Interactive Art Show Opens at Art Emergency for Final Friday 9/26
Trauma Toolbox: Coping with Suffering and Frustration in the Current Administration
Event Details:
What: Trauma Toolbox: Coping with Suffering and Frustration in the Current Administration
When: Friday, September 26, 2025 – during Final Friday Art Walk, 5-9pm
Where: Art Emergency, 721 E 9th St, Lawrence, KS 66044
Who: Featuring over 20 local artists, curated by Margie Carr & Shanna Wagner
Admission: Free and open to the public
Local artists Margie Carr and Shanna Wagner invite the public to experience an interactive art exhibition. The exhibition brings together more than 20 artists and presents a wide range of works—from protest signs to 3D installations and game-based art pieces. Designed to be participatory, the show invites visitors not just to view but to interact with the art.
Carr and Wagner understand the importance of laughter and community when life is difficult. "Our hope is that by engaging with these works, people will find release from frustration, discover moments of levity, and gain new ideas for how to be involved in creating change,” say Carr and Wagner.
The interactive games titles include, Border Wall Personality Disorder, Reap from the Deep State, Visitors Build “ Walls”, Ice Detention Cage,
Misogyny Bingo, Limbo--how LOW CAN YOU GO?
Whack A Troll For Spreading Disinformation, 'Rock Em Sock Em' Partisan Debate, Flat Earth Conspiracy Globe, Trump Crypto Token Toss,
'Random Cuts’ Exciting Department of Education Board Game.
As well as in our Trauma Toolbox we have Protest buttons, stickers, information flyers and postcards.
Fun snacks like Trump Tacos, Flat Earth Moon Pies, Diet Coke and Cheese Balls
The Trauma Toolbox exhibition is part of Lawrence’s celebrated Final Friday Art Walk, a monthly event highlighting the city’s thriving arts community.
For more information or media inquiries, please contact:
Shanna Wagner – swagner@sunflower.comMargie Carr- margiecarr@sunflower.com