Unit IV - Art Appreciation - ARTS-1301 - Research Guides at South Texas College

Professor

Rachael Brown

Office Location: Mid Valley Campus - G134

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Unit IV: Social Responsibility in Art

Art & Activism
The Art Institute of Chicago article looks into the connection between the arts and activism.
Art + Feminism
Art+Feminism builds a community of activists that is committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia.
Art and Social Justice
Art collection from PBS showing the intersection between the arts and social justice.
Artists Focused on Climate Change and Environmental Justice
These ten creators explore themes of the environment through different mediums and with different goals.
The Center for Artistic Activism
Through innovative research and providing free resources the Center for Artistic Activism has helped build, sustain, and develop the field of artistic activism.
Environmental Justice
Mural Arts Philadelphia's page on environmental justice and related projects.
Immigration and the Arts
RAICES guide to the arts as they spark conversations around immigration, justice, and humanity.
The people creating art to remember George Floyd
A CNN article from June 2020 featuring art created in the wake of George Floyd's death.
What good are the arts?
What ‘good’ can the arts do? Can the arts do anything to aid us in such socially and ecologically pressing times?

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Online Videos

Online videos in a wide range of subject areas, including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Over one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.
For more assistance, please view the ARTstor tutorial (PDF).
Britannica: Academic This link opens in a new window
eBook Database

Online version of Encyclopedia Britannica, which contains the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
For more assistance, please view the Britannica: Academic tutorial.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Not In Discovery

Comprehensive coverage of current public policy issues, politics, and positions.
For more assistance, please view the CQ Researcher tutorial.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Online Videos

Online videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, science, health & medicine, careers, and technical & trade education.
For more assistance, please view the Films on Demand tutorial.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Instructions and creative ideas for popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities.
For more assistance, please view the Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center tutorial.
Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
Many of the most important academic journals in the humanities.
For more assistance, please view the Humanities Full Text tutorial.
Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new window
Not In Discovery

Authoritative factual analysis of opposing points of view.
For more assistance, please view the Issues & Controversies tutorial.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Not In Discovery

Online Videos

Contains streaming videos, including documentaries, independent films, and foreign films..

For more Fine Arts resources, visit our Databases page.

African American Arts by Sharrell D. Luckett
ISBN: 9781684481521
Publication Date: 2019-12-30
Art and Social Justice by Mike Hajimichael (Editor)
ISBN: 9781443871969
Publication Date: 2015-03-01
Arts Education in Action by Sarah Travis (Editor)
ISBN: 9780252085659
Publication Date: 2020-11-23
Craftivism by Betsy Greer (Editor)
ISBN: 9781551525341
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
Memes to Movements by An Xiao Mina
ISBN: 9780807056585
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts by Janine Fron (Editor);
ISBN: 9780252050183
Publication Date: 2018-05-30
A People's Art History of the United States by Nicolas Lampert
ISBN: 9781595583246
Publication Date: 2013-11-05
Staging Social Justice by Norma Bowles (Editor);
ISBN: 9780809332380
Publication Date: 2013-06-03
This Is Not Art by Alana Jelinek
ISBN: 9781848858565
Publication Date: 2013-02-28
To Life! by Linda Weintraub
ISBN: 9780520273627
Publication Date: 2012-09-01

Creating Change: Art as Activism
Great Big Reel 186 from Great Big Story.
Federal Art Project
Thanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ambitious New Deal plan, American artists were able to keep working during the Great Depression. The work they produced remains a key part of the American landscape.
What Do Art and Activism Have in Common?
Art-based activism, or Artivism can be used to amplify and center the voices of those impacted by state sponsored violence and racial inequity in the United States.
When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art
The exhibition When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art, on view Oct 23, 2019–Jan 26, 2020 at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, considered how contemporary artists are responding to the migration, immigration, and displacement of peoples today.
The Case for Land Art
Part of The Art Assignment, a series from PBS. This episode looks at what it means to make art out in nature and in the world from the 1960s to today.

Research Starter: Activism
Research Starter from the EBSCO database.
Research Starter: Feminism
Research Starter from the EBSCO database.
Research Starter: Murals
Research Starter from EBSCO database.
Research Starter: Social Justice
Research Starter from the EBSCO database.