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This sound is real. 💔
It is part of the intense bombardment heard across Gaza tonight.

There is no image in this video—only the sound.
I leave it to each of you to imagine the scene.

Please share this clip again and again.
Let the world hear what Gaza is living through. 🥀🇵🇸

#viralreelsvideo❤️ #virel #fitnessmotivation #follow #Gaza

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My daughter is crying from hunger. Is there anyone who can help and support us in our ordeal? Donation link in bio.

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وفاء كبرت في الحرب… وكبرت معها أحلامها الصغيرة 🤍
واليوم تحجّبت، خطوة جميلة من طفلة تحاول أن تتمسّك بالفرح رغم كل ما مرّت به. 🥹🕊️

شجّعوها بكلمة طيبة وتعليق جميل ❤️
وإذا استطعتم، ساهموا بتبرع صغير يساعدها وعائلتها على الاستمرار.
كل تعليق، مشاركة وتبرع يعني لها الكثير. 🤲🏻💔

#وفاء #غزة #أطفال_غزة #فلسطين #Gaza Palestine
Wafaa grew up amidst the war… and her little dreams grew with her 🤍 Today, she's wearing a hijab, a beautiful step from a child trying to hold onto joy despite everything she's been through. 🥹🕊️

Encourage her with a kind word and a lovely comment ❤️ And if you can, contribute a small donation to help her and her family continue.

Every comment, share, and donation means so much to her. 🤲🏻💔

Wafaa Gaza ChildrenOfGaza Palestine

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Thank you to the Elemental Effervescence contributing artists and curator Yasmeen Abdallah for providing insight through their work and meaningful discussions.

Elemental Effervescence brings together fifteen Pratt alumni and students exploring materiality, place, existentialism, and our shared experience of the present moment, creating space for reflection, connection, and collective consciousness.

Contributing artists: Q Ayodele, Lucia Bautista, Phoebe Kalm Choi, Jack Catlett, Elendë Connor, Madison Dominguez-Norris, Susan Luss, Farrell Mason-Brown, Violet Middlebrook, Morgan O’Connell, Claire Parker, Lo Smith, Jaden Story, Nessa Yang, and Ryan Zogheb.

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Please, my dear friends, do not ignore my message. It may be the last time I appeal to you for help. I hope everyone will help in any way they can, whether through financial support, sharing, commenting, or reposting. I need you, my brothers and sisters.#gaza #gazanation #gaza #gazagenocide #gazaunderattack

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VIOLET MIDDLEBROOK
Piston of Finality
Ceramic, glaze, and wool
10 x 24 inches

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💔 My little girl bangs on the empty bowl and says, “There’s no food… no milk, nothing to fill this bowl with.”

Such small words from a child, yet they carry so much pain.

We urgently need food and milk for our children. We appeal to kind-hearted people around the world to stand with us and help in any way they can.

🙏 Please don’t let our children go to bed hungry. Even the smallest act of kindness can make a huge difference in their lives.

Donation link in bio.

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📢 Announcement to my friends and loved ones

My previous Instagram account was deleted due to the platform's policies regarding content related to our people in Gaza.

I hope you will support my new account and share it with your friends so I can continue to amplify our voices and convey what we are experiencing.

❤️ Your support and sharing mean so much to me.

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Join us on Thursday, August 13, from 6-7:30 PM for an artist talk presented in conjunction with Elemental Effervescence. Moderated by curator YasmeenAbdallah, the conversation will bring together exhibiting artists to discuss the ideas and material inquiries that shape the exhibition.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Address: 630 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn NY 11206, First Floor

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VIOLET MIDDLEBROOK
Monument of Decay
Ceramic, glaze, and wool
10 × 20 inches

Violet Middlebrook is an interdisciplinary artist who received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2026. Raised in Upstate New York, her practice is deeply informed by queer ecology and the interconnected systems of the natural world. Working across painting, sculpture, and printmaking, she explores themes of decay, regeneration, the abject, communal structures found in nature, and the relationship between the body and its environment. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and is the recipient of the Henriette Reiss Award for Artistic Endeavor.

Artist Statement (Excerpt)
My work is rooted in a profound reverence for both decay and regeneration. I am fascinated by the beauty and complexity of these natural processes and use imaginative imagery to explore my relationship to the physical body. Rather than viewing decay as an ending, I see it as a transformative state—a moment when the body is no longer defined by burden or limitation but becomes one organism among many, participating in an intricate communal system.
My work reflects a longing to exist within those systems. In my present state, I often feel estranged from the natural world, yet every creature I create becomes a self-portrait, and every ecosystem that surrounds it embodies the community and interdependence I seek. Through these imagined worlds, I explore the possibility that beauty lies not in permanence, but in transformation, reciprocity, and renewal.

On view for the group exhibition, Elemental Effervescence curated by Yasmeen Abdallah.

Photo: @shawnpunch

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Elemental Effervescence opening reception.

Thank you to the artists, friends, collectors, curators, and members of the community who joined us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition.

Curated by Yasmeen Abdallah, Elemental Effervescence brings together fifteen artists whose paths intersect through Pratt Institute, exploring the connective power of artistic practice and the ways creative inquiry can foster dialogue, reflection, and belonging.

Through diverse approaches to materiality, place-making, memory, and perception, the exhibition considers the relationship between the natural and constructed worlds while creating space for both individual inquiry and collective exchange.

Featuring work by Q Ayodele, Lucia Bautista, Phoebe Kalm Choi, Jack Catlett, Elendë Connor, Madison Dominguez-Norris, Susan Luss, Farrell Mason-Brown, Violet Middlebrook, Morgan O’Connell, Claire Parker, Lo Smith, Jaden Story, Nessa Yang, and Ryan Zogheb.

Elemental Effervescence remains on view through August 29, 2026.

Gallery Hours: Tuesdays, 1 – 6 PM, and by appointment only on other days of the week.

For artwork, availability, and exhibition inquiries, please contact info@theiwgallery.com.

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💫Our fifth week of BFA Painting Thesis Shows open Monday, April 27th #steubengallery 5-7pm
Exhibition Dates: April 27th – May 1st
Gallery hours, Monday-Friday 9 am - 5 pm
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Exhibiting Artists: Caris Cheng, Kate Christian, Kylie Hicks, Stephen Holmes, Lucille Lindberg, Violet Middlebrook, Rose Pertofsky, Xinying Shen, and Kat Silk
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Fine Arts BFA Thesis exhibitions are an annual showcase and celebration of student work by Pratt Institute’s Department of Fine Arts. In these culminating exhibitions, each student presents a body of work created during their senior year.
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We hope to see you there! Check back in here on IG often as each week we will roll out information for each upcoming show along with student designed posters!
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#bfathesisshow #artschool #contemporaryart #painting
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@soartpratt @prattinstitute

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