Tag: Political Art
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Art As Action: Politics and the Creative Impulse
September 22 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm in the Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, Ripon College Our time in history is one of political upheaval as well as social and environmental unrest. Many of the seminal moments in art history have come from artists willing to take a stand amid such adversity. Artists act […]
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#WorldsUpsideDown
#WorldsUpsideDown is an exhibition exploring the hopes and failures of radical political change at Firstsite, a cultural center in Colchester, England. The Justseeds Celebrate People’s History poster series will be included along with other great projects. Here is the description of the exhibition from the Firstsite website: Riots. Revolts. Revolution. All flashing moments which throw the […]
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Never More! Hiroshima-Fukushima
My video AN602: Tsar Bomba was selected to be a part of the “Never More! – Hiroshima-Fukushima” video art collection through the CTF – Collective Trauma Film Collections. CTF was Founded in 2012, to collect and present work by artists and filmmakers dealing with topics of collective trauma, and who are using new technologies and […]
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Celebrate People’s History at the Durland Alternatives Library!
“Celebrate People’s History – a visual journey through social movements past and present” at the Durland Alternatives Library on the campus of Cornell University! If you are in Ithica come check it out! More info here…
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A Call To Halt – Justseeds Re-post
Here is a re-post of a post on the Justseeds site about the “Call To Halt” exhibition- Enjoy! To see the Justseeds post click here. /////// A Call To Halt: A multimedia installation and critical timeline of the Euromissiles Crisis, and of the nuclear abolition movement in the United States from 1977-1987 is a new […]
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A Call To Halt – Opening Soon!
My exhibition “A Call To Halt” will be opening soon at the Frank Juarez Gallery!
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New Project – Living With The Bomb
I have begun working on a new project titled “Living With The Bomb”. It is a project exploring nuclear proliferation, nuclear disarmament, and peoples movements for the abolition of nuclear weapons. I have began a few associated sites related to the exploration and development of the work. There is a wordpress site relating to research […]
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Remembering Who We Are
To mark the closing day of the “Posters of Inspirational European Women: Taken from the zine Shape & Situate” exhibition, Space Station Sixty Five in London hosted a collection of resources from other sociopolitical art, poster, zine and publication projects for everyone to explore. Inspirational work featured, displayed, exhibited and screened included projects such as: […]
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Guns vs. Butter
Some of my work is included in this great show in Pittsburgh at Future Tenant- details below… [Text From Justseeds Website] Guns vs. Butter is an exhibition of anti-war graphics, bringing together the contemporary print work of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative alongside posters from the historical collection housed in the Interference Archive. The exhibition contextualizes […]
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Celebrate People’s History in Milwaukee!
Celebrate People’s History Art Show and Book Release party Friday April 22 6-9pm Astrix Gallery (524 W National, Milwaukee) Come see an exhibition of posters from Josh MacPhee’s Celebrate People’s History Poster Project. Over 40 posters celebrating a range of topics including Act Up, Womens Resistance in Oaxaca, Judi Bari, Crass, Malcolm X, The Occupation […]
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Where is Ai Weiwei?
Ai Weiwei in Tiananmen Square in 2009 (the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre) On January 11, 2011 the studios of Ai Weiwei were demolished by the Chinese government. He was arrested April 3, 2011 and has not been heard from since. Here is an excerpt from a recent article in the Global Post: […]
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Posters in Support of Wisconsin Workers
Justseeds has been putting out some great downloadable copyright free images about Wisconsin Labor Protests. I have made a few myself and have included them here. Feel free to use these images for posters, signs, flyers, patches, etc… Here are some links to the Justseeds work- all of the downloadable graphics produced so far can […]
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Celebrate People’s History in Toronto!
Toronto Free Gallery and Groundswell present Celebrate People’s History! The full collection of CPH Posters will be on display at Toronto Free Gallery from February 10 – March 19, 2011. The opening will be held on Thursday, February 10th at 7:00PM. Toronto Free Gallery 1277 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M4E 2J8 Tel: 416.913.0461 Hours […]
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Crass ‘People’s History’ Poster now Available!
My Celebrate People’s History Poster about Crass is hot off the presses and now available through Justseeds! Crass (1977-1984) was a group of artists, activists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians that banded together using punk as a resistant cultural form for the promotion of anarchism as a political ideology—a way of living as a resistance movement. […]
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Two Celebrate People’s History Events!
Philly and Oakland! Here is the info: Celebrate People’s History exhibition in Oakland – Poster Exhibition & Book Release Party La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705 USA 510-849-2568 www.lapena.org CPH Book Launch and Exhibition in Philly! Opening: Friday, January 7, 7:00pm – 10:00pm Studio 34 Yoga Healing Arts 4522 Baltimore Ave […]
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Celebrate People’s History!
The Celebrate People’s History book has just been released by the Feminist Press! Josh MacPhee will be on hand to do a big book release event and party in Chicago on Thursday Nov. 11th at Quimbys in Chicago. Here’s the details: Thursday November 11th, 7:00pm Quimby’s Bookstore 1854 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60622 773-342-0910
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Paper Politics at the WCI Arts Center
West Central Illinois Arts Center is excited to announce the opening of Paper Politics a major exhibition of politically and socially engaged printmaking. Paper Politics can be seen at the WCI Arts Center Gallery March 6 through April 3. The WCI Arts Center is located at 25 East Side Square in Macomb, Illinois. The Gallery […]
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Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today
I am a featured artist in the new book Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today that has just been released by PM Press. Here is the description of the book from the PM Press website: Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today is a major collection of contemporary politically and socially engaged printmaking. This full color […]
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C. Matt Luther Interview
An interview with C. Matt Luther is now posted on the Random Artwork/Artist Interviews site. C. Matt Luther is an artist currently living in Milwaukee who works across various mediums, from traditional forms such as painting, drawing, and printmaking, to more ephemeral forms like zines and street projects. Collage is at the center of all […]
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Paper Politics Richmond!
Next stop for the Paper Politics Exhibition is Richmond, VA! Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today 200 prints from 200 artists Ghostprint Gallery 220 W. Broad St. Richmond, VA 23220 www.ghostprintgallery.com Opening Reception: Friday, August 7th, 7-10 pm The show runs August 7th-August 29th, 2009 Wed-Sat, 1-7pm or by appointment And be sure to keep […]
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Re-post of the Implicit Art Interview
The following is a re-posting of an interview of me conducted by Nathaniel Stern for his Implicit Art blog, and was cross posted on the My Arts Space blog. The interview is the first in a series of MFA student features from the graduate program at the Peck School of the Arts, at the University […]
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