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Houston Artists and Homeless Residents Collaborate to Create Public Art
In Houston, where a Housing First strategy has dramatically decreased the number of people without a place to stay, artists and unhoused residents teamed up to create public art works.
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Exhibition Explores Black Displacement, Creating Home in Oakland
Learn the stories of two communities where Black homes were destroyed, and see the vision community members have of a future Oakland.
“I Hate How Quick People Are to Judge”: Art Spotlights Voices From Homeless Shelters
Alex Strada worked with 300 shelter staff members and residents to create “Public Address.” The project will travel across New York City’s five boroughs.
Art that Informs: A Know-Your-Housing-Rights Mural
This Richmond, California, artwork addresses reentry after incarceration, eviction, and more.
Photos: New York’s Rich History of Housing Activism
A new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York highlights crucial moments in the local tenant movement, including rent strikes in the 1920s and the unlivable conditions that drove tenants to action.
In St. Louis, Artist Housing Opens Up Homeownership Opportunities
Stan Chisholm found housing stability through a local nonprofit that helps artists buy their first homes.
Art: “The Parade,” Works of Social Commentary by Philly-Based Spiral Q
Puppets, banners, and more—this Philly-based group helps organizations respond to social issues with art.
What Might Have Been: Art Exploring Black Leisure Sites
The Ebony Beach Club was supposed to open in the 1950s, but the city used eminent domain to seize the site. Los Angeles artist Autumn Breon talks about how the story inspired her multidisciplinary art event and why she’s inspired by the history of Black leisure sites.