Imagination powers change. And changes power.
The Center for Artistic Activism helps people use their creativity and culture to effect power.
Our book: The Art of Activism
You can now pre-order our book, The Art of Activism: Your All-Purpose Guide to Making the Impossible Possible. It includes straightforward lessons, insights, and research from the couple decades of our work (and jokes). More at ArtOfActivismBook.com
Unstoppable Voters
We’re supporting artistic activism projects protecting the freedom to vote in the United States. We’ve given training, mentorship, and funding to over two dozen projects since September of 2020.
Free the Vaccine for COVID-19
Join our fight to make COVID-19 treatment, testing, and vaccines affordable and accessible to all. We launched a global, online Advocacy Innovation Lab called Free the Vaccine for Covid-19 and are supporting a movement.
Training
We offer training for artists, activists, and organizations on theory, methods and skills for maximizing their impact. In 2021 alone we’ve trained hundreds of activists, artists, and investigative journalists in the Western Balkans and West Africa, and democracy advocates across the United States, and public health advocates around the world.
Advising
We provide advising for groups and organizations on strategic, creative methods for activism, grant making, and assessment. 2021 advising partners include; Greenpeace, A Blade of Grass, Art Against Ageism, Recess Art, and Open Society Foundations.
Research
We conduct and share research on the practice and impact of artistic activism.
Resources
We give away podcasts,videos, webinars, guides and other online training resources you can access now..
What we do
Art + Activism = Impact
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Donate
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your donation helps support artistic activism worldwide.
News
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What we’re working on this Fall 2021
Oh my goodness, we are working on a lot of things right now! Making this list, we were a little shocked at all that’s happening ourselves. Overall, what it amounts to is that we’re trying to make the world better by empowering people to use their own creativities and cultures for justice. That’s what we’re so …
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Call for Applications: Creative Actions for NY Prosperity Online Workshop
Artists and creative workers have the opportunity to mobilize their cultural power to create enormous and long-lasting change that will help every New Yorker across the state. Apply by October 15th! Creative Actions for NY Prosperity Online Workshop October-November 2021 This workshop brings artists and creative workers together with the amazing advocates and volunteers of the Invest …
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New publication! Creative vs. conventional activism
Stephen Duncombe and Silas Harrebye’s evidence-based, empirical study demonstrates the effectiveness of creative activism The Copenhagen Experiment: testing the effectiveness of creative vs. conventional forms of activism On a busy bridge in Copenhagen, Denmark, C4AA Co-Founder and Research Director Stephen Duncombe, along with Silas Harrebye, designed and staged a public experiment. They tested the comparative …
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Hiring: Communications Consultant
The Center for Artistic Activism is seeking an experienced Communications Coordination Contractor who can help us better and more strategically share our existing projects, programs, campaigns and free resources with broader numbers and types of communities. We’re looking for a Communications Coordinator with strong writing and social media skills to help implement the Center for …
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How’s Your Voice Gonna Matter If You Don’t Vote Debut!
How’s Your Voice Gonna Matter If You Don’t Vote!–one of our Unstoppable Voters projects–took its performance direct to the School District of Philadelphia last week PHILLY TEENS CALL FOR VOTER EDUCATION IN DISTRICT SCHOOLS Teens in the PA Youth Vote summer theatre ensemble debuted How’s Your Voice Gonna Matter If You Don’t Vote! The song, …
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¿En Serio Loca? ¡VOTA!
¿En Serio Loca? ¡VOTA! is an Unstoppable Voters Project – a series of Center for Artistic Activism supported works that protect the freedom to vote with creativity and innovation. ¿En Serio Loca? ¡VOTA! Voting is a powerful act, and should bring joy to voters! ¿En Serio Loca? ¡VOTA! is a one-of-a-kind queer celebration of voting. …
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