ICE OUT NOW!
Early this year in Minnesota, in response to the devastation of Operation Metro Serge, I made a couple of posters (ICE OUT NOW & Neighborhood ICE Watch) and gave them out for free to my neighbors because I wanted a voice. I wanted to make something tangible that could cut through silence and live in the community—in homes, in hands, in conversations. I printed and gave away 100 copies. That’s 100 times that message rippled outward. ICE was/is terrorizing our community and violating our rights every day. People were/are being taken from their homes, workplaces, bus stops, their cars and entire communities were being forced to live in fear. As I write this today, it is still happening. What’s happening is violent and unlawful. These are our neighbors, our coworkers, our friends, our family. Their safety is our safety. Entire communities were/are being forced into survival mode, and the physical and psychological toll is enormous. Fear should not be a condition of existence. Our city is built on care, resilience, and looking out for one another. We won’t normalize this. And we will keep showing up for each other.
ICE OUT Protest Poster Show in Minneapolis — February 13–15, 2026
Then in February, I had the opportunity to be part of something important—the ICE OUT Protest Poster Show, an ArtYouHeart exhibition that brought together local artists to make something loud, something visible, something that couldn’t be ignored, in resistance to what was happening.
The exhibition ran Friday, February 13 through Sunday, February 15 at Can Can Wonderland in Saint Paul (755 Prior Ave N).
Around the time of the show, the Pioneer Press covered the pop-up — Link: Anti-ICE pop-up poster show at Can Can Wonderland in St. Paul
Buy the Poster Here: ICE OUT NOW! | Naté | ArtYouHeart ——- All proceeds from poster sales were split among the ACLU of Minnesota, the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, and the International Institute of Minnesota.
The Witch’s Hat Projection — March 4, 2026
Then on March 4, the work moved outside. Light artist projectionist @SecondSightVisuals, alongside @n8me and ArtYouHeart, hosted a free public outdoor projection show on the Witch’s Hat Water Tower in Prospect Park (5 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis) from 7 to 8 pm. Posters from the Can Can show were projected in rotating display across the tower’s iconic silhouette.
Seeing my artwork at that scale, on that landmark, was just something else entirely. It felt like the work had finally found its full voice.
The Return — May 5, 2026
The projection came back. On Tuesday, May 5, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm, Second Sight Visuals returned to the Witch’s Hat Tower for another free public showing of the ICE OUT poster collection. Same location, same mission—keeping the message alive and visible in the community.
I believe that in moments of fear and uncertainty, creativity/art becomes resistance. This project gave/gives me a way to stand with my neighbors.
