Chapter 2:
"We need to treat ourselves well by living full and complete lives, taking breaks, eating well, going on vacations, and doing whatever makes us happy and joyful. our work needs to come out of love."
This quote is very fitting, especially after watching the Bad Bunny halftime show. We have gotten so used to this fast-paced lifestyle that we have forgotten how to fall in love with life. We don't rest ourselves or find joy in simple things. We need to love ourselves and live with love. We spend too much time judging ourselves and feeling like we aren't good enough, so we forget what it means to be human.
"Creative people are born observers."
I like this quote because it makes everything, I do make so much more sense. When I create art, I often gravitate toward pieces that represent family, culture, and friends. I love to observe the connection I have with the people I love. So that I can alchemize that into an art piece so others can see or understand how it makes me feel and maybe that might resonate with them. I feel like we can almost all agree that we no longer live in the moment. We are all so worried about the future or in deep thought about the past, but we don't stop to observe what or who is around us at the moment. When was the last time you looked at yourself slowly? Do you notice any new beauty marks? Cuts? Gray hairs? Do you notice any similarities in your face to your mom or grandma? How beautiful are all of these things when we stop and notice them?
2. Towards a Curatorial Activism | Dr. Maura Reilly
"There are no women equivalents for Rembrandt, Delacroix or CΓ©zanne, Picasso or Matisse."
Women and artists of color don't lack talent; they lack access. White men had a privilege that others didn't have. They had access to academics, apprenticeships, and support. Women and people of color were obviously discouraged or not allowed to take classes or have any professional ambition, for that matter. So this is the beauty behind curatorial activism because it gives the artist who are unseen or silenced a space where they can show their art.
"After even a cursory glance at art world statistics such as these, which are (sadly) almost identical in every mainstream museum throughout the world, it is evident that sexism and racism have become so insidiously woven into the institutional fabric, language and logic of the mainstream art world that the inequities in representation often go undetected."
Inequality in the art world is systemic. Museums and exhibitions favor white male artists, and this reinforces these patterns over time and has now shaped what is considered to be "important" art. There are so many underrepresented artist in the art world, and it is assumed to be "quality control" in a sense when it is just sexism and racism. It has become embedded in the institution itself.
What is art intervention? How can artists create messages for an audience that inspire change in a community? How can we use processes/habits to help design an art intervention strategy? What is curatorial activism? How can art spaces and exhibitions function to expand art activism?
Art intervention is a creative action that goes against the norms and interrupts, provoking awareness and change. Traditional art is more for "passive" viewing and is usually more permanent, and art inventions are more likely temporary, specifically places, and spark the notion of political and social change. Art invention meets the people where they are, which could be street art or memes online. Artists can inspire community change when they create their own lived experiences. That creates a connection to a specific community, and it becomes something that they can all share because they will all be able to see themselves in the work. The processes and habits help create a strategy because it helps us think specifically rather than reacting spontaneously. It allows us to think and ask ourselves who is this for? Where? What am I hoping for out of this? And how? Curatorial activism is curating art exhibitions that focus on art created by women, artists of color, or queer artists who have been silenced. Art spaces can use their spaces to invite safe spaces for conversation/discussions, workshops, and community engagement, so that people can share collective ideas. If exhibitions can get out of this "passive" mode and become more active on all sides of art, that would be great!
My intervention Idea
I want to focus on bringing awareness to Veteran sexual assault. I researched to see if I could find any resources or organizations, and the only thing I found was an organization called Black Veterans for Social Justice Website here! I would like to call attention to Military Sexual Assault (MST). Within that the lack of resources and community when it comes to the Veterans Health Care. I want to create a stencil so I can get the message across quick and I can replicate it. I want it to be something you see often in different places. I want the stencil to paint a picture that shows how many people are affected by this, and you don't notice it by placing it in multiple places.
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