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Kat
@katparent.bsky.social
multimedia artist, deep-dive nerd, swamp seedling 🌱
ICE OUT won't be over until we abolish ICE #bellameow #bellaciao #zine #abolishICE
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
that's my kitty! he loves a full body smoosh! 😭 thank you 😍
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Wrote a cat version of Bella Ciao and illustrated a zine with the lyrics that anyone can print and meow at home πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸ’–πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸ’–πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸ’– all models are angry local cats #bellameow #bellaciao #standwithMinnesota #fuckICE #abolishIcE #zine
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Here is the Bella Meow illustrated lyrics zine file for anyone who wants to print at home and share! all drawings are of angry local cats πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸ’–πŸˆβ€β¬›
February 10, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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Necessary reading on the history of the Whipple Building via @ict-news.bsky.social for those who aren't aware of the history of this site at Fort Snelling: ictnews.org/news/former-...
Former Native American concentration camp lies beneath current immigration detention center - ICT
Fort Snelling, the site of a Dakota War era concentration camp, is once again being used to detain Indigenous people
ictnews.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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With so much info flying around, just want to uplift this link to specific calls-to-action from a coalition of *Minnesota* immigrant rights orgs: iceoutnowmn.com

(resharing without the image; that's a longer conversation but the link is still worth amplifying)
January 29, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Hosted a watercolor free-paint art space while Good Trouble held a community sing and vigil in Minneapolis this weekend.
January 15, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
hat magic πŸͺ„ made a silly witch hat by slowly squishing a damp thrifted felt hat over a makeshift pointy hat block (funnel + water jug) #diy #costume #upcycled #witchhat #hatmaking #mending #witchy
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
trying a lockstitch sewing awl on the busted seam of my favorite work boots, from a box of vintage leatherworking tools my aunts gave me. It's easier than I expected, and if this repair holds up I'll definitely be using it on more household mending! #awl #repair #leatherwork #mending #shoerepair
October 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@seemore.bsky.social edited me into this picture of one of my green dye bath experiments like a Victorian ghost photo and I feel so seen πŸ‘»πŸ’šπŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈ #dyeing #prociondye #swampling #swampthing #green #spookyart #horrorart #textileart #goblincore #moss
October 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
October 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My giant summer project is up at Our Saviour's on Chicago! a canvas map mural surrounded by local children's dreams for the world. It's designed to be taken down regularly and knelt around/on for peace and solidarity prayers. More permanent hanging system to come 🌍 #kidsart #mural #communityart
September 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Made #liveart this weekend to my friend Kenny's piano improvisations, and tested my supplies in extra heat and humidity πŸ˜… Inspirations: maple buds amid hazy spring storms, grief and the Malvina Reynolds tune "The World's Gone Beautiful [because it's asking not to die]" #acrylicpainting #mixedmedia
July 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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for twin cities friends: we're playing a free, outdoors, all-ages show on wednesday, july 23 at silverwood park. 6:30-8pm.

secret rivers is me on vocals and @seemore.bsky.social on the MPC and loop station 505 - guante.info/SecretRivers
July 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
July 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Linocut proof of joyous lil guy, Gimbal Jen. What a man! #linocut #wip #blockprint #cat #catart #meow
July 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A truly wondrous week making stuffies with grades K-4 as a teaching artist at S Mpls Day Camp! Such a treat to watch students develop their projects over 5 sessions βœ¨πŸ’–βœ¨ #kidsart #stuffie #plushie #textileart #artteacher #artproject
June 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's hammock weather + I'm surrounded by tree tassels and trilliums with my old friends the Bolt Weevils sweet tunes in my head. They're having a rare reunion show and I'll be playing a set of original tunes (Fri bonus set: @too.oldcat!) πŸ’–πŸŒΏπŸŒΈ come enjoy fab songwriting, queer joy and spring magic
May 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Happy May Day parade! upcycled a tablecloth into this Snufkin hat in honor of spring #moomin #snufkin #mumrik #maydayparade
May 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A little art quilt about grief and precarity...I had this idea for a tiny soft quilted moving box full of deep purple scrap quilt sky and stars. #artquilt #softsculpture #griefquilt #scrapquilt #textileart #movingbox
April 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
2012 painting of a nesting swan I met in Norway #painting #acrylicpainting #coloredpencil #mixedmedia #swan #nesting
April 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
March 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM