano Noritaka Minami Norman Rockwell Omar Imam Pablo Helguera Paula Crown Perri Hoffmann Phil Roeder Piece of Cake Rashid Johnson Rashida Bumbray Rawi'ya Reverend Sekou and The Seal Breakers Rhea Karam Richard Misrach Rosa White Rujeko Hockley

Sam O'Neill Samara Gaev Sandra Chen Weinstein Shane Rocheleau Shimon Attie Sohrab Hura Sophia Keleta Ignacio Soumya Sankar Bose Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa Stephen Duncombe Stephen Joyce Steven Trent Smith Stuart Sheldon Susan Barnett Tariku Shiferaw Titus Kaphar Todd Webb Travis Somerville Trevor Paglen Wendy Ewald Will Steacy WRRQ Wyatt Gallery Xavi Bou Xaviera Simmons Yorgo Alexopoulos Yosi Sergant Zoë Buckman Zoë Charlton

Institutional Collaborators

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ALABAMA

Alabama Center for Architecture

Alabama Contemporary Art Center

American Institute of Architects, Birmingham Chapter

Arts Revive

Birmingham Museum of Art

Black Warrior Arts Response, a USDAC outpost

Coleman Center for the Arts

Ground Floor Contemporary

Jule Collins Smith Museum

Klein Homecoming

Mobile Museum of Art

Moms Demand Action, Alabama Chapter

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Uniontown Public Library

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Warner Presenta-tion Room of The Cordell Wynn Humanities and Fine Arts Center at Stillman College

Wiregrass Museum of Art

Birmingham Public Library

ALASKA

Anchorage Museum

Kate Wool

ARIZONA

Lisa Sette Gallery

ARKANSAS

University of Arkansas, Little Rock

CALIFORNIA

100 Days Action

California College of the Arts

Cantor Center at Stanford University

Fine Ideas and Art

Minnesota Street Project

NeueHouse

Oakland Museum of California

San Jose Museum of Art

Sanctuary Print Shop

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The Contemporary Jewish Museum

The Whitney Modern and Gutfreund Cornett Art

University of California, Berkeley

Undefeated

Whitney Modern

COLORADO

Colorado College

CONNECTICUT

Amistad Center for Arts and Culture

Class Action Collective & Union

of Concerned Scientists

Housatonic Community College

Real Art Ways (RAW)

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Yale students —independent organizers

New Britain Museum of American Art

DELAWARE

Delaware Art Museum

FLORIDA

Ben Hill Middle School

Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College

Cummer Museum

FATvillage

Florida Interna-tional University

Florida State University

Frost Art Museum

Independant Organizer- Diane Tuft

Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg

National YoungArts Foundation

Norton Museum of Art

Perez Art Museum

Tampa Museum of Art

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Florida State University

University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum

GEORGIA

Clark Atlanta University

Kennesaw State University

Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art

Telfair Museum

The Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs

HAWAII

AXIS Chinatown

Majestic Theater at Honolulu Museum of Art

IDAHO

MING Studios

Sun Valley Center for the Arts

University of Idaho, Prichard Art Gallery & Dept. of Art and Design

ILLINOIS

6018North

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Chicago EXPO

Jenny Polak, Regin Igloria, Sam Love, Calumet Artist Residency

Jeffery Manor Branch, Chicago Public Library

McKinley Foundation

Smart Museum of Art

University of Chicago

INDIANA

City of Bloomington

IOWA

Public Space One

University of Iowa, Stanley Museum of Art

KANSAS

Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas

Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University

KENTUCKY

21c Museum

LOUISIANA

Contemporary Art Center

Joan Mitchell Center

Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University

MAINE

Bowdoin College

Center for Maine Contemporary Art

Colby College

Indigo Arts Alliance

Maine College of Art

The Red Record

MARYLAND

Baltimore Museum of Art

LigoranoReese

Maryland Institute

College of Art

McDonogh School

MASSACHU-SETTS

Addison Gallery of American Art

Blueprint Projects

Dreitzer Gallery, Spingold Theater Center at Brandeis University

Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art

Fitchburg Art Museum

Forbes Library

Harvard University

Raise Your Hands Up!

Invisibility Lab

Louder Than Words

Mass MoCA

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Norman Rockwell Museum

Phillips Andover Academy

School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University

UMASS University Museum of Contemporary Art

Walk Unafraid

Williams College Museum of Art

MICHIGAN

Cranbrook Art Museum

Detroit Institute of Art

LookOut! Gallery, Residential College in Arts & Humanities, Michigan State University

MoCA Detroit

Murals in the Market

Stamps Gallery at University of Michigan

MINNESOTA

University of Minnesota, Department of Art

MISSISSIPPI

Pike School of Art

Significant Developments

MISSOURI

Contemporary Art Museum St Louis

Forsyth School

Kansas City Art Institute

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Modou Dieng in collaboration with the Kranzberg Arts Foundation

University of Missouri, St. Louis

Webster University

Wydown Middle School

MONTANA

Missoula Art Museum

Montana State University, Billings

Native American Race Relations and Healing Series

Northcutt Steele Gallery

Western Heritage Center

NEBRASKA

Nebraska Appleseed

Sheldon Museum of Art at University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Workspace Gallery

NEVADA

Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Currier Museum of Art

Keene State

Museum of Fine Art, University of New Hampshire

NEW JERSEY

Express Newark

Montclair State University

Newark Museum

Princeton University

Project for Empty Space

Rutgers University

Shine Portrait Studio

SMUSH Gallery

University Galleries at William Paterson University

NEW MEXICO

SITE Santa Fe

University of New Mexico Art Museum

NEW YORK

Aperture Foundation

Art Beyond Sight

Art Music People

ArtNoir

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn Museum

Charles P. Sifton Gallery at the U.S. Courthouse, Eastern District of New York

Children's Museum of the Arts

Creative Capital

The Federation

Forsyth Satellite Academy

Goethe Institut

International Center of Photography

Magnum Foundation

MORE Art Inc.

New York Live Arts

New York University

Pace University

Pratt Institute

projects + gallery

Schomburg Center

Sing for Hope

Summit Gallery

SUNY Purchase

The Gordon Parks Foundation

The Incorrigibles

The Tang Museum at Skidmore College

UB Art Galleries at University

at Buffalo

Union College

NORTH CAROLINA

Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh

Diggs Gallery

Elsewhere

Harvey B. Gantt Center

Nasher Museum at Duke University

The John and June Allcott Gallery, Dept. of Art & Art History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Winston-Salem State

NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota State University

Plains Art Museum

OHIO

Art Academy of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Art Museum

moCa Cleveland

Pizzuti Collection

DAAP Galleries at University of Cincinnati

Wave Pool

OKLAHOMA

Philbrook Museum of Art

OREGON

C3:Initiative

Joan Truckenbrod

Gallery

King School Museum of Contemporary Art

Oregon State University

Portland Art Museum

Portland State University

PENNSYLVANIA

African American Museum in Philadelphia

Familias Separadas Project

Mamie & Weaver's Ultra

Monument Lab

Mural Arts Philadelphia

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center

Teaif's

University of Pennsylvania

York College

Allentown Art Museum

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Pennsylvania State University

PUERTO RICO

Beta Local

La Puerta

RHODE ISLAND

Brown University

Mary Beth Meehan

RISD Museum

SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia Museum of Art

Gibbes Museum of Art

SOUTH DAKOTA

Northern State University

TENNESSEE

Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University

Brooks Museum of Art

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Rhodes College

University of Memphis

Memphis College of Art

TEXAS

Blanton Museum at the University of Texas, Austin

Blue Star Contemporary

Houston Center for Photography

Jolt Initiative

McNay Art Museum

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Red Sand Project

SouthWest School of Art

Texas State Galleries, Texas State University

Univ. of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design

UTAH

Utah State University

VERMONT

Usdan Gallery at Bennington College

Vermont College of Fine Arts

VIRGINIA

1708 Gallery

Charlottesville Office of Human Rights

Chrysler Museum of Art

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center

Maier Museum at Randolph College

University of Virginia The Fralin Museum of Art

Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

WASHINGTON

Henry Art Gallery

Photographic Center Northwest

Seattle Art Museum

Zinc Contempo-rary (at the Seattle Art Fair)

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Aspen Institute

George Washington University

The Phillips Collection

Duke Ellington School of The Arts

WEST VIRGINIA

Apartment Earth Gallery

WISCONSIN

Milwaukee Art Museum

WYOMING

Univ. of Wyoming Art Museum

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