⚜🎨#ArtIsAWeapon #HurricaneKatrina #NewOrleans #GulfCoast Remembering the more than 1,800 people who perished, the countless communities, homes and businesses destroyed because of the storm on Aug. 29, 2005 (15 years ago today), and the catastrophic #floods, levee failures and failed government response that followed. 🖼#Quilt by #artist Viola Burley Leak, "Katrina Wreckage and Tears . . . And Still We Rise" (2012) 77.5 x 72.5 in. Materials: Cotton fabric, lamé, metallic threads, cotton batting, acrylic paint Techniques: Silk screen, hand painting, machine quilting. (www. freedomcenter.org) #ViolaBurleyLeak #quilt #quiltart #WhenTheLeveesBroke #BlackArt #BlackArtists #TraScapades #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CEf5B4jAKW0/?igshid=ura9chexkzb4