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A Lesser of Two Evils…
A Lesser of Two Evils…
Our colleagues in Art Forces are hosting their second annual Social Justice Bloc Party this coming weekend, April 22-23 in Olympia, Washington, and showing some work from our Migration Now…
GIVE YR PRADA TO THE POOR. NO MA$TER$ NYC. March 2012.
Here’s a link to an article about a cool political art project that took place on the London subway. The action was conducted last month by London Palestine Action: We…
A friend in Slovenia recently notified me that the artist BLU’s removing his murals from Bologna Italy for very anti-commercial reasons. Check out the article and further discussion, in Italian,…
I’ve spent the last month or so in collaboration with Asian-American filmmaker Tani Ikeda, Immediate Justice, and the Center for Biological Diversity leading a weekly stencil and mural workshop to…
San Ignacio, Belize. February 2016. Knowledge Kills HIV. These will not transmit HIV, Mosquito, Shower. These will transmit HIV, razor blade, needle. AIDS does not discriminate, Why do we? I…
Free Art. Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. February, 2016. Two things I’ve always loved about art made in public is that it can be produced by anyone, willing to take the…
We Be Darker Then Blue, a mural by Chip Thomas (Jetsonorama) and Jess X. Chen This mural, installed at the BRIC art space in NYC, portrays a poetic sisterhood spanning…
I’m just back from Indonesia, and a slew of little art projects there. First up, a paste-up wall of Manta Ray screenprints and papercuts- I made these before I left…
Our friend Jamaa Al-Yad in Beirut just launched a new project: “Boycott, Divest, Sanction: On Campus” Originally designed for a campaign at the American University of Beirut, they’ve uploaded…
No war, Promote Peace and Love. Caye Caulker, Belize. Feb 2016. Belize is a small country, of 300,000 people, on the Carribean Sea bordered by Mexico and Guatemala. It has…
“What is JustSeeds and why are collectives important?
Justseeds is a cooperative of 30 socially-engaged artists and activists scattered across north America whose work addresses themes of social justice, environmental justice, gender quality, prison reform, veteran advocacy and so on.
You Are Not What You Own. May 2011 You Are Not What You Own. August 2012. Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY. 2011, 2012
REVOLUTION its ready when its ready. Give or take 500+ years. In the Broadway stop of the G train. Brooklyn, NY. December 2014.
The fifth of the Endangered Species Murals is taking shape in Tucson, on the side of the Solar Culture complex in downtown. The mural is being painted by local artist…
1. Create Now Question Later 2. Fortune favors the Bold 3. Do it with Love Seen on a wall in Brooklyn, NY. August 2013.
I’m reviving my old photo series “read the writing on the wall.” To kick it off again here’s a flick I took while hiking Breakneck Ridge, New Years Day…
I’m just returned from Birmingham, Alabama, upon completion of the fourth Endangered Species Mural, this one featuring the Watercress Darter. The darter is a very small, brightly colored fish that…
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