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The Artivist Network is a collective of artists, activists, and facilitators who support organizers and movements to more strategically engage arts, artists, and culture in creating systemic change through the innovation, exchange, and dissemination of new forms of political intervention. They focus specifically on climate justice organizing for its potential to provoke deep, structural, and intersectional change.
N/A
Global
Ashkal Alwan’s mission is to create networks of exchange between practitioners and institutions, archive cultural endeavors, provide artists support and resources for the development of their work, rethink arts education and interdisciplinary modes of knowledge production, and support civic initiatives.
Lebanon
Middle East
Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts and Culture is a non profit artist initiative, a fundamental strategy for community development, and a service-providing program.
Thailand
Asia
A feminist collective in Santiago, Chile, focused on dance protests and performance art. They use movement to address feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, and challenge social norms.
Chile
South America
A study group exploring food through art, ethnography, research, and practice. They engage in diverse methods like performances, exhibitions, cooking, and gardening, sharing knowledge.
Indonesia
Asia
A nonpartisan grassroots organization building healthier communities, a more equitable democracy, and expanding power by removing barriers to local civic participation across the Southeast.
United States
North America
Beautiful Trouble empowers global activists with innovative strategies, training, and support, fostering creative resistance and envisioning a just, sustainable world.
United States
N. America
BigThought creates hands-on learning experiences in the arts, technology, and beyond to empower and educate underrepresented youth voices.
United States
N. America
Biosphere Soundscapes draws on the inherently interdisciplinary nature of sound to explore cultural and biological diversity through accessible audio recording technologies, community cultural development, and environmental engagement with local and global communities.
Australia
Oceania
Boa Mistura is an artistic collective that uses graffiti to transform public spaces. Their projects foster social cohesion and create pride within local communities.
Spain
Europe
The Boomerang Alliance is a prominent coalition of environmental/artistic organizations and Indigenous groups in Australia, primarily focused on issues related to the environment, sustainability, and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Australia
Oceania
Political leftist puppet theater advocating for cheap art, accessibility, anti-war and anti-capitalism activism, and grassroot community engagement.
United States
N. America
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