GUNS, ARTMAKING & TRUTH

a toolkit to support individual and communal art-making in response to gun violence

Fourth Responders: a Manifesto

Fourth Responders share immersive, creative experiences that weave arts, humanities, and social sciences in response to crisis, empowering individuals and communities to understand, interpret, and express through art-making, memorializing, and activism

Responders to Emergencies & Crisis

FIRST RESPONDERS
Law enforcement and emergency personnel

SECOND RESPONDERS
Supporting institutions and organizations

THIRD RESPONDERS
Communities, mutual aid and social support

FOURTH RESPONDERS
Creative expression as a form of activism & education

Guns, Artmaking & Truth: The Lab

The Art & Humanities Lab course was co-facilitated by professors Laura Turchi and Dr. Daniel Bernard Roumain at Arizona State University

Community of Fourth Responder Stages

Stage 1: Research

Delivery, sharing, and discussion of complex, multi-perspective, information

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Stage 2: Discussion

Contributors experiment with creative responses and performances to express and communicate their ideas

View Sample Exercises

Stage 3: Performance

After rehearsals and coaching, the community of Fourth Responders makes their ideas public with presentations and performances

View Contributor Performances