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Afrofuturism

Kee Merriweather (left) and Onyx Engobor (right) stand in the Garfield Park Conservatory Palm House during the “Otherworldly” gallery opening. Photo by Sulyiman Stokes
Posted inArt

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by Tina Jenkins Bell June 2, 2023June 2, 2023

South Side artist Kee Merriweather’s collages depict a future free of environmental racism

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