Art as Resistance

From the Art of Resistance Podcast Newsletter on Substack ; sign up for the latest from the show, behind the scenes content, and a weekly newsletter chock full of making art as resistance. Un Encuentro Para Libertad: Chicana Artivistas making art with the Zapatistas, 1997 How did a creative workshop across borders and across languages further a revolution? How did music, one-act plays, poems, murals and more connect humans more thoroughly than anything else? And what can we l

From the Art of Resistance Podcast Newsletter on Substack ; sign up for the latest from the show, behind the scenes content, and a weekly newsletter chock full of making art as resistance. Writers Underground: Soviet Samizdat, 1967-1982 How did writing threaten the Russian status quo? How did hand-typed publications of just facts, passed hand to hand, make a massive dent in the USSR regime? And what can we learn from Samizdat about how to make art as resistance today and tomo

From the Art of Resistance Podcast Newsletter on Substack ; sign up for the latest from the show, behind the scenes content, and a weekly newsletter chock full of making art as resistance. Black Pride and Revolt: Emory Douglas and Black Panther Art, 1967-1979 How did illustrations embolden a community? How did caricatures, portraits, and parody empower a movement and terrify the FBI? And what can we learn from the art of Emory Douglas and the Black Panther newspaper about how

From the Art of Resistance Podcast Newsletter on Substack ; sign up for the latest from the show, behind the scenes content, and a weekly newsletter chock full of making art as resistance. Queer surrealists vs. Nazis: The art of Cahun & Moore, 1940-1944 How did small, anonymous art and writing make a dent in the Nazi machine? How did playing on our assumptions about what older women do help them resist for years? And what can we learn from the surrealists on Jersey island abo

From the Art of Resistance Podcast Newsletter on Substack ; sign up for the latest from the show, behind the scenes content, and a weekly newsletter chock full of making art as resistance. Punk feminists and teen girls: The art of Riot Grrrl in the 1990s How did making music serve as resistance to the status quo? How did attending shows, making zines, and even just talking help girls across the U.S. fight hopelessness? And what can we learn from Riot Grrrl about how to make a

From the Art of Resistance Podcast Newsletter on Substack ; sign up for the latest from the show, behind the scenes content, and a weekly newsletter chock full of making art as resistance. Making art in a plague: Gran Fury and ACT UP, 1987-1992 How did a handful of artists kick start a seismic shift in AIDS awareness and policy? How did their creative skills drive a movement? And what can we learn from the story of Gran Fury about how to make art as resistance today and tomor

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Corporate dropouts make good resisters. I quit my corporate job in May. It was a sudden move, but also a years-overdue move. I couldn’t do the corporate thing anymore, couldn’t feel like a number anymore. Especially when the outside world is also trying to make us feel that way. I’ve been working in communications for 25 years. Advertising, marketing, business comms, corporate thought leadership: All of it for companies I really didn’t like or agree with. Along the way, I dec