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.
Current Training
Online: The Art of Activism: Learning Labs
Training Case Studies
Unstoppable Voters: Columbus Training
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..
Featured Resources
Our book The Art of Activism: Your All Purpose Guide to Making the Impossible Possible published by O/R Press.
Publication: Why Artistic Activism?
Revolutionizing Activism – our online discussion series covering innovative ideas in artistic activism from around the globe
What we do
Art + Activism = Impact
Featured Alumnus
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News
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Unstoppable Leaders Leading the Way
Learn about our Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator cohort Our Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator fills a gap in voter engagement work. Traditional tactics are struggling to move the people who’ve disengaged or been shut out of civic processes. This program is here to change that, providing expert guidance, tools, and funding to help leaders bring more…
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How to Find Radically Ridiculous Election Ideas
Get Trained in Tactical Frivolity | Sept 8 | 7-8pm We’re teaming up with some of the best artistic activists we know to offer a free training in tactical frivolity and how to deploy it for the U.S. midterm elections this fall. On September 8 from 7-8pm ET: Register Here Sometimes our registration system can…
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Announcing: A Radically Ridiculous Midterm Accelerator
Get Training and Support for Tactically Frivolous Election Actions this Fall Register for the Kickoff “This sh*t is ridiculous!” We’re guessing that’s a sentence you’ve yelled (out loud or just in your head) many times, in response to the many &#$!% things happening in our government and in our country. But now, with the November elections…
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Defeating Authoritarianism Recap
A recap of our June 15 workshop with narrative strategist Janelle Treibitz and the 10 Steps Campaign’s Robert Sills — on the narrative formula behind authoritarianism, and the creative actions that break it. Recording inside.
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Defeating Authoritarianism with Stacey Abrams
A free participatory online workshop with Stacey Abrams, Steve Lambert, and Janelle Treibitz on disrupting the logic of authoritarianism and building a better way forward. June 15, 2026 at 4 PM ET.
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Recapping Creative Leadership in Action
What We Heard, What We Learned, and What’s Next Creativity makes leadership work. When leaders and their teams have space to imagine new approaches, they build better campaigns, stronger coalitions, and the stamina to keep going. But under the pressures most leaders face right now, creativity is often the first thing that gets squeezed out.…
