ART + ACTIVISM = ARTIVISM
Artivism merges the worlds of art and activism, by any medium necessary. Together with our partners, The Hub is creating open-source, multimedia educational content, all available as free downloads from our website. Follow the links below to see and download our content!
Environment
With various partners, The Hub is creating open-source animations and graphics, holding exhibitions, and running workshops on climate change, plastic pollution, and environmental degradation.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
The Hair Salon Project is assessing the acceptability and feasibility of promoting sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) services in hair salons in Lesotho.
Human Rights
With various partners, The Hub is creating open-source music and graphics, holding exhibitions, and running workshops on human rights, women’s rights, and fighting against gender-based violence.
MIL
In partnership with Deutsche Welle Akademie, The Hub is creating open-source content, running Media and Information Literacy (MIL) workshops and digital media campaigns.
Mental Health
In partnership with Dolen Cymru, The Hub is creating open-source content on mental and physical wellbeing.
Covid-19
In partnership with OSISA, The Hub has created open-source videos, animations, music, podcasts, and more to provide Basotho with information on Covid-19 and tell stories on the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic.
“Who will promote self, sisterly, and brotherly love? Who will demand justice? Who will be the voice for the voiceless? Who will not only speak, but dance, paint, film, and sing truth to power? Who will contradict war and death? If not us-artivists-then who?”
— MK Asante, “It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop”
“More sessions are needed country wide!”
— Participant in a climate change outreach session
“I learned that I should not believe anything from social media without making an analysis and research.”
— Participant in MIL workshop
“Rea leboha The hub le Mme Masekhonyana for this innitiative. U hlakile mme nna ke rutehile. Heee we need healing. Eseka molaetsa o ka kenella.”
— Comment on Taba-Kholo: Mental Health during Covid-19
“This is really a wake up call. We tend to forget the danger of what we are dealing with. The whole world is sick.. suffering from pandemic fatigue. We really need this information time and again.”
— Comment on Sebaka. Sefahleho. Matsoho.
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