Painting by Lynnette Black
Common Bond Communities Commissions ACW Art
ACW’s original Maker’s Space project is growing! Our ongoing partnership with CommonBond Communities. Since the early 1970s, CommonBond Communities has provided homes and supportive services for those most in need. They create equitable housing that’s affordable for all. CommonBond’s mission is to build stable homes, strong futures, and vibrant communities. Since April 2024 they purchased over $22,000 of social justice related art from our ACW artists to hang in their building space for their residents, employees, and visitors to enjoy!
Harken Senior Living Residence . ACW will deliver $12,000 of artwork. Active ACW members need to submit by Dec. 31, 2025.
Maple Hills Installation Sept 24th 2025 Selected Artist: Layl McDill, Laura Burlis, Liisa Le, Briauna Williams, Rebecca David, Candy Kuehn, Robin Getsug, Sam St. John, Barbara Bridges, and Kelly Frankenberg. Timeline Maple Hills Participant Notes
Whittier Installation Oct 7, 2024 ACW Artists Selected by Common Bond: Laura Burlis, Catherine Palmer, Kelly Frankenberg, Sam Greene, Layl McDill, Candy Kuehn, Karen Daphne, Lalita Prachanty, Paul Kellett, Mindy Johnson, Lynnette Black. See what The Whittier Residents wanted
Lumin Install April 2024: Owen Brown, Lynnette Black, Anne Spooner, Becca David, Natalie McGuire, Anna Karena, Catherine Palmer, Paul Kellett
NOTE: Common Bond buyer commented, “I really appreciated the artwork statements”. We may be onto something! We are inviting the viewer to share our process. Read more about CommonBond here: www.commonbond.org
How to Submit work to Common Bond Project. https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/acws-art-treasures-gallery/
Submission Example:
“SIN-A-BUN” Figurative Abstraction SOLD
Series – “The Disenfranchised”
Catherine A. Palmer
Acrylic on Canvas
24″ x 36″
$400 for non profits, $864 retail
My paintings series, “The Disenfranchised”, respond to the ongoing atrocities of violence against indigenous women and women of color in the United States. Fragmented oppression that glorifies and sexualizes womanhood also belittles and endangers women and girls. A disproportionate number of women from communities already devastated by injustice are missing or murdered due to cracks in the systems constructed with the façade of safety and protection https://mmiwusa.org
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040048967/missing-black-women-girls-left-out-media-ignored
Catherine A Palmer
She/Her or They/Them
catherineapalmer.blogspot.com
Instagram: @paintingscatherinepalmer
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