Projects tagged
Health
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In her Shoes
Read more: In her Shoes‘In Her Shoes’ was a street exhibition of stories from women and men affected by the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution. These stories were selected from the ‘In Her Shoes’ project Facebook page. We hung copies of the stories…
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You are not in control of your own health anymore. I am.
Read more: You are not in control of your own health anymore. I am.You are not in control of your own health anymore. I am. (An open letter from a graphic designer — or some other clickbait inducing title) Picture this. You’re sitting at your cubicle during your allotted thirty-minute lunch break and…
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Artistic activism at the State House and why it matters
Read more: Artistic activism at the State House and why it mattersThe Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) will impact so many people from all walks of life in Rhode Island. On March 28 in the Library at the Rhode Island State House, 15 actors and 20 volunteers came together to for…
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De-Cruit
Read more: De-CruitThe failure of the United States to adequately meet the mental health needs of its military veterans has been identified as a national crisis. When men and women enlist in the military they have a Recruiter. The Recruiter helps with…
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“Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture commissioned by MAKE ART/STOP AIDS
Read more: “Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture commissioned by MAKE ART/STOP AIDS“Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture that MAKE ART/STOP AIDS commissioned from San Francisco-based artists Daniel Goldstein and John Kapellas. The piece is constructed of pill bottles that Goldstein and Kapellas, and their partners, saved up from treatment regimens dating as…
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LOGIC’S ‘1-800-273-8255’ OFFERS AN HONEST TAKE ON SUICIDE & AMERICAN YOUTH
Read more: LOGIC’S ‘1-800-273-8255’ OFFERS AN HONEST TAKE ON SUICIDE & AMERICAN YOUTHLogic, a rapper known to incorporate meaningful messages with his music, recently released his newest track, “1-800-273-8255.” Covering topics of depression and suicide, the song and its subsequent music video uses the phone number of a national suicide hotline as…
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Queer vernaculars and visual narratives IRANTI
Read more: Queer vernaculars and visual narratives IRANTIONGOING ORGANIZATION: CALLED: Iranti [pronounced írantì] is the Yoruba word for ‘memory’. Largely found in South West Nigeria and parts of Benin Republic, the Yoruba people consider memory a prized form of intelligence which determines how often one remembers what…
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Keith Haring’s AIDS Activism
Read more: Keith Haring’s AIDS ActivismKeith Haring was an American artist and activist in 1980s New York, whose artwork raised awareness on social issues at the time. One the main awareness campaigns Haring participated on was AIDS awareness and activism. As an openly gay man…
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“We Have Our Ways,” a short film directed by Portland filmmaker Dawn Jones Redstone shows ‘activism is a form of love
Read more: “We Have Our Ways,” a short film directed by Portland filmmaker Dawn Jones Redstone shows ‘activism is a form of loveDawn Jones Redstone’s short film about reproductive justice features women of color leading the resistance. The year is 2023. Health care of any kind is highly inaccessible and in some cases outlawed. Public utilities such as water are privatized and…
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General Idea and the AIDS crises
Read more: General Idea and the AIDS crisesThe Canadian artist collective General Idea found its drive in the AIDS epidemic, becoming aesthetically and conceptually refined in the in the 1970s and ’80s, after long forays into absurdity and performances evocative of Dada and Fluxus. A retrospective presented…