Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition
Artists leaders and artist-run groups addressing policy issues that affect artists in Massachusetts
The MIT Media Lab is searching for their first MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award recipient. This idea came after a realization that there’s a widespread frustration from people trying to figure out how can we effectively harness responsible, ethical disobedience aimed at challenging our norms, rules, or laws to benefit society. ~ Media Lab, Rewarding …
The USDAC is calling on all artists, creative organizers, and concerned citizens to join together on April 4th, 2017, to draw inspiration from and breathe new life into the prophetic words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., strengthening our commitment to speak truth to power and sparking creative action in the year ahead. April 4th, …
As expected, the Trump proposed budget is very bad news for arts and culture. It proposes to eliminate all federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), the Institute of Museums and Library Services, and many many more …
Video: Building a toolbox for nonviolent resistance: MLTalks with Jamila Raqib and Joi Ito https://www.media.mit.edu/videos/ml-talks-2017-01-25-1/ Summary: Jamila Raqib, Executive Director of the Albert Einstein Institution and a research affiliate at the MIT Media Lab, speaks about building a toolbox for nonviolent resistance, and its potential both to fight oppressive systems and to preserve democratic rights …