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A series of panels on plywood at Springboard for the Arts, produced in the context of a community event.

A series of panels with text and images.

1) painted on a door, text reading "For the supreme architecture thats the one who come with…

The word "Liberation'" is written across a background of grass and earth. Protestors appear to grow from the soil. They hold signs saying "Black Lives Matter," "No Justice No Peace" and "Defund Police." The sky behind them is red.

Simple text reading "We Open #BLM" with a heart

A series of panels across several pieces of plywood:
1. Beautifully lettered text in black against a yellow ground. Text reads "Everytime you wash your hands it's a chance for a new beginning." by Hewana Sullivan Janzen.
2. Colorful raised fists…

Purple text "but if you ask her to embrace you she would drop everything she was doing and hold you like you have never been held before all of this would be if hope was a woman. hawona sullivan janzen."

George Floyd portrait stencils line the…

The left half has "BRING LIFE TOGETHER" at the top, flowers with an anatomically correct heart connecting their roots in the center, and the Minneapolis skyline at the bottom.

The right half has "you ask me why i fight. i ask you why i would do…

Black, teal, and green letters read "Emergencies need ARTS" on a purple, white, and red background.

Three messages on the same building:

"Love" in red on a plywood-covered window.

"BLM" in black on a plywood-covered window.

"TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER" in red on plywood.

"FOR THE SUPREME ARCHITECTURE THATS THE ONE WHO COME WITH THE MOST ILLEST IDEAS THE ONE WHO COME WITH THE ILLEST CREATION. A SUPREME ARCHITECTURE IS ACTUALLY IS SOMEONE WHO BUILDS" in black spray-paint.

White triangle has "WE lay down our clubs to pick up our pens. WE ask our friends what rhymes with George, they tell us "JUSTICE"." inside it. Outside the triangle is "words by: hawona sullivan janzen."

Two stencils of George Floyd's portrait.