Friday, April 7, 2017
Open Society Foundations Hosts Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice
Over the years, social issue campaigners and activists have employed a variety of marketing and communications efforts to attract public interest to their causes, to varying degrees of success.
More recently, activists have turned to the arts for inspiration and as a way to engage audiences, through deep and emotional connections, to bring about change. At the same time, more artists are imbuing their work with social and political messaging to advance the issues they feel most passionate about...