Posts in Creative Resistance

No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2026

The Work Isn’t Over

Unleash Your Creative Power The Call to Artists: Creativity in Action On Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 more[…]

With Fall of Freedom, Artists across America are mobilizing for democracy, Nov. 20-21, 2025.

Fall of Freedom

A Nationwide Call to Creative Resistance Fall of Freedom is a national creative resistance launching November 20–21,[…]

Rising Political Voices in Music

Rising Political Voices in Music

Meet the Troubadours for Social Change When the world feels unsteady, music becomes a megaphone. Rising artists[…]

Dancers from Tanztheater Wuppertal performing Pina Bausch's "Nelken Line" from Wim Wenders' documentary Pina. (2011)

Amplify the Art of Resistance

Dancers from Tanztheater Wuppertal performing Pina Bausch’s “Nelken Line” from Wim Wenders’ documentary Pina. (2011) The arts, like[…]

Detail from John Singer Sargent’s 1889 portrait of Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth.

The Martyrdom Ploy

Detail from John Singer Sargent’s 1889 portrait of Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth. (Public domain / Wikimedia Commons)[…]

Global Artivism Conference (Nov. 3–5, 2025) Brazil

Create or witness arts activism

Artists from the Global South converge in Salvador, Brazil, for three days of art, music, workshops, and[…]

Ai Weiwei’s installation Straight (2008–2012)

Arts Activism Thrives on Solidarity

Using 150 tons of rebar salvaged from collapsed schools in the Sichuan earthquake, Ai Weiwei’s installation Straight[…]

Sex Squad, a UCLA Art & Global Health Center program

The Many Faces of Arts Activism: Part 2

Sex Squad, a UCLA Art & Global Health Center program, blends performance, community engagement and arts activism[…]

Hassan Fathy’s New Gourna Village (Luxor, Egypt, 1940s–50s)

The Many Faces of Arts Activism: Part 1

Hassan Fathy’s New Gourna Village (Luxor, Egypt, 1940s–50s) arose from anger at Egypt’s rural housing crisis. Using local materials[…]

Detail from Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis' Aggression II (1979)

The Many Faces of Arts Activism: Intro

Detail from Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis’ Aggression II (1979), silkscreen on paper, from the collection of MO Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania. View[…]