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Center for Artistic Activism

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The Center for Artistic Activism helps activists use creativity to win. We train and support people to make advocacy more effective, imaginative, and impactful because imagination powers change, and changes power.

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Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · May 22

🧵 What is Artistic Activism? Making the Impossible Possible (1/9)

#ArtActivism #ArtAsActivism #Artivist #ARTivism #ResistanceArt #ArtForImpact #ArtForJustice #CommunityActivism #CreativeActivism

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Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ Last day to vote! Help Unstoppable Voters win an Anthem Award for joyful, creative democracy 🏆 Voting closes tonight at 11:59 pm PT — every click counts 💥
Vote here → celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting

#AnthemAwards #UnstoppableVoters #CreativeActivism #C4AA

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Final 24 hours! Voting for the Anthem Awards closes Oct 30 at 11:59 pm PT. Help Unstoppable Voters win for joyful, creative democracy 🏆🗳️
Vote here → celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting

#AnthemAwards #UnstoppableVoters #CreativeActivism #C4AA

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 3d

🏆 We’re Anthem Awards Finalists for Unstoppable Voters! Help us actually win—vote by Oct 30 and prove that joy + art + democracy = power ✨
🗳️ celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting

#AnthemAwards #UnstoppableVoters #CreativeActivism #JoyfulResistance #C4AA

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 4d

It’s finally @VoteEarlyDay! Celebrate our democracy by casting your ballot by mail or in person today.

Here’s how:
💻 Head to www.voteearlyday.org/vote
🔍 Find out where and when and you can vote today
🗳️ Go cast your ballot!
🎉 Celebrate

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 5d

Art + activism + glitter = finalist energy ✨ Help Unstoppable Voters win an Anthem Award for creative civic joy! 🗳️ Vote by Oct 30 →
celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting

#AnthemAwards #UnstoppableVoters #JoyfulResistance #C4AA

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 9d

Art vs. authoritarianism. Join the nationwide Fall of Freedom Nov 21–22 — exhibitions, performances & creative defiance across the country.
🖤 falloffreedom.com/

#FallOfFreedom #ArtIsPower #FreeExpression #ResistWithJoy

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 10d

We’re finalists for an Anthem Award! 🏆 Help us actually win for Unstoppable Voters—the campaign making democracy irresistible 💥 Vote before Oct 30 🗳️
celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting

#AnthemAwards #CreativeActivism #UnstoppableVoters #C4AA

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 17d

It’s happening today! 💥
From blank paper protests in China to creative campaigns across Eastern Europe, people are fighting back against authoritarianism with creativity.

Join us at 3pm ET c4aa.org/news/letter/...

#ArtisticActivism #CreativeResistance #AntiAuthoritarianArt

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 21d

Over 500 people have registered to explore how creativity resists authoritarianism. Join us Oct 15 for Anti-Authoritarian Artistic Activism: What We Can Learn, What We Can Do. Free on Zoom!

Register today c4aa.org/news/letter/...

#ArtisticActivism #C4AA

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 22d

Happy #NationalVoterEducationWeek!

Voter education makes voting easier and more meaningful. Get practical steps to register, understand your ballot, and find your polling place. #VoteReady

Visit nationalvotereducationweek.org/vote to access the tools you need to vote with confidence.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 22d

Read the letter in full: www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/10.1.25-

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 29d

A blank sheet of paper became a weapon against censorship.
That’s the power of creativity under authoritarianism.

Join us Oct 15 for Anti-Authoritarian Artistic Activism: What We Can Learn, What We Can Do. Free, online, open to all.

🔗 c4aa.org/news/letter/...

#ArtisticActivism #AntiAuthoritarian

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 25

When protest gets shut down, creativity finds a way through.

Join us Oct 15 at 3pm ET on Zoom for:
Anti-Authoritarian Artistic Activism: What We Can Learn, What We Can Do

Free to attend → c4aa.org/news/letter/...

#ArtisticActivism

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 23

🔥 Campaign chaos got you in “this is fine” mode? 🐶🔥
Come to C4AA Office Hours and leave with clarity + energy.

🗓 Fri 9/26 • 12–1pm ET
👉 sign up: c4aa.org/office-hours

#artisticactivism #organizing

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 5

8/8 At C4AA, we teach activists to be emotional strategists—moving people through the Feelings Wheel, with intention.

Want to learn how to use emotions for grounding, fuel, vision, and sustenance?
Check out our “Work With Us” page: c4aa.org/work-with-us/

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 5

7/8 Artistic activism draws on the full emotional spectrum—because sustained commitment needs the full spectrum of emotion.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 5

6/8 Joy: Reminder of What We Fight For
Not naïve optimism—but a reminder of why we persist, who we are, and what we're building.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 5

5/8 Hope: Imagining the Alternative
Hope sustains us. Even when it feels impossible, imagination keeps the vision alive.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 5

4/8 Anger: Channeling Righteous Rage
We channel fury into creative, collective disruption—not burnout.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Grief: Honoring What’s Been Lost
Grief anchors us in reality and fuels our commitment to change.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 5

2/8 In our trainings, we teach activists to map emotions strategically—because each feeling moves people differently.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Sep 5

1/8 Activism runs on a full range of feelings.
At C4AA, we teach how to use the Feelings Wheel to design actions that move people through those emotions.

Because movements need more than one feeling to last.

Check out C4AA: c4aa.org/work-with-us/

#ArtisticActivism #FeelingsWheel #CreativeProtest

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Aug 29

(7/7) 👉 Artistic activism cuts through indifference. It makes the invisible visible. It keeps us fighting when despair creeps in. 🔥 Ready to reimagine what protest can be? Follow us at C4AA and bring creativity into your activism.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Aug 29

(6/7) It was impossible to ignore—playful and furious. It made politics visceral.

Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · Aug 29

(5/7) One famous action: covering Senator Jesse Helms’s house with a two-story condom. The message? “Your inaction is deadly.”