Projects tagged
Amplifies (issue or campaign)
Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign. Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.
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She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change: Introducing Zaria Forman
Read more: She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change: Introducing Zaria FormanOn this International Women’s Day, we wanted to celebrate the commitment of a very special human being. Her name is Zaria Forman, a leading artist in contemporary art with a cause. She is not only an exceptional human being; she…
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Women to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism
Read more: Women to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and ActivismWomen to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism is an exhibit that showcases 15 female artists with ties to Utah who infuse their art with activism. The exhibit commemorates the centennial of the 19th Amendment and the 150th…
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Ip Gim: Feminist Art and Activism
Read more: Ip Gim: Feminist Art and Activism“Founded in 1997 and active until 2018, Ip Gim was the first collective to use the word ‘feminist’ to describe itself in South Korea. Ip Gim is an unmatched artist collective that has pioneered feminist activist art practice in the…
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Battleground
Read more: BattlegroundThe opening lines of this week’s Staff Pick Premiere, “Battleground,” by Kwesi Thomas and Mark Bone examine how skin color has become just that…a battleground. The short captures the particular discomfort of having to argue for one’s value in a…
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Climate activists target Emily Carr painting at Vancouver Art Gallery with maple syrup
Read more: Climate activists target Emily Carr painting at Vancouver Art Gallery with maple syrupTwo climate change activists targeted an Emily Carr painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Saturday. In a social media post by the account Stop Fracking Around on Twitter, a video shows two activists dousing a painting with an unknown liquid…
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Lipstick Handprint
Read more: Lipstick HandprintAuli’i Cravalho Makes Powerful Statement in Support of Missing Indigenous Women with Lipstick Handprint “I felt like I had to put my money where my mouth was,” the actress said on the red carpet at the Power premiere By Michelle…
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The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
Read more: The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”In March 1939, a 23-year-old Billie Holiday walked up to the mic at West 4th’s Cafe Society in New York City to sing her final song of the night. Per her request, the waiters stopped serving and the room went…
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“To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up”
Read more: “To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up”Artist Nathaniel Ruleaux leads a community project called “To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up” at the Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha on Thursday. His son, Luca, 3, walks away after handing Ruleaux a print…
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Protest Outside UK Asylum-Seeker Hotel Ends in 15 Arrests
Read more: Protest Outside UK Asylum-Seeker Hotel Ends in 15 ArrestsLONDON (AP) — An anti-migration protest outside a hotel housing asylum-seekers in northwest England turned violent and resulted in the arrests of 15 people, local police said Saturday. The Merseyside Police department said a police officer and two civilians sustained…
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‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protest
Read more: ‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protestA Nasa scientist who went viral over his tearful protest on the climate crisis has told The Independent that his activism comes from a sense of desperation to “find something that actually has an impact and moves the needle”. Peter…
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Pan American Unity
Read more: Pan American UnityThe Stanford Daily: There is no word short of “spectacular” that better describes the experience of examining “Pan American Unity,” Diego Rivera’s 1940 mural, housed since 2021 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). The piece is the…
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‘Time to rebel’: Greta Thunberg adds voice to new song by the 1975
Read more: ‘Time to rebel’: Greta Thunberg adds voice to new song by the 1975Greta Thunberg has made her musical debut on a single by the 1975. On a track called The 1975, a version of which traditionally opens each of the British band’s albums, the 16-year-old environmental activist restates her position on the…