Roberta Karstetter Assemblage Art: Gallery 3 - Art Reactions to Life, to Moral & Social Issues

Current toxic conditions in the government... 2018.

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Dedicated to Haiti Relief after the earthquake of January 12, 2010.
Some people fashioned shoes out of empty water or soda bottles, so as to not cut their feet on all the debris from buildings and homes being destroyed. The foot in the assemblage is on debris, but also rocks, with teeth... representing the cries of the people. Hands hold a rosary, as they pray for some relief to help them.
"Lord, In Your Mercy, hear our prayers!"

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School Daze I

School Daze I, created in November 2007. Children in 3rd World countries reactions to War.

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Created after 9/11/2001. Titled "As We Forgive".... from The Lord's Prayer.. "..forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us..."

Also an assemblage installation at Christ Episcopal Church depicting the events of 9/11.

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Reflection on the political climate

in the presidential candidate races in 2016.

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Gun Control Measures. January 8, 2011 - Gabrielle Giffords (congresswoman) is shot in the head, one of 13 wounded by Jared Lee Loughner at a "Congress on Your Corner" event at a Tucson grocery store. Six people are killed during the shooting rampage. Authorities say Giffords was the main target.

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Titled "WHERE IS THE HOPE", features a boat out to sea, with a word in Arabic, translated: HOPE. Created to bring awareness of the plight of Syrian refugees, many of whom, drowned when fleeing from their country, and no other countries would take them in. Many men, women and children drowned and washed up on the shores of neighboring countries. Created in 2017

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Health Care Ideas from a snake oil salesman... 2016, 2017...

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What will it take to make our children safe? How many innocent children need to die before gun control laws are strengthened and revised?! School Daze II - April 2018.

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Stop The Hate - August 2017

My reflections/commentary through art, on the horrific events in Charlottesville, VA in August 2017. This was featured at ART IN THE NARTHEX at Christ Episcopal Church on Sunday, August 27, 2017. Also featured were Bishop Steven Miller's letter to the Diocese of Milwaukee featuring his reflections on the events in Charlotteville.

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Assemblage Installation ...Created many, many years ago.... still asking the same question!

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Red, Brown, Yellow, Black or White, They are precious in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world.
Collaborative assemblage with the Christ Church Sunday School Class. February 2019.

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August 2019 "THE LEAST OF THESE"

My latest assemblage reflects the atrocities happening at the southern borders of the USA. People being put into cages, children separated from their parents, and more! "...the country is embroiled in a furious debate over the conditions of U.S. immigration detention facilities, as violence and poverty in Central America sends many refugees and migrants northward." USA Today, July 17, 2019

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This assemblage is based on Matthew 25:40, where Jesus said, "..whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Also remembering part of what is written on the base of the Statue of Liberty, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me..."