Justseeds is Moving! But Not Too Far…
October 13, 2016
After several years operating out of a quiet office in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Justseeds is pulling up stakes today and moving into a new building! We’re staying in…
Worcester Artist-Activist Residency: Now Accepting Applications!
August 10, 2016
The Worcester Artist-Activist Residency is an opportunity for creative activists and/or politically-minded artists (defined broadly to include writers, musicians, fabricators, event organizers, etc, in addition to visual artists) to make…
Everyday Transactions- An IN:SITE Mural
May 10, 2007
Colin Matthes recently completed a mural for Milwaukee’s IN:SITE temporary public art program. The mural is titled “Everyday Transactions: The Familiar Inconceivable”. The mural draws upon elements of the everyday,…
Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007
April 12, 2007
From Slaughterhouse Five: “It was a movie about American bombers in the Second World War and the gallant men who flew them. Seen backwards by Billy, the story went like…
Red Hook: An Exploration of Identities
March 29, 2007
This is the first-ever post by IminentDisaster, who’s been working on an incredible installation in Red Hook for the last few weeks: This site-specific intervention in Red Hook, Brooklyn provides…
Realizing The Impossible book out now!
March 16, 2007
AK Press just released Josh MacPhee and Erik Reuland survey of anarchist art, Realizing the Impossible. I got a copy yesterday and it’s a sprawling, exhilarating look at an under-examined…
Call for Art: Movimiento Por Justicia Del Barrio
February 27, 2007
This is an open call for artists to design logos for Movimiento Por Justicia Del Barrio, an immigrant-led social justice organization based in East Harlem. The group was founded in…
JustSeeds update: Swoon print available
February 19, 2007
Quick update on JustSeeds: After a financial disaster in December and a few months of planning, it looks like JustSeeds will relaunch in March as a national, non-profit cooperative. Over…
Jeff Luers’ sentence reversed!
February 19, 2007
Incredible news from Oregon: Jeff “Free” Luers’ legal team finally won an appeal, and his ridiculous 22-year sentence could potentially be cut by two-thirds. From FreeFreeNow.org: We have some good…
Call for Art: Support Jeffrey Luers
January 19, 2007
Jeff “Free” Luers’ support network needs help creating new graphics for a sticker campaign. Free is a political prisoner currently serving a 22-year sentence for arson at an SUV dealership…
Memorial for pedestrians killed by cars
January 10, 2007
Right: A memorial for Peter Hornbeck, a friend of a friend. Pete was killed January 10, 2004, when a driver going close to 100 miles an hour ran him down…
Street Art Workers posters hit the street
December 29, 2006
Street Art Workers Releases New Poster Project: Land & Globalization Poster Series Wheatpasters and Distributors Needed! The newest project from the Street Art Workers (SAW) takes a look at how…
JustSeeds needs your help!
December 21, 2006
For 10 years, JustSeeds has been a critical resource for radical artists working outside the “art world” system. In the process of becoming a decentralized artist-owned cooperative, the floor suddenly…
Ghost Bike for Eric Ng
December 19, 2006
It’s been 18 days since Eric Ng was killed. It doesn’t seem possible. Time moves strangely; every day I get the news again. I’m finding it hard to write about…
Street Signs and Solar Ovens
December 3, 2006
Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles at the Craft and Folk Art Museum Curated by the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest October 22 – December 31, 2006…
Who’s Walls? Who’s Art?
December 3, 2006
I saw an interesting story posted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the other day. It concerns a building in Downtown Milwaukee known as the Sydney Hih Building. The Sydney Hih…
The NAFTA Effect
November 22, 2006
In October members of THINK AGAIN did some large-scale projections in Los Angeles for a project was called “The NAFTA Effect” organized by Outpost for Contemporary Art. THINK AGAIN’s mobile…
Tio Zapata in Troy, NY
November 20, 2006
In solidarity with the EZLN’s call for a general strike throughout Mexico today, a few activists in upstate New York reclaimed a rather hideous statue of Uncle Sam in downtown…
NYC Indymedia journalist Brad Will shot dead in Oaxaca, Mexico
October 28, 2006
We received word last night that New York City activist and journalist Brad Will was shot and killed yesterday by paramilitary forces while filming from a barricade during a protest…
No Need For Sleep
October 20, 2006
No Need For Sleep is an exhibition of original art and zines by artists from around the country. This exhibition celebrates the artists, their independent productions, and the do-it-yourself culture…
Mom will drive her son to community service?
October 20, 2006
Im currently in Daytona Beach, FL and there isn’t a whole lot to do late night, so I was sitting with my computer in front of the TV. Now I…
Milwaukee Paper Company Hits The Streets
October 8, 2006
A group calling itself the Milwaukee Paper Company has hit the streets of Milwaukee with their new poster campaign. Here are a few images, to see more photos visit milpaperco’s…
Signs of Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon
October 6, 2006
Recently in the Lower East Side some signs were affixed to street posts as part of the 10 Days of Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. 10 Days of Solidarity with…
Arofish in South Lebanon
September 10, 2006
Following up on his trip to Beirut two weeks ago, Arofish traveled through Aita al-Shaab, South Lebanon this week and set up an interactive mural for residents of the city….
Mexico’s Walls Exclaim: “The revolution of the 21st Century will arise in Oaxaca”
August 29, 2006
For decades, teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, have conducted strikes to demand educational reform from the federal and state government. Some of the teacher’s demands include living wages, sanitary schools, text…
Help Visual Resistance
August 15, 2006
With several projects in the works and a massive benefit gallery show just behind us, Visual Resistance is in the red. While we’ve fundraised for other groups or friends in…
Borf Brigade Communique
August 14, 2006
On Saturday, July 29, members of the Borf Brigade threw a roving street party in Washington, DC. Agents Q and fi5e from the Graffiti Research Lab built a bike-mounted sound…
New artwork available from fundraiser show
August 14, 2006
We’ve just updated the page for the Daniel McGowan benefit, and have artwork available for purchase online from Swoon, Armsrock, and Eelus, plus a DVD from the Barnstormers and original…
Milwaukee street art
August 5, 2006
There’s some great pics of Milwaukee street art in the VR photoblog, courtesy of Brandon Bauer and Nicolas Lampert. See here: — Milwaukee street art — More Milwaukee street art…
Benefit show shout-outs
August 1, 2006
The If They Come For You In The Morning art show was a huge success and we raised more money for Daniel McGowan’s legal defence than we ever thought we…
Picking up art
July 29, 2006
Anyone who has not yet picked up artwork from the If They Come for You In The Morning show, please go to ABC No Rio on Wednesday, August 2nd or…
What a night!
July 28, 2006
The first night of If They Come For You In The Morning was a huge success. Thansk to everyone who came out and braved the late July heat in ABC…
About purchasing art at the Daniel McGowan benefit show
July 26, 2006
We’ve gotten a bunch of e-mails asking for details on how art will be sold at If They Come for You In The Morning, so here’s a quick note to…
If They Come For You In The Morning
July 25, 2006
This is the eighth in a series of previews from the July 27-28 beneft art show If They Come for You in the Morning. We start hanging the show at…
A House Divided
July 24, 2006
Milwaukee like many cities around the country has been seeing a condo boom in the past few years. Gentrification is redefining the character of long established neighborhoods, driving up housing…
Daniel McGowan show preview: Swoon
July 22, 2006
This is the seventh in a series of previews from the July 27-28 beneft art show If They Come for You in the Morning: Swoon certainly needs no introduction to…
Daniel McGowan show preview: Doug Minkler
July 22, 2006
This is the sixth in a series of previews from the July 27-28 benefit art show If They Come For You in the Morning: Doug Minkler is a printmaker from…
Daniel McGowan show preview: Nicolas Lampert
July 19, 2006
Nicolas Lampert is yet another great midwestern artist who uses collage as a primary tool in his printmaking. Working out of Milwaukee, he’s involved in a wide variety of activist…
Daniel McGowan show preview: Borf
July 13, 2006
BORF probably needs no introduction for most VR readers. One of the most original, prolific, creative, and witty voices to come out of the street art movement, Borf had an…
Daniel McGowan show preview: Erik Ruin
July 12, 2006
Third in a series of preview from the July 27-28 benefit art show If They Come for You in the Morning: Erik Ruin is another great Midwestern printmaker — born…