Projects tagged
Immigration
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Department of Invitations
Read more: Department of InvitationsFilling Stomachs to Open Minds on Immigration In Sweden, Dinners Melt Cultural Barriers STOCKHOLM — Last year, when Ebba Akerman, 31, was teaching Swedish to immigrants in the suburbs of this city, she ran into one of her students on…
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Immigrant Movement International
Read more: Immigrant Movement InternationalImmigrant Movement International (IM) is a community space in the heavily immigrant neighborhood of Corona, Queens. Founded in 2011 as a partnership between artist Tania Bruguera and the Queens Museum, with support from Creative Time, the project, inspired by Bruguera’s…
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Real Cost of Prisons
Read more: Real Cost of PrisonsThe Real Cost of Prisons Project brings together justice activists, artists, researchers and people directly experiencing the impact of mass criminalization to work to end mass incarceration. The Real Cost of Prisons Project is a national organization, begun in 2000.…
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“Deport the Statue” Campaign
Read more: “Deport the Statue” CampaignIt’s time to deport the Statue of Liberty. That’s the latest mission for Legals for the Preservation of American Culture, an organization which has begun the “Deport the Statue” campaign for the removal of Lady Liberty through four Twitter accounts…
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Chicano Murals
Read more: Chicano MuralsIn El Paso more than 100 murals have been painted since the mid-1960s. The murals, located throughout the city’s various corridors, often depict themes common to Chicano muralism, such as mestizo heritage or social problems, but they also tell unique…
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Immigrant Movement International
Read more: Immigrant Movement InternationalTania Bruguera, in partnership with the Queens Museum of Art, began a long term art project in form of an artist initiated socio-political movement. Immigrant Movement International is an organization headquartered in the multinational neighborhood of Corona, Queens. The organization…
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Migration is Beautiful
Read more: Migration is BeautifulArtist and social activist Favianna Rodriguez collaborated with musician Pharrell Williams to create a documentary series focusing on migrants in America. The documentary consists of 3 episodes that focus on the role of artists in the political realm. The goal…
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“Migration is Beautiful”
Read more: “Migration is Beautiful”Artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez recently teamed up with Pharrell Williams’ I Am Other YouTube Channel to create a moving new documentary series titled “Migration is Beautiful.” Addressing the debate surrounding immigration policy in the United States and the overall…
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The Great Wall of Los Angeles
Read more: The Great Wall of Los AngelesThe Great Wall of Los Angeles represents a minority perspective/p.o.v. of the history of the city. Judy Baca first began the mural in 1974 through SPARC at the rise of the Chicano movement. The project was a part of the…
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Brinco
Read more: BrincoCreative Time, Social Practice Archive: Brinco is an art project, product, and intervention created by the Argentinean artist Judith Werthein for the 2005 inSITE Biennial held on the border of Tijuana and San Diego. Brinco—Spanish for “jump”—is a specially designed…