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Artist activist Linnea Russell painted this amazing 25 foot banner for the today (📷 via Instagram)

Our friend Brian John Jensen's first solo show "Ascendant" at Parasol Projects was an inspiration! We were so honored to play a small part in making this beautiful personal collection public.

“Ascendant” features 30 prints from photographer Brian John Jensen. Taken over the past 15 years the show is a travelogue of places visited, long shadows cast, golden afternoons – with a sense as well of timelessness -- moments of change, of energy, of transformation occurring.

Special thanks to Parasol Projects, we adored the space and as always your team was a pleasure to work with. Curious about doing your own pop up show? Check out their awesome galleries here: www.parasolprojects.com

YA-YA Network is seeking youth leaders starting this summer http://yayanetwork.org/apply

YA-YA Youth Program Application | Ya Ya The YA-YA Network is looking for passionate and motivated young people interested in activism and social justice. We are seeking youth (15-19 years old) that want to learn how to take on a leadership position in a variety of social justice movements by building skills needed to make change happen.

Great learning experience at the queens museum for those interested in public space: http://www.queensmuseum.org/events/public-faculty-no-9-with-jeanne-van-heeswijk/

Public Faculty no. 9 with Jeanne Van Heeswijk | Queens Museum The impetus behind the Public Faculty series is to engage in collective learning through a process of knowledge exchange within the context of a certain place. A Public Faculty wants to ‘draw out’ the anticipated conversations and findings, and slowly build a visual analogy of the public faculty’s p…

Space-Made is offering artists a $250 grant to respond to our partner’s, Design Studio For Social Intervention, call for work. Read more here: http://space-made.tumblr.com/post/97144924152/250-grant-available-for-artists-responding-to

$250 Grant Available for Artists Responding to #Ferguson Space-Made is offering artists a $250 grant to respond to our partner’s, Design Studio For Social Intervention, call for work. Read guidelines below and send proposals to [email protected] with the...

Graffiti artists as a case study for why artists are powerful agents of political & economic change >> http://blog.artsusa.org/2014/09/04/grassroots-public-art-political-power/ by our very own Cameron Russell!

Grassroots Public Art and Political Power It often strikes me that pundits and political scientists are engaged in a very limited discussion about politics. I am bored hearing about the political elite and about the influence of money. I t...

Working on a very special project today!!!! **stay tuned**

Check out Jazz with Laverne Cox! Jazz is one of the 40 LGBTQ youth profiled in our new publication WE ARE THE YOUTH PROJECT on sale here> http://interrupt-mag.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/we-are-the-youth

Laverne Cox Becomes First Transgender Person Nominated for an Emmy

http://time.com/2973497/laverne-cox-emmy/

Did you know if you buy a copy of Interrupt you also buy one for an LGBT youth at Ali Forney Center? You can also choose the donate option when you purchase We Are The Youth! So don't wait to any longer to place your order!!! >> http://interrupt-mag.myshopify.com/

“Through the Frame"

Our friends The House of Spoof Collective have a new show opening this Saturday July 19th, 2014 from 2-8pm in Hunts Point!

If you haven't heard of House of Spoof, here's co-founder Misra Walker talking at TEDx about how building a community of artist activists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytRjLZ48glw

Show details:

Admission is FREE!

And it's easy to get there by subway -- just take the 2/5 train to Simpson Avenue or the 6 bus/6 train to Hunts Point Avenue.

Walk under the Bruckner Expressway onto Hunts Point Ave (right in front of you when you exit the train station onto Hunts Point Ave) and turn left onto Lafayette Avenue, walking down to the very end of the avenue (1391 Lafayette Ave.). Gallery located next to Hunts Point Riverside Park.

The books are HEREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Order your copy today at: http://wearetheyouth.org/shop/pre-order-we-are-the-youth

The WE ARE THE YOUTH PROJECT is now available in print! Published by Space-Made, We Are the Youth is based on the online photojournalism project that shares the stories of le***an, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in the United States. Through portraits by photographer Laurel Golio and “as told to” personal essays by writer Diana Scholl, this book captures the incredible strength and diversity of LGBTQ youth.

Order your copy today at: http://wearetheyouth.org/shop/pre-order-we-are-the-youth

PREVIEW!!! Read excerpts from We Are The Youth here >> "The Beauty And Diversity Of Today’s Q***r Youth Captured In Stunning Photojournalism Project" >> http://www.queerty.com/the-beauty-and-diversity-of-todays-queer-youth-captured-in-stunning-photojournalism-project-20140622

The Beauty And Diversity Of Today’s Q***r Youth Captured In Stunning Photojournalism Project We Are the Youth is photographic journalism project that chronicles the individual stories of LGBT youth in America. The enterprise is a collaboration between award-winning journalist Diana Scholl and photographer Laurel Golio, who set out to create portraits paired with "as told to" interviews in t…