The Future Belongs to the Loving
May 3 - July 31, 2025
Curators and Organizers: Patricia Miranda, Michael Sylvan Robinson, Natalya Khorover, Jenn Cacciola, and Sarah Valeri
Artists, Performers, Agitators: (updated as the project grows)
Jocelyn Braxton Armstrong, Regan Avery, Aileen Bassis, Claudia Bavagnoli, Veronica Bello, Nia Blue, David Borawski, Melanie Brewster, Ram Brisueno, Alexandra Brock, Emily Budd, Serena Buschi, Elizabeth Castaldo, Katie Cercone, Jodi Colella, Davida Cook, Patricia Dahlman, Elizabeth de Bethune, Hale Ekinci, Carolyn Ellis, Federica Patera + Andrea Sbra Perego, Susan Hoffman Fishman, Deborah Freedman, Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar Romero, Chrissanth Greene-Gross, Ellen Hackl Fagan, Shelby Head, Avery Johnson, Elena Kalkova, Amy Keefer, Barbara King, Wendy Kohli, Mindy Kombert, Bonny Leibowitz, Antoinette Legnini, Constanza Liberona, Rita Maas, Katrina Majkut, Markham Maria, Lenka Maskova, Elizabeth Mihaltse Lindy, Jeffrey Mueller, Kaitlyn Niznik, Sari Nordman, Kelly Marie O'Brien, Lisie S Orjuela, SOLI Pierce, Kate Quarfordt, Carin Reich,, Margaret Roleke, Victoria Rolett, Jon Rowe, Theda Sandiford, Aleksandra Scepanovic, Diana Schmertz, Yulia Silina, Katrina Slavik, Jessica Soininen-Eddis, Darcy Spitz, James Stamboni, Rebecca Steiner, Dayna Talbot, Frankie Tejada Lizardo, Emily Tironi, Winnie van der Rijn, Cynthia Walat, Joan Wheeler, Elizabeth White, Devynity Wray
Description:
How can artists strengthen the connections and care that foster community in these challenging times of environmental and political crisis? As we encounter individuals and institutions self-censoring in an effort to be “safe,” we come together to hold and celebrate art that is joyous, openly activist, and politically explicit. This project offers the empathetic space of art to encourage practices of artivism and craftivism and to support artists who facilitate community-building. As artists, we can join together to create pathways away from isolation and anchor us in resilient communities to face the challenges ahead.
We welcome radical political work and artworks that emphasize the joy and love of resistance.
We are excited to have our Caribbean artists in The Future Belongs to the Loving featured on Repeating Islands, a blog focusing on artists from the Caribbean and the diaspora! Thanks to writer Ivette Romero for the post.
Some terms:
Craftivism is a social process of collective empowerment, activism, and expression incorporating elements of anti-capitalism, solidarity, and feminism centered on practices of craft.
An artivist is an artist who uses their work to promote social change and challenge injustice.
Themes:
Feminism
Health, Rights, and Autonomy of women and women-identified persons
Violence against particular communities and all humans
LGBTQ-BIPOC issues
Ecology and Environmental issues (all aspects)
Alternate Economies for grassroots communities
Art+Craft and Activism