The World Celebrates Oskar Fischinger’s 117th Birthday
Artist Combined Graphic Art & Music June 22, 2017 – The world today is celebrating German-born artist Oskar Fischinger who combined synchronized animation and music, and was a Maestro who went…
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Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” Creating Controversy
Chicago Rapper “Chance the Rapper” Attacks Film With Tweets DEC 9, 2015 – Spike Lee’s new movie “Chi-Raq” about gun violence in America, based on the old Greek play Lysistrata where…
Tyler Shields “Historical Fiction” Photography Exhibit Highlights Racism and Police Brutality
Shocking Photographs Meant to Create Empathy MAY 23, 2015 – A provocative and moving photography exhibit by artist Tyler Shields is creating a lot of buzz, and the images really…
Ai Weiwei Brings New Exhibition to Brooklyn Museum
FEB 26, 2014 - Chinese activist-artist-musician Ai Weiwei will be bringing his new activist-art exhibit, "Ai Weiwei: According to What?" from April 18 through August 10, 2014 to the Brooklyn Museum.…
The World Loses a Musical Genius
OCT 28, 2013 - The musical world is in shock and in mourning, as we woke up to the sad news that one of music's biggest pioneers, Lou Reed, has…
APlomb Clothing Promotes Activism as Currency
SEP 12, 2013 - JTMP is a strong supporter of new and fairer forms of capitalism, and we strongly support cooperatives and employee-owned businesses like Publix; and we ran across a…
Woody Guthrie Play “Woody Sez” Highlights Music and Activism
SEP 12, 2013 - A new play called "Woody Sez", portraying the music and activism of the legendary activist-musician Woody Guthrie, is being put on by the Cleveland Play House.…
Women Arab Singers Sing On For Hayy Music Festival Despite Unrest In Egypt
AUG 27, 2013 - Despite the massive unrest currently in Egypt, the Hayy Music Festival that features women Arab singers, poets, puppeteers and more, was held on July 18 through…
Puppet Show Mocks Assad and Helps Freedom Movement Cope in Syria
FEB 1, 2012 - A group of 10 socially-conscious artists inside Syria are using art to help Syrians cope with the violent and hard struggle they are going through in…
OccuPrint Website Showcases Occupy Art
Occuprint is a new website that puts on display artwork inspired by the Occupy Movement, showing the various common threads running through the new movement. A few of the commonalities…