Main Gallery
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“What were you wearing?” Survivor Art Installation
Read more: “What were you wearing?” Survivor Art InstallationIt is an art installation that tells the story of 18 victims of sexual assault and what were they wearing at that time. “What were you wearing?” It’s an accusatory and suggestive question that people often ask victims of sexual…
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The Green Belt Movement
Read more: The Green Belt MovementThe Green Belt Movement (GBM) was founded by Professor Wangari Maathai in 1977 under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK) to respond to the needs of rural Kenyan women who reported that their streams were…
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Tactical Ice Cream Unit – Selling Ice Cream, With Sprinkles of Anarchism
Read more: Tactical Ice Cream Unit – Selling Ice Cream, With Sprinkles of AnarchismBy COREY KILGANNON There was something odd about the ice cream truck that pulled up to the curb on Park Avenue near 67th Street on Friday, with its proletarian color scheme and its overdressed driver with the subversive grin. He…
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In Mexico City, Comedians Punish Society’s Scofflaws With Humiliation
Read more: In Mexico City, Comedians Punish Society’s Scofflaws With HumiliationActing on a tip from a disgruntled neighbor, two comedians dressed as drag queens confronted parking officers in broad daylight. The pair wanted to know why the officers, who so ruthlessly enforced parking limits, had never so much as given…
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At the Age of Coronavirus: Rise of Xenophobia and Anti-Asian Racism
Read more: At the Age of Coronavirus: Rise of Xenophobia and Anti-Asian RacismThe global response to COVID-19 has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an ugly cousin: xenophobia. As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian discrimination has followed closely behind, manifesting in plummeting sales at…
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Benjamin Lay spills blood at 1738 Quaker Meeting
Read more: Benjamin Lay spills blood at 1738 Quaker MeetingIt was September 1738, and Benjamin Lay had walked 20 miles, subsisting on “acorns and peaches,” to reach the Quakers’ Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Beneath his overcoat he wore a military uniform and a sword — both anathema to Quaker teachings.…
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Feminist Theatre!
Read more: Feminist Theatre!WOW started as an international women’s theatre festival in October of 1980 in NYC. Within 18 months Wow found a permanent location and produced works by women and trans people all year around. In 1984 it moved into its current…
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Shift Change Dress
Read more: Shift Change DressShift Change Dress is a community fashion & art project that utilizes a shift dress sewing pattern as a medium for communication and action. Participants are encouraged to use the pattern as a blank canvas for their art or message…
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Weapons Of Mass Instruction
Read more: Weapons Of Mass InstructionIf you’re a bibliophile you’ll get a kick out of the car-turned-library that can be found in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Artist Raul Lemesoff took an old 1979 Ford Falcon, a popular mode of transport amongst the military forces of its…
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AIDS Memorial Quilt
Read more: AIDS Memorial QuiltIn June of 1987, a small group of strangers gathered in a San Francisco storefront to document the lives they feared history would neglect. Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS, and to…
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AIDS Quilt Goes Digital
Read more: AIDS Quilt Goes DigitalWith more than 48,000 panels and 94,000 names, the AIDS quilt is a constantly growing testament to the deadly toll the disease has taken on the world. At roughly 1.3 million square feet, it is so large that it can’t…
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Tibetan Activists Project Messages of Hope while the Empire State Building is Lit in Chinese Colors
Read more: Tibetan Activists Project Messages of Hope while the Empire State Building is Lit in Chinese ColorsOn the eve of the 60th anniversary of the communist takeover of China, Tibet activists projected messages of support for human rights and freedom from inside and outside of the Empire State Building, countering China’s public relations stunt to bathe…