Posts about 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[…]

Bronze statue of the Bremen Town Musicians—donkey, dog, cat, and rooster—stacked together in Bremen, Germany, symbolizing unity and shared strength.

Artistic Solidarity

The Bremen Town Musicians — donkey, dog, cat, and rooster — stand in bronze in the heart[…]

Sculpture Couple Under an Umbrella by Ron Mueck showing two figures huddled together under shelter, expressing intimacy, care, and protection.

When Institutions Cower

A photographer next to Ron Mueck’s 2013 sculpture Couple Under an Umbrella. The piece captures intimacy and[…]

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,[…]

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[…]

Samizdat typewriter

Artists Need Cybersecurity

In the Soviet Union, writers and dissidents relied on “samizdat,” hand-typed manuscripts secretly circulated to avoid censorship.[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Fondation Louis Vuitton, Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, Paris, France, Photo by DUET.PHOTO on Unsplash

Individual Creativity Against Authoritarianism

Exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France, Photo by DUET.PHOTO on Unsplash. Turning imagination into resistance You’ve[…]

Dorothea Lange’s "Migrant Mother" (1936)

USA Artists: We Are On Our Own

Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother (1936) portrays Florence Owens Thompson during the Great Depression, symbolizing both individual struggle and society’s[…]