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The Gay Mardi Gras Ball is a vibrant collective and annual event celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and history in New Orleans during the city’s renowned Mardi Gras season. These balls feature elaborate costumes, themed presentations, and foster a rich tradition of inclusivity and community.
United States
N. America
The Illuminator is an art-activist collective comprised of visual artists, educators, filmmakers, and technologists living and working in New York City.
United States
N. America
The International Coalition of Cultural Workers in Solidarity with Ukraine (or “antiwarcoaltion.art”) is an online platform that for anti-war statements and art pieces of all mediums inspired by the war in Ukraine.
Belarus
Europe
The Kuujima Collective is a newly formed organization driven by Black creatives committed to making a meaningful impact through art, community and collaboration.
United States
N. America
A media collective that made videos on street tactics during the Eyptian revolution of 2011, state violence, and workers’ rights.
Egypt
Africa
A Nairobi-based multidisciplinary artist collective founded in 2012. It creates work across various mediums, including film, music, fashion, visual arts, and literature.
Kenya
Africa
The Thunderbird Arts Collective, based in Arizona, is a prominent producer of award-winning fine art and wine festivals in the Southwest. Their mission focuses on promoting fine arts, supporting indigenous artists, and benefiting local merchants and communities.
United States
N. America
A group of artists and academics at Flinders University whose indigenous-rights themed performance work engages with complex questions about what it means to be sovereign peoples, how one can exist both within and outside the institutionalization of the colonial settler state, and what freedom means on a personal versus collective level.
Australia
Oceania
The W.O.W. Project is a community-based initiative in New York’s Chinatown dedicated to preserving the neighborhood’s cultural heritage, fostering intergenerational dialogue, and supporting creative resistance against gentrification.
United States
N. America
Tizintizwa is a poly-disciplinary art-research duo that explores the intersection between culture, agriculture and history in Morocco and beyond.
Morocco
Africa
Tomorrow Girls Troop (“TGT,” or “Ashita Shōjotai” in Japanese) is an anonymous, fourthwave-feminist artistic activist collective based primarily on the Internet.
Japan & Korea
Asia
A brand created to improve the living conditions of the mantero collective, a project conceived with ethical and sustainable criteria, which guarantee the future of local communities instead of forcing them to migrate.
Spain
Europe
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