Category: CONTEMPORARYART
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Health concerns raised over Cuban artist and activist held in jail… LUIS MANUEL OTERO ALCANTARA
Source: THE ART NEWSPAPER Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was sentenced to five years in prison in June Gareth Harris 17 August 2022 Share Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara. © Artists at Risk The health of the Cuban artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara—who was sentenced to five years in prison in June by a court…
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Art & Activism: Artivism – Co-Create A World That Thrives….
SOURCE: ECORESOLUTIONS Where Art meets Activism MOVEMENT BUILDING “Art is a material act of culture, but its greatest value is its spiritual role, and that influences society, because it’s the greatest contribution to the intellectual and moral development of humanity that can be made.” – Ana Mendieta Artivism is where art meets activism. Art…
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Artworks To Discuss Social Justice Issues With Students
SOURCE: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART STANDARDS OF BEAUTY Rozeal (formerly known as iona rozeal brown), afro.died, T., 2011, acrylic, pen, ink, marker, and graphite on birch plywood panel, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), 2015.19.243 Standards of Beauty What’s beautiful to you? What does…