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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 ...
El Puente was formed in 1982 when leaders of the Williamsburg and Greenpoint communities united to stop the youth from becoming involved in gang violence in the area. [3] Their motives were to stop teen violence and improve health issues, which, like asthma, was a result of harmful pollutants being released into the community. [4]
The Theatre of Cruelty (French: Théâtre de la Cruauté, also Théâtre cruel) is a form of theatre conceptualised by Antonin Artaud.Artaud, who was briefly a member of the surrealist movement, outlined his theories in a series of essays and letters, which were collected as The Theatre and Its Double.
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It is an affiliation of artists, arts professionals and women, children and teenagers living in NYC shelters, the A & HC believe that their work in a collaborative project of art-making offers the residents a “positive experience of self-motivation and helps them regain what the shelter system and circumstances of lives destroy: a sense of ...
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.
Research suggests that cultures can encourage and permit violence to exist as a response to various environmental obstacles, such as widespread resource impoverishment. [8] This can be seen within various aspects of culture, such as film, television, music, language, art, and propaganda. [1] [8] [9] [10]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin residents will pay $327.2 million more in K-12 property taxes this year, a 5.7% increase that is the largest increase since 2009. Last year’s increase was 5.4% ...