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These are 2 sketches of my original idea. The first one has the words "Justice" and "all" and they are distressed. I planned on having sc...

This was a sketch from last week. I took the last words from the pledge of allegiance to emphasize justice for all people in America.

Without the words, I'd like to have the color of the men and women symbols in a downward position to symbolize who experiences oppression...

These are images from protests in New York City. My plan is to crop these images and focus on one part of the picture

I took this picture from outside of a protest about police brutality. This picture symbolizes the top two oppressors in America. This tie...

In the beginning of the semester, I had ideas ranging from from tribute art, to black excellence, to mental health and finally ended up w...

Andrew Jackson had long been an advocate of what he called “Indian removal.” As an Army general, he had spent years leading brutal campai...

Instead of having the outline of the whole country, I decided to have just an outline of a tear with a path in the middle. At the bottom ...

For this next project I wanted to implicitly show the history behind the Trail of Tears. Native Americans were forced out of their territ...

David Hammons is an artist that makes work with inspiration from the black urban experience. He often uses sarcasm as a way of confrontin...

In the beginning of the semester, I had ideas ranging from from tribute art, to black excellence, to mental health and finally ended up w...

Adding color to this project makes the meaning a little more self explanatory. The bright red background almost overpowers the colorful d...

I know that adding the American flag to the background of this dream catcher was a great idea. I want it to symbolize that the American d...

I was recently watching the movie Central Park 5 on Netflix. Watching it, I couldn’t help but think what type of judicial system America w...

With this dream catcher, I decided to have an American Flag in the background. I chose an American flag because the history of America st...

To incorporate my ethnicity i drew a dream catcher. The dream catcher is one of the most common recognizable items to Native American cul...

I’d like my art to have a deeper meaning than what is initially portrayed. I also wanted to incorporate my ethnic background into my wor...