Opinion
New Anti-Riot Bills Threaten the Work of Social Practice Artists
The Florida anti-riot law can also be interpreted to punish people who attend a peaceful protest that turns riotous, though they do not commit riotous acts themselves.
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Art
Live Blogging Discussions of Community Engagement, Environmentalism, and Social Practice
Check out Hyperallergic’s live report of day two of the Common Field Convening.
News
Knitting Together the Experiences of Immigrants
The Immigrant Yarn Project, a fiber arts collective, crafts and sells knitted totems to benefit immigration aid organizations.
Art
The Potential of Participatory Museum Exhibits
In a colorful group show at CAC Cincinnati, artists Calcagno Cullen, Amanda Curreri, and Lindsey Whittle invite visitors to join in their creative processes.
Interview
An Artist on How the Met Is Reaching Beyond the Museum with a New Civic Engagement Residency
In June, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it was launching an initiative to support partnerships for artists who have a social practice focus. We reached out to one of the artists, Miguel Luciano, to find out what this initiative means to him and his work.
Art
Mel Chin’s Tongue-in-Cheek Encyclopedia of the World
He stares down the evils that have driven history, intervenes in public spaces, and collaborates with science — all in service to strengthening community
Art
On the Alaskan Coast, a Crowd of Human Casts Captures Our Emotional Trauma
Sixty-eight life-sized sculptures of humans — some peering towards the sky, some shrouded with downcast eyes — currently stand along the snow-covered coastline of Anchorage, Alaska.
Art
Artist Mel Chin Proposes a Solar Currency for the Sahara
ALBUQUERQUE — Mel Chin’s “The Potential Project,” represented by an installation at 516 Arts, embodies the teetering ambiguities of “first world” philanthropy.
Art
A Mobile Stoop that Builds Community
WASHINGTON, DC — This week, artist Margo Elsayd will push a wooden stoop on wheels around Washington, DC, inviting passersby to sit on it and share stories of all sorts with anyone willing to lend an ear.
Art
A Social Practice Cooking Experience in the Homes of NYC Immigrants
Artist Lisa Gross, who founded the League of Kitchens, acknowledges that each of its workshops starts off a bit awkwardly, as six participants enter an unfamiliar neighborhood and step into a stranger's home.
Opinion
Why I Don't Buy the Premise of Christoph Büchel's Icelandic Mosque Pavilion
I've been hesitant to embrace Christoph Büchel's project for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale from the beginning.
Art
Reflections on a Weekend Devoted to Socially Engaged Art
BRISBANE, Australia — On the flight between Pittsburgh and Detroit, I felt art's potential: Open Engagement 2015’s socially engaged projects had responded to the national discourse on social and racial justice.