Grace_Collins

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    Absolutely! I believe art can be used to bring awareness to issues and fight for change. Half of the battle is to make people aware of an issue in society, and typically artworks used as a form of protest are widely written about by news organizations, so they then inform the masses. For example, the Fearless Girl Statue erected on Wall Street in early 2017, brings up the issue of gender in the workplace and the percentage of women on executive boards. This statue sparked a nation-wide debate about women in the workplace and gender inequality.

    Bringing activist ideas into the classroom involves encouraging students to think about meaning in their work more so than how the final product. How can my art portray an idea an what type of meaning do I want to portray? What cause can I fight for? These are what we need to talk about with our students.

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