While searching for scholarship I came across an article titled “Femzines, Artivism and Altar Aesthetics: Third Wave Feminism Chicana Style,” where Norell Martinez discusses Chicana feminist grassroots zines. The zine in particular that Martinez focuses on is titled “Flor y Canto” which has been published underground since 1997. This zine focuses on Chicana art and … More Looking at Chicana Artivism
I found a really great article that focuses on Feminist Artivists titled “Envisioning Change Through Art: Funding Feminist Artivists for Social Change.” “Through theatre, film-making, visual arts, graffiti and spoken word forms, to name just a few, feminist artivists challenge the organization of power and dominant narratives about who and what matters in the world. … More “Art inspires us to imagine what feminist futures could look and feel like, and art supports us to continue to organize for justice and inspires others to join our struggles.”
I feel like I can go on about the historical context of act and activism forever. There is such a rich history behind using art for activism around the world that there is no way I can cover it all (even if I wish I could). I am changing how I am doing my searching … More Hitting the Gold Mine
I came across something really fascinating while searching for artivism on the internet. There is an place in New York City that is called the Center for Artistic Activism. According to their website, “the Center for Artistic Activism is a research and training institute dedicated to making activism more creative and art more effective.” I … More Center for Artistic Activism-New York City
I wanted to take a break from exploring what artivism is from a historical context and talk about the word itself and how I can search more effectively on the web about the topic. When you search “artivism” in Google, one of the first search results that pops up is the Wikipedia page. According to … More Looking at the Word “Artivism” and How to Search
As I was exploring around on the internet I came across an art magazine first published in November 1934. “Art Front” was created by a group called the Artists Committee of Action and was made up artists such as Hugo Gellert, Stuart Davis, Zoltan Hecht and Lionel S. Reiss. This magazine was published under the … More Art Front
What I want to highlight is that the idea behind using art as a means of political expression is not a new concept. I would argue that for years artists have been using art as a way to politically express how they feel about the society they live in. Originally, I wanted to talk about … More Not a New Form of Expression
This is a video titled “Artivism: creativity as a new form of political expression” This is a video that I found on YouTube and was published in September 2016 by the University of Lausanne, which is in Lausanne Switzerland. This video discusses research that is being done around artivism in different places in the world. … More “Artivism: creativity as a new form of political expression”
Hello! Welcome! My name is Ashley and I am a graduate student studying Library and Information Studies at the University of Arizona. I also work at the UA libraries full-time. As an information professional, I am greatly interested in the way that digital technologies shape our world, and it will be exciting to learn more … More A Space to Explore Artivism
Artivism in the Digital Age 