This blog is your guide to…
BrushFire is your indispensable guide to activist arts and culture heading up to US elections in November, 2008.
During this crucial moment in history, BrushFire will lead you to the best, most stimulating exhibitions, music, film, poetry, and activist happenings all over the country.
BrushFire will help you experience the power of the arts to deepen your awareness, understanding and enjoyment of deep social change– change that reflects your highest aspirations for peace, equity and sustainability.
In this same time period, Provisions is presenting a major series of public art interventions around the country designed to focus attention on key issues such as the Iraq war, immigration, global warming, civil liberties, housing and healthcare. This will culminate in an exhibition called Close Encounters: Reflections on the Future, at the American University Art Museum in September and October, 2008.
Thanks and enjoy!
BrushFire is organized by Provisions Learning Project, a research center for arts and social change in Washington, DC.
BrushFire and BrushFire DC are made possible in part by a major grant from the CrossCurrents Foundation, established in 2006 to promote social, environmental and economic justice through civic participation with a special focus on voter engagement and support for emerging artists whose work contributes to a more just society. Additional support has been provided by The Creative Communities Fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Humanities Council for Washington DC, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, The Tides Foundation and individual donors.
Make an online donation to support Provisions here. Â Our work has been recognized by the Catalogue of Philanthropy.
