photographs Archives - Clarissa Sligh

UNCA’s Art Activism Expo

clarissasligh — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:59:16 +0000

THE ART ACTIVISM EXPO AT UNCA

My Photo on the cover of Mountain Express ACTIVISM EXPO AT UNCA.

Spoke at UNCA about the relationship of my work to activism. Poet, Alli Marshall, wrote an article about my work. We were surprised when the Asheville weekly, “Mountain Express” featured one of my photos on the cover of the newspaper. I got a chance to meet new people from the community.

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Women’s March in Asheville January 21, 2017

clarissasligh — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:48:42 +0000

More and more people began coming.

On January 21st, I went with Kimberly to the Women’s March here in Asheville. People gathered slowly. I had heard a lot of women say they were not going because they were afraid it might become violent. So we were really surprised when large crowds seemed to materialize out of thin air.

ASHEVILLE WOMEN MARCH IN JANUARY 2017

The chant to “Make America Great Again” implies returning to the 1970s. Like many women, I can’t believe it either.

YOUNG WOMEN MADE THEIR PRESENCE FELT

They are our future leaders.

BUILDING BRIDGES

Things are better and racism is still a sore point.

HUMOR NEEDED

And it was provided!!!

PREPARING FOR THE EVENT

And Setting up.

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30 years ago – Artists Call Against Intervention in Central America

clarissasligh — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 23:42:44 +0000

Today’s snow, ice, and cold brought to mind similar weather in January of 1984 – 30 years ago when artists in New York began a series of political actions and protests to call attention to the ways in which the U.S. Government intervened in internal governing affairs and propped up oppressive military dictatorships in Central and South America.

It was not my first experience of artists organizing and using alternative means to communicate to the public, their issues and concerns – but this time many of the artists included did not make overtly political work and the range of participants included visual and performance artists, poets, filmmakers, curators, art critics and writers. Many collaborated to make work specifically for the events.

One of those activities, “La Verdadera Avenida de las Americas” took place on one of the coldest days of the month on the block where I lived at West Broadway between Houston and Prince.

These are some of the photographs that I took.

The Artists Call poster, designed by Claes Oldenburg, listed 1,087 participants: individual visual artists and collaborative teams, performance artists, poets, filmmakers, curators, art critics and writers;

and 80 events including 29 exhibitions, 20 film showings, 7 dance and performance festivals, 6 poetry brigades, 6 video and TV installations, 6 reading series, 2 street actions, 2 window installations, and 2 panel discussions.

Additional information about Artists Call Against Intervention in Central America may be found in the PAD/D (Political Art Documentation/Distribution) archive at the Museum of Modern Art:

http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/library/faq_library_collection#padd

To make a tax-deductible donation visit the link: Artspire Fundraising Page

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