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We are artists, creative practitioners, and allies who believe imagination and creative practice have a place in public life.
@rescreativa.bsky.socialLeo's not wrong
"Art, Pope Leo said, 'is a creative process through which human beings, in imitation of God’s work, shape matter and imbue it with a transcendent meaning.'"
@rescreativa.bsky.socialYesterday, the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists announced it will now be known as the APA, the Association of Political Artists.
The APA will be devoted to artists’ rights, the First Amendment, and a future for art made by humans.
@rescreativa.bsky.socialCalling all visual and performing artists, writers, designers, and allies of the arts: Let's proactively apply our skills and talents to a healthier democracy.
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@rescreativa.bsky.social"Iranian authorities are intensifying their crackdown on artists, writers, poets, musicians, and other cultural figures, pulling peaceful voices into the same coercive security and judicial apparatus used to suppress dissent across Iran."
@rescreativa.bsky.socialThis also speaks to why Res Creativa invites creative practitioners from across all arts disciplines. "In our time of rapid technological change, Arts disciplines must get out of their own way and address the structural barriers that keep our disciplines apart."
@rescreativa.bsky.socialCulinary artists step up to the plate.
C.A.F.E. presents #86Fascism, a national night to unite the food industry, Mon., Oct. 26. Restaurants will open their doors to protect workers and organize the vote.
Host or find a dinner: cafe.vote
@rescreativa.bsky.socialIn a work that confronts the pastoral horror of colonialism with a hint of sharp humor, Hofesh Shechter Company's "Sun" premiered in 2013 at Melbourne Festival, Australia.
Dance has power. Create it for good.
📸 Gabriele-Zucca
@rescreativa.bsky.socialAbout the documentary "Lightworkers," filmmaker Ken Burns said, “This is great. Scary, sobering, thoughtful, with some really genuine heroes in there.”
@rescreativa.bsky.social"There is an ontological difference — even before an aesthetic one — between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of the human, whereas 'authentic culture and art preserve this spark.'" Amen.
@rescreativa.bsky.social"Art is a medium in which struggles can be expressed, happiness can be felt and words can be heard without even talking. It is a beautiful thing, and it will remain on Earth for as long as humans shall live."
That's a goal of ours, as well.
@rescreativa.bsky.socialTo our arts and cultural friends: join me in Res Creativa.
No cost. Lend your name, soon you can review our shared vision, and then you can endorse it if you choose.
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@rescreativa.bsky.social"Communities have been creative since humanity began and – if AI slop doesn’t replace us all – will continue to be for as long as our planet can support us"
@rescreativa.bsky.socialPolitical cartoonists are still doing the heavy lifting for democracy.
Thank you, @deadder.bsky.social!
@rescreativa.bsky.social“Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.”
Res Creativa founding member Jeannette Keaton brings this opportunity to our attention. "The Pope wants to partner with us to ensure our ongoing humanity," she adds.
Now, how do we connect our artists with His Holiness?
@rescreativa.bsky.social"The pop-up exhibit 'Black Cherry Lane: Presence' is a potent testament to the emotional and healing power of art" by Res Creativa founding member Kathy Biehl. The exhibit reimagines the lost community of Cherry Lane Cemetery, a historic former African-American burial ground that was paved over.
@rescreativa.bsky.socialA city’s public places express what—and whom—it chooses to sustain.
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#thanksgivingsquare #dallasarchitecture #publicspace #preservation #dallas
@rescreativa.bsky.socialFor nearly fifty years, this interfaith civic landmark has offered a free public place for reflection, gratitude, and connection. Now, the Square faces an uncertain financial future after the City of Dallas discontinued its long-standing annual payment to the nonprofit foundation that maintains it.
@rescreativa.bsky.socialArchitects don’t just design buildings. They design relationships. And relationships cannot be one-way. Pictured: the Chapel of Thanks-Giving at downtown Dallas’s Thanks-Giving Square, designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Philip Johnson and dedicated in 1976.
@rescreativa.bsky.social"Democracies thrive on participation, convening and creativity, as do the performing arts. Let’s demand that civics education be available everywhere in the curriculum. The performing arts would be happy to lead the way."
@rescreativa.bsky.socialDo you have a performing or visual arts kid in college who is also into American politics? Are you a politically charged performing or visual arts major who wants to pursue a master's degree?
Consider this program just added to our website's Resources page: rescreativa.org/calarts-aest...
