Monday, January 14, 2013

::Migration is Beautiful::


Voice of Art - Migration Is Beautiful, Pt. 1



"Meet powerhouse artist/activist Favianna Rodgriguez -- a leading voice in the movement of artists raising awareness about U.S. immigration issues. Favianna is a co-founder of both Presente.org and Culture Strike, two groups pushing back against the wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric and legislation that has recently swept the nation. Pulitzer Prize winning author Jose Antonio Vargas explains the ironies of anti-immigration hysteria in a country founded by immigrants. Favianna participates in a visual campaign using the Monarch Butterfly as a symbol of the beauty and dignity of migrants." iamOTHER


Check this series out, Favianna Rodriguez showing how art can get people social aware and create social change through art. A great example of what art can be all about.

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