Projects tagged
Arts & Culture
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The Reality of Small Differences
Read more: The Reality of Small DifferencesAn exhibition of textile-based work by disabled artists, organised in protest at the inaccessibility of an exhibition by a popular artist, when it came to Leeds. Local disabled people were angry and upset when they discovered that Grayson Perry’s popular…
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Shoddy, a disability arts exhibition
Read more: Shoddy, a disability arts exhibitionA disability / textile arts project, challenging assumptions about disabled artists & highlighting shoddy treatment of disabled people by current government: https://shoddyexhibition.wordpress.com/ Shoddy is the name for new cloth created from woollen waste and recycled fabric. This original meaning is…
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Flexin’ in My Complexion
Read more: Flexin’ in My ComplexionKheris Rogers, an 11-year-old entrepreneur from Los Angeles, has made history at New York Fashion Week as the youngest fashion designer ever to present. Kheris became an internet sensation earlier this year after her sister posted photos of her promoting…
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Maboneng Township Arts Experience
Read more: Maboneng Township Arts ExperienceAt the age of just 30, Palesa Ngwenya is helping transform these areas through her position as development coordinator of Maboneng Township Arts Experience. “We turn homes in the townships into art galleries,” says the young South African woman, who…
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Actor Jim Carrey has emerged as an unlikely political artist and activist
Read more: Actor Jim Carrey has emerged as an unlikely political artist and activistActor and comedian Jim Carrey has always been known for his slapstick silliness. You know the films — “Dumb and Dumber,” “The Mask,” “Liar Liar,” “Ace Ventura,” just to name a few. But he also always managed to peel back…
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Black Superheroes Matter
Read more: Black Superheroes MatterWatch Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, and you’ll see a charismatic character who fills a void in the conflicted do-gooder group. This T’Challa is accessible, awe-inspiring and perhaps most importantly, human. “I think the question that…
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Drake Donates $1 Million Budget for Music Video God’s Plan to Schools in Impoverished Areas
Read more: Drake Donates $1 Million Budget for Music Video God’s Plan to Schools in Impoverished AreasDrake has released an emotional video for “God’s Plan” in which he donates the music video budget to people in need. Shot in Miami and directed by Toronto’s Karena Evans and Jordan Oram, the video features a bunch of generous,…
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Hundreds of ‘honey bears’ posted all over SoMa in street art protest
Read more: Hundreds of ‘honey bears’ posted all over SoMa in street art protestLocal artist fnnch wants San Francisco to decriminalize certain types of art. You’re not seeing things: A whopping 450 “honey bears”—variations on the immediately recognizable and widely imitated bear-shaped honey bottles sold in seemingly every store in America–appeared all over…
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Artists mark Trump’s inauguration anniversary with day of protest art
Read more: Artists mark Trump’s inauguration anniversary with day of protest artThis weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration. It also marks the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March his election inspired, the largest single-day protest in the nation’s history. To memorialize the occasion, artists across the country are…
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Kendrick Lamar Opens the 2018 Grammys with a Powerful and Political Performance
Read more: Kendrick Lamar Opens the 2018 Grammys with a Powerful and Political PerformanceDAMN. Kendrick Lamar opened the 2018 GRAMMYs with a powerful and political performance of his hit, “XXX.’” The rapper featured an army of face-covered soldiers marching in the background of an American flag, that quickly turned into a “satire” taking…