Art is more than just aesthetics; it is a powerful tool for activism and cultural preservation. Through various forms of expression, artists carry forward the legacy of Black culture, ensuring that ...

As we celebrate the fifth annual Art & Activism event, presented by SVA Continuing Education, the concept of home and all its definitions are explored. What does it mean to be at home in our bodies, ...

Forty years ago, a mysterious wasting illness linked to promiscuous sex and intravenous drug use became a global epidemic and the focus of a massive public health campaign and activist community. Now, ...

December 1 is the annual World AIDS Day observance. An estimated 78 million people have become infected with HIV, and 35 million people have died of AIDS-related illnesses since 1981. Up Against the ...

Katelyn Wang has spent the past year using art to share her passion for social justice with her fellow students at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla. She hopes to spend the next year expanding that into ...

Costa Mesa — Graffiti artist, painter, photographer, filmmaker and activist Banksy has made a career of creating art that isn’t consumed in conventional ways. Working in anonymity, Banksy and his ...

Artist and activist Kaitlyn Quach speaks with us about their journey from climate anxiety to climate activism, and the essential role their art plays. Artist and activist Kaitlyn Quach speaks with us ...

Art and Camille Taylor married in 1994 and have worked to advocate for each other's passions ever since. However, they did ...

What is the connection between art and social change? I’ve pondered this question for many years. According to the received wisdom, art means an aesthetic object. Sometimes it also means a performance ...

Art and activism, the theme of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance at Bates, could be expressed visually in a serious and heavy way. “But Blackness is much more than that,” says Olivia ...

Where would the Civil Rights Movement have been without Martin Luther King Jr.’s oratory and prose? Without pictures and video of firehoses in Birmingham. Without Emmitt Till’s disfigured face. Or the ...

When the U.S. government came after Anglea Davis, art came to her defense. Targeted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as one of its “10 Most Wanted” in 1970, tracked down, jailed and accused of ...