Media Highlights

The Soul Box Project is making news across the country.

See where and how dedicated ARTivists are using Soul Boxes to visualize the scale of gun violence.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. Visitors and volunteers gather for the Soul Box Project, an art installation representing victims of gun violence, at the Mall in D.C. on Oct. 16.

WASHINGTON, D.C. More than 200,000 Soul Boxes were on display at the National Mall. CBS Mornings visited the exhibit and talked to parents who made Soul Boxes for their children, lost to gunfire.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The touring exhibit spanned the National Mall, demonstrating that each loss is one we all carry. “Everyone is impacted.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. Almost 200,000 Soul Boxes lined the National Mall, representing lives lost and injured in the U.S. over the last 3 years. “The gun violence is just unexplainable, right?”

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. On average, gun violence takes more than 1,200 lives each year in Michigan and 2021 is on pace to be the worst year in decades. This entry in the city-wide ArtPrize festival displays 8,800 Soul Boxes.

Our Portland preview of This Loss We Carry featured 70,000 Soul Boxes representing one year of U.S. gunfire deaths and injuries. This exhibit was approximately one-third the size of the exhibit scheduled for the National Mall on October 16 and 17, 2021.

At the Maryland State House, Moms Demand Action displays an exhibit of Soul Boxes honoring 724 Maryland victims of gun violence.

Portland’s popular morning show interviews a father who has found solace in folding Soul Boxes after losing his teenage son to suicide.

A Baltimore, MD, mother finds meaningful respite in The Soul Box Project during her ongoing efforts to receive justice for the police shooting of her son.

Clips of interviews from various news channels with Artist and Founder of Soul Box Project, Leslie Lee.