Artivism

Artivism is a portmanteau word combining art and activism.... This passion has all the ingredients of activism, but is charged with the wild creations of art. Artivism—where edges are pushed, imagination is freed, and a new language emerges altogether.' Bruce Lyons has written: '... artivism ... promotes the essential understanding that ... ... can, through courageous creative expression, experience the unifying power of love when courage harnesses itself to the task of art + social responsibility.The artivist (artist + activist) uses her artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression—by any medium necessary. The artivist merges commitment to freedom and justice with the pen, the lens, the brush, the voice, the body, and the imagination. The artivist knows that to make an observation is to have an obligation. Artivism is a portmanteau word combining art and activism.