Need to convince collaborators or colleagues of the importance of using creativity in activism? The Center for Artistic Activism's Stephen Duncombe co-authored a new, evidence-based, empirical study of the impact of creative activism vs. conventional forms of activism!
Read moreYoung Creatives and Protest Art
Jump onto the social media platform of your choice and tell us what Protest Art means to you. You can tweet a link to an article, post a pick of your current work in progress on IG, share a facebook post, or tag a friend on LinkedIn — whatever you like! — just make sure to tag @Campaign4GenC and use the hashtag #CreativityForGood.
Read more#Artivism: Amanda Gorman, Social Justice Art, and the Black Youth Voice
Since January 20th, Amanda Gorman’s poem at the U.S. Presidential Inauguration has been celebrated globally. From powerful think pieces to musical remixes, the speech has lit a cultural firestorm and has raised questions about society, arts and culture, education, and - most critically - the young Black voice.
Leading by Example: Alysia Lee on Creative Collaboration with Students
Last month, I wrote about a conversation I had with Alysia Lee and her work, Say Her Name, which premiered in November 2020. The #SayHerName movement resists police brutality against Black women. If you say the name, you're prompted to learn the story, and if you know the story, then you have a broader sense of all the ways Black bodies are made vulnerable to police violence. In this part, we spoke about her creative collaborations with students.
Read moreLeading by Example: Alysia Lee on "Say Her Name"
Alysia is the Coordinator of Fine Arts for the Maryland State Arts Council, the Founder and Artistic Director of Sister Cities Girlchoir, a faculty member at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, and a board member for Chorus America. In addition to serving in all of those roles, Alysia is a performer, conductor, composer, and public speaker. Her original composition, Say Her Name, premiered in November 2020, performed by the University of Michigan choir. The piece was written as a vehicle to bring the powerful Kwanzaa ceremony to the concert stage with a call to action.
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