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You must create before you can change! Art and the feelings it inspires.

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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art

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Art has inspired change since the earliest incarnations of mark-making but modern protest art has shifted the goalposts. Discover the impact of protest art.

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Artist or Activist? You decide...

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Art has always been a powerful tool for social and political change. From the earliest cave paintings to contemporary Street Art, artists have used their work to express their views on society and the world around them. Typically created in response to social or political issues, protest art can take many forms, including paintings, sculptures, murals, posters, and street art.

Today, the capsule of protest art spans galleries, museums, public spaces, and social media. In this article, we take a look at the history and evolution of protest art, its impact on society, and the role of the artist in social and political movements. We'll also spotlight specific artists who have pioneered the use of art as a tool for social change.

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Art as Activism: How Protest Art Challenges the Status Quo | MyArtBroker | Article

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Discover how protest art challenges the status quo and explore the artists who use their work to advocate for social justice and political change

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Go see for yourself the kind of change art can create.

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Art, Protest, and Public Space - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A selection of prints investigate the role art has played in revolutions, protests, and social activist movements from the eighteenth century to the present.

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The pen is mightier than the sword!

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Pithy and powerful, poetry is a popular art form at protests and rallies. From the civil rights and women's liberation movements to Black Lives Matter, poetry is commanding enough to gather crowds in a city square and compact enough to demand attention on social media. Speaking truth to power remains a crucial role of the poet in the face of political and media rhetoric designed to obscure, manipulate, or worse. The selection of poems below call out and talk back to the inhumane forces that threaten from above. They expose grim truths, raise consciousness, and build united fronts. Some insist, as Langston Hughes writes, "That all these walls oppression builds / Will have to go!" Others seek ways to actively "make peace," as Denise Levertov implores, suggesting that "each act of living" might cultivate collective resistance. All rail against complacency and demonstrate why poetry is necessary and sought after in moments of political crisis.

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Poems of Protest, Resistance, and Empowerment | Poetry Foundation

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Why poetry is necessary and sought after during crises.

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Who will inspire you to change?

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Literature and speeches advocating resistance - Museum of Protest

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Activists wield pens and voices as weapons of dissent, spreading ideas that undermine the authority’s legitimacy and rally people to the cause of justice.

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Find your inner activist.

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Research Guides and Class Pages: Activism & Protesting: History of Protests

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Research Guides and Class Pages: Activism & Protesting: History of Protests