By Karen Fiorito. Did we learn anything from COVID-19? Like a lot of animal rights activists, I had hoped that things would change...
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We promote and unite badass artists, grassroots activists and the galleries who can help them change the world. PRESS "At the Boiling Point: The Issue of Climate Change Gets Personal" by John Ise, Biscayne Times. July 2017. "Artist March, Series of Protests Planned Across the Country, Started in Miami" by Neil de la Flor, Miami [...]
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CONTRIBUTORS
Our collective of over 240 Contributors includes leading visual artists, writers, musicians, activists, gallerists, curators, collectors, scientists and experts who believe in creating change through collaboration. Contact them to collaborate, invite them to be in group shows or be guest speakers, and please support the amazing work they do. Artists + Activists List to come [...]
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AN OCEAN OF INTELLECT
THE ARTFUL ACTIVIST ALL-STAR SERIES. By Melanie Oliva. The ocean regulates our climate and supports the greatest abundance of life on Earth, yet only 2% is protected...
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ARTISTS GOTV FOR GILLUM
By Melanie Oliva. Art has the power to reach hearts and minds like nothing else...
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THE PROS OF BEING AN ANTAGONIST
By Melanie Oliva. If you’re an artist who hasn’t been accepted by the art world, you’re not alone...
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HER WORD AGAINST HIS: Mondolfi fights Trump’s rhetoric with creative wordplay
By Melanie Oliva. For many of us, putting 2017 into anything other than four-letter words is difficult...
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ALL HANDS ON DECK! Stay the course with passion, unity & optimism.
By Melanie Oliva. As an artist, I see things differently. The "what-planet-are-you-from" look is all too familiar and sometimes makes me wonder, myself...
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SAYING WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY ABOUT AMERIKKKA
ARTIST-TO-ARTIST INTERVIEW: NEO 10Y & AKIRA BEARD. Forward by Melanie Oliva. Ever since The Artful Activist was formed, I’ve been yearning to make interviews more collaborative...
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HIS WORK IS MAKING RESISTANCE IRRESISTIBLE
AN INTERVIEW WITH MIAMI ARTIST & WRITER STUART SHELDON. By Melanie Oliva. I first stepped into Stuart Sheldon’s “whorled” world at Fancy Nasty two years ago during Art Basel...
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ENVISIONING A WORLD WHERE COMPASSION REIGNS
AN INTERVIEW WITH SYLVIA GRIMALDI GOMEZ, ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. By Melanie Oliva. Sylvia Grimaldi Gomez is a self-proclaimed “citizen of the world” who dedicates her free time to the liberation of her fellow citizens...
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CELEBRATING ONENESS THROUGH ART
Essay & artwork by Nathan Miller. Growing up as a member of the Baha’i Faith, I learned to appreciate the beauty in diversity, the power of cultural expression, and the common link that unites all of us...
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