Posts about Art Activism

Guerrilla Girls

Legal Literacy as Artistic Resistance

The Guerrilla Girls use masked anonymity, bold visuals and biting statistics to expose gender and racial bias[…]

Juneteeth

Juneteenth

Celebrate Juneteenth with the Arts On January 1, 1863 (known as “Freedom’s Eve”) enslaved and free African[…]

"Dogville" (2003), a film directed and written by Lars von Trier

Belonging and Exclusion

Dogville (2003), a film directed and written by Lars von Trier, features Nicole Kidman as Grace Mulligan and[…]

Where is today’s resistance music?

Where is resistance music today?

Music once had the power to unify across racial and political divides In the 20th century, protest[…]

Maurizio Cattelan, "Comedian" (2019)

Irony, parody, satire … or ridicule?

When it comes to creative resistance, offer insights. Otherwise, it is just mockery. What makes irony, parody,[…]

Guerilla Girls is a collective of anonymous female artists who have used malicious compliance and resistance to challenge sexism and inequality in the art world. One of their most famous works, "Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get into the Met Museum?" (1989), followed advertising conventions but subverted them by exposing gender disparities in museum collections.

Resistance. Malicious compliance. Dissidence.

Art endures because courage endures Some believe the arts have the power to affect change. Others see[…]

The Empath Strikes Back

The Empath Strikes Back

Wherever you are. Whatever your creative expression. Tomorrow, Saturday, April 19, 2025, fire your shot for our[…]

Send in the clowns

Send in the clowns

The circus is already in town. Why not join it on purpose? Create to Liberate Idea No.[…]

"America" by Touba Alipour

66 ways to creatively resist

Now is the time to create boldly and act with purpose Yesterday’s locations and turnout for HandsOff![…]

Tell me what to do

Tell me what to do

“I paid for the whole course, so I’m going to play the whole course, goddammit!” Create to[…]