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2016
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Artistic Activism 2021 Cases Favorite 

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This artist takes the spirit of protest from the streets to the gallery
Practitioner
Mundano
Date
Jul 24 2018

"Brazilian artist Mundano is used to spending his time on the road and in the streets, making art as an act of protest. Known for leaving his colorful works of graffiti on walls around the world, Mundano is especially dedicated to issues of environmental and social justice and spotlighting the overlooked work of Brazil’s trash collectors through his Pimp My Carroça campaign.

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Iran’s Shaming of Young Dancer Draws Backlash
Practitioner
Maedeh Hojabri
Date
Jul 9 2018

"But Ms. Hojabri lives in Iran, where women are not allowed to dance, at least not in public. The 19-year-old was quietly arrested in May and her page was taken down, leaving her 600,000 followers wondering where she had gone.

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Through Site-Specific Spectacle, Aerial Artist Jo Kreiter Is Exposing the Human Toll of the Prison System
Practitioner
Jo Kreiter
Date
Oct 15 2020

"There is a tragic timeliness to Flyaway Productions' Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy. As the nation grapples with systemic racism and police brutality, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, choreographer Jo Kreiter's new aerial work seeks to amplify the call for ending the mass incarceration that disproportionately affects people of color.

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Myanmar coup: How citizens are protesting through art
Practitioner
Myanmar's citizens
Date
Feb 7 2021

"An atmosphere of fear and anger spread across Myanmar this week as millions of people awoke to find out the military had taken control, ousting the elected government.
But how do you fight back in a country where protests have been violently suppressed before?
For some, it has meant putting pen to paper and taking the battle online.

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Feminist activist could face prison for vagina drawings
Practitioner
Yulia Tsvetkova
Date
Jul 7 2020

"My body is not pornography" — that is the slogan written under many of the social media posts inspired by Yulia Tsvetkova. Women are posting pictures of themselves showing off their curves, body hair and scars, along with feminist art and pictures of everyday objects that look like vaginas — like fruits or flowers.

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“Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic”
Practitioner
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Date
Mar 24 2021

“Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic” features six dances written inside a prison, a 35-minute dance film, and 11 artists (seven choreographic interpreters and four formerly incarcerated narrators) conversing on dancing in carceral spaces.

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With the Help of Social Media, the Asian Ballet Community Is Speaking Out Against Anti-Asian Violence
Practitioner
Prominent Asian Dancers and Allies
Date
Apr 1 2021

"Amid a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes around the world, Singapore-based dancewear company Cloud & Victory posted a video on March 18 calling for a stop to the hate against the Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. It features prominent Asian dancers and allies, including former professional dancer Miko Fogarty, The Joffrey Ballet's Jeraldine Mendoza and Boston Ballet's Lia Cirio and Paulina Waski.

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Hands off my hijab! Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban
Practitioner
Muslim girls under 18
Date
May 4 2021

"Sixteen year-old Mariem Chourak is a devout Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of her devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, but a proposal by French senators might soon deny her the freedom to do so in public spaces.

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Male students walk a mile in red high heels to help stop sexual violence against women
Practitioner
University of Miami students
Date
Apr 20 2019

"University of Miami students, mostly male, walked a mile in red high heeled shoes. They are walking a mile in her shoes.

The mile long walk was in support of Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®, an international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence.

The organization, which says on Facebook that they were founded in 2001, has walks around the world.

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A Vegan Meat Locker with a Heartbeat
Practitioner
Jonathon Horowitz
Date
May 13 2010

"Brooke Shields is one of 200 famous faces that the artist Jonathan Horowitz identifies as vegetarian in head shots he has hung on the white-tile walls of a former meat locker in the south Village. Horowitz, 44, swore off meat at the age of 12, after his parents took him to a bullfight on a vacation in Mexico.

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Russian ballerina dances on frozen waters to save Batareinaya Bay
Practitioner
Ilmira Bagautdinova
Date
Mar 14 2021

"A Russian ballerina from the renowned Mariinsky Theatre performed on the frozen waters of the Gulf of Finland in protest against a construction project that is likely to threaten the area’s natural habitat.

Dancer Ilmira Bagautdinova traded some of the world’s most prestigious stages to perform on the frozen waters of Batareinaya Bay, after reports of plans to build a grain silo at the site emerged.

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How Mexico Formed A United National Identity Through Art
Practitioner
Mexican Artists
Date
Oct 4 2016

"Beginning in 1910, the Mexican Revolution spawned a cultural renaissance, inspiring artists to look inward in search of a specifically Mexican artistic language. This visual vocabulary was designed to transcend the realm of the arts and give a national identity to this population undergoing transition.

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