by BrendanS | Jan 27, 2013 | Art and Activism, Articles, post
[by Brendan Smith] In 2006, Neil Young told the Los Angeles Times that the silence of young songwriters during the Bush era compelled him to retake the stage as a protest singer: “I was waiting for someone to come along, some young singer 18 to 22 years old, to...
by BrendanS | May 21, 2012 | Art and Activism, post
One of the alluring aspects the Occupy movement is the art it has generated. Days after OWS burst onto the scene, artists quickly set to work depicting the energy and message of the 99 percent movement. There are fine artists such as Molly Crabapple who composed...
by Ming | May 14, 2011 | Art and Activism, post
Original Appeared in Grist Magazine, By Brendan Smith and Joe Uehlein Throughout history, artists have joined forces with political movements to battle injustice and demand a better and more beautiful world. Picasso’s “Guernica” captured the horrors...
