Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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Art, Politics, Activism, Oakland And Angela Davis
Read more: Art, Politics, Activism, Oakland And Angela DavisIn Oakland, artists created murals and installations to honor activist Angela Davis, celebrating her legacy in fighting for racial and gender justice. These public artworks inspire new generations to continue the struggle for social change. Using the Angela Davis Archive…
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Soundsuits
Read more: SoundsuitsNick Cave is an American fabric sculptor, performance artist, and dancer. He was born on February 4, 1959, in Fulton, Missouri. Currently, Cave lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as…
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Your body is a battleground
Read more: Your body is a battlegroundUntitled (Your Body is a Battleground) is an iconic 1989 silkscreen portrait made by artist, feminist and activist Barbara Kruger . Though the poster was meant for the pro-choice march on April 9th, 1989, in DC, the portrait is now…
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Andrea Bowers: Art for Social Justice
Read more: Andrea Bowers: Art for Social Justice“Artist Andrea Bowers creates powerful works addressing immigration, gender violence, and environmental justice. Her large-scale drawing ‘No Olvidado’ memorializes migrants who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, calling attention to the human cost of border policies.” Bowers artworks and site specific…
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Sex Worker’s Opera
Read more: Sex Worker’s OperaThe Sex Workers’ Opera is a multidisciplinary show featuring stories of sex workers from 17 countries and produced since 2013. It is written and performed by sex workers and their friends. Siobhan Knox and Alex Etchart (from Experimental Experience Theater),…
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The Art And Activism of Nobuko Miyamoto: How She Became One Of LA’s Most Enduring Performers
Read more: The Art And Activism of Nobuko Miyamoto: How She Became One Of LA’s Most Enduring PerformersIn 1972, something unheard of happened on national television. An Asian American singer-songwriter duo was invited to perform on the widely-watched The Mike Douglas Show by guest hosts John Lennon and Yoko Ono. “They’re beautiful singers,” Lennon said in his…
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The Clothesline Project
Read more: The Clothesline ProjectAccording to the Men’s Rape Prevention Project in Washington DC, 58,000 soldiers died in the Vietnam war. During that same period of time, 51,000 women were killed mostly by men who supposedly loved them. In the summer of 1990, that…
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt
Read more: The AIDS Memorial QuiltCleve Jones’s powerful vision for memorializing those lost to AIDS was realized in October 1987 in Washington D.C. It showcased the artistic contributions of people who’d lost loved ones to the virus from a number of US metropolitan centers. The…
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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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Semiotics of the Kitchen
Read more: Semiotics of the Kitchen“Semiotics of the Kitchen” is a feminist video art that examines the symbolism of women’s confinement within domestic spaces, utilizing the framework of a televised cooking show. In this piece, Rosler assumes the role of an “anti-Julia Child,” wielding a…