{"id":8531,"date":"2020-12-05T14:04:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T20:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barebonespuppets.org\/?page_id=8531"},"modified":"2020-12-10T21:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T03:53:14","slug":"offerings-backstory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barebonespuppets.org\/offerings-backstory\/","title":{"rendered":"Offerings Backstory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Dear BareBones Community,<\/p>\n
We are at a pivotal moment in history and the time is ripe for a quantum leap in the anti-racism work that BareBones has been exploring for many years. We-Harry and Lelis-want to facilitate a BareBones response that gives voice to the myriad cultural communities in the twin cities, keeps the core BareBones traditions intact, includes the expertise of long-established BareBones artists, explores our collective grief, acknowledges BareBones histories, and centers South Minneapolis, the epicenter of current changes.<\/em> We want our facilitation to center the bodies, generational knowledge, and expressions of each group. We yearn for an inclusive moving meditation on collective grief in these times of transition. Our collective energies are being challenged to address changes in the way the world is evolving. New ways of being in our spaces are paramount as we seek to heal as well as celebrate. OFFERINGS <\/i>is witnessed on a continuum, from the artist reflecting on their role in history as they make the work, to the people surrounding the artist and interacting intimately with their art, to the broader community encountering a finished expression.<\/p>\nWith love for BareBones and our communities, On Sundays in October leading up to the OFFERINGS<\/em> live pop-ups, BareBones Co-Facilitators Lelis Brito and Harry Waters Jr. had met up with a small group of the artists on Lake St. Each Sunday they connected to the street’s changes and heard from one another’s stories about the pulse of the neighborhood and responses to the recent uprisings after the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police. Out of this exploration, the artists had developed their works in multiple spaces, which took place from Oct. 24 to Nov. 7.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t photos: Paul Irmiter<\/p>\n\t
\nHarry Waters Jr. and Lelis Brito\n\n\t\tCreating Together: Artist Walks Down Lake St.\n\t<\/h4>\n\t