USAID plastic wheat bag, watercolor pages inside with mixed media, calligraphy, and collage; 36x23x2″
“The President began unraveling USAID immediately. A 60+ year agency with a staff of 15,000 worldwide cost an average of $24.00 a year per American. DOGE dismantled USAID that prevented 92 million deaths over the past two decades. By 2030, there will be 14 million unnecessary ones. What does it now mean…from the American People?”
ARTIST BIO: Paula Kelberman and Patricia Pinciotti are collaborative book partners with CBAS since 2020. Professors and colleagues at East Stroudsburg University with Creative Arts Education doctorates, they deeply believe in the transformative power of the Arts. A shared love of bookmaking, shaped by peace and social justice ideologies, invite viewers to wonder, learn, question and become activists for ALL. Their creative book structures reveal words and imagery that hang, roll, and unfold as witness to their enduring conversations.