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Public Art Wheatpastes

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Artist Statement

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Public Art Wheatpastes

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Artist Statement

Featured publications | Interviews

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Wheatpaste public art of Laurie Smith's photo of The Wall.

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Laurie Smith CV

Food and travel photographs

Food and travel photographs

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Join me in opening eyes to what has been happening at the border.
Be an art activist. Be loving! Be BOLD!#soloelpueblosalvaalpueblo #usmexicoborder #borderartist #noborderwall #lauriesmithphoto

This photographer’s dream come true to have my photograph “Border Wall Cutting Through the Chihuahuan Desert” selected to hang with the 99 other spectacular photos in the 12th year of @eyesonmainstreetinc.
The exhibition has been up

The photographs in this zine reveal the stark presence of a 30-foot steel bollard wall stretching across the Chihuahuan Desert. Laying bare the effects of immigration policies. The wall of inhumanity. One land divided.
My hope is to inspire art activ

“President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.” Adam Serwer for @theatlantic 2018

Millions of undocumented immigrants live every day under the weight of fear
When fear becomes the background noise of daily life, that is a human rights crisis.
“I am afraid to take my child to the hospital.”
“My kids are afraid to

Construction has begun on the border wall at the southern base of Mount Cristo Rey. This rugged stretch was long considered impractical for fencing and remained one of the last gaps in the binational metro area, spanning El Paso, Sunland Park, and Ci

I am honored to have been asked to contribute photographs from At the Border: One Land Divided to Friar Jarek Wyszoczanski’s Between Borders and Hearts: Testimonies of Service and Gratitude (Entre Fronteras y Corazones Testi

The Department of Homeland Security just waived 28 regulations—the Clean Water Act is only one—to fast-track a 150-mile border wall through Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. The wall will block wildlife migration, dest

Where are they now?
And where has the soul of our country gone?

#usmexicoborder #familyseparations
#mansinhumanitytoman #lauriesmithphoto

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