Harriet Bart benefit edition for In Black Ink
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In Black InkA Heart Felt THANK YOU to Harriet Bart & ACCESSION PROJECTS from In Black Ink!
$3,195
raised by 28 people
$4,000 goal
Thank You for Supporting Our Benefit Campaign!
As we close out the Harriet Bart Benefit we wish to share our appreciation to all of our supporters! We appreciate those who have donated in support of this campaign, our mission, and our work. We appreciate all who have shared our story with their network, those who have reposted information about us, reached out to let us know we are doing a good job, or simply to find out more about our work. We appreciate you for all you do in support of all we are trying to do! No amount of donation, gesture, or support is too small. We are honored you find value in what we do. THANK YOU!
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Thank you Accession projects for the coordination of the Harriett Bart Benefit for In Black Ink.
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Last, but certainly not least, Thank You Harriett Bart. We appreciate your generosity of spirit, talent, and time. Thank you for creating this beautiful art piece to honor Mr. Floyd's tragic passing.
Harriet Bart at the Weisman Art Museum
We are 25% towards meeting our goal! Thank You for donating to the Accession Projects fundraiser, benefiting In Black Ink. One edition of Pleas/Please, 2020 is a gift with your donation of $100 or more, while supplies last.
Accession Projects presents a limited-edition artwork by Minneapolis-based artist Harriet Bart to benefit In Black Ink.
In commemoration of George Floyd’s life, artist Harriet Bart created Pleas/Please, 2020 - a collection of objects for contemplating the power of language. Both Harriet's and In Black Ink's work has been guided by the belief and desire to uncover the role of art both visual and literary, as a way to tell the stories of those whose voices have long been stifled, the genesis of this project and the collaboration emerged after the callous killing of George P. Floyd here, in Minnesota. We stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Movement, the BIPOC, and all other local and global communities in demanding equitable, humane treatment for all. In the words of the late, great, Toni Morrison, "this is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. ..."
The artwork is published by Accession Projects and 100% of the proceeds will benefit In Black Ink, a Minnesota-based non-profit organization focused on literacy and publishing. In Black Ink creates spaces where the stories and voices of people of African heritage are celebrated, documented, and archived through publications, professional development training/opportunities, and public presentations.
One edition of Harriet Bart’s Pleas/Please, 2020 is a gift with your $100+ donation to In Black Ink (while supplies last). For more information about Harriet Bart and the Accession Projects, please visit www.AccessionProjects.com.
Harriet Bart creates evocative content through the narrative power of objects, the theater of installation, and the intimacy of artists books. She has a deep and abiding interest in the personal and cultural expression of memory; it is at the core of her work. Using bronze and stone, wood and paper, books and words, everyday and found objects, Bart’s work signifies a site, marks an event, and draws attention to imprints of the past as they live in the present.
The artist's 2020 Weisman Art Museum retrospective Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection and its corresponding monograph have made unique creative contributions to contemporary American art.
Harriet Bart leads a private tour of her current exhibit at the Weisman for In Black Ink team members. From left to right (Aaron Stempien of Accession Projects, Metric Giles I, IBI Advisor, Ndugi Njoroge, IBI Office Assistant, Harriet Bart, Artist, Rekhet Si-Asar, IBI Director, Anura Si-Asar, Past Interim board Chair and Volunteer.
More about the Pleas/Please, 2020 Commemorative:
Harriet Bart
Pleas/Please. 2020
13/4 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (4.5 x 12.4 x 12.4 cm)
Stone - Inkjet print on paper. stone
Drawing - Ink and gold leaf on hand-dyed Fabriano Artistico
paper presented in an accordion fold. cord. artist's signature
Bottle - Sumi ink. glass bottle. cork. beeswax
Pen - Steel pen nib. bamboo
Base - Synthetic cork base
Edition of 25 + 5 AP
Published by Accession Projects
Price: A gift with your $100+ donation to In Black Ink
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In Black Ink (IBI) provides publishing arts initiatives and opportunities for communities that have been disenfranchised historically, and continue to be presently. IBI’s cultural literacy programming mitigates the damage of economic, educational, and cultural inequities that are the result of past and current prejudice and discrimination.
The name In Black Ink invokes the spirit of IBI’s mission to help develop and support the African heritage community in Minnesota in the publishing arts industry. IBI was established in 2018 as a non-profit 501 c 3 charitable institution.
See links below to find out more about In Black Ink, Accession Projects, & Harriet Bart:
https://www.facebook.com/123448054946077/videos/253703482240809
https://inblackink.org/about-us/
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