Projects tagged
Multi-issue
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the Fundred Project
Read more: the Fundred ProjectThe Fundred Dollar Bill Project, initiated by artist Mel Chin, is a collaborative art project aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing action against the environmental and health threat of lead contamination. It encourages individuals to create their own unique interpretations…
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Conserving the Gola Rainforests: Sierra Leone and Liberia unite for a peaceful future
Read more: Conserving the Gola Rainforests: Sierra Leone and Liberia unite for a peaceful futureThe Gola Rainforest, straddling Sierra Leone and Liberia is a lush, green haven. Spanning about 700 square kilometers and stretches across both countries, the rainforest is home to diverse and globally threatened wildlife, including over 300 bird species and endangered…
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Kind of Blue
Read more: Kind of BlueJenny Holzer is known for her art relating to truisms. Her work has revolved around truisms and finding an artistic way to display them. Kind of Blue is another work comprising different aphorisms and truisms. It combines digital technology, reflections,…
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Creative Time NYC’s unique flag project
Read more: Creative Time NYC’s unique flag projectThe 14th day of June each year is celebrated as Flag Day, and in 2017 it was no different save for the fact that the project took center stage. The celebrations kicked off with hoisting the resist flag, a creation…
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Giving the World a Middle Finger
Read more: Giving the World a Middle FingerAi Weiwei is a Chinese artist and activist. He has been vocal and openly critical of the Chinese government’s stance on democracy and human rights. His work has captured global attention and served to bring attention to social injustices, human…
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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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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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Chalk
Read more: ChalkThe two Puerto Rico-based artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have worked together to make captivating artworks. Allora and Calzadilla are known for their interactive art pieces in public, often addressing social and political issues and engaging questions of history,…
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Brat Summer: From Charli XCX’s *Brat* to a Cultural Movement and the Perfect Sneaker Aesthetic
Read more: Brat Summer: From Charli XCX’s *Brat* to a Cultural Movement and the Perfect Sneaker AestheticThe Brat Summer movement can be directly traced back to the release of Charli XCX’s album “Brat” in 2024. Known for her boundary-pushing pop sound and fierce persona, Charli XCX used “Brat” as a platform to explore themes of defiance,…
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Guerilla Girls, Do Women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?, 1989
Read more: Guerilla Girls, Do Women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?, 1989The Guerilla Girls are a group of feminist activist artists, who use facts, humor, and outrageous visuals to expose gender and ethnic bias and corruption in politics, art, film, and pop culture in their artworks. In 1989, they designed this…