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Carla Rae Johnson

@comet1620.bsky.social

Artist/Activist

21 Followers  |  11 Following  |  27 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024
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Juneteenth Is the Story of a Freedom Withheld In the art world, as in America at large, spectacle is welcomed more readily than structural change.

A thoughtful piece about Juneteenth and the Arts Establishment

β€œβ€¦in America at large, spectacle is welcomed more readily than structural change.”

From: β€œJuneteenth is the Story of a Freedom Withheld” by Damien Davis

hyperallergic.com/1021609/june...

19.06.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What would they say?

26.05.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Tyrants! No Kings! Protest/Rally on Garrison Landing with kayakers and the Clearwater while #47 rambles across the river at West Point.

25.05.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New project beginning in studio…

20.05.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wednesday’s benefit for Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill at KinoSaito was an amazing event, thanks to the energy and effort of guests, staff, & artists who freely gave their time & resources to help fund a Peekskill non-profit dedicated to combating local food and housing inequities.

15.05.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to Mayor Vivian McKenzie and the Peekskill Common Council for making the 2016 β€œRESOLUTION AFFIRMING PEEKSKILL’S COMMITMENT TO BE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY …” accessible on the City website, and for prominently displaying the framed resolution in City Hall Rotunda!

09.05.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We offer an important and thoughtful 6 page issue of "The Artistic License" for May of 2025. We know you will enjoy it! Get it today at the BeanRunner Cafe in downtown Peekskill.

02.05.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 Questions for Carla Rae Johnson, artist and activist Meet the woman who made sure no one in Peekskill could udder, β€˜I never saw a purple cow’

peekskillherald.com/25837/news/1...

30.04.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NO KINGS!

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Tapestries of memory: Honoring family stories at First Tuesday Salon Mara Mills hosts 'Mothers & Others: Stories of Those Who Raised Us' on March 11, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Bean Runner Cafe

Coming on Tuesday, March 11 from 6-8 pm at the BeanRunner CafΓ©!

peekskillherald.com/24032/events...

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Attention folks in NY District 17
Homelessness increased 19% in Westchester County. (2023-2024)
HUD contracts start 3/1.
No word, yet from HUD
1,200 Westchester residents are at risk of losing their housing!
Call Rep. Mike Lawler today:
845-743-7130
Demand HUD contracts be renewed.

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NY District 17
Homelessness increased 19% in Westchester County.
HUD contracts start 3/1.
No word, yet from HUD
No HUD funding = no HUD supported housing.
1,200 Westchester residents are at risk of losing their housing.
Call Rep. Mike Lawler today:
845-743-7130
Demand HUD contracts be renewed.

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On Presidents’ Day
For today’s emonstration at Chuck Schumer’s Office in downtown Peekskill, NY.
Let’s help find a place for the Prez. nobody elected!

On Presidents’ Day For today’s emonstration at Chuck Schumer’s Office in downtown Peekskill, NY. Let’s help find a place for the Prez. nobody elected!

17.02.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s what we do best!

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Oh, thank you, Maria!

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Well, thanks for the offer…

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Thanks! Name a time and place…

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When and where?

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Our gathering at Sen. Schumer’s Peekskill office building appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show last night! I’m holding a β€œWAKE UPCHUCK” sign. We must continue the pressure to stop the coup!

05.02.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This podcast: B+S With Friends launched on Spotify January 28. It’s a lively conversation about art, social justice, and the state of our current challenges as a people and a nation between myself and Tamara White, activist, artist, and owner of Bader & Simon Gallery in Cincinnati.

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Episode 46: Carla Rae Johnson B+S With Friends Β· Episode

open.spotify.com/episode/0iEk...

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A bit of good news that has been a LONG time coming! This lifts my heart at a time when little else does!

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