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Mining the Museum

Date:
Jan 19 1993

When Fred Wilson did an installation at the Maryland Historical Society in 1992, he shook up the museum world. Co-sponsored by the historical society and the Contemporary Museum, Mining the Museum did not involve artwork made by the artist; rather,…

Teen Actors Keep Playwright August Wilson’s Legacy Alive

Practitioner:
The National August Wilson Monologue Competition

Date:
Jan 19 1993

Eight years after his death, the annual August Wilson Monologue Competition provides high school students from around the country an opportunity to carry on the African-American playwright’s legacy. That legacy includes Pulitzer Prizes for “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson,” two…

Students Protest John Galliano

Practitioner:
Parsons Jewish Student Union

Date:
Jan 19 1993

In 2011, a video displaying fashion designer and former lead designer at Dior, John Galliano, shouting anti-Semitic remarks, went viral on the internet, leading to his subsequent dismissal from Dior and the subsequent defamation of his career. Nonetheless, Parsons at…

Petition against John Galliano’s Class

Practitioner:
Parsons-New School Students

Date:
Jan 19 1993

Fashion designer and former head designer of Dior, John Galliano, in the past few years has failed to rise to his former glory in fashion. In 2011, a videotape of John Galliano shouting anti-semitic statements went viral, thus leading to…

Fashion In Action!

Practitioner:
Michaela Angela Davis

Date:
Jan 19 1993

On the opening day of the Spring/Summer 2011’s season of Mercedes Benz’s New York Fashion Week, former fashion editor, speaker, and fashion activist Michaela Angela Davis led a protest of approximately 20 black women, dressed in black suits, carrying signs…

Canadian Documentary Tackles Gender Violence, Race and Privilege

Practitioner:
Pamela Masik

Date:
Jan 19 1993

The annual Toronto film festival Hot Docs is underway, and one of the featured documentaries tackles the tragic and gruesome story of serial killer Robert Pickton. The notorious murderer was responsible for the deaths of at least 26 women, many…

Hip Hop Caucus

Practitioner:
Hip Hop Caucus

Date:
Jan 19 1993

MISSION The mission of the Hip Hop Caucus is to organize young people to be active in elections, policymaking and service projects. We mobilize, educate, and engage young people, ages 14 to 40, on the social, issues that directly impact…

School of Echoes

Practitioner:
Ultra-Red

Date:
Jan 19 1993

Ultra-Red is a collective founded by two AIDS activists in 1994 to explore the intersection of the political and aesthetic through “militant sound investigations”. “While the image determines much of our understanding of activist art, Ultra-red turn the focus to…

The Great Wall of Los Angeles

Practitioner:
Judy Baca

Date:
Jan 19 1993

The 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…

Face 2 Face

Practitioner:
JR

Date:
Jan 19 1993

In 2007, anonymous French photographer JR embarked on the Face2Face project – the largest unauthorized photo exhibition ever conceived. JR and his collaborator Marco engaged Israelis and Palestinians employed in the same profession to be photographed making funny faces. They…