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Social justice art, and arts for social justice, encompasses a wide range of visual and performing art that aim to raise critical consciousness, build community, and motivate individuals to promote social change. [1] Art has been used as a means to record history, shape culture, cultivate imagination, and harness individual and social ...
The anti-rape movement is a sociopolitical movement [1] which is part of the movement seeking to combat violence against and the abuse of women.. The movement seeks to change community attitudes to violence against women, such as attitudes of entitlement to sex and victim blaming, and attitudes of women such as self-blame for violence.
Training in the visual arts has generally been through variations of the apprentice and workshop systems. In Europe, the Renaissance movement to increase the prestige of the artist led to the academy system for training artists, and today most of the people who are pursuing a career in the arts train in art schools at tertiary levels.
Green Dot Bystander Intervention is a bystander education approach that aims to prevent violence with the help of bystanders. It is built on the premise that violence can be measurably and systematically reduced within a community. [1] [2] Bystander intervention as a way of violence prevention programs are becoming popular within society. [3]
The feminist art movement in the 1980s and 1990s built upon the foundations laid by earlier feminist art movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Feminist artists throughout this time period aimed to question and undermine established gender roles, confront issues of gender injustice, and give voice to women's experiences in the arts and society at large.
An emotionally and physically abusive marriage of 11 years led Rani Miranti to join a fight club that has trained her in martial arts, enabling her to stand up against violence. Miranti is one of ...
Futures Without Violence provides health care providers with resources to help identify and respond to domestic violence. The organization hosts the biennial National Health Conference on Domestic Violence, convening medical, public health, and domestic violence experts from across the U.S. to advance the health care system’s response to ...
It aims to promote visual arts through gallery education, and describes itself as "the lead advocacy and training network for visual arts engagement and participation". [1] It was founded by Colin Grigg in 1989 as the National Association for Gallery Education when he was working at the Arts Council. [2] [3]