Projects tagged
Sustains (change)
Support and celebrate change that has already been won and needs to be sustained.
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“Whose Chinatown?” Exhibition
Read more: “Whose Chinatown?” ExhibitionWhose Chinatown? Examining Chinatown Gazes in Art, Archives, and Collections, brings together an art history of Chinatowns and their communities by historical and contemporary Canadian artists such Emily Carr, Unity Bainbridge, Yucho Chow, Fred Herzog, Paul Wong, Mary Sui Yee…
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt
Read more: The AIDS Memorial QuiltCleve Jones’s powerful vision for memorializing those lost to AIDS was realized in October 1987 in Washington D.C. It showcased the artistic contributions of people who’d lost loved ones to the virus from a number of US metropolitan centers. The…
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Cultural Diplomacy through Food: Olia Hercules and Razom’s Culinary Journey in Louisiana
Read more: Cultural Diplomacy through Food: Olia Hercules and Razom’s Culinary Journey in LouisianaFood transcends language—it brings people together, bridges cultures, and tells stories words cannot. In early March, the Razom Advocacy team, alongside renowned Ukrainian chef Olia Hercules, embarked on a journey through Louisiana—visiting Shreveport and New Orleans—to foster connections, celebrate Ukrainian…
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Art Everywhere
Read more: Art EverywhereCENTRO San Antonio’s Art Everywhere Project will celebrate its 5th anniversary in May. As of May 2024, the project had seen numerous artists from the city’s urbancore decorate areas of the city with elaborate murals reflecting the city’s history and…
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Ice Watch
Read more: Ice WatchDanish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has extracted 30 blocks of glacial ice from the waters surrounding Greenland and placed them in public spaces across London, where they will be left to melt. Called Ice Watch, the temporary installation is meant to…
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Funk Lessons
Read more: Funk LessonsAdrian Piper’s “Funk Lessons” (1982-84) was a series of performances and collaborative events in which the artist taught white participants about black funk music, its culture, and its history, aiming to deconstruct stereotypical ideas about Black culture. Adrian Piper began…
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China Folk House in West Virginia
Read more: China Folk House in West VirginiaThe China Folk House project grew out of the Sidwell Friends School China Fieldwork Semester, a program which had ran for five years (2014 – 2018) that took students to Yunnan Province, China, for an integrated semester of experiential learning…
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The Pink Seesaws
Read more: The Pink SeesawsThe US-Mexico border wall has become a battleground for political theater, but also various artistic interventions. One of these outstanding artworks is the pink seesaws. They went viral after they were installed by the two creative architects Ronald Rael and…
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Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei
Read more: Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei“Everything is art. Everything is politics.” Globally renowned artist Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) is celebrated as a disruptor of artistic canons and a champion of free expression. In his work—ranging across performance, photography, sculpture, video, and installation—he deploys humor…
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For $84,000, An Artist Returned Two Blank Canvasses Titled ‘Take The Money And Run’
Read more: For $84,000, An Artist Returned Two Blank Canvasses Titled ‘Take The Money And Run’The money was supposed to be used to create modern art. And it was — but not in the way a Danish museum expected when it gave an artist the equivalent of $84,000. In return, it received two empty canvases.…
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Rat Row
Read more: Rat RowA fat cat, a pig wearing a top hat and five rats. All seven inflatables faced the 34th Street entrance of the Empire State Building last Thursday, two weeks into a protest by members of Laborers Local 79 who rallied,…
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Semiotics of the Kitchen
Read more: Semiotics of the Kitchen“Semiotics of the Kitchen” is a feminist video art that examines the symbolism of women’s confinement within domestic spaces, utilizing the framework of a televised cooking show. In this piece, Rosler assumes the role of an “anti-Julia Child,” wielding a…