Young Creatives and Protest Art

In addition to my work as the Director of Community Engagement at Creative Generation, I’m a freelance artist and designer. In recent years, my art — and the art of folks in my community — has evolved to be a direct reflection of who I am and how I see myself in the current political and social climate.

This week I noticed that a lot of the links my colleagues were sending my way were telling stories about young people using arts and culture to articulate their current experiences. We had some space on the social media calendar, so I decided this week was our inaugural theme week.

The whole Creative Generation team jumped on board, DMing me links, sharing their experiences, and even co-creating some protest pieces in a team learning session — we talked about the Voting Rights Act and the pressure capitalism places on each of us.

As I write this on Wednesday, we’ve shared stories of dance and artistic activism, visual art for social change, and Yazmany Arboleda, who is New York City’s artist in residence for civic engagement. Now I’m hoping to turn the mic to you all.

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.

I can’t wait to get inspired by what you’re working on and to share everyones’s stories.