Res Creativa
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Res Creativa is an alliance of artists and allies who believe the practice of creativity is essential to a healthy democracy. linktr.ee/rescreativa
The Center for the Study of Political Graphics presents "Graphic Resistance: Seven Decades of California Posters for Peace & Justice." The exhibition will be on view at Santa Monica Airport Arts Center, Aug 7 through Sep 7. airportartscenter.com/exhibitions
Airport Arts Center
Explore vibrant Santa Monica art exhibitions at Airport Arts Center Studios 3026, showcasing local artists and community art events.
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Artists understand that good systems invite participation, curiosity, and fair play. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is essential to a healthy democracy. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #gamedesigner #gamer
Aaron Copland by candlelight, studio in the Berkshires, September, 1946, Aaron Copland Collection, Library of Congress. Copland's "Lincoln Portrait," (1942) carries strong democratic and anti-fascist sentiments during WWII, using Abraham Lincoln's words to champion freedom and equality.
"The cleverly brash and intrepid artist is more than just a refreshing voice amid a music scene that often seems fraught with vacuous pop and nostalgic repetition. He’s a modern-day troubadour cut from the cloth of legendary game-changers such as Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan..." Music has power.
Jesse Welles unleashing modern-day protest songs - Local Spins
Jesse Welles played New York City a few days ahead of his sold-out Meijer Gardens concert. Local Spins was there to preview his Michigan stop.
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"I don’t think voters in 2024 expected that a 'tough approach to immigration' would lead to ICE officers killing people." Music has power. Use it for good. www.wgbh.org/culture/2026...
Turntable: Brushing up on protest songs by local artists
GBH’s Dave Goodman offered his playlist picks for GBH’s All Things Considered’s “Turntable” series.
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Artists know that stories shape how we understand ourselves and one another. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is essential to a healthy democracy. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #filmmaker #cinematography #film #video
Larger theater companies, venues and museums typically get more attention. But in cities and rural areas, it’s smaller arts organizations that are closest to and address the needs of their communities. Now, many are struggling as they face economic pressures. youtu.be/XLTeBziXyo4?...
Local arts groups that shape community culture face financial pressure
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Artists help us see ideas before we have words for them. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is essential to a healthy democracy. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #illustrators #graphicdesigners #cartoonists #editorialcartoonists
Talented FLINTA* (women, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, trans, and agender) in Berlin wanted "a place where creative people don’t have to figure everything out alone. A place where introductions become collaborations and where generosity is valued more than competition." What a concept.
Berlin's Coolest Creatives Have a New Way to Actually Connect
Ex to X is Berlin's new FLINTA-focused creative community that puts the "social" back in social networking, connecting everyone from DJs to coffee roasters.
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“I think a lot of Canadians are upset about the way Canada’s getting treated, and so it just seemed like an outlet for me to vent – it was just a therapeutic thing to do.” That’s horseshit! And a good likeness! Art has power. Use it for good. abbynews.com/2026/07/31/f...
From farm to canvas: B.C. artist's horse dung Trump portrait causes stir - Abbotsford News
Metchosin artist Wendy Chartrand created paint using manure and water
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A working democracy isn't something we inherit. It's something we rehearse. Guess who already knows how to rehearse. open.substack.com/pub/randallw... #creativity #artists #democracy #rescreativa
Rehearsing Democracy
For artists who didn't know they were already practicing self-government.
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The retrospective at this year’s Locarno Film Festival is "Red & Black – Hollywood Left and the Blacklist," highlighting "one of the most turbulent and politically charged periods in the history of American cinema," including the "Red Scare" and the Hollywood blacklist. Aug 5–15, 2026. Locarno, CH.
Locarno Film Festival
Since 1946, the Locarno Film Festival has celebrated cinema in all its forms, championed new talents, and looked toward the future.
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Artists understand that context changes everything. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is its own republic. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #setdesign #scenicdesign #stagedesign #productiondesign
"The artist’s expansive landscapes are interrupted by impenetrable walls and ominous towers that prioritize self-glorification, technological advancement, or imperialism over efforts to achieve unity." Self-glorification over unity. 🤔 Sounds vaguely familiar. hyperallergic.com/looking-for-...
Looking for History: MoCA\CT's New Exhibition Explores Memory, Landscape, and the American Story
Rick Shaefer, Ellen Harvey, and Michael Borders question how history is created, remembered, and reimagined. On view through November 15, 2026.
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Artists create places that invite people to care for one another and the world they share. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is its own republic. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #landscapearchitect #landscaping #spatialdesign
"Our Seat at the Table" will be a free, online conversation with artists, songwriters and independent record label representatives. It will address the creative community and its role in the evolving streaming and AI economy. Thu, Aug 6, 2:00 PM EST. Registration info: www.afm.org/2026/07/prot...
Protect Working Musicians Act Forum
North Carolina Congresswoman Deborah Ross, in partnership with ten of the music industry’s most influential rights advocacy groups (including A2IM, ARA, and SONA), will host Our Seat at the Table…
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Curiosity, revision, tolerance for ambiguity. These aren't artistic traits. They're civic ones. Follow Res Creativa. rescreativa.org Creativity is its own republic.
"Open Culture! is a Bratislava-based coalition that brings together artists, institutions, unions, and civil society organizations to defend artistic freedom and push back against political interference in Slovakia’s cultural sector." #artisticfreedom #grassroots @gmfus.bsky.social
“Open Culture!” in Bratislava
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Artists know that the spaces we share shape the lives we share. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is its own republic. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #architect #architecture #spatialdesign
Artists know that every person has a story worth revealing. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is its own republic. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #costume #costumer #costumes
"Donald Trump’s victory arch is so ugly and uninspired, so befitting his cynical, corrupt, tacky presidency, that it might actually offer us an opportunity to seriously consider something more befitting a just and democratic society." jacobin.com/2026/07/trum... #architecture #design #democracy
Trump’s Authoritarian Architecture Begs for an Alternative
Donald Trump’s victory arch is so ugly and uninspired, so befitting his cynical, corrupt, tacky presidency, that it might actually offer us an opportunity to seriously consider something more befittin...
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36 Playwrights Will Be Featured In WOMEN+ ON THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY at The Flynn Center in Vermont
The Flynn Center in Vermont will partner with the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize to Women+ on the Edge of Democracy, a civic initiative commissioning 36 prominent women+ playwrights, and counting, from a...
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Artists of all disciplines: We don't ever want to wind up in this place again. Democracy needs us. Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is its own republic. #creativity #artists #creativeintelligence #rescreativa
Artists know that coordination is built through trust, not control. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is its own republic. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #choreographer #dance #performance
Edward McKnight Kauffer's poster design for "Cambridge Exhibition Against War and Fascism," (1935) is included in the exhibition "Comrades in Art: Artists Against Fascism" on view through Oct 18, 2026, at Towner Eastbourne, Eastbourne, UK.
"Charlotte Morris shows us that even protest songs can be deft and delicate, composed and calm affairs. "'Make America' certainly comes from one side of the political divide, but rather than advocate for one party or the other, it asks for healing." bigtakeover.com/recordings/c...
Charlotte Morris - Make America (Charlotte Morris Music)
Driven by acoustic guitar, soaring strings, and Morris’s powerful songwriting, “Make America” poses questions rather than offering easy answers.
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Artists understand that influence isn't about being the center of attention. Those are democratic skills, too. ------------- Res Creativa rescreativa.org Creativity is its own republic. Check us out. #rescreativa #democracy #puppets #puppeteers #marionettes
Like the inherited structure of any arts discipline, a nation's constitution is not a prison. It is a conversation across generations. Policymakers could learn from people who spend their lives practicing and demonstrating that limitations don’t restrict creativity. open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
Glad to see more creativity=democracy spaces opening up in this world (as a founding member of @rescreativa.bsky.social). Creativity welcomes pluralism & pluralism fosters creativity. (A virtuous circle.)
TizzyWoman@tizzywoman.bsky.social · last wk.#MorningVibe The artofsavingdemocracy.org: An Action Kit for Making Change is a nonpartisan civic initiative that uses the power of art and creativity to equip Americans to make a social impact. It is a project of @peoplefor. #ArtAsActivism made easy& accessible. I ordered mine yesterday! 💥
