Tag Archives: community

Strategies & Resources

Seeing These Streets: Analyzing the Visual Landscapes of Urban Spaces

by Nick Kozak | Feb 16, 2018

Strategies & Resources

Seeing These Streets: Analyzing the Visual Landscapes of Urban Spaces

by Nick Kozak | Feb 16, 2018

Educator-in-Residence Nick Kozak details his unit on street art, in which students critically examine the anonymous artists creating work in their neighborhoods.

The Poetry of Everyday Life: An Interview with Project Row Houses Director Eureka Gilkey

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 7, 2017

The Poetry of Everyday Life: An Interview with Project Row Houses Director Eureka Gilkey

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 7, 2017

Houston arts nonprofit Project Row Houses responds directly to the needs of the Third Ward community, offering both arts programming and access to social services, proving both can work hand-in-hand.

ruminations on rust

by adrienne maree brown | Jun 26, 2017

ruminations on rust

by adrienne maree brown | Jun 26, 2017

Writer Adrienne Maree Brown offers a poetic tribute to her adopted city of Detroit.

Recycled Brilliance: Philadelphia’s RAIR

by Rachel Heidenry | Jun 8, 2017

Recycled Brilliance: Philadelphia’s RAIR

by Rachel Heidenry | Jun 8, 2017

Rachel Heidenry profiles a treasured Philadelphia nonprofit that builds awareness about sustainability through art and design.

Thank You For Coming: Talking with transdisciplinary performance artist NIC Kay about balance, Blackness, and hope

by Anna Martine Whitehead | Apr 28, 2017

Thank You For Coming: Talking with transdisciplinary performance artist NIC Kay about balance, Blackness, and hope

by Anna Martine Whitehead | Apr 28, 2017

Artists NIC Kay and Anna Martine Whitehead discuss their performance practices, and the voices they rely upon in a world filled with injustice.

“The artist has to be down on the ground”—An Interview with Monica Trinidad

by Lewis Wallace | Apr 14, 2017

“The artist has to be down on the ground”—An Interview with Monica Trinidad

by Lewis Wallace | Apr 14, 2017

Guest editor Lewis Wallace speaks with artist and organizer Monica Trinidad about her process of collaborating with and creating within communities.

Letter from the Editor

What if balance was about process, rather than outcome?

by Lewis Wallace | Mar 8, 2017

Letter from the Editor

What if balance was about process, rather than outcome?

by Lewis Wallace | Mar 8, 2017

“Balance” guest editor Lewis Wallace introduces the issue with an investigation into the challenges of obtaining journalistic balance.

Memory at the Seams: Doris Salcedo’s Sumando Ausencias

by Anna Burckhardt | Feb 15, 2017

Memory at the Seams: Doris Salcedo’s Sumando Ausencias

by Anna Burckhardt | Feb 15, 2017

In Doris Salcedo’s public-art installation “Sumando Ausencias,” thousands of volunteers blanketed Bolívar Square with cloth containing the names of the victims of Colombia’s decades-long conflict.

Center Field: Art in the Middle

The Brevity of Space: An Interview with Allison Glenn

by Caroline Picard | Dec 8, 2016

Center Field: Art in the Middle

The Brevity of Space: An Interview with Allison Glenn

by Caroline Picard | Dec 8, 2016

Curator and writer Allison Glenn discusses her exhibition “In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street,” which brought artwork to billboards and public sites across Chicago.

Center Field: Art in the Middle

Cheryl Pope and the Poetics of Yelling

by Rachel Heidenry | Nov 9, 2016

Center Field: Art in the Middle

Cheryl Pope and the Poetics of Yelling

by Rachel Heidenry | Nov 9, 2016

Rachel Heidenry surveys the work of Chicago artist Cheryl Pope, who employs the aesthetic of high-school athletics and collaborates with local students to address the effects of gun violence.

An Imposing Figure: Thoughts on Activism and Commodification

by Tanya Wischerath | Aug 18, 2016

An Imposing Figure: Thoughts on Activism and Commodification

by Tanya Wischerath | Aug 18, 2016

In this personal essay, artist Tanya Wischerath reflects on the complexities of bringing activist art to a culturally objective viewership.

Writer-in-Residence

Bearing Witness

by Jessica Lynne | Apr 6, 2016

Writer-in-Residence

Bearing Witness

by Jessica Lynne | Apr 6, 2016

In this essay, ART21/CUE Writer-in-Residence Jessica Lynne describes the nuances in Kambui Olujimi’s exhibition, “Solastalgia.”

Art21 New York Close Up

Caroline Woolard Flips the Real Estate Script

by Nick Ravich | Jul 31, 2015

Art21 New York Close Up

Caroline Woolard Flips the Real Estate Script

by Nick Ravich | Jul 31, 2015

An introduction to the latest “New York Close Up” film from series co-creator/co-producer Nick Ravich and artist Caroline Woolard .

Flashback

Twelve Artists on Publics

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 3, 2014

Flashback

Twelve Artists on Publics

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 3, 2014

The “Publics” Issue kicks off with a roundup of videos from the ART21 archive.