Activations

For Freedoms during Miami Art Week 2024
December 6, 2024
Shop prints and the For Freedoms book at Art Basel Miami Beach, and join us during Miami Art Week for a variety of public activations across the city with our partners! 
2024 Billboards
August 1, 2024
As a part of our current 2024 Campaign, Where Do We Go From Here? For Freedoms has commissioned leading contemporary artists to create billboards in response to the question that remains relevant however and whenever we ask it.
For Freedoms DC Residency - Interdependence
October 4, 2024
For Freedoms proudly announces the launch of a three-year artist residency with The National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University.
For Freedoms Congress 2024
September 28, 2024
For Freedoms Congress is a convening of artists, cultural institutions, organizations, and civic leaders that are transforming our political landscape.
Where Do We Go From Here? The Four Freedoms Photographs
September 6, 2024
The Center for Black Visual Culture, in partnership with For Freedoms, presents Where Do We Go From Here? The Four Freedoms Photographs at New York University.
For Freedoms Monograph
October 4, 2024
For Freedoms and Phaidon.Monacelli announce For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here?, ahead of the 2024 election.
2024 Skoll World Forum
April 12, 2024
For Freedoms Co-Director Claudia Peña and Co-Founders Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas delivered the Closing Plenary at the 2024 Skoll World Forum.
Body Freedoms for Every(Body) - Austin, TX
March 8, 2024
For Freedoms partnered with Fight For the Future, Plan C, Project for Empty Space, and Women on Web to launch the initial activation of Body Freedom For Every(Body).
New Wave Art Wknd
December 1, 2023
For Freedoms is excited to be a part of the fifth anniversary of New Wave Art Wknd.
Sotheby's Visions of America
January 11, 2024
For Freedoms is excited to display all four collections of the Four Freedoms Photographs at Sotheby's Visions of America Sale
A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time
September 19, 2023
On the occasion of 60 years of Art in Embassies, The Smithsonian's Museum of American History will open the exhibition "A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time".
For Freedoms Presents: Sustainable Community Building with the For Freedoms Fellows
September 7, 2023
Join artists Emanuel Hahn, Eric Hart Jr., and Da'Shaunae Marisa for "For Freedoms Presents: Sustainable Community Building with the For Freedoms Fellows."
PHOTOFAIRS X FOR FREEDOMS
September 8, 2023
For Freedoms is excited to participate in the inaugural edition of PHOTOFAIRS New York September 8-10, 2023.
The Highest Form of Wisdom is Kindness
September 5, 2023
Prompted by alarming rates of violence and hate speech directed towards Jewish people in the U.S.A. today and historically, For Freedoms has engaged a community of diverse artists to create public artworks and conversations about antisemitism across the country.
For Freedoms x Queen City in Washington DC
June 1, 2023
June 1 - June 4: A celebratory weekend of programming and events honoring the former residents of Queen City, VA
For Freedoms News: Live at Fotografiska
May 20, 2023
Join us for a For Freedoms News Special Report.
Listen Until You Hear, For Freedoms x Fotografiska New York
May 5, 2023
A six-artist exhibition of intersectional identity explorations including trans survivalism and Indigenous Futurism presented in collaboration with Fotografiska, New York.
School of Lived Experience (SOLE)
May 3, 2023
The School of Lived Experience is an artist created renewal space.
For Freedoms Town Hall @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
January 16, 2023
Artists and thought leaders Hank Willis Thomas, Eric M. Anderson, Erin Genia, Sabrina Dorsainvil, and Eric Gottesman will explore themes of love and compassion in a conversation moderated by Yng-Ru Chen of Praise Shadows Art Gallery and organized in collaboration with For Freedoms.
Let Love Quiet Fear
January 12, 2023
In conversation with The Embrace, a new monument on the Boston Common by Hank Willis Thomas x Mass Design, For Freedoms co-curated the exhibition with Praise Shadows Gallery.
For Freedoms News - Miami Art Week
December 4, 2022
Following its premiere at the Brooklyn Museum (October 28 - November 6, 2022), For Freedoms announces that For Freedoms News (FFN) will be presented in its second iteration at Untitled Art.
For Freedoms News Special Report News from the Inside - Brooklyn Museum
December 4, 2022
On stage at the Brooklyn Museum, Peña and Bain will coanchor a live show that includes a segment called “News from the Inside,” featuring an incarcerated correspondent reporting from prison.
Eyes On Iran
November 28, 2022
#EyesonIran is a response in solidarity with the courageous Iranians who are risking their lives to express their demand for human rights and a free Iran.
We ARe Here: A Celebration of Legacy
November 12, 2022
Commissioned by The Music Center, We ARe Here: A Celebration of Legacy paired the worlds of physical and digital artistic experiences to broaden our understanding of L.A.’s ancestral history.
Another Justice Parrish Museum
November 1, 2022
Another Justice is a call to reconvene and reconsider what justice can be in a time of imbalance.
For Freedoms News - Brooklyn Museum
October 24, 2022
For Freedoms News (FFN) is an artist-led reimagining of television news, piloting this fall during a residency at the Brooklyn Museum.
Looks of Freedom III at The Armory Show
September 8, 2022
For Freedoms, in collaboration with Blackpuffin Curatorial, presented its third visual essay Looks of Freedom III, curated by Modou Dieng Yacine and Michelle Woo.
Lyrics from Lockdown at The Apollo Theatre
August 29, 2022
On August 29, we were at the Apollo Historic Theater for a one-night performance of LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN.
Hear Her Here — Listening Party
May 26, 2022
The Hear Her Here (HHH) initiative, created by For Freedoms and supported by Converse, focuses on propelling more Black femme artists into spotlights, onto stages, and at the heads of tables, to make a transformative impact on the communities we share.
Another Justice: By Any Medium Necessary Billboards
May 2, 2022
Another Justice billboard campaign is the culmination of For Freedoms’ Another Justice: By Any Medium Necessary series, spanning programs, exhibitions,initiatives, and questions to prompt our community to envision a more just future.
A Cool Million
April 4, 2022
A COOL MILLION (ACM) is a campaign for climate awareness and activism led by artists, arts professionals, and institutions.
Hear Her Here
February 2, 2022
FOR FREEDOMS and CONVERSE have teamed up for Hear Her Here - an initiative that helps propel more Black femme artists into spotlights, onto stages and at the heads of tables to make positive impact on the communities we share.
Our Wake Up Call For Freedoms
January 21, 2022
The exhibition, Our Wake Up Call For Freedoms, a collaboration between the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) and the For Freedoms artist collective, examined creativity as a core societal value capable of creating political change.
Landback.Art
November 8, 2021
What does LANDBACK mean to you? We asked over twenty Indigenous artists and allies this question, inspiring reflections on the past, and visions of the future.
Avant Arte
September 27, 2021
For the first time, For Freedoms went to the UK! In partnership with Avant Arte, For Freedoms presented 2020 Awakening billboards by Hank Willis Thomas and Christine Wong Yap throughout London and offered limited prints of each design.
Beyond The Box 4 (JUSTICE for Our Future)
September 19, 2021
The final program, JUSTICE for Our Future, is a culmination of the full series, unveiling and addressing the systemic reality of mass incarceration and deepening understanding of the work being done to do away with it.
Beyond The Box 3 (HEALING through Community Collaboration)
August 29, 2021
HEALING through Community Collaboration brings focus to youth and community, opening with a performance by Truthworker Theater Company, a theater troupe of high school and college-age youth in Brooklyn, and followed by a group reflection on the performance.
Beyond The Box 2 (LISTENING for Individual Stories)
August 1, 2021
The second program, LISTENING for Individual Stories, focuses on the individual impact of mass incarceration
Beyond The Box 1 (AWAKENING to Transformative Practices)
July 18, 2021
In tandem with Coby Kennedy’s Kalief Browder: The Box, Pioneer Works and For Freedoms present Beyond The Box, a four-part program series to consider the realities of mass incarceration through the lens of art and activism.
AAPI Solidarity
April 5, 2021
In collaboration with The May 19th Project, in solidarity with AAPI heritage month, and in honor of the diversity of the AAPI community, For Freedoms curated and produced a billboard campaign to visualize mutual support in a time of increasing anti-Asian violence around the globe.
2020 Awakening Billboards
October 12, 2020
Since 2016, For Freedoms has been inserting artists’ voices into the American media landscape. This year, in collaboration with Unfinished, we asked the question: What would it look like if advertising, like art, asked questions instead of answering them?
For Freedoms Congress
February 27, 2020
In the last days of pre-pandemic 2020, we convened for four days in Los Angeles with our national community at the inaugural For Freedoms Congress to continue building a collective artists’ platform for public action and civic engagement.
50 State Initiative — Lawn Signs
October 4, 2018
The lawn signs allow every participant in their own way to articulate a vision of freedom that contains multitudes.
50 State Initiative — Billboards
October 1, 2018
We believe that if artists’ voices replace advertising across the country, public discourse will become more nuanced.
50 State Initiative — Exhibitions
September 28, 2018
As part of the 50 State Initiative in 2018, For Freedoms released a set of curatorial questions to the community.
50 State Initiative — Town Halls
September 22, 2018
For Freedoms Town Halls are meant to be artful acts—the goal is civic engagement and dynamic conversation.
Our Four Freedoms
January 1, 2018
What else could freedom look like? How expansive can a nation's self-image be?
For Freedoms @ Jack Shainman Gallery, 2016
June 7, 2016
On June 7th, 2016 the For Freedoms headquarters opened to the public at both Jack Shainman Gallery's 24th Street and 20th Street locations in New York City.
Silkroad
November 5, 2023
For Freedoms is delighted to announce the unveiling of four artist-designed billboards in Los Angeles as part of our collaboration with Silkroad.
Miami Art Week 2023
December 4, 2023
For Freedoms is excited to take part in Miami Art Week 2023.
For Freedoms at EXPO CHICAGO
April 11, 2024
For Freedoms is excited to take part in EXPO Chicago 2024 with new prints, a panel discussion, and public premises of For Freedoms News Segments
FF during the RNC & DNC
August 21, 2024
For Freedoms stages a variety of activations to galvanize creativity and discourse surrounding the election through artistic intervention during the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
For Freedoms is an artist-led organization that centers art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement, discourse and direct action.  Founded in 2016 by a coalition of artists including Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, Michelle Woo, and Wyatt Gallery, For Freedoms is dedicated to fostering an environment of listening, healing, and justice through a wide range of creative engagement. For Freedoms works closely with a variety of artists, organizations, institutions and brands to expand what participation in a democracy looks like and reshape conversations about politics.
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