By Mary Stebbins Taitt Artist's statement: This painting, part of a series, is a resistance statement against the misuse of girls, boys, women, and others by flesh markets of prostitution, child pornography, and sex trafficking. The first painting in the series was a response in oils to an art installation by Tyree Guyton at Detroit’s Heidelberg Project [...]
By Janis Butler Holm Artist Statement: Fast food, a multi-billion-dollar industry, is slowly killing Americans and others. French fries and what they accompany are not harmless. Janis Butler Holm served as Associate Editor for Wide Angle, the film journal, and currently works as a writer and editor in sunny Los Angeles. Her prose, poems, art, [...]
By Howie Good Artist’s Statement My handmade collages are intended as a rebuke to the lifeless perfection of Photoshopped images. They are also intended to provoke an authentic response by combining images in a way that challenges old habits of seeing. Howie Good is a poet and collage artist on Cape Cod. His latest poetry books [...]
By Guyon Prince Artist's Statement: This collage takes a smiling, vacuuming lady from a 1950s LIFE Magazine advertisement and recontextualizes her. As we know, in the 50s it was largely (and incorrectly) assumed that most women were happy to stay home and tend the house and kids every day, while men went out into [...]
By Ethan Cunningham Artist's Statement For me, the true beauty of this image is that it suggests a powerful story with very little. But for each person, that story can be very personal and very different. The silhouette acts as a stand-in for the viewer. I like to imagine this is a woman who has [...]
By Mark Blickley and Nancy A. Kiel Mark Blickley is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and PEN American Center. His latest book is the text-based art collaboration with fine arts photographer Amy Bassin, Dream Streams. Nancy A. Kiel lives in Sydney, Australia, where she’s an award-winning musician, songwriter, writer, and founding member of [...]
By Chris Maiurro and Remy Dambron, an artist-author collaboration I. I alone am your news, you shall not have other news besides me. II. Thou shalt not make unto thee global waming or covfefe. III. Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord, your vain president. IV. Remember which came first, the wheel [...]
Beth Levine shares her life with two dogs. She is vegan and an animal rights activist, believing that the root of all injustice is the idea that some lives matter less, and no living being should be exploited. She is a psychotherapist, writes poetry, creates visual artwork, and feeds the birds, squirrels and raccoons who live [...]
By Mark Blickley Artist's note: This past fall, I co-curated an exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal, Tributaries, that opened on Sept. 30th and ran for ten weeks, under the auspices of the international artist's cooperative, Urban Dialogues. While in Lisbon, I went into the oldest continuous bookstore in the world, Chiado Bertrand Bookstore, which was founded in 1732 (the year [...]
Jennifer Meneray (Jenn) is best known for her participation in feminist resistance. Witnessing the injustice that took place in her hometown of Hinkley, California, encouraged her to focus on documenting stories less heard in the mainstream. As an artist, she explores how social movement is a way to demand social justice. Now, based in Washington, DC, [...]
By Judith Skillman Artist Statement In “Storm Front,” oil and cold wax on canvas, 12” x 12”, the artist used a rag in equal measure to paint and wax. A paint scraper was employed to etch out the trees at the bottom left. Nature provides solace during times of affliction, whether that affliction be physical [...]
Illustration reportage by Ollie Hayes Demonstrators with statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London Demonstrators with small Trump Baby balloon, near Parliament Square, London Demonstrator with flag of the European Union, Regent Street, London Young woman with statue of activist and suffragist Millicent Fawcett Parliament Square, London Demonstrators at the Bring the Noise march, Regent Street, [...]
By Israel Francisco Haros Lopez Artist's statement: "Stand Up, Kneel Down," digital art, was made to speak to the historical connection of Colin Kaepernick's act, to speak to the issues that continue to plague our communities. His kneeling and those actions that have followed suit will stand in history as a moment when a peaceful [...]
A Poster by Tomaso Marcolla Tomaso Marcolla was born in 1964, in Trento, Italy, where he currently lives and creates. Graduated from the Art Institute of Trento, he began work as a graphic designer in 1985. He began to experiment his passion for art with watercolors, “applying them on non-traditional backgrounds, from Japanese paper to chalk.” [...]
By Tara Williams Artist’s note: My concept for this painting is the feeling of being disconnected from America, like a neighbor you catch glimpses of, but still don’t know. I wanted it to reflect the moment one finally realizes the appalling things that occur in this nation on a daily basis. While creating this [...]
