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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 included music
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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 Center
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The #NoKidsInCages project began in NYC to raise awareness of the treatment of children at the borders and push the Keep Families Together Act. 24 locations in the city showcased cages with models of children inside while recordings of real audio
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The Shadow by Illegal Art was created for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The height of the tallest tower was marked on the ground incrementally with chalk. Cups with pieces of chalk equating the number of people perished on each floor were set at along the
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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Art in Transit Program incorporates the arts into the Metrorail system. The Program works with artists and associated jurisdictional stakeholders to produce projects and performances that reflect the
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Poem Across the City had goals of moving from one point to another by creating a long chain of poetry written on the ground with chalk. After an hour 100 participants had created a collaborative poem 1/4 mile long in Central Park NYC.
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The Reflective Serpent was a project with 18 dancers who carried long mirrors on either side of their body and moved along West Broadway as a snake reflecting people's images back at them. The group moved to the beat to music by composer Bruce Mack as
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STart features artworks by nationally known artists at Sound Transit facilities. Artists respond to the local character of neighborhoods in artwork specifically created for subway and bus stations. Art brings thoughtful detail to the large transportation
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Art in Motion allows artists and members of surrounding communities in St. Louis to transform Metro buses from a blank canvas into an ArtBus. Each bus visually expresses a message that focuses on various causes, events or campaigns.
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MetroScapes is an annual juried competition by Arts in Transit open to regional artists and designers. 10 images of either new or existing work are selected by a panel of judges and reproduced into posters that are placed at MetroBus shelters and
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