The Katastwof Karavan, by Kara Walker, is a calliope in a carnival caravan with silhouettes of slaves and slave owners. The caravan plays Black protest and celebration tunes. The artists explained music as the bearer of out emotional history and Read More
PreEnact Indy is an annual event held in Indianapolis Indiana. Residents of Martindale-Brightwood were asked to tell stories about the neighborhood's past. A theater company used the stories to create sets and characters who interacted with residents Read More
The Unity Project is a large-scale public arts projects in which 24 artists were paired with foster children in Portland Oregon. The pairs worked together to create large art panels to be displayed on the building of a program called Color Outside the Read More
After hurricanes hit the Virgin Islands the Creative Forces Mask-Making project was begun to help victims express their feelings, memories and identities. The project was tied to the notion of Carnival and shedding the past while moving forward to the Read More
Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project began after Katrina caused lead levels to in New Orleans to rise. People are asked to design 100-dollar bills which would be delivered to congress where an even exchange of the creative capital was Read More
Home, New Orleans? is a network of artists who provide programming with aims to revitalize the city after Hurricane Katrina and rebuild community bonds through visual and performing arts. The projects involve local universities through a community Read More
Sandy Storyline Project is a participatory documentary that collects stories about the impact of Hurricane Sandy. The storyline features audio, video, photos, and text contributed by those affected. The project has goals of amplifying the voices of Read More
Artists/filmmakers Rachel Falcone and Michael Primo created a storytelling project in order to "preserve and share humanities stories" regarding the fragility of home. The pair interviewed 11 people who struggled to secure adequate housing while Read More
After Hurricane Sandy hit NYC, the director of the Arts & Democracy Project was contacted and asked to create cultural arts programming and infrastructure for 500 elderly/special needs sheltering at Brooklyn's Park Slope Armory. Activities Read More
All Babies Must Cry is a song written by Sxip Shirley and served as the catalyst for a fundraiser to benefit immigrants and refugees. Sxip and Rhiannon Giddens covered the song and filmed a video in collaboration with RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Read More