Faculty member Nikki Juen takes part in Art Rising: Take Trump Tower
MFA in Graphic Design founding faculty member Nikki Juen recently traveled to New York to take part in the Art Rising: Take Trump Tower performance protest on June 14, 2017.
Nikki, who is also an alumnx of the MFA in Visual Art program and a member of Brick x Brick, joined with other artists to protest the proposed funding cuts of the NEA inside of Trump Tower, the home of President Donald Trump and the home to his business empire.
The event received a lot of notice, including a piece from Al Jazeera News Network.
An in-depth examination of the performances can be read at Hyperallergic, the New Yorker, Crain’s, and the Indypendent.