Projects tagged
Wealth & Poverty
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Object Orange
Read more: Object OrangeIn the “D”, “D” doesn’t really stand for “Detroit”, but “Demolition.” Take a look around and you’ll notice a great number of buildings marked on the front with a circled “D” in faint chalk. Off to the side, many of…
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Theatre for Humans
Read more: Theatre for HumansSpecial Report from the War on Women This groundbreaking play will offer an in-depth look at the world as seen through the eyes of women and girls from various cultures and countries. The play will highlight the struggles females face…
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A Well Within
Read more: A Well WithinA Well Within” is a collaborative art and education project that inspires people – young and old – to confront the global water crisis in a personal way. This interactive experience tells the story of Alile, a young East African…
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Street Art and Activism With ‘The Slumlord Project’ In Baltimore
Read more: Street Art and Activism With ‘The Slumlord Project’ In BaltimoreIn a twist on the Broken Windows Theory, street artists are using their skills to combat urban blight in Baltimore with “The Slumlord Project”. By drawing the attention of neighbors to abandoned and vacant properties and giving pertinent ownership information…
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Read more:On a freezing Friday in January, Khmer-American artist Kat Eng sits in front of retail giant H&M’s Time Square store working on a manual sewing machine. For eight hours, Eng stitches together U.S. dollar bills while wearing a surgical mask…
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Will Work for Empty Wallets
Read more: Will Work for Empty WalletsWill Work for Empty Wallets is a community outreach project dedicated to the millions of unemployed United States Citizens. Over 3,000 empty wallets were collected nationwide with the help of the Georgia Department of Labor to construct an 11’x21′ American…
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Homeless Art Gallery
Read more: Homeless Art GalleryDuring 2008-2009, when the United States was entering a recession, the idea of the Homeless Art Gallery was popping up across Staten Island, New York City’s least populated borough and biggest underdog. This is an example of art intervention, disrupting…
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Gumby for President
Read more: Gumby for PresidentIn the 2012 presidential election, did you know that one of the underdog anti-party runners was Gumby?! In the attached video, you will hear Gumby offer transportation alternatives (Pokey and friends), challenges of not believing in vice presidents, and the…
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The Online Game that Plants Real Seeds: Rainmaker Project
Read more: The Online Game that Plants Real Seeds: Rainmaker ProjectBy Jeff McIntire-Strasburg You could certainly be forgiven for seeing phrases like “online game” and “planting seeds” together, and automatically thinking of Farmville: even though the Facebook game has died down in popularity, its still the standard for gaming about…
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Spent: A Game about Surviving Poverty
Read more: Spent: A Game about Surviving PovertySpent is an online in-browser game designed by ad agency McKinney as part of a partnership with Urban Ministries of Durham, NC, calling attention to the problem of poverty and educate people about homelessness. In the game, players are challenged…