A while ago, my friend Emma pointed out a glaring omission from my “Design Manifesto” post. While I reiterated that visual art and design have world-changing power, I neglected to talk about other forms of art, such as music or dance. Emma is a dancer, so I asked if she would send me an example of dance […]
Last weekend I made it down to southwestern Virginia to visit people I’ll be working with starting in September. I have an internship with a community organization against mountaintop removal mining, and I’ll be living in a collective with two other people. While I was there, I had the chance to visit Appalshop in Whitesburg, […]
In my post from a few days ago entitled “Seeing change,” I included a photo of work by 2011 TED Prize winner and semi-anonymous street artist JR. As he articulates in the video below, JR began his artistic journey doing graffiti in the streets of Paris. His work evolved into photography, and now he engages […]
In truth, any social justice poster is an example of art for social change. Do you have a favorite? Leave your comment below! Subscribe to Designing Change by Email Subscribe in a reader
The other day I stumbled upon this blog for the nonprofit World War 3 Illustrated (WW3), which distributes semiannual political comics. On it I saw the following video of an interview with WW3’s cofounder Peter Kruper. In the interview, Kruper talks about his experience writing Diario de Oaxaca: A Sketchbook Journal of 2 Years in Mexico, which documents […]
Let’s face it: to fix the problems in today’s world, we need creative solutions. The revolution cannot be fought alone: it is a collective struggle. As we fight the institutions of racism, patriarchy, class-based oppression, and environmental injustice, our skills as artists, designers, and creative doers are indispensable to the movement. It is up to us […]
AnnaEvensta
August 26, 2011
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