Art Collective

Connecting the Arts and Social Justice to Envision and Act for Change

SOCIAL JUSTICE = “justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunity, and privilege within a society.”

ART = “the application of human creative skill and imagination to produce works appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.”

Art can expose the realities of a social order, including the distribution of wealth, opportunity, and privilege. Art can also help us imagine a more just order—by virtue of its content and by virtue of how it is presented, discussed, and taught.

If art helps us imagine a more just social order, though, just who does the imagining? Who defines and enacts SOCIAL JUSTICE ART practices?

You do! And we hope that you will join us to look at art making and the production and consumption of art in the light of the social justice:

The distribution of wealth, opportunity, and privilege within a society.

We hope you will join us, whatever your relationship is to the arts and to social justice.

Upcoming Events

Fall Meetings

The Collective for this semester will meet monthly on Zoom.

The Self-Healing & Social Justice Art Collective, convened and advised by Professor Rogério M. Pinto, invites you to our first meeting of the year that will take place on October 7th from 6:00-7:00 pm EST via zoom.

Please RSVP by contacting Heidi Schmitz at hschmitz@umich.edu

Fall Term Meetings

October 7th, 2024 6:00-7:00 pm

November 11th, 2024 6:00-7:00 pm

December 2, 2024 6:00-7:00 pm

Join Us

Meetings will take place via Zoom and are biweekly on Monday evenings at 6pm. Our first meeting will be on September 19th from 6-7pm.

To learn more about the collective, be added to our listserv, or to join one of our meetings please email Heidi Schmitz, hschmitz@umich.edu. The collective is open to all members of the University of Michigan community from students to faculty and alumni.

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