What is art activism?
part 1 - Community examples: High school food drives, fundraisers for food and clothes donors, chalk painting the streets for pride month/awareness.
Part 2: Define art activism - art activism is the use of creative expression through different medias to promote social or political changes.
Artwork response: (memes as resistance post)
Readings (quotes and short responses):
Why artistic activism?
Quote 1: "Artistic activism is a dynamic practice combining the creative power of arts to mose us emotionally"
Quote 2: "What unties them all is the mobilization of both affect and effect."
Response: The frame artistic activism as a deliberate fashion of actions, not just about making art about issues but having an actual social impact.
An introduction to activist art?
Quote 1:"Activist art is a powerful tool with a long and varied history, that can call attention to the most pressing political and social issues."
Quote 2: ""
Response: The article gives an introduction to activist art as a tool for awareness and engagement.
The most influential works of American protest since WWII:
Quote 1: "Did it change what you think or believe? Must it endure? What is the difference, anyway, between protest art and art that is merely political?"
Quote 2: "I can't imagine ever wanting to be white... that piece became a real lightning rod"
Response: This article shows how protest art can be provocative, "rule breaking" and leave last effects. We judge art through its emotional and even political holds.
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