Conversations & Resources
We envision a world where art and artists take up an expanded role in society as catalysts for social change. Here, we offer critical insight into how we are creating that world.
Explore our collection of essays, conversations, goings-on, and practical resources for artists.
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Redefining the Future of Socially Engaged Art
How can we use the unknown to envision something better?
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Greg Sholette: Public Art, Protest, and 21st-Century Politics, Part II
“The dream of direct digital democracy did not die so much as deflate.”
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Ernesto Pujol: Building Consciousness and Community Amid Crisis
An excerpt from an interview with Ernesto Pujol on vulnerability and ethics.
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Jessica Lynne: Autobiography, Photography, and Moving Beyond the Singular ‘I’
“To be concerned with the self or the autobiographical is inherently to attend to the relationships of power around which we negotiate, that impress upon us.”
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Greg Sholette: Public Art, Protest, and 21st-Century Politics, Part I
“We are witnessing today the full-on return of socially engaged cultural activism.”
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Kirk Savage: What Kind Of Monuments Do We Want?
“Each time we pass by, the monument tacitly calls for a choice: do we accept and obey its supremacy, or do we reject and resist it?”
