Tag Archives for Art
Migration is Beautiful [VIDEO]
Sometimes when living in the world of academia and working in the world of social media, it’s easy to lose touch with what “grassroots” means. It’s easy to forget that activism isn’t only expressed through college papers filled with feminist … Continue reading
Making Visible the Invisible
Ramiro Gomez is a male nanny working in Los Angeles. He’s also an artist. He works closely with the nannies and domestic workers of Los Angeles, which gives him a unique incite into the ways in which domestic workers are … Continue reading
UndocuQueer
I’ve mentioned the DREAMers adrift before, but today I wanted to draw attention to one particular DREAMer in particular, Julio Salgado, an artist working to spread awareness about what it means to live at the intersection of being undocumented, and … Continue reading
Favianna Rodriguez: 3 New Posters for the Woman Bashing Year
I have long been a huge fan of Favianna Rodriguez’s activist art, and her work with Presente, a “a national organization that exists to amplify the political voice of Latino communities.” Every image she makes gives me goosebumps with just … Continue reading
Half in Brazil: Nancy
Meet Nancy. She is half Russian, half Brazilian, and full Carioca. Nancy moved from Russia to Brazil when she was 5, and is now studying art here in Rio, where she tries to take advantage of the window that … Continue reading
Smoking in Art
This is an interesting article about advertising and smoking. It discusses the French law that says that cigarettes cannot be displayed in advertisements, and how this is playing into the usage of art that includes tobacco. An example they give … Continue reading
