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Sarasota artist John Sims demands change through art, writing He takes aim at Confederate iconography, including a local plantation.   Published Feb. 24 John Sims creates provocative multimedia and performance works that confront “Confederate iconography as symbols of visual terrorism and white supremacy in the context of African American culture.” That project, called Recoloration Proclamation, has been the Sarasota-based artist, writer and activist’s primary mission for 20 years. It began when the Detroit native moved to Sarasota to teach visual mathematics at the Ringling College of Art and Design. He was stunned by the Confederate flags and memorials he saw in town. Sims inspired a national pushback on Confederate symbols.

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