Projects tagged
Race & Ethnicity
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@muchachafanzine
Read more: @muchachafanzineThe user muchachafanzine on instagram is an activist who writes a “decolonial native xicana feminist fanzine”. They are an online activist and they spread their message through their page, the zine, and through merchandise. Daisy Salinas began Muchacha Fanzine as…
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“Get Out”
Read more: “Get Out”Jordan Peele discovered halfway through the making of “Get Out” what story he wanted to tell: A horror-thriller for black audiences that delivered a searing satirical critique of systemic racism. “The writing of (‘Get Out’) started with me starting to…
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A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday
Read more: A Man Was Lynched By Police YesterdayIn 2015, Walter Scott fled for his life, stalked by a policeman who then cold bloodedly shot him in the back. We all saw the video and in response to this murder I made the artwork, “A Man Was Lynched…
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Reclaiming the Monument
Read more: Reclaiming the MonumentText by Jessica Stewart – In Virginia, one artist is helping his community reclaim a controversial monument in the name of Black Lives Matter. The Robert E. Lee Monument now stands as the only remaining Confederate statue on Richmond’s historic…
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For Once, Don’t Do It
Read more: For Once, Don’t Do ItText by Seth Cohen – On Friday night, as U.S. television screens burned with images of peaceful protests turning violent, Nike released a new socially conscious ad calling on Americans to do something quite different than the brand’s usual call…
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Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart)
Read more: Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart)“It could have been me,” Jean-Michel Basquiat would say at the mere mention of the untimely death of Michael Stewart. Stewart, a 25-year-old artist, was allegedly drawing on the walls of the subway on 15 September 1983 when he was…
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Tupac’s “Changes”
Read more: Tupac’s “Changes”Late last year, the New York Times published an op-ed short film written and narrated by Jay Z. The clip was called “The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail,” and that kind of title was explicit enough for everyone…
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Black History: Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
Read more: Black History: Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”Many may not realize, but legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday was a big part of the Civil Rights Movement. In fact, her 1939 song about lynching, “Strange Fruit,” made her a target of the FBI. “When you think of Billie…
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Partnership Exhibition with the Banneker-Douglass Museum and Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Read more: Partnership Exhibition with the Banneker-Douglass Museum and Maryland Commission on African American History and CultureMaryland Hall, in partnership with the Banneker Douglass Museum and Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, invited Maryland-based Black artists, whose work encapsulates activism and social justice and using the creative process to educate their audiences about diversity,…
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Partnership Exhibition with the Banneker-Douglass Museum and Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture
Read more: Partnership Exhibition with the Banneker-Douglass Museum and Maryland Commission on African American History and CultureMaryland Hall, in partnership with the Banneker Douglass Museum and Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, invited Maryland-based Black artists, whose work encapsulates activism and social justice and using the creative process to educate their audiences about diversity,…