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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LEXINGTON, Kentucky. Soul Boxes visually reinforce the message as Moms Demand Action holds a rally at the state capitol before a House vote that could make Kentucky a “Second Amendment sanctuary.”

PORTLAND, Oregon. Gun violence statistics can be hard to follow. A local artist works to make the problem more visible. About 7,000 origami Soul Boxes at The Madeleine Parish and School show the number of U.S. lives lost to gunfire each month.

PORTLAND, Oregon. Families devastated by gun violence experience an exhibition and fold Soul Boxes in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood.

ATLANTA, Georgia. A congregation with long-held commitments to social justice created a new ministry that weaves both crafting and activism together. They call it “craftivism.”

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. Listen to their original song.

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.