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 …

Special Call: Pittsburgh Faculty Fellowship

Turn your Pittsburgh higher education campus into a hub of creative civic engagement in 2024 Apply by November 28 Civically-engaged students change the world. From the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s to innovative methods to ensure climate justice today, students on college and university campuses have worked tirelessly to improve all of our lives. …

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 …

Open Call: Unstoppable Voters Fellowship

Want to bring more creativity and bold action to civic engagement work in 2024? Apply to join our Unstoppable Voters Fellowship for leaders at U.S. voting organizations!  Receive one-of-a-kind training, mentorship, and hands-on support – and make the impossible possible. DEADLINE EXTENDED! Apply by November 28 Across the United States, civic engagement advocates are gearing up …

Open Call: Faculty Fellowship

Turn your higher education campus into a hub of creative civic engagement in 2024 Apply by November 1 Civically-engaged students change the world. From the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s to innovative methods to ensure climate justice today, students on college and university campuses have worked tirelessly to improve all of our lives. Yet …

Our Votes, Our Stories: Unstoppable Voters

Join our special workshops in collaboration with the Sam & Adele Golden Gallery’s exhibit on the importance of democracy Looking to get more involved in voting activism? Wanting to make real change but not sure where to start? Interested in meeting more engaged folks in your community? Join us in-person on November 1 from 6-8pm OR …

Special Event! Ways to Win with Unstoppable Voters in 2024

Join us on October 24 to learn about the many ways we’ll work with you to win big in 2024 Bold experimentation! Happy hours during the day! Workshops that will make a world of difference! 2024 is going to be a YEAR. So the Center for Artistic Activism and its Unstoppable Voters team has put …

Every Strike, Everywhere, All At Once!

Subscribe to receive bi-weekly newsletters like this one! Happy Labor Day ! We were talking with Daniel Scheinert, one of the amazing Daniels who directed Everything Everywhere All At Once. We were telling him about one of the ways we help advocates brainstorm new ideas. If you’ve been in our workshops, you know this exercise: …

LGBTQ+ Travel Alert Browser Extension

To celebrate #LGBTQTourismDay we are launching a NEW PROJECT: ❌ The LGBTQ+ Travel Alert Browser Extension! To celebrate #LGBTQTourismDay we are launching a NEW PROJECT: ❌ The LGBTQ+ Travel Alert Browser Extension! This browser extension (Now Available in the Chrome Store) alerts you before you book travel (and spend money) in regions with dangerously discriminatory laws like Uzbekistan, Uganda, …

We Made The Impossible Possible In Atlanta And Beyond!

Hi friends, Do you know that feeling of wanting to make sure you never forget the exact moment you’re in? You know — that kind of moment when everything about it feels so special — the space, sights, and sounds, and most importantly — the people, and the conversations, laughter, and joy you share with …

Video: Making the Impossible Possible Convening

Making the Impossible Possible included over 40 voting champions, representing 32 organizations, across 13 states. Over three days together, we revolutionized our civic engagement work, learned from and inspired each other, and came up with creative strategies to win the immense electoral and democratic battles we face this year and in the year ahead. Learn …

Hiring: Creative Activism Copy Editor

The Center for Artistic Activism is seeking a copy editor to help with an exciting project about creative campaigns. This is temporary contract work to copy edit a document for clarity, grammar, consistency, and tone. This project will take place in August 2023. The document will be approximately 80 pages in length, including some exercises …

FAN Activism: Pop Culture + Civic Engagement

Imagine if all the fervor and passion that people have felt for Harry Potter, Bollywood stars, or Marvel movies were applied to activism. This week, we’re sharing our latest Revolutionizing Activism conversations, this time with fan culture experts who have fantastic insights into lessons we can use for social change. Read on for our favorite …

Unstoppable Voters: Atlanta

Join our special workshop on June 24th to learn how to use the powers of art and activism to help your Atlanta communities Read more about this unique opportunity and apply below Joyful. Vibrant. Safe. Sexy. Accessible. Inspiring. Irresistible. Not the words people often associate with voting, especially not in 2023: when there are staggering …

WHY And WHAT We’re Researching

Hi there, In the last few months, we’ve been moving forward with various exciting research projects. We want to give you a glimpse of what’s happening and what will come in the next few months. For the Center, research is essential to understanding how to make artistic activism more effective and affective. This idea is …