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UNM Art Museum presents “We the People…” for your election year viewing

Through December 19

Democracy and expressions of patriotism take many forms in We the People, an exhibition drawn from the UNM Art Museum’s permanent collection which celebrates Article 2 of the United States Constitution. This article provides for the election of a President and Vice President every four years and subsequent amendments ensure that all citizens 18 years of age and older, regardless of race, color, or gender, have the right to vote. In recognition of this important political season, UNM Art Museum offers these works as inspiration of our citizen’s rights and responsibilities.

The exhibit boasts a rare ambrotype of the young, beardless Abraham Lincoln, and one of the abolitionist, statesman, orator and author Frederick Douglass, who ran for vice president on a ticket with Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president, in 1872.

Modern-day photographers include Diane Arbus and William Clift, whose empty courtroom photos include a shot of the courthouse in Lincoln County, New Mexico.

All three branches of government – executive, judicial and legislative – are represented here.

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