Damaged Landscapes/Resilient Spirits includes photographs by Baltimore-based artist Linda Day Clark and young people from three Baltimore City after-school programs. Moving Walls is an ongoing series of photography exhibitions addressing social justice issues. The Open Society Institute curates and organizes these traveling shows to enlighten and engage, challenge and inspire.
Art on Purpose, a non-profit organization providing art workshops, exhibitions, and programs in support of education, social justice, and community service, coordinates Moving Walls 9 in Baltimore for the Open Society Institute Baltimore.
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Online Hate Speech
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Civic Engagement
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