Frederico Froibel paste up mural featuring Imagine Uhlenbrock, 2025
I spent two weeks in Mexico this January working with my good friend David Manzanares on a workshop with public school teachers in Oaxaca. The workshop took place in Collantes, an Afro-Mexican community where I was able to share a portrait and language from interviews with Imagine Uhlenbrock.
It was amazing to walk participants through my history and the process behind the portrait series I began in 2021. Teachers reflected on ideas that were central to their understanding of themselves and then shared those with one another and made portraits of their partner. To see the enthusiasm they brought to this process was incredibly gratifying.
A paste up of Imagine and her quote, "the most radical thing you can do as a black person, is prioritize your joy" are now mounted permanently outside the Kindergarten where our workshop was held. Thank you so much to Cencos Sección Veintidós for making this possible!
Liberation Patchwork - a collective project of New Haven-based artists for peace, 2024 in correspondence with the Yale Books Not Bombs movement for a Free Palestine.
Lincoln Calling presents a new series highlighting artists and institutions in our community pushing the needle of creativity and connectivity. For the first installment of The Art Beat we caught up with Katharen Wiese, an African American multimedia artist exploring the intersections of race, gender, and consumerism. As a Community Arts Organizer with The South of Downtown Community Development Organization, Kat has transformed her community through public art, events, and workshops. Please take the time to get to know Kat and her amazing work. Directed by Kayla Solorzano. Produced by Toan Vuong. Music by Funkmammoth. www.lincolncalling.com. 2021
Slow Your Roll Mural - designed by Kat Wiese, organized by South of Downtown CDO, Bike LNK, Community Crops, NeighborWorks Lincoln, Pepe’s Bistro and more.
Learn more about the project at bit.ly/SlowMuralSTORY
Video Work with South of Downtown CDO
Black History Black Futures Coloring Book - Covers and graphic design by Kat Wiese. Artists including Artie Mack, Dwight Brown, Chastity Hyman, Nykele DeVivo, and Nathan Murray with photographic references from Josh Johnson
Learn more about the project: https://journalstar.com/news/local/article_cb16586e-c109-5142-a079-5de298445c66.html
See more news on the project at: https://www.1011now.com/2021/02/01/lincoln-neighborhood-creates-black-history-coloring-book/
Series when the son rise and the son set look the same. 2020. After Ahmaud Arbery.
The physical work was originally at Sandy’s Bar, 14th and O St. Lincoln, NE. This work is now housed in the collection of the Nebraska History Museum. The digital art is a part of the poster project of the Nebraska History Museum’s History in the Making the series.
