Projects tagged
Race & Ethnicity
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Rally of White Power Clowns Drowned Out By Bunch of Awesome Actual Clowns
Read more: Rally of White Power Clowns Drowned Out By Bunch of Awesome Actual ClownsApparently the human colostomy bags known as the neo-Nazis and the KKK held an anti-immigration rally in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, but their demonstration was totally taken over by hordes of super-happy clowns. Instead of shouting, the clown protesters…
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Black People Love Us
Read more: Black People Love UsThis satirical website ridicules hipster racism and black tokenism, using two fictional white characters – Sally and Johnny – who have many black friends. The webpage is fairly simple and features fictional testimonies by black people celebrating the stereotypes and…
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Project 562: Changing the way we see Native America
Read more: Project 562: Changing the way we see Native AmericaMatika Willbur was given a grant by Kickstarter (the worlds largest funding platform for creative projects) to travel around the U.S. for a year and photograph Native America. The goal of the 562 project is to change the way we…
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Young Activists Use Art to Fight for the DREAM Act
Read more: Young Activists Use Art to Fight for the DREAM ActThe federal DREAM Act is back. This week Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the longtime champion of the bill, chaired the first ever Senate hearing on the narrow legalization effort that would allow a select population of undocumented youth a pathway…
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Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love (Community- Based Comic Book)
Read more: Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love (Community- Based Comic Book)Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love is a community based comic book project, created by Toronto-based artists Althea Balmes (Illustrator) and Jo SiMalaya Alcampo (Writer) in close collaboration with caregivers and supporters, about the real life stories of Filipina migrant workers…
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BUFFALO BLOOD
Read more: BUFFALO BLOODA series of performances orchestrated by Lila Roo, to bring awareness to the past, present and future issue of the physical and energetic violence against the First Nation of the native buffalo and peoples of the United Sates of America…
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Basta Dobbs
Read more: Basta DobbsCNN calls itself “The Most Trusted Name in News,” but for years they provided a platform for Lou Dobbs to spread dangerous myths about immigrants and use dehumanizing and disrespectful language towards the Latino community. In 2009 Presente.org fought back,…
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JustSeeds Artists’ Cooperative
Read more: JustSeeds Artists’ CooperativeJustseeds Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralized network of 24 artists committed to making print and design work that reflects a radical social, environmental, and political stance. With members working from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Justseeds operates both as a…
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New Prints / Newsprints * Black Male / Blackmail
Read more: New Prints / Newsprints * Black Male / BlackmailThe prints exhibited June 2013 at Firestorm in Asheville NC, will comprise two separate bodies of work; Chelsea Ragan’s combination screen print / woodblock print / painting / drawings graphically detail police shootings of young black males from across the…
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Foreigners Everywhere
Read more: Foreigners EverywhereThe Paris-based collective Claire Fontaine displays a neon sign that spells the words ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ in Arabic. Since this sign was installed strategically above the gallery’s wall-length window – facing in the street – in the edition of the show…