Blue
FIRST PLACE
Angeli Zankel
24″ x 36″ – acrylic on canvas
Blue is my interpretation of police brutality in modern society. I am not honoring police officers but showing through an abstract form how some are corrupt and use their influence to distort reality.
Love Wins
Emma Weston*
7″ x 10″ – charcoal & acrylic paint
“There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s a lot wrong with the world” – Chris Colfer
Anchor Baby in the Third Dimension
Manny Villalobos
10.5″ x 14″ x 6.5″ – stoneware, high-fire glaze
The Anchor Baby is a representation of a mother sacrificing everything for her child, no mater what it takes.
Only Place to Rest
Janet Susin
12″ x 16″ – photograph
One of the great social injustice issues of our day. No one should have to sleep on the street.
Hearth Failure
Caito Stewart
18.5″ x 45.5″ x 3.5″ – ceramic
Grief over losses of homes and loved ones builds empathy and compassion for others.
Rightfulness
THIRD PLACE
Joan Stevens
13″ x 18″ – oil & collage
I painted this woman because I felt her expression embodied so many raw emotions. Disbelief, incredible sorrow, frustration, anger and fear.
Abstract Justice
Joan Stevens
18″ x 36″ – acrylic
Trying to tell a story with shapes, values and color. And in case you missed the message – I spelled it out.
Remembering the Taos Massacre
Barbara Spivak
20″ x 16″ – photograph
Guide and graveyard on the Taos Reservation.
Anchor Baby
Manny Villalobos
60.5″ x 40″ – acrylic on canvas
The Anchor Baby painting is a representation of a mother sacrificing everything for her child, no mater what it takes.
Black Lives Matter
Janet Susin
12″ x 16″ – photograph
4 years ago in Denver on a summer night advocates rallied for the same cause we face today.
Pride
SECOND PLACE
Alice Riordan
16″ x 11″ x 9″ – terra cotta sculpture
Inspired by a trip to Barbados where the local women worked so hard to provide for their families.
Unity is the Antidote
Sophie Raimondo
80 x 120 x 6 – painting
“The virus of thinking about an alternate society, a society beyond nation-state, a society that actualizes itself in the forms of global solidarity and cooperation.”- Slavoj Zizek
Best Friends
Randi Benum Roernes
30″ x 40″ – oil on canvas
Watching young children play and seeing that color does not matter.
Supreme Court Justice-School Desegregation and Interracial Marriage
Barbara Spivak
20″ x 16″ – photograph
Air
Kaoru Shibuta
46 x 54 cm – acrylic on canvas
No More Stolen Sisters
Emma Weston*
5.875” x 5.875” – oil
Native American women are disappearing. These horrific events are not making the news.
Pillars of Justice
Barbara Silbert
18″ x 14″ – pastel
I paired John Lewis with Judge Ginsburg, both avatars of justice in our society.
Say Their Names Valley Stream NY
Susan Silkowitz
20″ x 16″ – digital photography
A sleeping child wears a hat bearing tribute to those whose lives were lost at the hands of police.
The Color Blind Revolution
Sophie Raimondo
100 x 200 cm – painting
This pandemic is the beginning of a new area of social conscience, for the first time a small group of people started to think ”I stay home to protect the other people”.
Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti
Anny Parry
15″ x 20″ – photograph
Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti in Brooklyn Borough Hall on Anniversary of 7.0 Earthquake.
Erica Lafferty Smegielski
Ann Parry
20″ x 16″ – photograph
Erica Smegielski, shares how mother, Principal of Sandy Hook School, was shot to death.
Breonna Taylor
Loretta Oberheim
18″ x 24″ – acrylic on wrapped canvas
They killed one of their own. The thin white line represents EMT’s. Yet no justice – just 8 bullets.
Working for Justice
Mark Mancher
12″ x 18″ – photograph
ESSENTIAL
E. Craig Marcin
14″ x 17″ – watercolor on paper
Given the racially mixed, community both I grew up in, the black friends and neighbors I had.
Undoing Shame: A Public Dispaly
Christopher Martin
25″ diameter – mixed media
Political Woman
Harold Naideau
20″ x 16″ – digital collage
Protest Portraits – Trysten
Maundy Mitchell
8″ x 10″- photograph
In support of the BLM movement, I welcomed protesters to my studio during protests in Plymouth, NH.
Breonna
Helen Lesnick
24″ x 18.5″ – pastel
I hope this work will help to keep saying her name until change happens and justice is served.
Gay Pride
Joan Laufer
24″ x 30″ – oil & collage
17 Minutes
Ann Parry
16″ x 22″ – photograph
Mepham H.S. students protest during 17 Minute nationwide walkout after Stoneman Douglas HS shooting,
Courage Kneels
Kathleen Celestin-Parks
30″ x 30″ – acrylic paint, ink & photo transfer on canvas
In 2016, he protested police brutality by kneeling and was ostracized. Today, most agree. Now what?
The Way Under Justice
Myungja Anna Koh
18″ x 20″- digital arts
I believe in the darkest periods such as social oppression, art becomes even vital, offering hope.
©Asylum seekers
Karen Kirshner
30″ x 30″ – acrylic
Much publicized need for Immigration reform and humane treatment of asylum seekers.
Dynamic Beauty
Wenchelle Jean*
16″ x 20″ – acrylic
Protest Portraits – Francois
Maundy Mitchell
8″ x 10″- photograph
In support of the BLM movement, I welcomed protesters to my studio during protests in Plymouth, NH.
Liberty at What Price?
Annette Kasle
7″ x 10″ – photograph
The injustice of an icon of freedom misappropriated for profit.
Change Gonna Come
Jimmy Gockel
16″ x 16″ – acrylic on canvas
Tribute to George Floyd
Fade
Daniel Kasle
2500 x 2500 – digital photography
Using shadow to emphasize the museum’s contribution to historical narrative.
Protest!
Heather Heckel
40″ x 30″
colored pencil with collage sign on board
This portrait depicts the importance of standing up for what we believe in, and how getting involved at an early age can inspire positive change for our future!
Blackbird Fly
Susan Herbst
21.75″ x 14″ – mixed media
Discovering that McCartney’s “Blackbird,” was inspired by the “Little Rock Nine,” prompted me to paint this blackbird’s flight of freedom.
Roman justice
Margarita Henriksson
55 x 65cm – canvas, acrylic & soft pastel
The work, in abstract style, shows the ancient Roman symbols for Justice: Colosseum, church, senate.
Untitled
Michele Garfiel
41.75″ x 31.5″ – oil & charcoal on canvas
2017 Women’s March. 250K people gather among the skyscrapers for a common cause.
Their Future Matters
Jessica Rapaccuiolo
14″ x 11″ – photograph
BLM march Riverhead, NY
Indivisible with Liberty and Justice for All
Susanne Corbelletta
30″ x 48″ – oil
We should not be identified by our race, creed,c olor or political views. We are 1 Nation under God.
Courage 7053
Kathleen Celestin-Parks
30″ x 30″ – acrylic paint, ink & photo transfer
on canvas
This piece is inspired by the mugshot of Rosa Parks. Her courage sparked a movement.
Saint Roch Cures the Plague with beasts (COVID Tintoretto)
Owen Brown
36″ x 36″ – acrylic
Inequities of COVID treatment, failure of gov’t, hope in miracles misplaced.
Send Her Back
Lauren Bourguet
13.5″ x 18.5″
monoprint
From This Land a Little History
Allison Belolan
10″ x 8″
collage
Inspired by how deep racism runs in our country, and history, and how incredibly little it taught about it.
One Nation
Lauren Bourguet
25″ x 60″
mixed media
I found inspiration in cardboard, a universal moving material to create this installation of the US.
False Freedom
Hsiao-Chu Hsia
54″ x 52″- acrylic
Taiwan Blue Magpie be usually recognized as our national bird. We are free when we believe we are.
