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activist art
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2015 Die-In Protest Against Gender Violence
Read more: 2015 Die-In Protest Against Gender ViolenceOn September 2nd 2015, a die-in protest to advocate against gender violence was carried out by a group called Women in Black (Olmedilla, 2015). This form of protest was likely inspired by other die-in protests in Spain and represented Spanish…
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Immigrant Yarn Project
Read more: Immigrant Yarn ProjectThe Immigrant Yarn Project (IYP), organized and created by Cindy Weil was a massive work of public and democratic (crowd-sourced), yarn-based art honoring our immigrant heritage and promoting tolerance, difference, and community. Weil reached out across the state and beyond…
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The Balloon Project by Yan Kong
Read more: The Balloon Project by Yan KongThe Balloon Project, is a three-year-in-the-making Art Installation by Yan Kong in support of world refugees and migrants. It pays tribute to human spirit, courage and survival. The Balloon Project is a multimedia work incorporating mechanical engineering and visuals to…
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Women of York: “Shared Dining”
Read more: Women of York: “Shared Dining”In 2013, a group of ten women incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Connecticut, calling themselves “Women of York,” created this work of art inspired by Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party. The installation includes six entry banners and ten place…
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No Soy Tu Chiste. I Am Not A Joke.
Read more: No Soy Tu Chiste. I Am Not A Joke.Daniel Arzola, a digital artist and activist originally from Maracay, Venezuela, began his series, ‘No Soy Tu Chiste’ (‘I Am Not A Joke’) in 2013 intent on combating the stereotypes and cruelty so often facing LGBT identifiers; youth in particular.…
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Mystery Artist Paints Penises Around Potholes To Get Them Fixed
Read more: Mystery Artist Paints Penises Around Potholes To Get Them FixedArmed with a can of washable spray paint, an artist in Greater Manchester, England, has embarked on a worthy crusade: to rid the region of potholes… by drawing penises on them. The anonymous artist, who goes by the name “Wanksy,”…
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RAT-PAC
Read more: RAT-PACThe Resistance Arts Trust Political Action Committee is a Super PAC with the mission of challenging great Artists to create public works of political art meant to inform communities, start conversations and drive media coverage on progressive issues, and empowering…
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The Pigeon Palace
Read more: The Pigeon PalaceReal estate agents and investors with plans to visit an open house in San Francisco Tuesday were greeted with a somewhat unexpected scene – a motley crew of Mission activists and neighborhood characters holding signs and singing, “If you buy…
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Unforgotten Campaign
Read more: Unforgotten CampaignBlair Holt was shot and killed while he shielded another classmate from the bullets a gunman sprayed on a CTA bus in Chicago in 2007. His father is a police officer and his mother is a fire department chief, and…
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Men’s Magazine Prints Editions Using HIV-Infected Blood To Tackle Stigma
Read more: Men’s Magazine Prints Editions Using HIV-Infected Blood To Tackle StigmaThanks to dramatic advances in drug therapy, infection with HIV has been transformed from a death sentence to a chronic, manageable disease. HIV-positive patients can even enjoy a normal life expectancy if treatment is successful. So we needn’t worry about…