{"id":16330,"date":"2022-06-28T17:36:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/what-were-watching-why-art-is-a-tool-for-hope\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T17:36:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:36:06","slug":"what-were-watching-why-art-is-a-tool-for-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/what-were-watching-why-art-is-a-tool-for-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"What We&#8217;re Watching: Why art is a tool for hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-12 panel-display mccoppin clearfix \">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 radix-layouts-column2 panel-panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel-inner content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-dynamic-token-fieldnode-gia-submitted-by field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<div class=\"field--name-node-submitted-by\">Submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giarts.org\/blog\/Jaime%20Sharp\">Jaime Sharp<\/a> on June 28, 2022<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-dynamic-token-fieldnode-body field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<p>From TED: &#8220;Famed for enormous black-and-white portraits that are pasted on surfaces ranging from the Louvre to the US-Mexico border wall, multimedia artist JR continues to tackle ambitious projects. 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