craft + activism = craftivism.

The photos below are just a few of the many photos online of political graffiti, click on the photo to go to the photographer’s Flickr page. Rome, Italy Oxford, UK, 1993 St. Petersburg, Russia Want more? *Global Graphica *Wooster Collective *GraffitiStudies.info *Art Crimes: War Murals *Graffiti: The Art of Politics *Torontoist: Taking it to the [...]

I just finished the piece above, which is graffiti of the Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled spraypainted on the wall between Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Leila Khaled was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). It was a choice made originally to highlight the fact that what we may view through our [...]

A lesson from this evening on nuclear things and why creativity paired with activism is powerful: Today I was listening to a song by Example, and was curious about the rapper himself, so as one does, I Googled him. I was fascinated to learn that while filming the video for his song “What We Made” [...]

Almost a month ago, I wrote about CODEPINK’S call for crochet and knit squares for a Mother’s Day day banner they were going to display in front of the White House. Below are some of the resulting photos from all those squares sent (I wonder if my squares made it in?), and you can see [...]

What is Fair Trade Day, you ask? According to their website: World Fair Trade Day is a global celebration of Fair Trade with events organized worldwide, on and around the second Saturday of May by members of the International Fair Trade Association across 70 countries. World Fair Trade Day 2009 is A Big Day for [...]