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A Krumper danced in front of the police for BLM

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Jo’Artis Ratti is sure he looked intimidating to the police officers who were suddenly confronted by his agitated dancing at a California protest Sunday. “I’m 210 pounds,” said Ratti, 35. “I have tattoos on my neck. I don’t have a…

On The Artistic Activism of Emory Douglas

Practitioner:
Black Panther Party, Emory Douglas

Date:
Apr 1 2003

“The solidarity came in the artwork—it spoke a language that transcended borders.” Emory Douglas “Art is a powerful tool, a language that can be used to enlighten, inform and guide to action,” Emory Douglas has said.1 The former Minister of…

‘Met Museum, you’re complicit’: artists and activists take over museum’s front steps with giant pro-Palestine quilt

Practitioner:
Palestinian Liberation

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Hundreds of artists, cultural workers and activists gathered on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue in New York on Sunday (24 March), demanding that the most visited museum in the US publicly call for a…

BUSHFIRE BRANDALISM – Australia

Practitioner:
The Brandalism Project

Date:
Apr 1 2003

This weekend 41 Artists took to the streets across 3 Australian cities for the nation’s largest unsanctioned art campaign #BushfireBrandalism. The streets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have become the backdrop for the nation’s largest unsanctioned outdoor art exhibition. Organized…

Kurdish Artist Zehra Doğan Has Been Freed in Turkey After 3 Years for Illustrating Turkey’s Violence

Practitioner:
Zehra Doğan

Date:
Apr 1 2003

The Kurdish journalist and artist Zehra Doğan was freed yesterday after nearly three years in prison, Hyperallergic reports. Doğan first caught the attention of the Turkish authorities back in 2017 with a watercolor that depicted a Kurdish district after Turkish…

Can Art Change the War? An Update on the Solidarity NFT Project for Ukraine

Practitioner:
JR

Date:
Apr 1 2003

In March of 2022, JR, with the help of 100 volunteers, unfurled the portrait of five-year-old, Ukrainian refugee Valeriia in Lviv, Ukraine. Leaving Ukraine, JR saw firsthand how difficult it was for women and children to get to safety due…

Raising Awareness of Migration and COVID 19 through Graffiti and Street Art in Accra

Practitioner:
Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana Graffiti Collective

Date:
Apr 1 2003

In a bid to fight the spread of COVID-19, the EU Delegation to Ghana on Wednesday 27 May joined the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and artists from the Ghana Graffiti Collective, to launch an…

World Art Day 2022: Ghanaian graffiti artists launch environmental protection campaign in Ada

Practitioner:
Imposters Art Collective, Tapioca Foundation

Date:
Apr 1 2003

As part of the commemoration of this year’s World Art Day (April 15), Ghanaian-based Tapioca Foundation and Imposters Art Collective have embarked on a campaign to educate the public about environmental sustainability. The project, which was launched in Ada in…

MESOAMÉRICA RESISTE

Practitioner:
Beehive Collective

Date:
Apr 1 2003

The Beehive Design Collective is a wildly motivated, all-volunteer, activist arts collective dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots” by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools. We work as word-to-image translators of complex global stories, shared with…

Hysterical: Radical Creativity

Practitioner:
Hysterical Collective

Date:
Apr 1 2003

For Women’s History Month 2024, Hysterical Collective presented: Hysterical: Radical Creativity – the third instalment of the annual charity art exhibition and cultural programme taking place in March each year. Co-founded and curated by Eliza Hatch of Cheer Up Luv…

TikTok Prank on Trump

Practitioner:
TikTok community

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Users on the social media app TikTok are claiming some credit for the disappointing turnout at the president’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the weekend, after a weeks-long campaign to artificially inflate the number of people registered to attend. The…

Cruel

Practitioner:
Sue Coe

Date:
Apr 1 2003

“Cruel” is a book written by Sue Coe, an activist illustrator known for her dedication to animal rights. It continues her mission of shedding light on how animals are mistreated in the food industry. The book is filled with striking…