Artivism

Artivism is the co-production of art and organizing work. This list of women artivists have critiqued inequalities and colonial legacies in the built environment as they affect Black, Indigenous, and Brown communities. Their innovation has resulted in bodies of work that are not recognized, even rejected by Western architecture schools. Their work is central to discourse about  mass grassroots movements, innovating within various art forms to improve the lives of oppressed and marginalized communities.

Anne Spencer

1882

Augusta Savage

1892

Agnes Denes

1931

Shirley Tse
谢淑妮

1968

Candy Chang

contemporary

Deanna Van Buren

contemporary

Sandi Hilal

contemporary