Carla Rae Johnson
banner
comet1620.bsky.social
Carla Rae Johnson
@comet1620.bsky.social
Artist/Activist
July 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
June 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A thoughtful piece about Juneteenth and the Arts Establishment

“…in America at large, spectacle is welcomed more readily than structural change.”

From: “Juneteenth is the Story of a Freedom Withheld” by Damien Davis

hyperallergic.com/1021609/june...
Juneteenth Is the Story of a Freedom Withheld
In the art world, as in America at large, spectacle is welcomed more readily than structural change.
hyperallergic.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What would they say?
May 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
No Tyrants! No Kings! Protest/Rally on Garrison Landing with kayakers and the Clearwater while #47 rambles across the river at West Point.
May 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
New project beginning in studio…
May 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Wednesday’s benefit for Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill at KinoSaito was an amazing event, thanks to the energy and effort of guests, staff, & artists who freely gave their time & resources to help fund a Peekskill non-profit dedicated to combating local food and housing inequities.
May 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thank you to Mayor Vivian McKenzie and the Peekskill Common Council for making the 2016 “RESOLUTION AFFIRMING PEEKSKILL’S COMMITMENT TO BE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY …” accessible on the City website, and for prominently displaying the framed resolution in City Hall Rotunda!
May 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We offer an important and thoughtful 6 page issue of "The Artistic License" for May of 2025. We know you will enjoy it! Get it today at the BeanRunner Cafe in downtown Peekskill.
May 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NO KINGS!
April 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Coming on Tuesday, March 11 from 6-8 pm at the BeanRunner Café!

peekskillherald.com/24032/events...
Tapestries of memory: Honoring family stories at First Tuesday Salon
Mara Mills hosts 'Mothers & Others: Stories of Those Who Raised Us' on March 11, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Bean Runner Cafe
peekskillherald.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
March 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Attention folks in NY District 17
Homelessness increased 19% in Westchester County. (2023-2024)
HUD contracts start 3/1.
No word, yet from HUD
1,200 Westchester residents are at risk of losing their housing!
Call Rep. Mike Lawler today:
845-743-7130
Demand HUD contracts be renewed.
February 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NY District 17
Homelessness increased 19% in Westchester County.
HUD contracts start 3/1.
No word, yet from HUD
No HUD funding = no HUD supported housing.
1,200 Westchester residents are at risk of losing their housing.
Call Rep. Mike Lawler today:
845-743-7130
Demand HUD contracts be renewed.
February 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our gathering at Sen. Schumer’s Peekskill office building appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show last night! I’m holding a “WAKE UPCHUCK” sign. We must continue the pressure to stop the coup!
February 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A bit of good news that has been a LONG time coming! This lifts my heart at a time when little else does!
January 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM