Art of Resistance Conference

Posted by on April 1, 2005

“Art of Resistance,” political artists’ conference, Seattle, Wash. May 14-15, 2005. E-mail: artofresistance@riseup.net http://riseup.net/artofresistance/

Art of Resistance: a political artists conference, will converge in Seattle again this May. Related events in Minneapolis and Mexico City are also planned by dedicated artists in those areas, inspired by the ideas and energy generated at last year?s weekend event in Seattle.

As artists and activists, we want to draw other likeminded people together to explore how we can learn from, engage with and support each other?s efforts to use art bring art into the struggle to confront injustice, disarm prejudice and speak truth to and about power. At the conference, this will involve:

* Discussions about history and theory – learning and drawing inspiration from political art created in the past, and engaging in the current discourse of community arts.
* Skill-based workshops and demonstrations- strengthening and broadening our skills and learning new techniques from each other
* Time to talk and reflect ?deepening our ideas and networks so that we can collaborate more effectively, meet new people, think new thoughts.