gk callahan website Style guide
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HEADINGS
Font family: Hammersmith One (open source font)
Weight: 400
Line height: 1.4em
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H1 — Page title / hero statement | 4em · 64px
relationship
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areas of practice
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studio art
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recent work
PARAGRAPHS
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P1 — Intro / featured paragraph | 1.125em · 18px
GK Callahan is a civic artist whose practice sits at the intersection of contemporary art, public life, and community development. Through paintings, public installations, facilitation, and consulting, he uses creativity as a tool to help people see their communities — and each other — in new ways.
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His work grows from a single belief: art changes perception before it changes systems. Whether gathering hundreds of strangers around a shared object or transforming a neglected lot into a living community garden, the question remains the same — what becomes possible when we begin to see differently?
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Please Touch Community Garden · Kansas City, MO · Community engagement, public art · 2019–present
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