Projects tagged
Sustains (change)
Support and celebrate change that has already been won and needs to be sustained.
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Action Day Against Racism and Xenophobia in Spain – No Hate Speech
Read more: Action Day Against Racism and Xenophobia in Spain – No Hate SpeechThe No Hate Speech campaign has come to its fourth anniversary this week, because it was on the 18th of March 2013 when the Spanish Institute for Youth IMG_9707(INJUVE) officially launched the campaign in Spain, to commemorate the 21st of…
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A Handmaid’s Tale of Protest
Read more: A Handmaid’s Tale of ProtestIn state capitals and street protests, women’s rights activists have been wearing red robes and white bonnets based on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the 1985 novel that is now a series on Hulu. Silent, heads bowed, the activists in crimson robes…
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Environmental group to carve Donald Trump’s face into the side of Arctic iceberg
Read more: Environmental group to carve Donald Trump’s face into the side of Arctic icebergThe stunt aims to show the impact of climate change by live streaming the sculpture melting. A climate change group is raising half a million dollars with the goal of carving President Donald Trump’s face into an arctic iceberg. The…
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Shine MSD
Read more: Shine MSDShine, written by Stoneman Douglas students Sawyer Garrity and Andrea Peña in response to the tragic shooting at their school on February 14, 2018 to inspire unity, hope, and change. MSD alum Brittani Kagan collaborated with students and faculty to…
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This Private Network For Creatives Is Also A Safe Space For Women
Read more: This Private Network For Creatives Is Also A Safe Space For WomenHow would you describe Mixer? Anis Bennaceur: It’s a professional network for creatives—people working in arts, fashion, film and media, and music. You can showcase your work, past projects to everyone else on the platform, and you can search, discover,…
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‘RBG’ documentary reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that’s so surprising
Read more: ‘RBG’ documentary reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that’s so surprisingThe Ginsburg without photoshopped sunglasses and a crown fueled a revolution with lawsuits instead of protests. She believed in incremental progress instead of bold gestures. She was projected to be a conciliator on the court, not its preeminent liberal dissenter.…
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Using Art to Stop a Pipeline
Read more: Using Art to Stop a PipelineIt’s not easy to stop the construction of natural gas pipelines, but several years ago the ecological artist and activist Aviva Rahmani came up with an ingenious idea: what if you could protect threatened landscapes by turning them into art?…
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Protesters Occupy Brooklyn Museum Atrium, Demanding Decolonization Commission
Read more: Protesters Occupy Brooklyn Museum Atrium, Demanding Decolonization CommissionOn Sunday, April 29, dozens of protesters occupied the Beaux-Arts Court at the Brooklyn Museum as they reiterated demands for a decolonization commission, about which the art institution has remained silent. The calls for the commission come after the criticisms…
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Artist and Activist Niki Lopez Helps Trauma Survivors Through Art
Read more: Artist and Activist Niki Lopez Helps Trauma Survivors Through ArtArtist and activist Niki Lopez is a survivor. From age 11 to 25, she was trapped in a religious cult in Georgia, where she was separated from the rest of her family. The cult’s leader sexually abused her. But in…
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South American Traffic Mimes
Read more: South American Traffic Mimes“Mimes gesture as they stand in a crosswalk in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday Oct. 7, 2011. The mayor of the city’s eastern district of Sucre has launched a unique program aimed to encourage civility among reckless drivers and careless pedestrians, putting…
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Looking For Love Again
Read more: Looking For Love AgainAbandoned buildings have become such a common sight that they often slip quietly into the backdrop of our cities like an accepted part of our landscape. Looking for Love Again is a participatory public installation that renews attention to an…
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“I Wish This Was” Stickers
Read more: “I Wish This Was” StickersI Wish This Was is a participatory public art project that explores the process of civic engagement. Inspired by the limited dynamics of community meetings where the loudest people ruled, as well as the volume of abandoned buildings, Chang posted…