Social Art & Culture

An aperture for socially responsible artisians. The specific purpose of Social Art and Culture is to encourage art & design that affects social change.

SAAC "Art Activists" will use the power of the performing, visual, music and literary arts to address AIDS, education, housing, health and the environment within disadvantaged communities. The specific objectives shall be: 1) Art is an integral part of change in social causes. 2) DC will consist of a socially responsible artisans collective who collaborate and participate in educational based art programs designed to reach neglected communities throughout the District of Columbia.

05/10/2024

Join Thursday, May 16, between 3pm-7pm at MoCA on the Move with MoCA Arlington at MET Park, South Elm Street between South 13th and South 14th Streets for “Climate Hope.”

05/05/2024

Get a chance to hear the work of one of our 9 distinguished Environmental Justice Artivist Fellows, Leonina Arismendi 2NITE [5/5] Brookland for "Tango Stories".

Don't forget to round up with your meal at Busboys and Poets

05/01/2024

Eating this month at ANY LOCATION OR if you order online, you can round up to support and give to the Environmental Justice Artivist Fellowship 2024!

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Join us at TODAY 4/23/24 3pm and 4pm with Mazi Mustafa on show, Something To Say! Board President Karen Baker and all nine distinguished artists of the Environmental Justice Artivist Fellowship will be on. Tune In!

04/16/2024

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities has launched the DC Area Music Census today, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The Census is a community-led initiative to gain a better understanding of the current needs of the Greater Washington DC-area music community. Over the past month, the Commission has met with partners and members of the music community throughout the DC Metropolitan Area to inform them of the importance of participating in the Census. Take the Census by visiting at www.dcmusiccensus.org.

04/11/2024

Thanks conference for having us! and in conversation with .montoya spoke on being an Artivist dedicated to and the work they plan to execute during the fellowship. We'll done!

04/06/2024

Thanks, One Health team! 💥

04/06/2024

Huge thanks to for kicking off the first Environmental Justice Artivist Fellowship convening! So much research, data, and science communication.

Thanks, , for hosting us!

04/01/2024

Saturday, April 6, 2024 | 10am - 3pm | Eaton DC
Words Beats & Life Fest: The Remixing the Art of Social Change Conference: A Hip-Hop Approach teach-in is designed to share the tools and resources necessary to develop curriculum, programs, and work (artistic and scholarly) based on hip-hop culture. Get your tickets at https://wblinc.org/teachin

04/01/2024

Whether you visited with purpose or stumbled upon The Artivism Library Collection .dc , it made the difference! The FREE popup is extended to Arpil 30, 2024, with some exciting programs coming.

Keep Reimaging a "Third Library " space!

Thanks Eaton, and

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Today was a good day! Thanks to and their Training Conductors Nadine Bloch and Deja Williams for an amazing training with the cohort! We are ready to make some in using art as a vehicle for change!

Environmental Justice Artivist Fellowship, Social Art and Culture in collaboration with Arts Program at
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We appreciate the support!

03/15/2024

March 23 from 4pm-8pm - DO GOOD FOR CLIMATE!
EAT AT Shops at Dakota Crossing in DC and the 33% of the proceeds go to the Environmental Justice Artivist Fellowship! Show is flyer or order online using code RCMB3HM

03/07/2024

New books added to The Artivism Library Collection! Visit .dc before March 31, 2024.

03/02/2024

"There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise."

02/29/2024

"Reimagine the possibility of a “Third Library,” a new space transcending individual institutions by challenging what we have come to know about the libraries of the past in order to create the library of the very near future." CLIR

02/28/2024

"Reimagine the possibility of a “Third Library,” a new space transcending individual institutions by challenging what we have come to know about the libraries of the past in order to create the library of the very near future." CLIR

I am beyond proud to see something I have envisioned for years come to light! Being an art and design researcher and scholar you have to search so many libraries to get what you need. So why not design a library with its sole purpose to house a collection of books and literary works for Artivists [artists who are activists]? So in 2025, we will open The Artivism Library Collection® in DC! Until it arrives, we have collaborated with Eaton Hotel to deliver a popup library experience from now until March 31, 2024. 170+ rare, banned, and curated books are here for you. This is not a lending library, as these books will move to the permanent home for The Artivism Library Collection® in 2025.

Visit and learn more, read more, and do more! https://socialartandculture.info/the-artivism-library

02/22/2024

Environmental Justice Artivist Fellowship® 2024 nine distinguished fellows have been selected to lead this transformative endeavor, encompassing diverse artistic disciplines and expertise [March 11-November 14, 2024] to focus on the areas of Clean Air, Water Quality and Safety, Clean Energy, Equity in Food Systems, and Land Pollution and Waste in Wards 5, 7, and 8. Social Art and Culture, in collaboration with the Arts Program at the Aspen, underscored by support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, East Arts grant.

Meet the nine fellows leading this charge for change. Noël Kassewitz, Visual Artist, Leonina Arismendi, Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Lynda Andrews-Barry, Artist, Murat Cem Mengüç, Ph.D., Artist, Billy Frieble, Multimedia Visual Artist, Sherri Roberts Lumpkin, Doll-maker / Mix-Media Collage, Stephanie Garon, Environmental Artist, Melani N. Douglass, Curator/ Socially Engaged Artist, and Jaren Hill Lockridge, Community Storyteller + Memory Keeper.
Visit www.socialartandculture.info to learn more.

02/20/2024

02/14/2024

Happy
Congratulations, , for continuing to move positivity through the community! Don't miss her article

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01/24/2024

The Artivist Writer's Workshop
Great first session with some powerful Black storytellers. Thank you, Tina Lassiter, for kicking us off strong.

01/23/2024

Golden Scissors Awards Nominations Close January 26, 2024. Click their profile for details.

Now is the time to submit a nomination to the Golden Scissors Awards, a new awards program recognizing excellence in the crafts industry.

The craft industry is made up of both world-class corporations and thousands of visionary small business owners, whose never-ending creativity continually lifts the entire sector to new heights.

The Golden Scissors Awards will honor excellence in the following categories:
Emerging Leader
Lifetime Achievement
Sustainability
Social Impact
Innovation

Nominate yourself or someone else who deserves recognition! The winners will be announced live on stage at h+h americas 2024 in Chicago. There's no cost!

The deadline for nominations is Friday, January 26.
Don't wait! Submit your nomination now.

01/15/2024

LAUNCHED TODAY!

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01/14/2024

Streaming Live Now! Justice Sunday with African American History Commission

01/14/2024

Today was a good day! Thank you to all the amazing Artivist in the final round of the Environmental Justice Artivist Fellowship who showed up and out today. We're feeling blessed to hold space for you over the next 9 months as we use art as a vehicle for change in climate and environmental justice.

Kudos to this incredible panel!

Thanks, and , for believing in this work!

We'll announce the final fellows in February.

01/09/2024

Documentary "Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”,
Another great project by Michele Stevenson and Joe Brewster.

01/05/2024

This line in by is everything “Potential is what people see when they think what’s in front of them isn’t good enough,”...💥

Go see this film!

01/03/2024

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