This project was successfully funded entirely through crowdsourcing.
Project Narrative: “I’m in Danger When You Think I’m Dangerous”
An image of a black teen from whose mind come a maze he feels stuck in. The walls of the maze form the word DANGER. In the passages of the maze are various dangers (the KKK, elections, friend’s parents, etc.) behind the hidden corners. While a path through the middle is possible, a simple path also skirts the maze, both paths lead to a door through which a riot of color, African patterns, graffiti, and celebration lies.
DJ hopes that his friends’ parents and his parents’ friends will see this and better understand how it feels for him to live in this world.
This collaborative art installation is a reflection of DJ’s embodied experience of racial injustice and the trap that it become within a person’s mind as well as the abundant life that is possible through healing and connection.
Jewell brings their professional experience to the project both in art and in communication. “I am committed to working for racial justice both as a parent, community member and artist. This piece directly addresses DJ’s experience of being Black in family, in our city and as an artist. Our different racial experiences and generational experiences add to the layers of meaning in this artpiece. It is my belief that art is a powerful and healing tool for our selves and our communities that we need right now.”
DJ Schmitt DJ Schmitt is an emerging artist whose work is powerful and healing. “Art is my dream life. This project will be peaceful and prosperous,” DJ says of his work. He uses his experiences and emotions to tap into the untouchable hopes and fears of life. This revelation of himself shows courage and endurance in the midst of adversity and distraction. DJ has partnered with Jewell in the past on smaller projects, but this is his first full scale installation.
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Project Narrative: “I’m in Danger When You Think I’m Dangerous”
An image of a black teen from whose mind come a maze he feels stuck in. The walls of the maze form the word DANGER. In the passages of the maze are various dangers (the KKK, elections, friend’s parents, etc.) behind the hidden corners. While a path through the middle is possible, a simple path also skirts the maze, both paths lead to a door through which a riot of color, African patterns, graffiti, and celebration lies.
DJ hopes that his friends’ parents and his parents’ friends will see this and better understand how it feels for him to live in this world.
This collaborative art installation is a reflection of DJ’s embodied experience of racial injustice and the trap that it become within a person’s mind as well as the abundant life that is possible through healing and connection.
Jewell brings their professional experience to the project both in art and in communication. “I am committed to working for racial justice both as a parent, community member and artist. This piece directly addresses DJ’s experience of being Black in family, in our city and as an artist. Our different racial experiences and generational experiences add to the layers of meaning in this artpiece. It is my belief that art is a powerful and healing tool for our selves and our communities that we need right now.”
DJ Schmitt DJ Schmitt is an emerging artist whose work is powerful and healing. “Art is my dream life. This project will be peaceful and prosperous,” DJ says of his work. He uses his experiences and emotions to tap into the untouchable hopes and fears of life. This revelation of himself shows courage and endurance in the midst of adversity and distraction. DJ has partnered with Jewell in the past on smaller projects, but this is his first full scale installation.
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The Justice Fleet
S. Jewell S. McGhee has joined forces with The Justice Fleet as The Project Coordinator. Their work will focus primarily on the development and implementation of the "Radical Imagination" exhibit, a mobile museum of interactive community art engagement.
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