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April Deacon

@aprildeacon

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Southern Ohio Artist, Educator, and Community Activist.

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End Male Entitlement to Female Bodies, 2026.

#cornelluniversity #patriarchy #handlettering #painting #ohioartist by @aprildeacon

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19 days ago

Wildflowers, 2026.

Super grateful to all the folks who filled my summer with commissions. Desperately needed a minute just to play though! #acrylic #painting #mixedmedia #ohioartist #collage by @aprildeacon

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There are projects you move quickly on, but this isn't one of them.

We're so incredibly grateful to share that the Ohio Arts Council has awarded us $17,183 through their ArtsNEXT program to support our Monument Project.

From the very beginning, we've known this work would require patience. It asks us to sit with difficult histories, to listen more than we speak, and to make sure the people whose stories we're entrusted with feel seen, respected, and represented with care.

Too often, communities are encouraged to move on before they've had the opportunity to remember honestly. We appreciate that the Ohio Arts Council recognizes the importance of projects that preserve lived experience rather than allowing it to disappear into collective erasure. That kind of support says something about the role the arts play in helping communities understand themselves more fully.

Our responsibility now is to be worthy of that trust.

Over the coming months and years, perhaps, we'll continue listening, documenting, and working alongside our neighbors to ensure this project reflects the people and stories that belong here. Doing it well means it won't just become a monument, but it'll become a place where memory, truth, and humanity are held with dignity.

Thank you, Ohio Arts Council, for believing in this work and for making space for projects that ask communities to remember with honesty, compassion, and care.

We are deeply honored.

#monuments #recovery #createtogether #community

@abbykadabby @joshua__lawson @heidi_bender_kauffman by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

So thrilled to complete another project for a former student.
Totally atypical, but when the commission prompt is Samurai Tarot Card . . . it’s an emphatic YES!
Thank you for your patronage and your service, Gavin.❤️ #painting #tarotcards #acrylicgouache #handlettering #ohioartist by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

DARE YOU, 2026.
#mixedmedia #collage #handlettering #watercolor #painting by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

Progress? Completion? IDK. #painting #nonrepresentational #ohioartist #art #artistsofinstagram by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

A toxic world filled with toxic lettuce and toxic air calls for toxic art.
Toxic Traits, 2026.
#mixedmedia #collage #watercolor #toxictrait #ohioartist by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

Throwback.
Idols of Worship: Greed, 2015
#greed #sculpture #ceramics #american #corruption by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

I painted this during the first term. Truer today. #president #popquiz #ohioartist #handlettering #narcissist by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

Reposting this Illustrator design for the newly deceased at the hands of the U.S. government. #abolishice #stopstatesanctionedviolence #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #vote #graphicdesign by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

Can’t think about much else.
#abolishice #handlettering #ohioartist #fightthepower #immigrantsmakeamericagreat by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago

Finished up this commission today for a former student in honor of his late father-a Leo.
#painting #acrylicgouache #ohioartist #linework #leo by @aprildeacon

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3 months ago