Now is the time to create boldly and act with purpose
Yesterday’s locations and turnout for HandsOff! were very encouraging.
In addition to photographs of the crowds, what the world is remembering and sharing on social media are the signs, banners, attire and performances.
These were acts of art activism.
National organizers behind HandsOff! have now announced their next day for protest: April 19, 2025.
Create to Liberate
This is the same day we hoped you would flood our communities with your talent and/or engage in art activism and creative resistance.
Democracy is not a competition
These are complementary acts. We all have a role in restoring democracy. Especially if you ‘create to liberate’ however you want and wherever you are in the USA.
Creativity and the arts are like wasps. They might sting. Or they might just let you know that they are everywhere.
Art activism and creative resistance are powerful catalysts for confronting oppression, sparking dialogue and driving transformative change.
From visual art and music to literature, theater, dance, film, fashion and digital media, the realm of art activism is as diverse as the communities it uplifts.
We just added to our website sixty-six ways to creatively transform culture and politics.
You do not need to be an artist to create good trouble
(BTW, items marked with an asterisk * do not require that you be a visual, performing or literary artist.)
Let inspiration guide your next act of art activism.
We invite individual visual and performing artists, writers, bookstores, book clubs, brave non-profit or government organizations and other individuals or groups across the USA to independently “flood the zone” with creativity, for Create to Liberate, Saturday, April 19, 2025.
Follow Abbetuck on these social media platforms as well as on Substack.
This is our favorite protest sign from HandsOff! It was taken by Lissa Brennan. This is both art activism and history.
Image at top: “America” by Touba Alipour (2018) featured at The Untitled Space, a contemporary art gallery in New York City. This is art activism. | Photograph: The Untitled Space
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