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[Videos](/art-messenger-video)

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1000 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC, 20001

**THURSDAY, APRIL 11 — FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019** 
Monday – Saturday | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Art exhibition free and open to the public

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[View Full Gallery PDF](/sites/cato.org/files/2019-10/FreedomArt_Catalogue_4_0_cropped.pdf) 

![Take One Artwork](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/artwork/joey-manlapaz/2010/take-one.jpg?itok=JYdfn0aA) 

*Take One* 
JOEY MÁNLAPAZ

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![Rally for Universal Healthcare](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/artwork/2018/rally-universal-healthcare_0.jpg?itok=hnCXLpiv) 

*Rally for Universal Healthcare* 
SARA DILLIPLANE

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![The Chicago Typewriter](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/artwork/tara-barr/2018/chicago.jpg?itok=ccm4QhcT) 

*The Chicago* 
TARA BARR

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![The Profile Artwork](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/artwork/shanden-simmons/2018/profile.jpg?itok=k0NJaIXB) 

*The Profile* 
SHANDEN SIMMONS

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![A Certain Sense of Liberty](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/artwork/jady-bates/2018/certain-sense-liberty-self-portrait.jpg?itok=azwxszwW) 

*A Certain Sense of Liberty* 
JADY BATES

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![Frederick Douglass](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/artwork/dennis-carrie/2018/frederick-douglass-1847.jpg?itok=s0c1i66A) 

*Frederick Douglass* 
DENNIS CARRIE

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Freedom means something different to every person, yet its value is a common bond between Americans. In these polarized times, *Freedom: Art as the Messenger* aims to provide a unifying platform of civility and creativity. Artists from across the country–in a wide range of media–share innovative and thought-provoking perspectives on freedom and the enduring need for its protection.

The Cato Institute presented its inaugural art exhibition, *Freedom: Art as the Messenger*. The exhibition was free and open to the public from April 11 to June 14, 2019.

[View Art as the Messenger Videos](/art-messenger-video) 

Curated by Harriet Lesser and June Linowitz.

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