Projects tagged "Race & Ethnicity"

3,000 Candles at the Lincoln Memorial #SoAllCanVote
Practitioner:
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
Date:
Jun 24 2014
At the same site where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, we lit thousands of candles - one for each signature on our petition - to commemorate the legacy of brave freedom fighters Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner and to stand up for the rights that are once again in peril.
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Shibboleth
Practitioner:
Tate Modern, The Unilever Series
Date:
Oct 9 2007
Text taken from website:
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Beyonce's Lemonade
Practitioner:
Beyonce
Date:
Feb 1 2016
In a single hour, Beyoncé's Lemonade re-wrote the textbook definition of what a visual album should look like. The genre-bending music it introduced will define the struggles a generation was enduring in 2016, specifically for black women. The project transcends every definition pop has ever had; blending R&B, contemporary rock, country, reggae, soul and hip-hop in its 12 tracks, occasionally fusing several of these into a single song.
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Feminist Art Activists 'The Guerrilla Girls' visit Wellesley College
Practitioner:
Guerilla Girls
Date:
Nov 14 2013
They call themselves feminist masked avengers in the tradition of Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman. They wear costume gorilla masks to remain anonymous, and they are devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the visual art world internationally.
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The Sugar Sphinx
Practitioner:
Kara Walker
Date:
May 1 2014
Over the past twenty-five years or so, ever since her spectacular New York début at the Drawing Center, in 1994, the now forty-four-year-old artist Kara Walker’s visual production—sculptures, cutouts, drawings, films—has been diaristic in tone.
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Seminar “Human on the Road 2"
Practitioner:
Cultural center REX, The Open Society Foundation
Date:
Jun 14 2015
This was the REX's second debate dedicated to public attitudes towards the institutional treatment of migrants passing through Serbia on their way to Western Europe. Seminar "Human on the Road 2" focused on issues related to some of the negative phenomena happening in Serbian public sphere.
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Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui
Practitioner:
El Anatsui
Date:
Feb 8 2013
The first solo exhibition in a New York museum by the globally renowned contemporary artist El Anatsui, this show will feature over 30 works in metal and wood that transform appropriated objects into site-specific sculptures.
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Anti-Racist Demonstration
Practitioner:
Unheard: University of Oklahoma Alliance for Black Students
Date:
Mar 9 2015
Unheard is an alliance of Black students organized for change within campus administration and atmosphere. Students gathered on the University of Oklahoma campus Monday morning to protest the racist behavior of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members over the weekend. Photos posted online show dozens of students gathered, joined by university president David Boren, who condemned the students in SAE.
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"Deport the Statue" Campaign
Practitioner:
Breakthrough
Date:
Jun 13 2013
It’s time to deport the Statue of Liberty. That’s the latest mission for Legals for the Preservation of American Culture, an organization which has begun the “Deport the Statue” campaign for the removal of Lady Liberty through four Twitter accounts and a video that hopes to prove the iconic statue is not only an undocumented French immigrant but is “taking a job away from a qualified American statue.”
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Russell FourEagles - BORN to HEAL
Practitioner:
Todd Dacquisto, Tim Philosophos
Date:
Apr 8 2014
Born to Heal, a documentary exploring the life of Native American healer, Russell FourEagles, and a handful of the lives he has touched. Growing up in a tarpaper shack in the north woods, Russell FourEagles was born to be a healer. His grandmother chose him to learn the accumulated wisdom from over 200 generations of family healers.
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"Reject and Protect" actions against Keystone XL pipeline in U.S.
Practitioner:
The Cowboy and Indian Alliance
Date:
Apr 22 2014
The Cowboy and Indian Alliance, a coalition of indigenous tribes, ranchers, farmers, stages a protest named "Reject and Protect" against the Keystone XL oil pipeline project along the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline route, as a part of series of demonstrations around the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, April 22, 2014, on the occasion of the World Earth Day.
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Canadian Documentary Tackles Gender Violence, Race and Privilege
Practitioner:
Pamela Masik
Date:
May 6 2013
The annual Toronto film festival Hot Docs is underway, and one of the featured documentaries tackles the tragic and gruesome story of serial killer Robert Pickton. The notorious murderer was responsible for the deaths of at least 26 women, many of whom were Aboriginals, drug addicts and prostitutes from Vancouver's rough Downtown Eastside.
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Project Catalyst
Practitioner:
Artel Great
Date:
Apr 9 2014
Project Catalyst specializes in designing culturally rich entertainment experiences that re-imagine the empowering possibilities of cinema and media from a multicultural perspective. Project Catalyst exemplifies the efficacy and essential value of art and cinema at the intersections of social justice and the modern technologies of everyday life.
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Raised-Fist Photo by Black Women at West Point Spurs Inquiry
Practitioner:
Black Female West Point Students
Date:
May 8 2016
A group of young black women poised to graduate from the United States Military Academy gathered on the steps of West Point’s oldest barracks last week in traditional gray dress uniforms, complete with sabers, for a group photo. Known as an “Old Corps” photograph because it mimics historical portraits, it was nearly identical to thousands that cadets have posed for over the decades, with one key difference: The 16 women raised their clenched fists.
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Welcome to Palestine
Practitioner:
Palestine Justice Network
Date:
Apr 15 2012
Welcome To Palestine by Saed Bannoura Israeli daily Haaretz, reported that 470 of the 1200 persons that Israel blacklisted as “pro-Palestinian” and part of the Welcome To Palestine campaign, were not activists; two of them were a French diplomat and his wife.
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Beyonce's Formation
Practitioner:
Beyonce
Date:
Feb 6 2016
Please see link from The New York Times discussing the activist components of Beyonce's new release "Formation".
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Toyi-Toyi
Practitioner:
Soutth African protesters
Date:
Jan 1 1976
Toyi-toyi is a Southern African dance originally from Zimbabwe by Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) forces that has long been used in political protests in South Africa. Toyi-toyi could begin as the stomping of feet and spontaneous chanting during protests that could include political slogans or songs, either improvised or previously created. Some sources claim that South Africans learned it from Zimbabweans.
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LA Rebellion
Practitioner:
UCLA Film students
Date:
Sep 12 1977
In the late 1960s, in the aftermath of the Watts Uprising and against the backdrop of the continuing Civil Rights Movement and the escalating Vietnam War, a group of African and African American students entered the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, as part of an “Ethno-Communications” initiative designed to be responsive to communities of color (also including Asian, Chicano and Native American communities). Now referred to as the L.A.
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The Great Wall of Los Angeles
Practitioner:
Judy Baca
Date:
Apr 11 2001
The Great Wall of Los Angeles represents a minority perspective/p.o.v. of the history of the city. Judy Baca first began the mural in 1974 through SPARC at the rise of the Chicano movement. The project was a part of the community and completed by Baca, other local artists and local youth volunteers. This mural is effective in depicting the racial tension of the past, but maybe it would be enhanced by a prospective future.
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Miles Morales
Practitioner:
Marvel Comics
Date:
Aug 1 2011
From The Huffington Post:
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Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Practitioner:
Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Date:
Mar 4 2009
“May this Tribunal prevent the crime of silence“…
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Protest Posters for Fees Must Fall
Practitioner:
Burning Museum and Faith47
Date:
Oct 3 2015
Daniel Hewson describes the use of protest posters and the work of collective, Burning Museum, and artist, Faith47, in the Fees Must Fall movement taking place in South Africa:
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Davey Drumpf, Presidential Cousin-At-Large
Practitioner:
Dave Lippman
Date:
Dec 23 2016
A new series of video commentaries with Davey Drumpf, The Donald's long-lost third cousin, twice removed. His views are several degrees to the Left of the Don's. First installment: Co-housing vs. Weaponized Xenophobia.
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Enchanted Dolls
Practitioner:
Marina Bychkova
Date:
Mar 19 2016
The Enchanted Doll is the famous brand of the Russian jeweler artist and designer Marina Bychkova who makes absolutely incredible porcelain and polyurethane dolls for adults. Marina was born in the city of Novokuznetsk in the USSR and since 1997 she lives in Vancouver, Canada.
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The Last American Indian On Earth
Practitioner:
Gregg Deal
Date:
Apr 17 2013
"The Last American Indian on Earth", a performance art piece by Gregg Deal,a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe originally based in northwestern Nevada.The project documents what happens when an unsuspecting public is confronted with the flesh-and-blood version of a stereotype, one that for most is the only authentic expression of what it means to be an Indigenous person of the American continent.
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