ARTivism

FDA AGB NIH Gally 2015
A group of ARTivists engaged in peaceful ARTivism in the Washington, DC and Maryland area during August 2015

August 11, 2015

When a group of Deaf ARTivists visited AG Bell Headquarters – Volta Bureau – AG Bell called the cops.

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August 13, 2015 Veditz’s Birthday

A group of ARTivists put 12 black flags at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in memory of the 12 Deaf children and many others who have died from Cochlear Implant surgery and complications.

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Above: Taped to the flags

BEFORE:

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AFTER:

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A group of ARTivists put 12 black flags with blue triangles in the top left corner around AG Bell’s Volta Bureau.  In memory of 12 Deaf children who died from cochlear implant surgery in the lat 1980s.

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Protest Signs placed at Lafayette Park across from the White House:

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Birthplace of De’VIA “plaque” at Washburn Art Building:

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August 14, 2015
Public Safety leaves the plaque up

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Betty G. Miller Gallery signage over Linda Jordan Gallery signage:

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Black Flags at AG Bell’s Volta Bureau –
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that black banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave:

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September 1, 2015 National Institute of Health (NIH)

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