Tag: activism
How Duke’s Interdisciplinary Dance MFA Is Delivering
An update on the inaugural class of Duke University’s two-year MFA in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis.
Marlon Brando: Hollywood’s Complex, Conflicted Cassandra
All else aside, writes William J. Mann, the actor was "a voice in the wilderness warning about the celebrity culture he spied coming down the tracks."
New Report: Artistic Activism Trumps Traditional Practices
Why don't artists use their greatest asset -- the arts! -- in their arts advocacy?
Can Art Drive Change on Climate Change? Ask Alexis Rockman
Come to the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, for an evening with artist Alexis Rockman and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Abel of the Boston Globe.
‘Strange Bell’ Rings True: Revisiting the Art of William Christenberry
In the 1970s, William Christenberry, along with his friend and fellow Southerner William Eggleston, was responsible for the acceptance of color photography as fine...
Pip with Pizzazz: Ethan Mordden Assesses Barbra Streisand
Diversity, inclusion and curious sins of omission in a new book on the "greatest star."
‘Convention’: Staging a 1944 Progressive-Moderate Slugfest
Danny Rocco's sprawling experimental history play proves that everything new is old again.
The Paradox of Seeking Justice Through the Arts
Artists need to shut it down while holding it together, burn bridges while bridging divides.
Dancing Indigenous Resistance to Big Oil on Native Lands
Not just water, land, air being violated. Women are being murdered. That's why we're activists. That's why we dance.
25 Change-Making Artists You Should Track During 2019
A second annual compilation of international and US-based artists making a difference.
And the Oscar Goes to…Blanche Walsh?
The idea of "movie star" was built for her. She deserves the first "Forgotten Women" Oscar.
First, We Dance. Next, We Decolonize Our Food Systems.
How the Indigenous artists of Dancing Earth are creating a movement...by creating movement.
LIC Artists Pledge to Resist Amazon Art Washing
Cuomo, de Blasio and Amazon betrayed the cultural communities of Queens. An artist collective says no.
Duke University to Offer the Dance MFA We Need Right Now
Where success will be measured by positive social change, not just reviews.
Ten 2018 Movies the President Should Watch (But Won’t)
They'd have a lot to teach him. If only he'd watch them. And none are by white guys.
RJ Mitte, Stephanie Gould Envision Better Roles for Actors with Disabilities
On this podcast, two actors imagine how the arts could better represent a highly overlooked minority.
Black Power Art Raises a Fist at the Brooklyn Museum
“Soul of a Nation” takes a breathtaking look at the political and aesthetic work of Black Power artists.
Screen or Stage, Tyne Daly Finds Arts Essential to Democracy
The Emmy- and Tony-winner has choice thoughts on men and #MeToo, too.
The 10 Most Important Films in the 56th New York Film...
This year's cream of the crop combines artistry with insightful sociopolitical commentary.
Susan Collins Honorary Co-Sponsor of Human Rights Art Festival?
Producer Tom Block must disavow all association with the 50th vote for Brett Kavanaugh.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
