Combining the talents of internationally recognized artists (including musical mad scientist/performance artist Laurie Anderson, text-centric provocateur Jenny Holzer and mixed-media master Wangechi Mutu), local poet/author/educator Naomi Shihab Nye and sister-powered organizing entity House of Trees Collective (launched by San Antonio’s own Jennifer Khoshbin and Brooklyn-based Amy Khoshbin), the politically minded Artpace exhibition “Word on the Street” comprises artistic and poetic protest banners created in collaboration with local members of the Center for Refugee Services sewing circle.

Credit: Lara Schnitger, Don't Let the Boys Win
Credit: Jenny Holzer, White House / Moral Injury
Credit: Naomi Shihab Nye, Hold One Not One of Us Alone
Credit: Wangechi Mutu, If You're Not Creating Then You're Simply Consuming Create with Courage
Credit: Laurie Anderson / A.M. Homes, Don't Be Afraid of Anyone
Credit: Lara Schnitger, Need a Wife
Credit: Carrie Mae Weems, Question Yourselves & What You Want Then Question What You Are Willing to Do to Get It!!!
Credit: Jenny Holzer, Dirty Laundry / Follow the Money
Credit: Naomi Shihab Nye, Silence Waits for Truth to Break It
Credit: Jenny Holzer, Pants on Fire
Credit: Anne Carson / Amy Khoshbin, Action Comes from the Backbone Not the Wishbone
Credit: Tania Bruguera, Today Politics Is Half Image-Making Half Making People Believe the Image
Credit: Wangechi Mutu, Imagination Births Courage Births Change Births Freedom
Credit: Naomi Shihab Nye, We Have Never Paid Enough Attention Yet
Credit: Anne Carson / Amy Khoshbin, I Was Born for Love Not Hatred
Credit: Laurie Anderson / A.M. Homes, Embrace the Absurd
Credit: Naomi Shihab Nye / House of Trees, Noise Quiet Lives Inside
Credit: Carrie Mae Weems, Change Requires 2020 Vision
Credit: Tania Bruguera, When the Rights of Immigrants Are Denied the Rights of Citizens Are at Risk
Credit: Naomi Shihab Nye / House of Trees, Open Palms Hold More
Credit: Naomi Shihab Nye, Won't Give Up Our Hopes for Anything
Credit: Naomi Shihab Nye, I Pledge Allegiance to Respect Every One of You
Credit: Installation view of "Word on the Street"
Credit: Installation view of "Word on the Street"