About this Event
Art activism, artivism, craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful, ever-evolving social justice movement that continues to grow and diversify as more voices and mediums increasingly take part in it. In , Shannon Downey, the artist and craftivist behind Badass Cross Stitch, provides a roadmap and accessible toolkit for burgeoning art activists. On October 28, Shannon will be giving an author talk at Bookends & leading a craft night.
Filled with self-reflective activities, exercises, and prompts, along with practical stories about the work of other art activists across mediums and throughout history, Let's Move the Needle educates and empowers readers to center their art around collective action in service of political, social or community issues they are most passionate about; affirming that everyone can be a changemaker and that change-making can be generative, enjoyable, and a bit sassy!
Shannon is an artist, activist, craftivist, community builder, and general instigator. She blends, politics, activism, and art into projects that are designed to inspire others to take action, think, discuss, engage with democracy and their community, and find some digital/analog balance. Her art tackles systems of oppression and is meant to disrupt: via the medium, the application of the medium, the projects that she builds, and by living and making outside of the rules.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1620 Orrington Ave, 1620 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, United States
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