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DESCRIPTION:Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Cara Levine: To Survive I 
 Need You to Survive" at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, this workshop was 
 developed as an extension of Levine's studio practice and is a part of the 
 multidisciplinary artwork "This Is Not A Gun" (TINAG). In this workshop led 
 by artists Cara Levine and Angela Hennessy, participants will create 
 replicas in clay of objects mistaken for guns during police shootings of 
 civilians. The replicas will become part of the TINAG archive of over 300 
 objects created by Levine and past workshop participants. Through embodied 
 creative practice, participants will share in discourse on the power of 
 collective making as a means to intervene socially in cycles of violence 
 and injustice.\n\n"This Is Not A Gun" (2016-present) is an evolving studio 
 project of over 300 objects that aims to broaden a national conversation 
 around racial profiling, police brutality, and accountability. The project 
 was inspired by a list Levine found in Harper's Magazine titled "Trigger 
 Warning," which named objects mistaken for guns in civilian shootings by 
 police in the United States, and shed light on the thread of racism that 
 ran through these shootings. Levine embarked on a major sculptural work, 
 where she began to carve each of the twenty-three items on the list from 
 wood-a wrench, a hairbrush, a Bible-in her studio as a ritual of grief and 
 mourning. She then expanded the work to include public workshops, which, 
 since 2020, have been co-directed by Oakland-based artist Angela Hennessy. 
 In collaboration with community activists, participants are invited to make 
 replicas of objects, learn the stories of the victims in these shootings, 
 and engage in dialogue about racial violence. Each object created at these 
 workshops is added to the project's archive. In addition to the workshops, 
 the TINAG project includes a publication by the same title (Sming Sming 
 Books), with essays by forty artists, writers, healers, and 
 activists.\n\nFree with advanced registration.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/04/03/18855259.php
SUMMARY:This Is Not A Gun Workshop with Cara Levine and Angela Hennessy
LOCATION:Contemporary Jewish Museum\n736 Mission Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94103
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/04/03/18855259.php
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