Kill Devil
$20
Shaun Slifer
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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AnarchismAnti-capitalismCulture & MediaEcology & AnimalsEnvironment & ClimateFeminisms & GenderHistoryHousing & CitiesLaborSocial Movements Associated Projects
Celebrate People’s History Poster Series, Untitled Penny Smasher Project, Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas, Street Art Workers
Kalamazoo Corset Co. Strike!
Sara Beth Meister & Shaun Slifer
$5
Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas
Justseeds Collaboration
$10
Search…
$35
Macho B
Janay Brun & Shaun Slifer
$15
2016 Justseeds/Eberhardt Press Organizer (Small)
Justseeds Collaboration
$10
Dig Where You Stand
$12
We Can’t Drink Their Money*
$10
War is Trauma
I AM LABOR
$40
Red(neck) Bandana
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum & Shaun Slifer
$12
Coal Will Never Be Clean
$12
Resourced
2016 Justseeds/Eberhardt Press Organizer (Large)
Justseeds Collaboration
$13
Coal Will Never Be Clean
$20
Migration Now!
Museums From Below: Interview with Shaun Slifer
October 20, 2015
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…
A View Inside the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
May 21, 2015
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!
Cataloging Artifacts: West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
February 26, 2015
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…
History From Below @ Sidewall (Pittsburgh)
December 17, 2014
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…
Open House at the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
November 24, 2014
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…
Penny Smasher v.1: Public Debut
November 3, 2014
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…
DIYDPW #32
October 29, 2014
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…
DIYDPW #31
October 22, 2014
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)….
DIYDPW #30
October 15, 2014
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…
New! W.A.G.E. Certification Program: Guidelines and Standards for Artistic Labor
October 14, 2014
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.,…
Penny Smasher: Phase One
October 8, 2014
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…
Making a Celebrate People’s History Poster: The Luddites
July 18, 2014
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)!…
In Memory of The Buddy Cat
December 7, 2013
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…
What Happened in Grenada in 1983?
October 23, 2013
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…
DIYDPW #29
September 4, 2013
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…
DIYDPW #28
August 28, 2013
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…
DIYDPW #27
August 21, 2013
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…
DIYDPW #26
August 14, 2013
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…
Making Bandit Signs at Crowdsourced
August 12, 2013
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…
DIYDPW #24
July 31, 2013
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…
