Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Unfortunate news about one of the exhibitions I am in.

 FL3TCHR Exhibition under attack by right wing extremist groups

The Annual FL3TCH3R Exhibition held at the Reece Museum at ETSU / Eastern Tennessee State University has been under attacks from right wing extremist groups and Republicans. Read here for more info.
The theme of this year's annual exhibit was:  "Make Your Vote Count to Preserve Our Democracy".  This is the second time my work has been featured in this exhibition (See my attached artwork).  

The FL3TCH3R Exhibition has a special meaning as it aspires to honor the legacy of Fletcher Hancock Dyer, age 22, who was lost too soon in a motorcycle accident in Johnson City, TN on November 5, 2009. Fletcher was a senior in the Department of Art and Design at East TN State University pursuing a  concentration in Graphic Design under a Bachelor of Fine Arts program who believed " Fletcher wrote, “I dream of making a difference in some way with my art, I might attempt to right political, social, and religious wrongs by showing the rest of society a glimpse of how I feel about serious  issues in the world...Hopefully the awareness that I can help create will spark an interest in a movement that others will follow.” His family has been organizing this exhibition for many years at the Reece Museum. 

What can you do?  First of all, you could 
  • Pass along this information as the more exposure it gets the better
  • Sign the petition for free speech (below)
  • Write to the Dyer family (see emails below)
  • Think over this information as it might become the norm in the coming 4 years, sadly.  
  • How might you, too, be affected by infringements on your freedom of speech?  LINK  
  • How might you respond?
FL3TCH3R Exhibit

National Coalition Against Censorship
Johnson-City.based artist discusses his work, FL3TCH3R Exhibit's Impact


Other Article Links:

__. WJHL- 1st article

__. Campus Reform-UT

__. WJHL- today



Write to the Dyer Family in support of their efforts to keep the FL3TCH3R Exhibition free from censorship!

Barbara H. Dyer

bhdyer1@netscape.net 

M. Wayne Dyer

m.wayne.dyer@gmail.com 

Carrie Allyson Dyer

carr.edyer@gmail.com

FL3TCH3R Exhibit Co-Directors:

Barbara H. Dyer

Carrie A. Dyer

M. Wayne Dyer

1821 E. Oakland Ave., Johnson City, TN 37601

Web: http://www.fl3tch3rexhibit.com/index.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFl3tch3rExhibit




Image Above:
Triada Samaras
Democracy
Ink on Paper
14" x 11"
2020
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