October 11, 2024

Civics

'Creativity can shift immutable systems.'

Lorraine O'Grady's Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are (2018) in Springfield, Massachusetts 50 State Initiative Photo: Clifford Pickett and Alyssa Meadows

Lorraine O'Grady's Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are (2018) in Springfield, Massachusetts 50 State Initiative Photo: Clifford Pickett and Alyssa Meadows

Lorraine O'Grady's Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are (2018) in Springfield, Massachusetts 50 State Initiative Photo: Clifford Pickett and Alyssa Meadows

"A monograph dedicated to artist billboards shown across America in the past few years—some of them bearing political and topical messages—is timely. The organization behind the billboards, For Freedoms, was founded in 2016 by a group of artists including Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman. A new publication includes 550 artist billboards created between 2016 and 2023, by the likes of the Guerrilla Girls, Lorraine O’Grady, Ai Weiwei and Emily Hanako Momohara." - Gareth Harris

For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here?, Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman and others, Monacelli Press/For Freedoms,

ARTICLE: In Pictures | Artist Billboards Across America Tell a Story of US Politics Today

Civics

Maybe the way we meet is part of the problem.

FOLLOW THE THREAD

Civics

Look what we’ve got.

ARTICLE: Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)

Civics

The opposite of helplessness may be connection.

ARTICLE: Has America Crossed the Asshole Threshold?

Civics

Community is built one gathering at a time.

BOOK: Community: The Structure of Belonging