Art + Activism = Artivism | How to Make Art for Social Change Today?

🙋🏼‍♀️ About Christine: Art dealer, founder of Beacon Gallery in Boston, a contemporary art gallery in Boston that promotes emerging artists, especially artivist artists.
💁🏻‍♀️ About Mo: Content creator, founder of Very Private Gallery, and Ph.D. candidate researching independent cinema and video activism.

In this interview, we explore the fascinating world of artivism and its intersection with the art world. What is artivism, and who are the artivists? Are they artists with a strong message, or activists who adopt visual expressions? Join us as we delve into these questions.

We'll discuss the practical aspects of marketing and selling artivist works, as well as the challenges and opportunities that arise when promoting art for social change. Whether you're an artist, activist, or simply curious about the power of art to effect social change, this interview is sure to inspire and inform. Tune in to learn from an expert in the field and gain insights into the fascinating world of artivism.

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00:00 Intro
00:26 What is Artivism
03:40 What’s the Message
06:30 Artivism VS Propaganda
09:29 Nayana Lafond
11:37 Problem Solving
13:48 Which Comes First
15:28 Nedret Andre
17:07 Selling Artivist Art
18:27 Performative Artivism
22:39 A Good Exercise
27:01 Some Practical Tips
30:37 Marketing your art
33:07 Working with Galleries
35:36 Writing about Art
38:27 Future of Activism
41:56 Nonfiction Art
44:24 Your Life Experience

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Searching for tips on how to promote your art? You are in the right place! We make videos on selling art online & offline, showing your art, and building a personal brand as an artist - basically all about making a living as an artist. Besides tutorials, we make art vlogs from time to time. P.S. We are based in Spain.

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[nickscott]

Great interview. You two have great chemistry together.

[renaloucabuyadao]

We from PintaKultura are now starting to use artivsm for our campaign and advocacy.

[esranesipogullari]

Maybe having a message is not enough.. the question is who is the interlocutor of the message? What is it that message forcing to change? The message should come through a struggle,   i believe, otherwise it is just a personal statement not a message that meant to be transmitted.  Also any struggle counted as "activism" has to do with power inequity at the end. The activists per se can have personal connection with the message (as Christine mentioned usually artivists who are coming from marginalised communities) but the message should indicate a societal change/development in favour of the ones who have less power. Anyways mind opening conversation, i just wanted to make a point, no gate-keeping intended:))great question btw what do we do with that much awareness?? Self-referanced artivism is a strange concept too, for example my art tacles with cultural otherness, cultural colonialism etc. but extracting practical direction from my works is very difficult. i mean maybe art can have influence people then those people or institutions who got influenced might activate themselves to take actions.. but instead of art, working on policy making gathering communities maybe more efficient just like traditional activism and using propaganda tools. Artivism for the sake of artivism is way too indirect. However artists following their passion as artistic discourse and as a result, their works align with certain messages is a natural process. Apparently i am confused too:))