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Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party

 Part I by BradleyTucker:Judy Chicago made what is to be considered the first epic feminist artwork. This work has toured over 16 countries and been viewed by more than 15 million people. Chicago worked with many influential feminist artists of the time to create her masterpiece. The triangular shape renders one of the earliest shapes …

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Dying of a broken heart syndrome

Over the summer I began to study a disease originally founded in Japan known as Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy which is the scientific name for the closest disease to date that links death with patients who suffered from having a broken heart. A lot of my research entailed this diagnosis happened predominately in older women in the …

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Art about Death

“It’s Halloween season, and campy macabre aesthetic surrounds us, making the general public a little more open to the darker parts of our existence.  Reflecting back on the origin of this holiday, All Hallow’s Eve and Samhain, the pagan celebration, it’s clear that death and the unseen world is the foundation.  Our ancestors believed that …

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LGBT Activists Vandalize Historical Monument

“Who led the gay rights movement in its early days? White gay men, or black and brown transgender women? It’s a complex answer, but one thing is clear: trans people of color are noticeably missing from the upcoming Hollywood film Stonewall, directed by Roland Emmerich (Godzilla, Independence Day). In petitions, calls for boycotts, and on social media, …

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Warhol’s Silver Factory

“(“Andy Warhol’s FACTORY PEOPLE”, tells the story of the 60’s Silver Factory that Andy founded in 1964 in an abandoned hat factory on East 47th Street in New York City. The Silver Factory lasted until 1968 when Andy gave up the lease and moved to the White Factory on Union Square. Shortly after moving in …

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Murals in Gaza for Water Crisis

“A delegation of US artists traveled to the Gaza Strip earlier this summer to paint 10 collaborative murals (8 completed, 2 still in process) in several places around Gaza, with multi-fold intentions of bringing attention to the water and environmental crises faced by the 1.6 million Palestinians trapped inside and to build relationships between communities …

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Springsteen’s revolt against House Bill 2

http://myfox8.com/2016/04/10/some-bruce-springsteen-fans-missed-the-message-show-up-at-cancelled-greensboro-concert/   Springsteen cancelled his concert just last week in Greensboro, NC after North Carolina passed House Bill 2. CNN reports, “North Carolina’s governor on Wednesday signed a controversial bill blocking cities from allowing transgender individuals to use public bathrooms for the sex they identify as — as well as restricting cities from passing nondiscrimination …

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Waste Land

Waste Land is a documentary about artist Vik Muniz who travels to Jardim Gramacho in Rio de Janeiro which is the largest landfill in the world. Workers here spend their day sifting through trash and Muniz not only get’s to know these workers but begins to make beautiful art works of the workers using the …

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Campaign for Fair Food

“Born in Mexico, Lucas Benitez at 17 moved to Immokalee, Florida, to work in the tomato fields, where he seethed over the mistreatment, lousy pay and backbreaking working conditions. (Florida growers produce almost half of the nation’s $1.3 billion annual tomato crop). As cofounder of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Benitez has become a leader …

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Joe Paterno’s Statue removal

Joe Paterno was the head football coach at Penn State University from 1966 to 2011. Paterno was a legend on campus for how good of a football coach he was earning the title as the most winningest coach in the NCAA top division 1 football league. The school had a bronze sculpture of Paterno created …

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Earth Travel Apparel Pop-Up Venders

https://www.facebook.com/earthtravelapparel Earth Travel Apparel is my sisters clothing line her and her boyfriend created during their Sophomore year of college. At first the clothing line was entirely operated online and by venders they’d set up at festivals they would travel to in the RV that was also their home at the time. As of last …

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Paris is Burning

This documentary is about the 1980’s New York City drag subculture in society. In viewing this documentary you see the transformation in how the drag culture took the very words that were being used to describe the iconic figures in celebrity culture and deconstructed them to fit the icons of the subculture they produced. Race, gender, …

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become apart of the mural

This Instagram account captures awesome street art and murals that anyone may choose to become apart of. The onlookers then become the artist in how they reshape/change the art by inserting themselves amongst the existing art. I included a screenshot of my favorite picture they’ve posted to date.     https://www.instagram.com/_ihavethisthingwithwalls/