A People’s Art History of the United States: Now available!
November 5, 2013
Eight years of research and writing has led to my first book –A People’s Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social…
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Justseeds Member Projects
While we are all part of Justseeds, we also each do all kinds of other work. This channel features information about individual Justseeds members projects, whether they are art activities, political organizing, writing, or teaching. 
Amazing! (Mary)
October 26, 2013
Third round of Amazing! the blog series in which I ask members of Justseeds to make a top 5 list of things that have been inspiring them as of late….
Amazing! (Chris & Nicolas)
October 22, 2013
Second round of Amazing!, in which I ask members of Justseeds to make a top 5 list of things that have been inspiring them as of late. This time we…
Justseeds at Print and Resist: Madison
October 18, 2013
If your in Madison this Saturday, stop by Print and Resist. Justseeds will be tabling.
Amazing! (Melanie, Roger, Icky)
October 12, 2013
Welcome to the inaugural edition of a new series in which I ask the Justseeds collective members to list five things that have inspired/amazed/blown-them-away in the last month or so….
Josh MacPhee in Iowa City for a Week of Events
September 24, 2013
Yup, I’m in Iowa City for a week, doing a bunch of events, and I’d love it if anyone in the area wants to swing by and say “hello” at…
Making Bandit Signs at Crowdsourced
August 12, 2013
A couple weeks back, I participated in “Crowdsourced”, an exhibition organized by Robert Razcka at SPACE here in Pittsburgh. Robert has been doing these time-restricted projects for about ten years…
Green Mini Demo Derby – in progress
August 9, 2013
I’m excited to finally have completed the first car for my upcoming Green Mini Demo Derby. I have sponsors that will have their own hand painted cars. After many tests,…
In Palestine pt.21
July 22, 2013
I’m not a huge reality TV fan, and although I’m vaguely aware of the show American Idol, I had no knowledge of its Middle East equivalent—Arab Idol. Turns out that…
In Palestine pt.20
July 18, 2013
There isn’t just graffiti on the walls here. In many places, particularly refugee camps, there are also murals. Some are made with naive charm, some professional skill, and few…
In Palestine pt.19
July 17, 2013
Most days Ramallah feels like the world’s biggest construction site. Buildings are going up everywhere you look, the street leading up to our hotel didn’t have a sidewalk when we…
In Palestine pt.18
July 16, 2013
While in Nazareth we took a tour with British journalist Jonathon Cook, who lives with his family in Israel/Palestine. He brought us to the remains of the Palestinian town of…
In Palestine pt.17
July 15, 2013
The walls of Palestine are alive with messaging and communication, including layers of posters for cultural events, political martyrs, commercial advertisements, and election campaigns. While the martyr posters are mostly…
In Palestine pt.16
July 12, 2013
When I was in school, it took two years of organizing to get our college library to build their collection of books about prisons from a dusty shelf of old…
Justseeds: Old School 1
July 11, 2013
All of us in Justseeds have been making art for a long time, some of us for over 30 years. I thought it would be fun to dig up some…
In Palestine pt.14
July 10, 2013
There is a way that the occupation of Palestine seems to have frozen in time certain aspects of life in certain places, creating strange anachronisms. In the old city of…
In Palestine pt.13
July 9, 2013
‘nuf said.
In Palestine pt.12
July 8, 2013
There is a lot of amazing graffiti here in Palestine, but I think this might be the best thing I’ve seen so far. This hand is so pretzeled to make…
In Palestine pt.11
July 5, 2013
I barely got used to seeing the pay-to-ride CitiBikes around New York City before I left town. Although these bike programs seem to now be a prerequisite for any city…
In Palestine pt.10
July 4, 2013
There is a lot of graffiti here in Palestine, but almost all of it is in either Arabic or English, with a very, very small smattering of French. It was…