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2 days agoPsychology, Art, and Activism
Artivism combines art and activism to promote social justice, collective healing, and individual empowerment and serves as a tool for wellness and social transformation.
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