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“First, the line of progress is never straight. For a period a movement may follow a straight line and then it encounters obstacles and the path bends. It is like curving around a mountain when you are approaching a city. Often if feels as though you were moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal: but in fact you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

🖼️ “Where Do We Go From Here?” by For Freedoms. Los Angeles, CA
📷 Andrew Gallery (@andrewgallery)

“First, the line of progress is never straight. For a period a movement may follow a straight line and then it encounters obstacles and the path bends. It is like curving around a mountain when you are approaching a city. Often if feels as though you were moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal: but in fact you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

🖼️ “Where Do We Go From Here?” by For Freedoms. Los Angeles, CA
📷 Andrew Gallery (@andrewgallery)

“First, the line of progress is never straight. For a period a movement may follow a straight line and then it encounters obstacles and the path bends. It is like curving around a mountain when you are approaching a city. Often if feels as though you were moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal: but in fact you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

🖼️ “Where Do We Go From Here?” by For Freedoms. Los Angeles, CA
📷 Andrew Gallery (@andrewgallery)

“First, the line of progress is never straight. For a period a movement may follow a straight line and then it encounters obstacles and the path bends. It is like curving around a mountain when you are approaching a city. Often if feels as though you were moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal: but in fact you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

🖼️ “Where Do We Go From Here?” by For Freedoms. Los Angeles, CA
📷 Andrew Gallery (@andrewgallery)

“First, the line of progress is never straight. For a period a movement may follow a straight line and then it encounters obstacles and the path bends. It is like curving around a mountain when you are approaching a city. Often if feels as though you were moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal: but in fact you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

🖼️ “Where Do We Go From Here?” by For Freedoms. Los Angeles, CA
📷 Andrew Gallery (@andrewgallery)

“First, the line of progress is never straight. For a period a movement may follow a straight line and then it encounters obstacles and the path bends. It is like curving around a mountain when you are approaching a city. Often if feels as though you were moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal: but in fact you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

🖼️ “Where Do We Go From Here?” by For Freedoms. Los Angeles, CA
📷 Andrew Gallery (@andrewgallery)

“First, the line of progress is never straight. For a period a movement may follow a straight line and then it encounters obstacles and the path bends. It is like curving around a mountain when you are approaching a city. Often if feels as though you were moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal: but in fact you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

🖼️ “Where Do We Go From Here?” by For Freedoms. Los Angeles, CA
📷 Andrew Gallery (@andrewgallery)

“The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals who pursued this self-defeating path of hate. As Arnold Toynbee once said in a speech: “Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. Therefore the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word.”

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The “tide in the affairs of men” does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: “Too late.” There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. “The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on...” We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coanni-hilation. This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos and community.”

— Martin Luther King excerpt from “Where Do We Go From Here? Chao’s or Community” originally published in 1967.

𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, a billboard by@ellensusman and @hankwillisthomas is currently on view in Houston, Texas, in partnership with @movementvoterfund.

“The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals who pursued this self-defeating path of hate. As Arnold Toynbee once said in a speech: “Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. Therefore the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word.”

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The “tide in the affairs of men” does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: “Too late.” There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. “The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on...” We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coanni-hilation. This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos and community.”

— Martin Luther King excerpt from “Where Do We Go From Here? Chao’s or Community” originally published in 1967.

𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, a billboard by@ellensusman and @hankwillisthomas is currently on view in Houston, Texas, in partnership with @movementvoterfund.

“The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals who pursued this self-defeating path of hate. As Arnold Toynbee once said in a speech: “Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. Therefore the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word.”

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The “tide in the affairs of men” does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: “Too late.” There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. “The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on...” We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coanni-hilation. This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos and community.”

— Martin Luther King excerpt from “Where Do We Go From Here? Chao’s or Community” originally published in 1967.

𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, a billboard by@ellensusman and @hankwillisthomas is currently on view in Houston, Texas, in partnership with @movementvoterfund.

“The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals who pursued this self-defeating path of hate. As Arnold Toynbee once said in a speech: “Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. Therefore the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word.”

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The “tide in the affairs of men” does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: “Too late.” There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. “The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on...” We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coanni-hilation. This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos and community.”

— Martin Luther King excerpt from “Where Do We Go From Here? Chao’s or Community” originally published in 1967.

𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, a billboard by@ellensusman and @hankwillisthomas is currently on view in Houston, Texas, in partnership with @movementvoterfund.

“The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals who pursued this self-defeating path of hate. As Arnold Toynbee once said in a speech: “Love is the ultimate force that makes for the saving choice of life and good against the damning choice of death and evil. Therefore the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word.”

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The “tide in the affairs of men” does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: “Too late.” There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. “The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on...” We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coanni-hilation. This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos and community.”

— Martin Luther King excerpt from “Where Do We Go From Here? Chao’s or Community” originally published in 1967.

𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, a billboard by@ellensusman and @hankwillisthomas is currently on view in Houston, Texas, in partnership with @movementvoterfund.

After 15 years in the making, I’m excited to share a sneak peek of Agentic Forests, my forthcoming museum show (details to be announced shortly!) debuting this week at @photolondonfair in the Sources section of the fair, brilliantly curated by @lund_tristan and presented by @forfreedoms

Spatially collapsed, overwhelming in detail, and shifted into the UV spectrum referencing avian and insect vision — the works provide a non-human-centric lens to re-see and reconsider our entanglement with and estrangement from the natural world.

The works, acrylic on gessoed linen, at nearly 9’ in length, with no focal hierarchy, operate as immersive color fields with no defined point of entry or exit.

On view through this Sunday at Photo London 2026.

NEW YORK! Come out tonight and learn more about the creative redaction process in turning a 1970’s U.S. Military Survival Manual into a work of Indigenous disruption and resilience in @cannupahanska’s new Graphic Novel SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide

Oct 21, 6pm – @printedmatterinc
(with special surprise guest!)

This event is held in collaboration with our friends at @forfreedoms

This is a free event / all are invited

“I wanted to use redaction to upend the erasure forced upon Indigenous peoples worldwide. SURVIVA transforms a colonial survival manual into a guide for cultural continuity.

I feel this work is as much an art object as a book. Join me this October for book tour dates and learn how this work was made—through redaction, reclamation, and imagination for our shared future.

Born from a 1970s U.S. Military Survival Manual—its pages thick with appropriated Indigenous knowledge—SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide reclaims our teachings.

Through redaction, illustration, and poetic intervention, I reworked this manual—no longer a tool for militarized survival, but now a guide for sustaining culture, ancestral memory, and Indigenous imagination. This is the work of Future Ancestral Technologies: Indigenous speculative fiction that insists survival is not merely endurance, but continuity.”
More info linked in bio
SURVIVA is published by @aorabooks

#cannupahanskaluger #futureancestraltechnologies #wesurviveyou #indigenous #surviva #indigenousfuturism #artbook #graphicnovel #indigenouswriters

Video: SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide by Cannupa Hanska Luger durational performance, book launch and artist talk. MLK Library, Washington, DC, July 2, 2025 in collaboration with For Freedoms. Photo courtesy of the artist. Cinematography by Gabriel Fermin @gabe.fermin

SURVIVA East Coast Book Tour Starts Today!

Oct 20 5pm – @thetriennial @umassboston University Hall / Recital Hall, MA (Artist talk, Transmutation public artwork viewing & SURVIVA book signing) FREE

Oct 21, 6pm – @printedmatterinc NY (with special surprise guest!). In collaboration with @forfreedoms FREE

Oct 23, 6:30pm – @bardcollege RKC Bito Auditorium NY (In conversation with @dinaw_mengestu, @bardcfis ) FREE

Link in bio for more info

Born from a 1970s U.S. Military Survival Manual—its pages thick with appropriated Indigenous knowledge—SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide reclaims our teachings.

Through redaction, illustration, and poetic intervention, I reworked this manual—no longer a tool for militarized survival, but now a guide for sustaining culture, ancestral memory, and Indigenous imagination. This is the work of Future Ancestral Technologies: Indigenous speculative fiction that insists survival is not merely endurance, but continuity.

Join me this week on the East Coast and pick up a copy of the first edition of SURVIVA before they are gone!

#futureancestraltechnologies #cannupahanskaluger #SURVIVA #GraphicNovel #indigenouswriters

SURVIVA East Coast Book Tour Starts Today!

Oct 20 5pm – @thetriennial @umassboston University Hall / Recital Hall, MA (Artist talk, Transmutation public artwork viewing & SURVIVA book signing) FREE

Oct 21, 6pm – @printedmatterinc NY (with special surprise guest!). In collaboration with @forfreedoms FREE

Oct 23, 6:30pm – @bardcollege RKC Bito Auditorium NY (In conversation with @dinaw_mengestu, @bardcfis ) FREE

Link in bio for more info

Born from a 1970s U.S. Military Survival Manual—its pages thick with appropriated Indigenous knowledge—SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide reclaims our teachings.

Through redaction, illustration, and poetic intervention, I reworked this manual—no longer a tool for militarized survival, but now a guide for sustaining culture, ancestral memory, and Indigenous imagination. This is the work of Future Ancestral Technologies: Indigenous speculative fiction that insists survival is not merely endurance, but continuity.

Join me this week on the East Coast and pick up a copy of the first edition of SURVIVA before they are gone!

#futureancestraltechnologies #cannupahanskaluger #SURVIVA #GraphicNovel #indigenouswriters

SURVIVA East Coast Book Tour Starts Today!

Oct 20 5pm – @thetriennial @umassboston University Hall / Recital Hall, MA (Artist talk, Transmutation public artwork viewing & SURVIVA book signing) FREE

Oct 21, 6pm – @printedmatterinc NY (with special surprise guest!). In collaboration with @forfreedoms FREE

Oct 23, 6:30pm – @bardcollege RKC Bito Auditorium NY (In conversation with @dinaw_mengestu, @bardcfis ) FREE

Link in bio for more info

Born from a 1970s U.S. Military Survival Manual—its pages thick with appropriated Indigenous knowledge—SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide reclaims our teachings.

Through redaction, illustration, and poetic intervention, I reworked this manual—no longer a tool for militarized survival, but now a guide for sustaining culture, ancestral memory, and Indigenous imagination. This is the work of Future Ancestral Technologies: Indigenous speculative fiction that insists survival is not merely endurance, but continuity.

Join me this week on the East Coast and pick up a copy of the first edition of SURVIVA before they are gone!

#futureancestraltechnologies #cannupahanskaluger #SURVIVA #GraphicNovel #indigenouswriters

SURVIVA East Coast Book Tour Starts Today!

Oct 20 5pm – @thetriennial @umassboston University Hall / Recital Hall, MA (Artist talk, Transmutation public artwork viewing & SURVIVA book signing) FREE

Oct 21, 6pm – @printedmatterinc NY (with special surprise guest!). In collaboration with @forfreedoms FREE

Oct 23, 6:30pm – @bardcollege RKC Bito Auditorium NY (In conversation with @dinaw_mengestu, @bardcfis ) FREE

Link in bio for more info

Born from a 1970s U.S. Military Survival Manual—its pages thick with appropriated Indigenous knowledge—SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide reclaims our teachings.

Through redaction, illustration, and poetic intervention, I reworked this manual—no longer a tool for militarized survival, but now a guide for sustaining culture, ancestral memory, and Indigenous imagination. This is the work of Future Ancestral Technologies: Indigenous speculative fiction that insists survival is not merely endurance, but continuity.

Join me this week on the East Coast and pick up a copy of the first edition of SURVIVA before they are gone!

#futureancestraltechnologies #cannupahanskaluger #SURVIVA #GraphicNovel #indigenouswriters

✨”It often rhymes” Artist Spotlight: For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms)

For Freedoms was founded in 2016 by a coalition of artists to deepen civic engagement through the arts. They provide artists, institutions, and communities a decentralized space for connection, and the tools to support their creative capacities and resilience as cultural workers. Together, the network is building more robust civic dialogue, and inspiring a sense of belonging and responsibility for one another. For Freedoms envisions a joyful, interconnected world where creativity is seen as integral to enhancing civic expression, listening, healing, and justice.

There are less than 2 weeks left to experience For Freedoms' work in our galleries so be sure to stop in before "It often rhymes" closes on October 18.

@forfreedoms @gostowe @thecurrenteducation @stoweartsandculture #stoweartsandculture #ForFreedoms #ArtistSpotlight #ArtExhibition #CivicEngagement #ArtCommunity #contemporaryart

For Freedoms presents Americas, an exhibition showcasing the work of Peter van Agtmael (@pvanagtmael) and Wesaam Al-Badry (@wesaamalbadry) at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design (@corcoran_gw), on view through Jan 25, 2026
⁠
What makes American myths so seductive? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its layers of darkness? Whose realities must be silenced for those myths to endure?
⁠
For more than two decades, the two photographers have searched for their Americas through image-making. From laborers, farm workers, and families, to the legacies of 9/11 and cycles of violence abroad and at home, their work reveals the contradictions, tenderness, and tensions that define American identity. ⁠

Join us for the reception — free and open to the public — this Thursday, Oct 2, 6:30–8 PM!

For Freedoms presents Americas, an exhibition showcasing the work of Peter van Agtmael (@pvanagtmael) and Wesaam Al-Badry (@wesaamalbadry) at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design (@corcoran_gw), on view through Jan 25, 2026
⁠
What makes American myths so seductive? Why do we struggle to reconcile the greatness of the country with its layers of darkness? Whose realities must be silenced for those myths to endure?
⁠
For more than two decades, the two photographers have searched for their Americas through image-making. From laborers, farm workers, and families, to the legacies of 9/11 and cycles of violence abroad and at home, their work reveals the contradictions, tenderness, and tensions that define American identity. ⁠

Join us for the reception — free and open to the public — this Thursday, Oct 2, 6:30–8 PM!

Today is JUNETEENTH - a day of remembrance, liberation, and a celebration of black freedom. It’s also a day to reflect on the ongoing struggle for justice and equity.

In celebration, we’re spotlighting work by For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms), featured in our new exhibition, “It often rhymes,” opening today with a public reception on July 12.

A reinterpretation of Norman Rockwell’s iconic paintings, these photographs center artists, activists, community organizers, and everyday people to reflect a more honest, inclusive vision of American freedom.

The original “Four Freedoms” - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - were first articulated by FDR in 1941. For Freedoms brings them into the present, declaring diversity an essential and undeniable component of freedom.

ABOUT FOR FREEDOMS: A national platform for creative civic engagement, For Freedoms empowers artists and communities to deepen dialogue, build belonging, and imagine a more just, joyful future, together.

🖼️: For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms)
“Four Freedoms, (Freedom of Speech, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want, Freedom of Worship),” 2018

#Juneteenth #Freedom @thecurrenteducation @stoweartsandculture @gostowe @forfreedoms #FourFreedoms #ContemporaryAart #CivicExpression #justice #ForFreedoms #stowe #vermont #VermontArts

Today is JUNETEENTH - a day of remembrance, liberation, and a celebration of black freedom. It’s also a day to reflect on the ongoing struggle for justice and equity.

In celebration, we’re spotlighting work by For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms), featured in our new exhibition, “It often rhymes,” opening today with a public reception on July 12.

A reinterpretation of Norman Rockwell’s iconic paintings, these photographs center artists, activists, community organizers, and everyday people to reflect a more honest, inclusive vision of American freedom.

The original “Four Freedoms” - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - were first articulated by FDR in 1941. For Freedoms brings them into the present, declaring diversity an essential and undeniable component of freedom.

ABOUT FOR FREEDOMS: A national platform for creative civic engagement, For Freedoms empowers artists and communities to deepen dialogue, build belonging, and imagine a more just, joyful future, together.

🖼️: For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms)
“Four Freedoms, (Freedom of Speech, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want, Freedom of Worship),” 2018

#Juneteenth #Freedom @thecurrenteducation @stoweartsandculture @gostowe @forfreedoms #FourFreedoms #ContemporaryAart #CivicExpression #justice #ForFreedoms #stowe #vermont #VermontArts

Today is JUNETEENTH - a day of remembrance, liberation, and a celebration of black freedom. It’s also a day to reflect on the ongoing struggle for justice and equity.

In celebration, we’re spotlighting work by For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms), featured in our new exhibition, “It often rhymes,” opening today with a public reception on July 12.

A reinterpretation of Norman Rockwell’s iconic paintings, these photographs center artists, activists, community organizers, and everyday people to reflect a more honest, inclusive vision of American freedom.

The original “Four Freedoms” - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - were first articulated by FDR in 1941. For Freedoms brings them into the present, declaring diversity an essential and undeniable component of freedom.

ABOUT FOR FREEDOMS: A national platform for creative civic engagement, For Freedoms empowers artists and communities to deepen dialogue, build belonging, and imagine a more just, joyful future, together.

🖼️: For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms)
“Four Freedoms, (Freedom of Speech, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want, Freedom of Worship),” 2018

#Juneteenth #Freedom @thecurrenteducation @stoweartsandculture @gostowe @forfreedoms #FourFreedoms #ContemporaryAart #CivicExpression #justice #ForFreedoms #stowe #vermont #VermontArts

Today is JUNETEENTH - a day of remembrance, liberation, and a celebration of black freedom. It’s also a day to reflect on the ongoing struggle for justice and equity.

In celebration, we’re spotlighting work by For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms), featured in our new exhibition, “It often rhymes,” opening today with a public reception on July 12.

A reinterpretation of Norman Rockwell’s iconic paintings, these photographs center artists, activists, community organizers, and everyday people to reflect a more honest, inclusive vision of American freedom.

The original “Four Freedoms” - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - were first articulated by FDR in 1941. For Freedoms brings them into the present, declaring diversity an essential and undeniable component of freedom.

ABOUT FOR FREEDOMS: A national platform for creative civic engagement, For Freedoms empowers artists and communities to deepen dialogue, build belonging, and imagine a more just, joyful future, together.

🖼️: For Freedoms (Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery of For Freedoms)
“Four Freedoms, (Freedom of Speech, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want, Freedom of Worship),” 2018

#Juneteenth #Freedom @thecurrenteducation @stoweartsandculture @gostowe @forfreedoms #FourFreedoms #ContemporaryAart #CivicExpression #justice #ForFreedoms #stowe #vermont #VermontArts

July 1 at the MLK Library in Washington, DC, step into a demilitarized futuredream…

Join us for the launch of SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide—an ambitious, world-envisioning work of Indigenous futurism.

Since 2015, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger has been weaving together strands of a new myth. Through sculpture, regalia, film, photography, painting, poetry, and installation, his ongoing series Future Ancestral Technologies imagines Indigenous life and culture in a postcolonial world—where space exploration has reshaped life on Earth.

SURVIVA reclaims a 1970s military survival guide and transforms it through poetic redaction, speculative fiction, and iterative line drawing. Part graphic novel, part art book, this hybrid work surfaces and disrupts the colonial subconscious embedded in its source. It presents “an earth-based, demilitarized futuredream that foregrounds Indigenous knowledge as critical to humanity’s survival.”

📍MLK Library – Washington, DC
📅 Tuesday, July 1, 2025
🌿 Live painting durational performance by the artist | 3–5 PM (Great Hall)
🎤 Artist talk & book signing | 6–7:30 PM (with Saisha Grayson, @saigray, Curator of Time-Based Media at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art)
📺 Livestream via @dcpubliclibrary YouTube

The exhibition features two large-scale silkscreen banners—painted live during the opening—and a sculptural installation built from the survival manual that inspired the book. SURVIVA unfolds as both a narrative and a living ecosystem, rooted in Indigenous futures, collective care, and earth-based knowledge.

“Cannupa Hanska Luger’s SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide boldly reimagines our conceptions of time and history as it interweaves past, present, and future. This inventive work challenges our collective narratives, pushing us to rethink the art of survival through a lens of transformation.”
—Hank Willis Thomas, artist and cofounder of @forfreedoms

Presented in collaboration with @forfreedoms
Early copies available on site. Exhibition on view through September 7

#SURVIVA #CannupaHanskaLuger #IndigenousFuturism #FutureAncestralTechnologies #ArtAsSurvival #MLKLibraryDC #ForFreedoms #wesurviveyou

July 1 at the MLK Library in Washington, DC, step into a demilitarized futuredream…

Join us for the launch of SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide—an ambitious, world-envisioning work of Indigenous futurism.

Since 2015, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger has been weaving together strands of a new myth. Through sculpture, regalia, film, photography, painting, poetry, and installation, his ongoing series Future Ancestral Technologies imagines Indigenous life and culture in a postcolonial world—where space exploration has reshaped life on Earth.

SURVIVA reclaims a 1970s military survival guide and transforms it through poetic redaction, speculative fiction, and iterative line drawing. Part graphic novel, part art book, this hybrid work surfaces and disrupts the colonial subconscious embedded in its source. It presents “an earth-based, demilitarized futuredream that foregrounds Indigenous knowledge as critical to humanity’s survival.”

📍MLK Library – Washington, DC
📅 Tuesday, July 1, 2025
🌿 Live painting durational performance by the artist | 3–5 PM (Great Hall)
🎤 Artist talk & book signing | 6–7:30 PM (with Saisha Grayson, @saigray, Curator of Time-Based Media at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art)
📺 Livestream via @dcpubliclibrary YouTube

The exhibition features two large-scale silkscreen banners—painted live during the opening—and a sculptural installation built from the survival manual that inspired the book. SURVIVA unfolds as both a narrative and a living ecosystem, rooted in Indigenous futures, collective care, and earth-based knowledge.

“Cannupa Hanska Luger’s SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide boldly reimagines our conceptions of time and history as it interweaves past, present, and future. This inventive work challenges our collective narratives, pushing us to rethink the art of survival through a lens of transformation.”
—Hank Willis Thomas, artist and cofounder of @forfreedoms

Presented in collaboration with @forfreedoms
Early copies available on site. Exhibition on view through September 7

#SURVIVA #CannupaHanskaLuger #IndigenousFuturism #FutureAncestralTechnologies #ArtAsSurvival #MLKLibraryDC #ForFreedoms #wesurviveyou

July 1 at the MLK Library in Washington, DC, step into a demilitarized futuredream…

Join us for the launch of SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide—an ambitious, world-envisioning work of Indigenous futurism.

Since 2015, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger has been weaving together strands of a new myth. Through sculpture, regalia, film, photography, painting, poetry, and installation, his ongoing series Future Ancestral Technologies imagines Indigenous life and culture in a postcolonial world—where space exploration has reshaped life on Earth.

SURVIVA reclaims a 1970s military survival guide and transforms it through poetic redaction, speculative fiction, and iterative line drawing. Part graphic novel, part art book, this hybrid work surfaces and disrupts the colonial subconscious embedded in its source. It presents “an earth-based, demilitarized futuredream that foregrounds Indigenous knowledge as critical to humanity’s survival.”

📍MLK Library – Washington, DC
📅 Tuesday, July 1, 2025
🌿 Live painting durational performance by the artist | 3–5 PM (Great Hall)
🎤 Artist talk & book signing | 6–7:30 PM (with Saisha Grayson, @saigray, Curator of Time-Based Media at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art)
📺 Livestream via @dcpubliclibrary YouTube

The exhibition features two large-scale silkscreen banners—painted live during the opening—and a sculptural installation built from the survival manual that inspired the book. SURVIVA unfolds as both a narrative and a living ecosystem, rooted in Indigenous futures, collective care, and earth-based knowledge.

“Cannupa Hanska Luger’s SURVIVA: A Future Ancestral Field Guide boldly reimagines our conceptions of time and history as it interweaves past, present, and future. This inventive work challenges our collective narratives, pushing us to rethink the art of survival through a lens of transformation.”
—Hank Willis Thomas, artist and cofounder of @forfreedoms

Presented in collaboration with @forfreedoms
Early copies available on site. Exhibition on view through September 7

#SURVIVA #CannupaHanskaLuger #IndigenousFuturism #FutureAncestralTechnologies #ArtAsSurvival #MLKLibraryDC #ForFreedoms #wesurviveyou

A new chapter of the Arab Documentary Photography Program Alumni Fellowship begins—with six photographers from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine joining the program.

This year’s Fellows are developing a diverse range of projects: from in-depth research and collaborative workshops to photobooks that push form and narrative. Read more about their projects via the link in our bio.

@mnammoor @themustafasaeed @salihbashier @samarabuelouf @sarai.younes @roisaade

All are graduates of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP). As they move forward in their work, they’ll receive focused support from mentors and specialists. They’ll also return to the program to lead masterclasses, contributing to the learning of new participants and further growing the community that ADPP has been shaping for more than a decade.

The ADPP Alumni Fellowship is a joint initiative by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, @princeclausfund, and @magnumfoundation, in association with @forfreedoms.

يبدأ فصل جديد من زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي بانضمام ستة مصورين ومصورات من سوريا، الصومال، السودان، لبنان، مصر، وفلسطين إلى البرنامج.

يعمل الزملاء والزميلات على تطوير مجموعة متنوعة من المشاريع، تشمل أبحاث معمّقة وورش عمل تعاونية وكتب فوتوغرافية تستكشف أشكالًا وأساليب سردية مبتكرة.

جميعهم شاركوا سابقاً في برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي، الموجّه للمصورين الناشئين. ومع انتقالهم إلى المرحلة التالية من مسيرتهم المهنية، سيحصلون على دعم متخصص من مدربين وخبراء. كما سيعودون للمشاركة في البرنامج من خلال تقديم دروس متقدمة، مساهمين بذلك في تعليم المشاركين الجدد وتعزيز نمو المجتمع الذي ظل البرنامج يطوره على مدار أكثر من عقد.

زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي هي مبادرة مشتركة بين الصندوق العربي للثقافة والفنون (آفاق)، وصندوق الأمير كلاوس، ومؤسسة ماغنوم، بالتعاون مع مؤسسة For Freedoms.

A new chapter of the Arab Documentary Photography Program Alumni Fellowship begins—with six photographers from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine joining the program.

This year’s Fellows are developing a diverse range of projects: from in-depth research and collaborative workshops to photobooks that push form and narrative. Read more about their projects via the link in our bio.

@mnammoor @themustafasaeed @salihbashier @samarabuelouf @sarai.younes @roisaade

All are graduates of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP). As they move forward in their work, they’ll receive focused support from mentors and specialists. They’ll also return to the program to lead masterclasses, contributing to the learning of new participants and further growing the community that ADPP has been shaping for more than a decade.

The ADPP Alumni Fellowship is a joint initiative by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, @princeclausfund, and @magnumfoundation, in association with @forfreedoms.

يبدأ فصل جديد من زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي بانضمام ستة مصورين ومصورات من سوريا، الصومال، السودان، لبنان، مصر، وفلسطين إلى البرنامج.

يعمل الزملاء والزميلات على تطوير مجموعة متنوعة من المشاريع، تشمل أبحاث معمّقة وورش عمل تعاونية وكتب فوتوغرافية تستكشف أشكالًا وأساليب سردية مبتكرة.

جميعهم شاركوا سابقاً في برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي، الموجّه للمصورين الناشئين. ومع انتقالهم إلى المرحلة التالية من مسيرتهم المهنية، سيحصلون على دعم متخصص من مدربين وخبراء. كما سيعودون للمشاركة في البرنامج من خلال تقديم دروس متقدمة، مساهمين بذلك في تعليم المشاركين الجدد وتعزيز نمو المجتمع الذي ظل البرنامج يطوره على مدار أكثر من عقد.

زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي هي مبادرة مشتركة بين الصندوق العربي للثقافة والفنون (آفاق)، وصندوق الأمير كلاوس، ومؤسسة ماغنوم، بالتعاون مع مؤسسة For Freedoms.

A new chapter of the Arab Documentary Photography Program Alumni Fellowship begins—with six photographers from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine joining the program.

This year’s Fellows are developing a diverse range of projects: from in-depth research and collaborative workshops to photobooks that push form and narrative. Read more about their projects via the link in our bio.

@mnammoor @themustafasaeed @salihbashier @samarabuelouf @sarai.younes @roisaade

All are graduates of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP). As they move forward in their work, they’ll receive focused support from mentors and specialists. They’ll also return to the program to lead masterclasses, contributing to the learning of new participants and further growing the community that ADPP has been shaping for more than a decade.

The ADPP Alumni Fellowship is a joint initiative by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, @princeclausfund, and @magnumfoundation, in association with @forfreedoms.

يبدأ فصل جديد من زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي بانضمام ستة مصورين ومصورات من سوريا، الصومال، السودان، لبنان، مصر، وفلسطين إلى البرنامج.

يعمل الزملاء والزميلات على تطوير مجموعة متنوعة من المشاريع، تشمل أبحاث معمّقة وورش عمل تعاونية وكتب فوتوغرافية تستكشف أشكالًا وأساليب سردية مبتكرة.

جميعهم شاركوا سابقاً في برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي، الموجّه للمصورين الناشئين. ومع انتقالهم إلى المرحلة التالية من مسيرتهم المهنية، سيحصلون على دعم متخصص من مدربين وخبراء. كما سيعودون للمشاركة في البرنامج من خلال تقديم دروس متقدمة، مساهمين بذلك في تعليم المشاركين الجدد وتعزيز نمو المجتمع الذي ظل البرنامج يطوره على مدار أكثر من عقد.

زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي هي مبادرة مشتركة بين الصندوق العربي للثقافة والفنون (آفاق)، وصندوق الأمير كلاوس، ومؤسسة ماغنوم، بالتعاون مع مؤسسة For Freedoms.

A new chapter of the Arab Documentary Photography Program Alumni Fellowship begins—with six photographers from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine joining the program.

This year’s Fellows are developing a diverse range of projects: from in-depth research and collaborative workshops to photobooks that push form and narrative. Read more about their projects via the link in our bio.

@mnammoor @themustafasaeed @salihbashier @samarabuelouf @sarai.younes @roisaade

All are graduates of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP). As they move forward in their work, they’ll receive focused support from mentors and specialists. They’ll also return to the program to lead masterclasses, contributing to the learning of new participants and further growing the community that ADPP has been shaping for more than a decade.

The ADPP Alumni Fellowship is a joint initiative by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, @princeclausfund, and @magnumfoundation, in association with @forfreedoms.

يبدأ فصل جديد من زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي بانضمام ستة مصورين ومصورات من سوريا، الصومال، السودان، لبنان، مصر، وفلسطين إلى البرنامج.

يعمل الزملاء والزميلات على تطوير مجموعة متنوعة من المشاريع، تشمل أبحاث معمّقة وورش عمل تعاونية وكتب فوتوغرافية تستكشف أشكالًا وأساليب سردية مبتكرة.

جميعهم شاركوا سابقاً في برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي، الموجّه للمصورين الناشئين. ومع انتقالهم إلى المرحلة التالية من مسيرتهم المهنية، سيحصلون على دعم متخصص من مدربين وخبراء. كما سيعودون للمشاركة في البرنامج من خلال تقديم دروس متقدمة، مساهمين بذلك في تعليم المشاركين الجدد وتعزيز نمو المجتمع الذي ظل البرنامج يطوره على مدار أكثر من عقد.

زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي هي مبادرة مشتركة بين الصندوق العربي للثقافة والفنون (آفاق)، وصندوق الأمير كلاوس، ومؤسسة ماغنوم، بالتعاون مع مؤسسة For Freedoms.

A new chapter of the Arab Documentary Photography Program Alumni Fellowship begins—with six photographers from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine joining the program.

This year’s Fellows are developing a diverse range of projects: from in-depth research and collaborative workshops to photobooks that push form and narrative. Read more about their projects via the link in our bio.

@mnammoor @themustafasaeed @salihbashier @samarabuelouf @sarai.younes @roisaade

All are graduates of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP). As they move forward in their work, they’ll receive focused support from mentors and specialists. They’ll also return to the program to lead masterclasses, contributing to the learning of new participants and further growing the community that ADPP has been shaping for more than a decade.

The ADPP Alumni Fellowship is a joint initiative by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, @princeclausfund, and @magnumfoundation, in association with @forfreedoms.

يبدأ فصل جديد من زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي بانضمام ستة مصورين ومصورات من سوريا، الصومال، السودان، لبنان، مصر، وفلسطين إلى البرنامج.

يعمل الزملاء والزميلات على تطوير مجموعة متنوعة من المشاريع، تشمل أبحاث معمّقة وورش عمل تعاونية وكتب فوتوغرافية تستكشف أشكالًا وأساليب سردية مبتكرة.

جميعهم شاركوا سابقاً في برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي، الموجّه للمصورين الناشئين. ومع انتقالهم إلى المرحلة التالية من مسيرتهم المهنية، سيحصلون على دعم متخصص من مدربين وخبراء. كما سيعودون للمشاركة في البرنامج من خلال تقديم دروس متقدمة، مساهمين بذلك في تعليم المشاركين الجدد وتعزيز نمو المجتمع الذي ظل البرنامج يطوره على مدار أكثر من عقد.

زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي هي مبادرة مشتركة بين الصندوق العربي للثقافة والفنون (آفاق)، وصندوق الأمير كلاوس، ومؤسسة ماغنوم، بالتعاون مع مؤسسة For Freedoms.

A new chapter of the Arab Documentary Photography Program Alumni Fellowship begins—with six photographers from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine joining the program.

This year’s Fellows are developing a diverse range of projects: from in-depth research and collaborative workshops to photobooks that push form and narrative. Read more about their projects via the link in our bio.

@mnammoor @themustafasaeed @salihbashier @samarabuelouf @sarai.younes @roisaade

All are graduates of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP). As they move forward in their work, they’ll receive focused support from mentors and specialists. They’ll also return to the program to lead masterclasses, contributing to the learning of new participants and further growing the community that ADPP has been shaping for more than a decade.

The ADPP Alumni Fellowship is a joint initiative by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, @princeclausfund, and @magnumfoundation, in association with @forfreedoms.

يبدأ فصل جديد من زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي بانضمام ستة مصورين ومصورات من سوريا، الصومال، السودان، لبنان، مصر، وفلسطين إلى البرنامج.

يعمل الزملاء والزميلات على تطوير مجموعة متنوعة من المشاريع، تشمل أبحاث معمّقة وورش عمل تعاونية وكتب فوتوغرافية تستكشف أشكالًا وأساليب سردية مبتكرة.

جميعهم شاركوا سابقاً في برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي، الموجّه للمصورين الناشئين. ومع انتقالهم إلى المرحلة التالية من مسيرتهم المهنية، سيحصلون على دعم متخصص من مدربين وخبراء. كما سيعودون للمشاركة في البرنامج من خلال تقديم دروس متقدمة، مساهمين بذلك في تعليم المشاركين الجدد وتعزيز نمو المجتمع الذي ظل البرنامج يطوره على مدار أكثر من عقد.

زمالة خريجي برنامج التصوير الفوتوغرافي الوثائقي العربي هي مبادرة مشتركة بين الصندوق العربي للثقافة والفنون (آفاق)، وصندوق الأمير كلاوس، ومؤسسة ماغنوم، بالتعاون مع مؤسسة For Freedoms.

ON VIEW NOW: Don’t miss April’s #MidnightMoment ‘Midéegaadi’ by artist Cannupa Hanska Luger [@cannupahanska]. Presented by Times Square Arts [@tsqARTS] with For Freedoms [@ForFreedoms], Luger’s work takes over the screens in Times Square every midnight through April 30 across 95+ digital billboards from 11:57pm-12am.

📹 Video by @tatyanatenenbaum

#CannupaHanskaLuger #TSQArts #PublicArt #TimesSquareArts #NYC #NYCTourist

ON VIEW in TIMES SQUARE: April’s #MidnightMoment ‘Midéegaadi’ by artist Cannupa Hanska Luger [@cannupahanska] presented by Times Square Arts [@tsqARTS] and For Freedoms [@ForFreedoms].

Adorned in vibrant regalia across the iconic billboards of @TimesSquareNYC every evening from 11:57pm to 12:00am, #MidnightMoment artist Luger enacts the ancestral Indigenous technologies as a call for the regeneration and return of the bison — an animal that ranged the North American plains in abundance.

Don’t forget to join us Friday April 11 @ Broadway & 46th St for a very special #MidnightMoment presentation featuring a live late-night performance by Deerlady [@DeerladyBand] and @MaliObomsawin in the middle of Times Square 11:30 PM – 12 AM! Visit the link in bio for performance details and stay up to date on event updates.

🎥 Video by Tatyana Tenenbaum

#CannupaHanskaLuger #DeerLady #NYCTourist #TimesSquareArts