Title: Activist Art: Art That Works | Helen Klebesadel: A Muse and Her Artist
Headings: Activist Art: Art That Works
Activist Art: Art That Works
Effective activist art:
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Content: A few can be found in WEED, the Women Environmental Artist Directory. • It is process oriented rather than product or object oriented, and aimed at effecting the lives of the people that participate in the project, not just effecting a separate audience through aesthetics. To be valued for more than how much it is worth. It cannot be bought or sold. Lilly Yeh’s Barefoot Artists brings the transformative power of art to the most impoverished communities in the world through participatory and multifaceted projects that foster community empowerment, improve the physical environment, promote economic development, and preserve and promote indigenous art and culture. Barefoot Artists develops projects in collaboration with individuals and/or agencies on the ground in identified communities
• The artworks usually take place in public sites rather than within the context of art-world ven
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ues. The creative work is found in a real world context rather than in a gallery or museum. CODEPINK Women for Peace vigil performances are an example of this kind of work. CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities. CODEPINK website: