hope caneel johnson

cook / artist / educator

bio: hope caneel johnson is following the call of Rasha Abdulhadi to use their bio to uplift resistance efforts against the US-sponsored, Israeli genocide of Palestinians. You can contribute to the movement by donating supplies, direct aid to families, eSims, endorsing PACBI, engaging in BDS, and organizing with local groups involved in Palestine solidarity work. I hope that more people and institutions are moved to full-throated support, with their words, their resources, their (divestment from Israeli) money. You can contact PACBI@wawog.com if you have questions or concerns, including legal ones, about your cultural or academic organization’s commitment. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

employment history: Salvo's, Obelisk, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Hart's, COVID Behind Bars Data Project

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Art

Clothing Double process dye

Bleach, rit dye

Paper Suminagashi marbling

Okanara student paper, marbling ink, cloth

Mobile

Zora is born!
Wood, plastic, wire

Paintings

Evidence // Underground
16" x 12" acryclic
Exhibited at Rhizome D.C. in December 2024 STEAM exhibition.

Video

Ocean Side link
Shot on an iPhone 13 mini

I sometimes post photos of my art on Cara: link

I use Are.NA for research: link

Food

Bread Riot at Communiversity

Communiversity was a free, experimental, NYC-based community education offering in 2025. I facilitated a day-long workshop for high school students called Bread Riot, exploring food sovereignty through an anti-criminalization lens.

Kitchen Tool Library

Kitchen Tool Library is a project I founded in NYC. Design work by Clare Largomarsino.

Fermentation 101

Workshop for Community Gardeners in NYC with Justine Garcia.

Community Cake

Body Process is a Brooklyn-based collective of somatic and energy work practitioners dedicated to creating accessible spaces for healing, connection, and transformation through body-centered practices. In November 2024, Body Process hosted a meal for people to come together and get nourished. I baked a cake for the event, and it turned out beautifully! Enjoy these photos of my cake.

Grief ferment

I am grieving the ravages of empire and use fermentation to process my grief.
I am interested to learn about other fermentation-related or food-related grief practices. If you would to discuss, please email me.

Data

A Million Maps of Missouri

Data viz, MCMC sampling

For a project with the Princeton Gerrymandering Project and Clean Missouri, I created an ensemble of possible redistricting plans using MCMC sampling and visualized the result.
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Who's Still Talking About Guantánamo Bay?

Data viz, news media analysis

I investigated how the media has reported on the prison at Guantánamo Bay from 2010-2020.
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