""This occupation has had an incalculable impact on every single person here and the repercussions will be ongoing for a long time. Besides the separation of families, the legal battles to repatriate them and the persecution and arrest of constitutional observers, there will be ongoing massive economic effects for families trying to make rent, immigrant-run businesses who were forced to close and to the city as a whole.""
""The [colouring book] project had been a seed in my mind and her offer encouraged me to get into gear," Heidenberg says. "I saw an opportunity to reach a huge number of people, connect our communities through art, and raise funds that we could bring back home.""
Dreamsong, a Minneapolis-based gallery, produced an art-filled mutual-aid colouring book priced at $25 to raise funds for mutual aid in Minnesota. Sales aim to support communities affected by a violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement deployment in Minneapolis that resulted in widespread violence, including the killings of two US citizens, Renée Good and Alex Pretti. Rebecca Heidenberg, a Dreamsong co-founder, described deep, collective trauma and outlined ongoing repercussions including family separation, legal battles to repatriate people, arrests of constitutional observers, and significant economic effects for families and immigrant-run businesses. Dreamsong began assembling art kits for families and expanded the project after support from Frieze Los Angeles, gathering drawings from 32 Minnesotan artists including Alexa Horochowski, Xavier Tavera Castro and Alec Soth to connect communities through art and raise funds to bring back home.
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