Projects tagged
Race & Ethnicity
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Colin Kapaernick
Read more: Colin KapaernickIn early 2016, I began paying attention to reports about the incredible number of unarmed black people being killed by the police. The posts on social media deeply disturbed me, but one in particular brought me to tears: the killing…
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The Color of Reality
Read more: The Color of RealityTransfixed by racial, political, and socioeconomic tensions saturating the news, movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck, enveloped by the art of Alexa Meade, switch off the TV and release their emotion into a stirring dance that is both a…
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Phillip Lim on Asian-American Activism in Fashion
Read more: Phillip Lim on Asian-American Activism in FashionIn the wake of hate crimes against Asian-Americans, the New York designer has moved his studio to Chinatown and refocused his energies toward advocacy and fundraising on behalf of the AAPI community. As he said, ‘I can no longer separate…
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The Protest Mask Project
Read more: The Protest Mask ProjectThe Protest Mask Project was co-organized by Maggie Thompson and Jaida Grey Eagle. During the George Floyd protests, the artists’ studio, Makwa Studio, created hundreds of masks to give to protestors in the city of Minneapolis where the demonstrations began.…
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Journey of a Yellow Man
Read more: Journey of a Yellow ManSingaporean artist Lee Wen’s series Journey of a Yellow Man (1992–2012), one of his most famous and long-standing performances, was not simply a personal affront, it was a political affront. At the intersection of Asian art history, critical race theory, and migration…
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Black Lives Matter meets Animal Crossing: how protesters take their activism into video games
Read more: Black Lives Matter meets Animal Crossing: how protesters take their activism into video gamess street protests against anti-black racism erupted across the globe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players were taking their own stand. Adelle, a software engineer from New York, decided to create a memorial on her in-game island, decorated with flowers and…
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Through Site-Specific Spectacle, Aerial Artist Jo Kreiter Is Exposing the Human Toll of the Prison System
Read more: Through Site-Specific Spectacle, Aerial Artist Jo Kreiter Is Exposing the Human Toll of the Prison System“There is a tragic timeliness to Flyaway Productions’ Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy. As the nation grapples with systemic racism and police brutality, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, choreographer Jo Kreiter’s new aerial work seeks to amplify the…
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The Chronicles of Resilience
Read more: The Chronicles of ResilienceFor FX Harsono, art is activism. Over the past four decades, performance, sculpture, and painting have become his means of nonviolent protest against government autocracy and ethnic strife in Indonesia. In his current exhibition The Chronicles of Resilience, curated by…
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‘Wolf Warrior artist’ strives to use new art to spread truth and inspire patriotism
Read more: ‘Wolf Warrior artist’ strives to use new art to spread truth and inspire patriotismWith delicate composition, striking details and strong emotion, five editorial posters drawn by Wuheqilin have attracted some half million followers to his account on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social media platform. His political views expressed in his art have led…
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Richmond’s new take on Robert E. Lee
Read more: Richmond’s new take on Robert E. LeeOver the winter break, I was actually able to see the recently re-decorated Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia. After the height of the Black Lives Matter Protests over the past summer, it couldn’t be torn down, but it…