Manifest Differently: Voices Resonating Change in Troubled Times
We’re living in times where amplifying our voices during times of social injustice is vital. The Clarion Mural Project (CAMP) has a new show opening this weekend on February 3rd and it’s one you won’t want to miss. “Manifest Differently” features engage in a critical examination and response to the problematic history, enduring legacy, and present manifestations of the nation’s white supremacist roots. This will be CAMP’s largest exhibition organized in its 32-year history.
About Manifest Differently
Manifest Differently is a project within CAMP. CAMP’s mission is to support and produce socially engaged and aesthetically innovative public art, locally and globally, as a grassroots community-directed organization based in San Francisco’s Mission District.
“CAMP is thrilled to announce the launch of Manifest Differently, a new project developed, curated, and led by artist/poet Kim Shuck and artist/writer Megan Wilson. Over the next year, Clarion Alley Mural Project, a project of Independent Arts & Media, will be working together with 38 diverse, multigenerational visual/media artists and poets to interrogate the history of Manifest Destiny and its legacies of inherited and perpetuated violence, trauma, and addiction, and the outgrowth of resistance and resilience – giving fire to movements for social/ culture change. The project is also supported by California historian Barbara Berglund Sokolov, humanities advisors Mary Jean Robertson, Kyoko Sato, Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu, Anita Chang, and David A. M. Goldberg.”
Marcel Pardo Ariza, “Hire Trans Folks”, Manifest Differently, Clarion Alley, 2023.
How The Artwork in This Show Speaks to Pain and Also Hope
Crafted by Kim Shuck and Megan Wilson as a direct response to the political unrest and post-pandemic uncertainties. This collection of work from 38 artists aims to address the challenges of our time. Shuck emphasizes the significance of listening as a crucial step towards fostering peace and equity, noting that the featured artwork communicates both the anguish and optimism felt in these tumultuous times. “I believe that the most important step towards peace and equity is listening to each other,” comments Shuck, “This is artwork that speaks to pain and hope.”
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Chris Gazaleh, “Heart Shaped Rocks”, Manifest Differently, Clarion Alley, 2023.
I’m really looking forward to seeing how these artists convey their points of view. By questioning and challenging American exceptionalism and delving into the repercussions of Manifest Destiny, these artists explore its impact on individual lives and community well-being, aspiring to manifest a new and more inclusive future… showing, through their art and words, different ways that communities, both close-knit and worldwide, can progress by embracing compassion, education, and taking active steps through organizing and action.
“As recognized in Argentina’s National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons in 1983, South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996, and others that have followed, we must acknowledge and witness the impacts of our history before we can move forward and ensure that the same injustices are not repeated,” says Megan Wilson, adding, “Storytelling is a powerful tool to help provide deep witness, compassion, and inspiration to manifest differently.”
Katayoun Bahrami, “Resilience Of Poppies”, Manifest Differently, Clarion Alley, 2023.
Please join Clarion Alley Mural Project for the opening of Manifest Differently at Minnesota Street Project This Saturday, February 3, 5:00-7:00pm
WHAT: MANIFEST DIFFERENTLY, multi-sited exhibition and public programming
WHERE: Minnesota Street Project (MSP) and Clarion Alley
WHEN: February 1-March 16, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, February 3, 5:00-7:00 PM at MSP
More information can be found here:
clarionalleymuralproject.org
Victoria Canby, “We grow our Own Medicine for Interdimensional and Intertribal healing”, Manifest Differently, Clarion Alley, 2023.
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