SQUAD art studio

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This land acknowledgement reminds us of the people who have been harmed and oppressed in the past, and of the harms that continue today. In the Ohio Country, as the Europeans referred to the northern territories west of the Allegheny Mountains, organized Native American settlements began about 1000 BC. We must attend to the intersectional identities and power systems of race, gender, class, religion, and ability to build peace, and to build a more just and equitable future. We recognize that we occupy and carry out our activities on the unceded, ancestral land of many Indigenous peoples. We also acknowledge the extraction of life energy and labor forced upon people of African descent and Indigenous peoples and autonomy denied to them by doing so. To connect with our local Indigenous community and its leaders, please reach out to the Council of the Three Rivers American Indian Center.

Research in SQUAD has been generously supported by a grant from the National Art Education Foundation.

Our logo was created by Newell Graphic Arts.

Our digital production studio was supported by Voyage Media Works.

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