All Roads Lead to Freedom

I'm happy to announce that my submission was included in the "My American Internment" online exhibition.  Here's my artist statement that describes my photo submitted.

“All Roads Lead to Freedom,” is symbolic about the pursuit of freedom in America. On a recent trip, my flight was delayed at Chicago O’Hare Airport and I was intrigued by how the design in Gate H, relates to the current issue of Mexican internment camps. The American Flags are symbolic of American Freedom and the pursuit of happiness, the world globe and its glowing lights symbolic of welcoming all who come, and the metal pipe ceiling arch symbolic of the camps that separate or confine families. The question we should ask ourselves as a country, “Are we doing our part as the human family to keep refugee families together and to build a road that leads to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?”

From The Human Family Facebook Post:
The online human rights exhibition “My American Internment” has opened. On this 4th of July, consider the meaning of the Declaration of Independence through the work of four distinct artist:
Shane Balkowitsch - Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio, Bismarck, North Dakota based wet plate collodion artist; Kayla Branstetter, Purdy, Missouri based acrylic painter; AshtonArt, Moorhead, Minnesota based oil painter; and Scott Seiler Photography, Fargo, North Dakota based digital photographer.
Visit the exhibition through July 31 at http://ow.ly/5uh950hTnYP 

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Visit The Human Family website: https://www.human-family.org/