“Once I started to illustrate as a reaction to the crises unfolding in the US, I realized that my art was resonating with people who were going through difficult times with this administration,” says Ashley. “Artists can amplify the experiences of people who are being marginalized in this country, and draw attention to pressing injustices. … More Artist Highlight-Ashley Lukashevsky

For this post I will be looking at the concept of public art. According to Wikipedia, “Public art is art in any media that has been planned and executed with the intention of being staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all.” I think that common examples of public art include murals, monuments, sculptures. I … More Public Art

In the article “Rebels without regret: documentary artivism in the digital age,” Selmin Kara looks at one documentaries China’s film Ali Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) and Kara also looks at the Gezi protests in Turkey and how it was documented through the internet. Kara looks to explore the implications of the blurring of art and … More Documentary Artivism

One of my first posts on this blog talked about where the term artivism came from. I still do not know where exactly the term was first used, but I did take a look at an article mentioned in that Wikipedia page. The article is titled “Chicana/o Artivism: Judy Baca’s Digital Work with Youth of … More “Digital Artivism” and Artivist Chicano/a Murals

I found a really interesting site on the internet called “Sea of Change” which is part of the Pangeaseed Foundation. What is so interesting about this site is that they have an online artivism website called “a volcom artivism contest,” where artists can submit a high resolution file of their artwork for the contest. One … More “Sea of Change”Ocean Artivism