Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Shaun Slifer is a multidisciplinary artist and self-taught historian currently working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work investigates dominant historical narratives in relation to the current state of civilization. Shaun regularly works in collaboration with other artists, scientists, historians, and engineers. and in collectively structured groups including the now-disbanded Street Art Workers and Howling Mob Society, and currently with Justseeds Artists' Cooperative and the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum. His projects have appeared internationally in a variety of museums, galleries, and nonprofit spaces, as well as in non-authorized public settings. He has presented his work at numerous universities and at conferences focusing on grassroots media, history, and creative practice. He received a BFA with a concentration in sculpture from Watkins College of Art in Nashville, Tennessee in 2003.
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This summer, right on the heels of the public opening of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, Zach Furness (author: One Less Car, editor: Punkademics) set up a long-form email interview with…
Last Saturday, after two years of organization and building renovation, the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum finally opened it’s doors to the public on May 16th!
We’re moving forward with the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum over in Matewan, WV. This community-driven, people’s history museum opens to the public on May 16 (in the midst of…
For a couple weeks in November, I hammered out a four by eight foot version of my “Teach History From Below” print (from our Liberating Learning Portfolio) for the Sidewall…
Since this past spring, I’ve been honored to be working with a group of folks down in Southern West Virginia to launch an exciting people’s history project: The West…
This past Saturday, Stuart Anderson and I dragged the penny smasher prototype out into public for the first time for a “soft” debut before the Flood Tide screening at the…
Burgettstown, PA, USA – story here. (Thanks, Becca!) DIYDPW is a (semi)weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are defined as…
Pittsburgh, PA, USA These are known as “sharrows”, a type of lane-sharing marking that cities often use on streets where bike lanes won’t fit (or for other mysterious municipal reasons)….
Campbell Hall, NY (Thanks to Kevin, who says this sign was “Installed on a newly tar and chipped road upstate. Super dangerous conditions for motorcycle riding, I was thankful someone…
W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) is proud to announce the launch of W.A.G.E. Certification, a paradigm-shifting model for the remuneration of artistic labor. Initiated and operated by W.A.G.E.,…
This fall, I’ve been working with long time cohort Stuart O. Anderson to develop a customized souvenir penny smashing machine (also known as a penny crusher, penny press, or…
Last autumn, I finished up a design for a new poster in the Celebrate People’s History series, and it’s just now hot off the presses (you can get it here)!…
One of my closest and oldest friends, The Buddy Cat (“B” to those who knew her well), passed away while I held her in my arms the week before this…
Bill Bigelow, co-director of the Zinn Education Project, has another quick and lucid history lesson up. This week, identifying yet another sore gap in our popular history textbooks, he’s illustrating…
Jersey St, New York, NY, USA (Thanks again, Kevin!) DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are defined…
Hudson Valley, NY, USA (Thanks, Kevin!) DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are defined as any examples…
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Not exactly citizen-spawned infrastructure, but too ridiculous not to share anyway… thanks, Pete!) DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department…
Brooklyn, New York, USA (couple blocks from the Interference Archive!) DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are…
A couple weeks back, I participated in “Crowdsourced”, an exhibition organized by Robert Razcka at SPACE here in Pittsburgh. Robert has been doing these time-restricted projects for about ten years…
Petaluma, CA, USA (full image below, thanks Kevin!) DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are defined as any…