Political Education Series with Artist Against Apartheid and Palestinian Youth Movement
Is Art Action?
Is Art Action? A 3-Part Political Education Series on Resistance and Revolutionary Art with Palestinian Youth Movement and Artists Against Apartheid.
Artists Against Apartheid and the Palestinian Youth Movement invite artists, cultural workers, and anyone moved by creative resistance to join us for a three-part political education series exploring the role of revolutionary art in anti-imperialist struggle.
Session 1:
Thursday, August 14, 6-8pm
Location: 2285 Gallery, EastSide Arts Alliance
Session 2
Thursday, August 21, 6-8pm
Location: EastSide Arts Alliance, 2277 International Blvd
Session 3
Thursday, September 4, 6–8pm
Location: SUMUD mural, 401 26th St, Oakland
Across three sessions, we’ll come together to study, reflect, and create. Through collective learning, discussion, and hands-on practice, we’ll explore how artists and movements around the world have used art as a tool for resistance, from Palestine to Oakland and beyond. We’ll look at how art helps us stand together, survive, fight back, and imagine new worlds.
Session 1 is a peer-led class and discussion. We’ll introduce key ideas and histories of revolutionary art, educating ourselves in both theory and lived experience.
Session 2 is a workshop focused on crafting galvanizing messages and accessible ways to create visuals – practical tools that can be taken into the streets and used in collective action.
Session 3 is a visit to two murals in Oakland – the SUMUD: Resistance Until Liberation and Oakland Palestine Solidarity – where we will build on what we’ve learned about the function of art in the struggle, and discuss where we go from here.
This series is for anyone interested in the intersection of art and revolutionary struggle, whether you're a practicing artist or just beginning to explore how your creativity connects to collective liberation. Our goal is to sharpen our politics and raise our consciousness in community.