"What is artivism? We define artivism as art that is meant for social and environmental change. Basically, we call an artivist someone with three facets. First, they have to be a strong and recognized artist whether they dance, sing, paint, write poetry, etc. Their art should touch people's hearts, minds and dreams. Second, their work should be rooted in their own community. That can be a neighborhood, a city, a region, or demographic, but it should be serving, inspiring"
"and uplifting that community. It's not someone who only creates inside their studio. In other words, an artivist is an activist as well. Finally, they have to be able to inspire people. They need to move others beyond their own communities. And that effort should be big and impactful. Martin Luther King Jr., Frida Kahlo, Bob Marley, Mercedes Sosa, the Beatles and Maya Angelou are all example of artivists people who have used their art to move and inspire people."
Edgard Gouveia Jr. co-founded Livelab, a nonprofit that creates and runs collaborative games and stories to electrify communities. He organizes work around building the world of our dreams in ways that are fast, free, fun and fantastic. He has led activities under the banner "play for change" and connected with a growing global artivism movement responding to the rise of the extreme right and fascism. Artivism is defined as art for social and environmental change. An artivist must be a recognized artist, root work in their community, and inspire people beyond that community.
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