Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment
Read more: Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment“Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment” is an important exhibition organized by the Princeton University Art Museum is on view at the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Massachusetts, from February 2 through May 5, 2019. More than 100 major paintings,…
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How Keith Haring used art for good
Read more: How Keith Haring used art for goodIt’s the radiant baby, the barking dog and the dancing man; the badges and the t-shirts; the unmissable mural spelling out CRACK IS WACK. Keith Haring’s career was short but spectacular, and he leaves behind a lasting legacy. From his…
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“Don’t Call Me Chief”: Native Artists Protest Racist NFL Mascots
Read more: “Don’t Call Me Chief”: Native Artists Protest Racist NFL MascotsPHOENIX — As Super Bowl LVII was getting underway in Glendale, Arizona, on February 12, artist and Apache Skateboards founder Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache, Akimel O’odham) was protesting racist mascots in the NFL by painting a mural-style portrait of…
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When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef
Read more: When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral ReefThe “Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef,” a unique exhibition and thought-provoking fusion of science, conservation, mathematics, and art, is on display in Washington, D.C., at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. By engaging local communities to crochet coral reefs, the…
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Silence = Death
Read more: Silence = DeathThis is a prime example of the marriage of art and activism. The Silence = Death poster is simple but extremely powerful representation of the obstacles the AIDS movement was facing (suppression of gay people + their problems, lack of…
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Nikkolas Smith: Art Can Help Show That Black Lives Matter. It Can Also Lead to Activism
Read more: Nikkolas Smith: Art Can Help Show That Black Lives Matter. It Can Also Lead to ActivismWhen I watched them kill Elijah McClain, I couldn’t make any art for days. It had been week after week after week of gut-wrenching stories of Black lives taken from this earth too early. I wasn’t sure if I could…
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“I Still Believe in Our City” Asian Americans Standing Out for Themselves
Read more: “I Still Believe in Our City” Asian Americans Standing Out for ThemselvesAsian Americans standing up for themselves, the Black Lives Matter movement, and their home: New York City In 2020, as COVID-19 flared through New York City and NYC hospitals saw a spike of nearly 200,000 patients, Asian and Pacific Islanders…
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Wired in Disability Arts
Read more: Wired in Disability ArtsSerene colors and technical set pieces create a surreal ambience as performers delicately hover into the black void above the stage. These performers belong to Kinetic Light, an “internationally-recognized disability arts ensemble”. In 2022, the ensemble performed Wired, a “potent…
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Five Times Climate Change and The Environment Inspired Fashion Design
Read more: Five Times Climate Change and The Environment Inspired Fashion DesignThe upcoming year of fashion shows look set to be charged with climate change and environmental themes. This year, more than ever before, we have seen that the business of fashion, at the highest levels, is responding to the push…
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Ukraine Day of Unity
Read more: Ukraine Day of UnityFebruary 24, 2023 will mark one year since the Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine began. Russia is attempting to take over Ukrainian territory and destroy its rich, vibrant culture. Ukrainians are fighting for their country and right to exist…