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Jamie Wheal: Bringing Meaning & Hope To A World Gone Mad

A Life of Greatness

Why are we here and what do we do now? Together lets explore our deepest inspirations, heal our pain and learn how to truly reconnect with each other.

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Why Artistic Activism?

Artistic activism draws from culture, to create culture, to impact culture. If artistic activism is successful, the larger culture shifts in ways big and small.

Stephen Duncombe, Steve Lambert

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Art as Activism: Creating Performances that Move the Public | Diana Ocholla

Dancer and communicator Diana Ocholla describes the process behind "Rise", a performance honoring and making space for women and responding to gender-based violence in South Africa. The performance was held in 2019 in Muizenberg in Cape Town, South Africa as a part of Project Ripple.

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SFF21: Cinema, Poetry, and Healing in Land-Based Activism

Poetry and conversations inspired by land based activism and media creation, from Mauna Kea, Turtle Island, and Micronesia. Indigenous filmmakers, poets, and activists address healing from colonization through various forms of cultural practice.

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Art + Activism = Artivism: Art can Dismantle Hate

A short documentary discussing how art forms within activism can dismantle hate and create changes in the society we live in.

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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

In this tender and expansive reckoning with the meaning of the Black Church in America, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes us on a journey spanning more than five centuries.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Indigenous In Plain Sight | Gregg Deal | TEDxBoulder

The indigenous existence in Western and American culture is narrowly viewed and accepted with little to no input from actual Indigenous people.

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Meet the Black Creatives Inspiring Black Joy Through Art

It’s hard to be a joyful Black creative on a good day; to pour your being into beautiful work amid ongoing injustices is already taxing. And during the current unprecedented and uncertain times, reclaiming and protecting that Black joy may feel particularly difficult.

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Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing: A Sensorimotor Art Therapy Approach to Bilateral Body Mapping

While art therapy traditionally focuses on therapeutic image-making and the cognitive or symbolic interpretation of these creations, Cornelia Elbrecht instructs readers how to facilitate the body-focused approach of guided drawing.

Cornelia Elbrecht

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Can Traumatic Experiences Make You More Creative?

Can increased creativity be a coping strategy for dealing with trauma?

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What Does it Mean to Be Creative at the End of the World?

A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.

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