American Struggle

Published to accompany the first major museum exhibition of Lawrence's Struggle series, opening at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, in January 2020. The exhibition then travels nearly two continuous years around the United States. The museums hosting this landmark exhibition are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Birmingham Museum of Art (AL), the Seattle Art Museum, and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. The museums and SFP will be posting on YouTube a series of videos of the 35 teens whose works featured in the book. They will be reading their entries and talking about how this project pertains to their lives. Coordinated publicity and marketing campaign with Peabody Essex Museum. Readings, workshops, and other events scheduled with the four other venues.