07.092017September 7, 2017
Blights Out for Mayor Kickstarter Campaign

Blights Out for Mayor Kickstarter Campaign

In climate change, journalism, Photography, racial justice, storytelling

Last year, we ran for President. (Kinda.) Now, Blights Out is running for Mayor! (Sort of!) While Blights Out isn’t planning a collective occupation of the Mayor’s office (yet), we are launching a year-long creative campaign called ‘Blights Out for Mayor’––a series of 12 billboards and 5 yard sign designs that call for and suggest entry points into a Truth and Reconciliation process that would redress the racist/classist/disaster capitalist policies and values imposed after Katrina. These messages seek to expand the horizon of our political imaginary, calling us to reevaluate our society’s relationship to property, land, and money. It is a call to action, a call to #PutHousingFirst.Click here to change this text

13.072017July 14, 2017
Americans for the Arts: Funding Bill Cuts $5 million from NEA

Americans for the Arts: Funding Bill Cuts $5 million from NEA

In news, Policy

By Americans for the Arts

Today, the U.S. House Interior Appropriations Committee advanced a bill to provide funding for our nation’s natural and cultural resources, proposing $145 million to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for FY2018. This is a $5 million cut from current levels and $10 million less than the request supported by a record number of members of Congress this year.

22.052017May 22, 2017
Southern Filmmakers Convene in Durham

Southern Filmmakers Convene in Durham

In Documentary

On the heels of the Full Frame Film Festival, Durham, NC continues to foster a thriving documentary community. Documentarians from the South and beyond will gather June 9 – 11, 2017 for the annual Southern Documentary Fund (SDF) Artists Convening.