Hi friends, Today is THE day to take action! Whether you’re gearing up to vote for the very first time or you’ve been a voter for years, there’s no better moment to get ready for the U.S. election. Why? Because it’s National Voter Registration Day! Now’s the time to get registered or check your registration, …
Author Archives: The Center for Artistic Activism
Get Help Voting!
Have questions about the election? We’re here to help! Fill out this form and we’ll do all the rest Has this ever happened to you? You want to do your civic duty, and so you take the time out of your busy day to vote. But when you show up you’re told: Or you make …
[CLOSED] Call for Applications: Communications Manager
Communications Manager This job application closed on September 9, 2024, and we are no longer accepting applications for it. Please join our newsletter to stay informed about opportunities. C4AA is seeking a Communications Manager with a minimum of 2-4 years of experience leading communications campaigns, with a proven track record in communications strategy development and …
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You wore a superhero cape to work???
Alexia Kemerling, a 2024 Center for Artistic Activism Unstoppable Voters Fellow, comes to us from the American Association of People with Disabilities. Alexia used creative methods to win big. “I often come into activism from a space of frustration, as I believe many people do. Artistic activism training taught me to spend less energy being angry …
The Divine Project
The Divine Project supports, invigorates, and expands the practices of New York City-based QTBIPOC artists and creators whose work challenges the status quo and gives way to social change through community building and collaborative artmaking. Center for Artistic Activism, Eureka! and Public Assistants developed this project with support from the Ford Foundation. The project includes …
How Pop Culture Can Help Activists
Pop culture has a lot to teach us about successful creative campaigns. Reality dating shows, tabloid magazines, telenovelas, Bollywood movies, football matches, K-pop songs, video games, and that commercial you can’t get out of your head can all help you generate effective campaign ideas. Are we encouraging you to watch reality TV shows instead of …
Artistic Activism Saves Democracy — With You!
Does the world feel like it’s on fire? Sure! But at the Center for Artistic Activism, we always believe that a better world is possible — and we’re going to build that world with you. Join us on June 10th in New York to hear inspiring stories from our Unstoppable Voters program of how we’ve …
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Newsletter: Creating Other Worlds
Newsletter sent on April 18, 2024. If you want to receive our weekly updates, sign up now! Hi friends, We are thrilled to tell you about a series of online talks that the Artistic Activism Research CoLab has been hosting recently. We’ve had some incredible sessions with experts in artistic activism from around the globe. …
How South African Sex Workers changed the conversation
Discover how one organization harnessed the power of artistic activism to revolutionize the sex worker movement in South Africa. From fake political campaigns to skeleton bureaucrats, learn how artistic activism can effect policy, shift narratives, and inspire change. Dive into the story of how SWEAT’s collaboration with the Center for Artistic Activism led to groundbreaking …
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Cleveland VOTES: How a Voting Advocacy Organization Develops a Cultural Strategy
Cleveland VOTES came to the Center for Artistic Activism in 2023 with a question: how could they, a civic engagement and voting advocacy organization, create a cultural strategy that would enable them to work with artists and other culture creators and together expand the ways in which Cleveland voters and communities participate in politics and …
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Who’s your Plus One?
Who do you know that could benefit from The Center for Artistic Activism? …. Connect us and you could each win a printed copy of The Art of Activism: Your All Purpose Guide to Making the Impossible Possible! HOW IT WORKS Tag anyone on Instagram who doesn’t (but should!) subscribe to our newsletter, and both …
Special Event! Arts + Civic Power
How Artists and Advocacy Groups Can Work Together to Supercharge Civic Engagement in 2024 This event has ended. Access the full recording, takeaways and more resources, here. We all know how important this year is for engaging voters. But with so many potential voters feeling apathetic and burned out on politics, how can we overcome …
Call for Applications: Development Consultant
Development Consultant The Center for Artistic Activism is looking for a Development Consultant contractor. The work will be remote and part-time (average of 20 hours per month, with potentially more time leading up to annual appeals). The hourly rate for this contract will be between $45.00 – $53.00, depending on experience level. About Us: The …
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Listen to us on Team Human!
We loved talking with the brilliant Douglas Rushkoff, one of the smartest and most curious thinkers about social change, technology, revolution, and culture. In this episode, Rushkoff — who is an Advisory Board Member of the Center — asks the best questions about how and why artistic activism works. We highly recommend his Team Human …
Call for Applications: Program Assistant
Program Assistant C4AA is seeking a Program Assistant to help the organization support artistic activism the world over. This is a temporary staff position until December 31, 2024, open to anyone authorized to work in the U.S. at 30-40 hours per week, working remotely (preferably in the NY, FL, and MD areas) on a flexible …
The Center Recommends: Art Works
💘 This week, the Center recommends “Art Works: How Organizers and Artists are Creating a Better World Together” (2023) by Ken Grossinger. According to our own Steve Duncombe, “focusing on stories of artists and organizers collaborating over a wide range of movements, in Art Works Ken Grossinger establishes the key principle for success when using …
Educators: Share the Powers of Art
We have a number of Powers of Art prints to send to educators to display in their classrooms. We have a number of Powers of Art prints to send to educators to display in their classrooms. If you’re an educator and would like to request a print, sign up below. Numbers are limited and prints …
Pop Culture Field Trips (Part 1 + 2)
Hi there, My name is Serena, and I’ve been working with the Communications Team here at the Center this summer. I have a confession: I grew up without television. Wait what?! This may seem like a strange way to introduce myself, (especially for someone halfway through the last year of a media studies degree!) but …
Creative Resistance Series
Our introductory podcast mini-series. The Creative Resistance Podcast Mini-Series introduces some of the theories, methods and principles of artistic activism to new audiences. You will learn about:
Ways to Win with Unstoppable Voters in 2024
We’re offering our widest range of programs yet to help you make the impossible possible next year Bold experimentation! Happy hours during the day! Workshops that will make a world of difference! We all know we’ll need to bring our best (and then some) to mobilize millions to the polls in 2024, to elect politicians …
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