STRATEGIC
ARTS ADVOCACY
INSTALLATION & EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
CO-FOUNDER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR:
THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY
DIGITAL CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVILITY:
rACE & TECHNOLOGY
AI ETHICS
PRIVACY
DIS/MISINFORMATION
DEPROGRAMMING POSTMODERNISM
PUBLIC HEALTH:
gUN VIOLENCE AND PTSD
CHRONIC ILLNESS/dISability
ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS
AUTISM
EMF SCIENCE
ACADEMIC/ARTISTIC FREEDOM:
EMF SCIENCE
THE COLLEGE FREE SPEECH CRISIS
CANCEL CULTURE
DEPROGRAMMING POSTMODERNISM
consulting & audits
coaching & trainings
curriculum
campaigns & coalitions
curatorial strategies
THANK YOU TO OUR PATRONS AND PARTNERS:
AND TO OUR ARTISTS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
ACLU MN
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
RECLAIM THE BLOCK I URBAN EDUCATORS
SAFETY NOT SURVEILLANCE COALITION
LITTLE EARTH NATIVE HUD COMMUNITY I NATIVE YOUTH ARTS COLLECTIVE
INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL HUMANITY I BYTES MEDIA
PROTECT MN I SECOND CHANCE MN
GUNS DOWN, LOVE UP
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY I HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF LITERACY NARRATIVES
NORTH SUBURBAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS I URBAN EDUCATORS
NORTHEAST SCULPTURE GALLERY
TULAINE VALLEY CREATES I LEWIS AND CLARK UNIVERSITY
(SM)ART CRITICISM
PUBLICATIONS & PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
pUBLICATIONS:
POSTHUMANISM: NEW MEDIA ART
INTIMA: A JOURNAL OF NARRATIVE MEDICINE
POP CULTURE & THEOLOGY
BLERG.COM
AWARDS:
bEST PAPER: MIDWEST LEGAL ACADEMY (2020)
MISSOURI REVIEW (RUNNER-UP, 2018)
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES:
RHETORIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
RHETORIC OF HEALTH & MEDICINE
ART EXHIBITIONS/CIVIC FORUMS
JURIED AND GRANT FUNDED i LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
dr. mckain as curator and executive producer
thank you to our partners
AND HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS AND VOLUNTEERS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD:
ACLU MINNESOTA
LITTLE EARTH NATIVE YOUTH ART COLLECTIVE
SAFETY NOT SURVEILLANCE
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF LITERACY NARRATIVES
“X’
Xavier mcfarlin
flyer design by
joseph cobb
for a full exhibition list, visit: www.instituteforaestheticadvocacy.com/exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS: PUBLIC HEALTH
JURIED &/OR GRANT FUNDED
cONTAMINATED: MENTAL HEALTH AND cOVID
INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
& CROSS-CULTRAL CIVIC FORUM
ONLINE (PEAK PANDEMIC)
MAY 2020
ALL BULLETS SHATTER:
UNCOUNTED STORIES OF GUN VIOLENCE & TRAUMA
NATIONAL “LIVING” EXHIBITION
& CIVIC FORUM
MINNEAPOLIS AND ONLINE
MAY 2022
CITE THIS LADY.
for a full exhibition list, visit: www.instituteforaestheticadvocacy.com/exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS: DIGITAL CIVIL RIGHTS
JURIED &/OR GRANT FUNDED
cONTAMINATED: x AND cOVID
INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
& CROSS-CULTRAL CIVIC FORUM
ONLINE (PEAK PANDEMIC)
MAY 2020
ALL BULLETS SHATTER:
UNCOUNTED STORIES OF GUN VIOLENCE
& TRAUMA
NATIONAL “LIVING” EXHIBITION
& CIVIC FORUM
MINNEAPOLIS AND ONLINE
MAY 2022
“X’
Xavier mcfarlin
flyer design by
joseph cobb
for a full exhibition list, visit: www.instituteforaestheticadvocacy.com/exhibitions
ART INSTALLATIONS
JURIED & grant FUNDED I group & solo shows I national & international
CZONG INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
ZVEREV CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
RHETORIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
NE SCULPTURE GALLERY FACTORY
HAMLINE-MIDWAY ARTS FESTIVAL
ST. CLOUD ZINE FEST
TWIN CITIES ZINE FEST
ELY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
934 GALLERY
TUGBOAT GALLERY
SHELTER IN PLACE GALLERY
WYOMING CREATIVE ARTS CENTER
DREAMSONG GALLERY
FRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK
CZONG MUSEUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
CIVIC FORUMS & ENGAGEMENT
WORKSHOPS I CURRICULUM I COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS
ACLU MINNESOTA
tulaine valley creates
councilman steve fletcher
councilman simon trautmann
LITTLE EARTH NATIVE HUD COMMUNITY
LITTLE EARTH YOUTH ART COLLECTIVE
SAFETY NOT SURVEILLANCE
RECLAIM THE BLOCK
INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL HUMANITY
PROTECT MN
SECOND CHANCE COALITION
GUNS DOWN, LOVE UP
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF LITERACY NARRATIVES
“plugged in”: privacy and surveillance
northeast sculpture gallery
minneapolis, mn I october 2021.
www.instituteforaestheticadvocacy.com/communityeducation
EDUCATION & TRAININGS
WORKSHOPS I CURRICULUM I COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS
CURRICULUM: K-12 AND COLLEGE
NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
WORKSHOPS & TRAININGS
TULAINE VALLEY CREATES
LEWIS & CLARK UNIVERSITY
RHETORIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA