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

""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

Social Messaging

Civics

Sometimes the easiest way to start a very large endeavor is with a small one first.

ARTICLE: Wheeling in the Trojan Mice

Civics

That sensation that everything seems broken but feels strangely normal? It has a name.

ARTICLE: Systems Are Crumbling – But Daily Life Continues. The Dissonance Is Real

Civics

"This is also a time of extraordinary possibility."

VIDEO: It's Our Job to Make Sure People Know the Truth

Civics

Six ways to host a gathering that you'd want to attend

ARTICLE: Create the Gathering You’ve Been Waiting For