The Art of Activism: Your All-Purpose Guide to Making the Impossible Possible
The Art of Activism is an all-purpose guide to artistic activism, combining the creative power of the arts to move us emotionally with the strategic planning of activism necessary to bring about social change.
With contemporary case studies and historical examples, chapters on cultural and cognitive theory, sections on what can be learned from unlikely sources like popular culture and marketing techniques, along with investigations into ethics and evaluation, explorations of the creative process and the importance of utopian thinking, and an attached workbook with over fifty exercises to practice, the co-founders of the Center for Artistic Activism take readers step-by-step through the process of becoming, or becoming even better, artistic activists.
About Stephen Duncombe and Steve Lambert
Stephen Duncombe is an associate professor at New York University’s Gallatin School in the department of Media, Culture and Communications and is a lifelong political activist. He is the author and editor of six books.
Steve Lambert is a member of the New York-based artist group Free Art and Technology Lab. He has won several awards including from Turbulence, the Creative Work Fund, Rhizome/The New Museum, Adbusters Media Foundation, and the California Arts Council.
Duncombe and Lambert are co-founders of The Center for Artistic Activism.
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Reviews
“Artists and Activists who want to collaborate often find they are separated by different languages. Steve and Steve bring them together and draw out the strengths of both to achieve beautiful and powerful results.”
Nathan Santry, Actions Director, Greenpeace USA
- Read Why activists need art to create social change (Waging Nonviolence, 20 December 2021)
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