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During the uprising following George Floyd’s murder, business owners around town covered storefronts with plywood. Artists, protestors, and community members saw a blank canvas, and Leesa Kelly, founder of Memorialize the Movement, began collecting and preserving the artworks that emerged. Years later, the organization has collected over 1000 works of art. With the support of U of MN’s Katherine E. Nash Gallery, “Art and Artifact” displays a selection of murals from this time in order to ask viewers to reflect on the impact of this time, and the living archive and movement that still continues today.