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“Street Art Narratives: Community, Demonstration, and Solidarity” Symposium at the Wende Museum of the Cold War

Street Art Narratives: Community, Demonstration, and Solidarity
Sunday, September 14, from 12-2pm
The Wende Museum of the Cold War, 10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

This mini-symposium focuses on the intersections of art-power-politics — from Los Angeles to Eastern Europe, with a focus on Ukraine. Artists and scholars from these regions, all greatly affected by authoritarian-leaning governments and war-mongers, come together to discuss how the ‘street’ responds to external pressure by calling for resistance, humor, beauty, satire, parody, pride, and direct action. Six speakers give brief presentations from their fields of study and practice, followed by two panels on … Read more

Letters from Albania: The Manifesto Collective on Art, Politics, and Trust: Discussion at the Jackman Humanities Institute

On September 18, the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto will host a discussion panel on the experience of the MANIFESTO of the DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art (D.C.C.A.)—a collective of artists, filmmakers, curators, poets, hacker-activists, and scholars that has reimagined art and collectivity through three multidisciplinary projects held between 2022 and 2025. Join MANIFESTO members—renowned Albanian artist Armando Lulaj and art historian/curator Raino Isto (editor-in-chief of ARTMargins Online)—for an interdisciplinary conversation on how contemporary art can build trust amid neoliberal erosion, digital surveillance, forced migration, and the rise of populism.

Time: Thursday, September 18, 2025 3:00 pm … Read more