Tag: CraftyActivism

What does art offer activism, and vice versa? Voice explores how artists practicing traditional crafts are engaging with activism through mediums like sculpture, textiles and collage.
Image: Weaving on the Loom / B (via flickr)
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3 November 2023
Reflecting on craft: the importance of physicality and messages of hope
What does craft offer activists today?
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30 October 2023
Artist Micaela Schoop uses ceramics to foster cross-cultural communication
Through highly detailed patterns, Schoop uses ceramics to communicate multicultural identities
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23 October 2023
Craft is a constructive approach to anger, says felt artist Maggie Scott
Scott communicates empowering messages through felt
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16 October 2023
Ukrainian art therapist Annete Sagal on the therapeutic effect of political collage
Inspired by collage’s healing potential, Sagal founded the Kyiv Collage Collective and Kyiv Collage School
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9 October 2023
Sokari Douglas Camp on steel sculptures, the welding process and slave legacies
Through sculpture, Sokari explores non-traditional materials and political messages
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2 October 2023
Land artist Elham Angell explores the intersection between art and nature
Elham Angell engages with activist and environmental themes in her land art installations
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25 September 2023
Artist and activist leader Barbara Keal on the need for creative collaboration amid the climate crisis
Barbara Keal shares more about how a single garment has facilitated a pilgrimage movement
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22 September 2023
Adapting Craft: The Case for Activism
Craft offers changemakers an alternative approach to progress