Artist David Sokal criticizes frame: art about Trump racism, 1963 child Klan victim © A K Segan

The website of artist and pro-life educator A K Segan: www.humanrights-holocaust-art.org
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Note: This video can be viewed by viewers of all ages. The artist has guest taught children, with his Tolerance Education with Art power-point classes; frequently followed with his facilitating his Drawing-for-Healing art therapy - oriented workshop, with classes of school pupils ages 4 and up, older children, adolescents, teens in schools in six U.S. states, and with adult audiences in 7 states. He has guest taught all age audiences in Britain, including classes at numerous primary and secondary schools. He has guest education majors (student teachers-in-training) at university classes in Illinois, England; guest taught teachers at a secondary school, Hod Ha’sharon, Israel; guest taught at the School of Social Work, Haifa Univ.; guest taught first year M.A. Art Therapy classes, Arts Therapies program, Haifa University, Israel. He has facilitated workshops at International Conferences on the Holocaust & Education (Oct. '99, April '02, May '06), International School for Holocaust Education, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.
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The artwork: Sightseeing with Dignity (SWD catalog initials) human rights and tolerance education art series 58:
The Allegorical Sea Monsters and Weird GOP! TRUMP & Ku Klux Klan Race hate! BLEECh! In memory of Denise McNair, age 11, and three other girls murdered by Ku Klux Klan terrorists in the Klan bombing of the Baptist Street Church, Birmingham, Alabama, September 15, 1963.
/ Art: 2024. Media: Pencil, ink, colored pencil, watercolor, gouache.
/ Framed, 23 inches H x 19 W [58.42 cm H x 48.26 W]
I began the drawing on July 25, in pencil, drawing from a black and white photo of Denise McNair. She was an African-American girl murdered by Ku Klux Klan members at a bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, Sept. 15, 1963. Four girls died. Denise McNais was born Nov. 17, 1951. She was age 11.
/ The sea monsters are allegorical.
Now former President Trump has never apologized for his years of national leadership of the "Birther" race hate campaign against now former President Obama and his family; against all African Americans and blacks worldwide. Mr. Trump boasts "I'm the most non racist person you'll ever meet." / Trump has promoted hatred against Hispanics, Hispanic-Americans, Asians, Asian- Americans. During the 2016 election he posted a meme image of Mrs. Clinton with a Star of David and money, which was straight out of the propaganda playbook of Der Sturmer, the Third Reich's anti-Semitic 1930's newspaper. Trump mocked a disabled New York Times reporter, then denied doing that even though his mocking the reporter was photographed.
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Thanks to Mr Sokal for his interest. In years past when Mr Sokal would view and discuss my art (see a few earlier dated videos seen in UA-cam) he offered cogent, easily understandable and positive feedback. Since the pandemic, during an occasional visit, Mr Sokal now offers didactic, pedantic and very critical feedback. I'm not convinced to any good end but that's the way it is. As the Rolling Stones sang, "You can't always get what you want."
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Art, video © A K Segan