Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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Environmental Racism on Display
Read more: Environmental Racism on DisplayTwo children stand back-to-back, but they are facing two very different Chicagos. One child blows bubbles in a park under blue skies. The other wears a gas mask against a backdrop of scrap metal and billowing smokestacks. “The goal was…
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In Tamir Rice’s death, artists found inspiration to carry on his legacy
Read more: In Tamir Rice’s death, artists found inspiration to carry on his legacySamaria Rice, left, and Terrence Spivey welcome the crowd at the Tamir Rice Sweet 16 event to raise funds for a new youth oriented cultural center Thursday, June 14th, 2018, at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo…
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The Hell of Copper
Read more: The Hell of CopperArtists Statement: Over the past few years Ghana has become one of the principal countries to receive electrical waste materials coming from Europe and the United States. In The Hell of Copper I wanted to be as precise as possible;…
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This Is Why Keith Haring Got Arrested Numerous Times
Read more: This Is Why Keith Haring Got Arrested Numerous TimesIn the early 1980s Keith Haring created hundreds of drawings in the New York subway system. He used chalk to paint on unused advertising space, which was covered with black sheets of paper. Haring was caught and fined numerous times.…
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Say No To Body Shame
Read more: Say No To Body ShameMounica Tata launched Doodleodrama as an online journal to improve representation for her body type in mainstream media. “I’ve always been an overweight person and bullied and shamed for the same. Only fairly recently I’ve learned to make my peace…
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If Not Now, When?
Read more: If Not Now, When?If Not Now, When? is an ongoing exhibition that showcases the work of 31 female sculptors, employing diverse materials and forms to address social and environmental issues such as gender equality, nuclear disarmament, and electronic waste. The Hepworth Wakefield in…
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Leopoldo Méndez’s Revolution: Social Activism through Graphic Art
Read more: Leopoldo Méndez’s Revolution: Social Activism through Graphic ArtBorn on June 30, 1902, in Mexico City, Leopoldo Méndez would become one of Mexico’s most significant and beloved graphic artists of the twentieth century. Méndez was one of eight children in a poor household. At a young age, Méndez…
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George Floyd statues unveiled as cities celebrate Juneteenth
Read more: George Floyd statues unveiled as cities celebrate JuneteenthIt was a quick turnaround for federal employers to recognize Juneteenth as a new federal holiday. But some cities were ready with new statues honoring George Floyd, whose killing by police in Minneapolis last year sparked a nationwide racial justice…
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Detroit Industry, North Wall
Read more: Detroit Industry, North WallAlmost all of Rivera’s art told a story, many of which depicted Mexican society, the Mexican Revolution, or reflected his own personal social and political beliefs, and In the Arsenal is no different. The woman on the right side of…
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The Great Migration Series
Read more: The Great Migration SeriesNational Public Radio (NPR): There’s no historical marker outside Jacob Lawrence’s childhood home in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. But Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has an idea of what it might…