Shelley Miller

Working in public art, street art and community engagement. Create, inspire, empower.

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I'm hosting a "Sew-In" Nov. 12th from 1-4pm at my house. What's a Sew-In, you ask? It's a peaceful protest in favour of sitting quietly and hand sewing with fellow humans; a place to share… https://t.co/P4skQxeGe7

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It's a day of mourning. I stand in solidarity with the 47 million Brazilians who voted against fascism, especially my friends and loved ones in the North East. Brazil has been a place I've… https://t.co/vugFU4dpHz

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Throw back: Beautiful decay of sugar roses on mural called "Pipe Dreams" 2001. Montreal. #sugar #streetart #publicart #decoration #decadence #decay #momentomori #urbanart #artmontreal https://t.co/SgRNQ9Njqt

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It was a day rich with ideas! I presented my sugar murals at this conference in #Lisboa today. This is some of my 'swag'. Presentations will be published later by rede_azulejo #azulejo… https://t.co/HaXWVrvQBi

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Weight training was literally the only thing I could do today from not going crazy amidst what's happening in US politics. I bought myself a full weight set when I was 16. I remember… https://t.co/zzSFohgdGe

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Grotesquerie. Work in progress. #drawing #grotesque #illustration #trump #resist #powertothepeople #wip https://t.co/WlE4jVEWrE

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@ava I think Queen Sugar could use a sugar mural? Customized for the show, used for opening sequence or a launch party? Looks like colonial ceramic murals, but mine wash away, revealing the destructive side of colonization and its legacy #queensugar #handmade

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Agreed

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Doc @13THFilm by Ava Duvernay @ava so brilliantly captures systemic injustice. I created an ephemeral sugar mural "Legacy" to address same system in Brazil. Let's all wake up to the sugar coating of new systems of oppression. #QUEENSUGAR #13th #BLM

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Come by the @symposiumbsp International Art Symposium in Baie-St-Paul, Quebec. 12 artists, with open studios 12-5pm, Wed-Sun. Great opportunity to dialogue with contemporary artists about their work and the theme #ArtAndPolitics #publicart #baiesaintpaul

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My mural "Legacy", part of the billboards lining boardwalk in Baie-St_Paul, Quebec. Part of @symposiumbsp #publicart #artandpolitics

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POWER take 2: I see your paint, and raise you more sugar. #streetart #power #sugarshelley #gurlpower #urbanart #graffiti #publicart #artpublic #artpublicmtl #sugar#arteurbano… https://t.co/TGuEV6Q3FT

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Sneak peek! Just went up. #power #sugarmural… https://t.co/XrIMBZSog0

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Creation needs destruction https://t.co/1VyQslk2b9

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Henna on wall. Kerala, India. 2008. I'm looking back at some interventions I did during a… https://t.co/1GSxb0CWUx

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Armed and dangerous. Ready for action in the studio day. #sugarart #makeithappen #sugarshelley… https://t.co/IhOz3kTXyM

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It's SPRING! Makes me think of sugar street art season coming up.... #sugarshelley… https://t.co/URIddSl98L

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Details from "Structura habitata": my public art mural @cusm_muhc #artpublicmtl #publicart… https://t.co/0AaNXiSmhj

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What's in a Name? Where my ladies at?! https://t.co/JMdTgMqJp5

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Another throwback to my "Consumptuous" series. 2006. Sugar and cake Louis Vuitton bag replicas.… https://t.co/xRCcZaih5c