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Deep Listening Post

The Deep Listening Post is a place where people can come to be heard about what’s important to them in a safe and respectful environment. Empathetic volunteers lend an ear so that people can share about what’s happening in their…

Pop Art Politics

Practitioner:
Keith Haring

It’s this symbolism and the characters that repeatedly appear in Haring’s work that provide the backbone of an exhibition opening March 16, 2018 at the Albertina Museum in Vienna. On view through June 24, 2018, “Keith Haring. The Alphabet,” comprises…

In music video, seminarian at Belen Jesuit Prep uses rap to tackle coronavirus, global concerns

Practitioner:
Brother Michael Martinez

WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – A seminarian and faculty member at a South Florida school is taking a creative approach to engaging with students about challenging issues during this time of uncertainty, including the coronavirus pandemic. He made a rap…

Wearable Portable Architecture

Practitioner:
Mary Mattingly

The “Wearable/Portable Architecture project” discussed the possibilities of having a locale create portable architecture based on the conditions of its environmental, urban and cultural conditions. It is structured to find ways in providing new arguments and sustaining an artistic impetus…

Share your water story

Practitioner:
Jacqueline Moreira, John Farragher, Rachel Walsh, Tricia Hogan, Veronica Wagner and Keelin Tobin

Share Your Water Story invites every global citizen to participate in a creative conversation around the different ways in which water impacts our lives. The project encourages people to contribute original expression of any kind via online platforms on the…

Wrinkles of the City

Practitioner:
JR & Jose Parla

I think this is a very interesting project that is intended to pay hommage by showcasing portraits of survivors of the Cuban revolution. They are displayed in the streets of Havana and, as the artists explains, this is a place…

Doll Protest / Mini Protest

Practitioner:
Lyudmila Alexandrova

This demonstration was in response to a new law (as of June, 2012) imposing fines for unauthorized protest of up to $20,000 for organizers and $10,000 for participants. After activists were turned down for a more traditional protest, Lyudmila Alexandrova…

Every Single Word Spoken

Practitioner:
Dylan Marron

Dylan Marron is a Venezualan-American actor, writer, and director who noticed something about the film industry: in most of the major films, people like him (and other non-white groups) were not being well represented. Taking to Youtube, he started the…

MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN?

Practitioner:
Tanja Ostojić

Mis(s)placed Women? (2009-2022), is a collaborative art project, consisting of performances, performance series, performance art workshops and delegated performances, including contributions by over 180 individuals from six continents. Many of them are artists, mainly identifying themselves as women from diverse…

kelli rae adams: Forever in Your Debt, an Exhibition at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

Practitioner:
kelli rae adams

Student loan debt in the US today totals over 1.7 trillion dollars and is collectively borne by more than 44 million Americans, including artist kelli rae adams. With her installation Forever in Your Debt, adams converts this abstract burden into…

Design4Peace

Practitioner:
Leslie Dwyer

Design4Peace is a collection of political posters created by Leslie Dwyer. Images speak to issues of war and peace, prisons, solidarity and movement, immigration, economy and class, violence against women, ecology, agriculture, racism, and gender. Leslie works with movement and…

The Hong Kong Artist Who Got Fired From McDonald’s

Practitioner:
Luke Ching

On a recent eight-hour shift at a McDonald’s in Hong Kong, Luke Ching, 52, wiped tables, cleared trays of half-eaten fries, emptied cups of soda and milk tea and lugged bulging trash bags to the dumpster. For him, the main…