Projects tagged "Art"

Project Catalyst
Practitioner:
Artel Great
Date:
Apr 9 2014
Project Catalyst specializes in designing culturally rich entertainment experiences that re-imagine the empowering possibilities of cinema and media from a multicultural perspective. Project Catalyst exemplifies the efficacy and essential value of art and cinema at the intersections of social justice and the modern technologies of everyday life.
Favorite 
2
Abler
Practitioner:
Sara Hendren
Date:
Oct 4 2012
Sara Hendren is an Enabler. Hendren's writing, research, and "knowledge-building" propels conversations of ability and disability in such a way that activates a creative dialogue as well as provides a scholarly basis for cultural critique.
Favorite 
1
ALT/Space: Teaching Artists Stories from the Field
Practitioner:
Malke Rosenfeld, Teaching Artist Journal
Date:
Aug 27 2014
In this space, Teaching Artist contributors from around the U.S. and the world bring you stories of their work at the crossroads of art and learning. The stories that our bloggers bring to ALT/space are born inside the practice of teaching and art making in all artistic and expressive mediums: visual arts, dance, traditional arts, outsider art, music, theater, storytelling, writing and…?
Favorite 
0
Fotokonbit (Putting Cameras in Haitian Hands) - ONGOING working organization
Practitioner:
fotokonbit
Date:
Jun 10 2011
The Haitian Creole word "konbit" denotes the idea of similar talents joining together to work towards a common goal. The founders — a group of photographers, educators, and artists — came up with the idea for Fotokonbit a few years ago to "empower Haitians to tell their own stories and document their community", but it was the 2010 earthquake that gave the group new urgency.
Favorite 
1
"Just Two of Us"
Practitioner:
Katharina Grosse, The Public Art Fund
Date:
Oct 27 2013
Katharina Grosse's public exhibition "Just Two of Us" consists of eight large meteor looking sculptures painted in bright technicolors. The sculptures, which have been placed in the public plaza at Metro Tech Commons, have transformed downtown Brooklyn. Grosse is a German artist based in Berlin, who is known for her use of spray gun techniques to create abstract colorful paintings on unconventional surfaces.
Favorite 
0
UC Student Art Action protests corporate privatization of public education
Practitioner:
Freshwomen of UC Berkeley
Date:
May 8 2012
On Tuesday, May 8, in the midst of final exam week, a group of female first-year students performed a public art action at UC Berkeley to call attention to the UC Regents’ privatization of what was once the premier public university in the country.(See photos below)
Favorite 
1
Garbage Collectors
Practitioner:
Afrika ARTS Kollective
Date:
Jan 17 2015
Afrika ARTS Kollective is a group of artists that decided to face Uganda's demographic growth and the garbage problem of the capital, Kamala, with art. 30,000 tons of residues come out of this monthly and the Administration is being working on healthy and good environmental behaviors among citizens.
Favorite 
0

Pages