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09-24-2016, 03:51 PM
15 public art projects that boldly advocate for social justice
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Art has massive power to move people to social change.
By using their art as an in**vative medium for awareness, artists become advocates, challenging the biggest issues of our time. Public art, then, capitalizes on the power of socially-aware works, reaching people in their everyday environments and confronting them with social injustice that is otherwise easily ig**red.
SEE ALSO: 14 striking ways the global LGBTQ community protested this year (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/lgbtq-activism-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
From sculptures addressing systemic racism to murals celebrating Indige**us communities, public art is making a real-world social impact that deserves to be celebrated. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/24/public-art-social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Art has massive power to move people to social change.
By using their art as an in**vative medium for awareness, artists become advocates, challenging the biggest issues of our time. Public art, then, capitalizes on the power of socially-aware works, reaching people in their everyday environments and confronting them with social injustice that is otherwise easily ig**red.
SEE ALSO: 14 striking ways the global LGBTQ community protested this year (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/lgbtq-activism-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
From sculptures addressing systemic racism to murals celebrating Indige**us communities, public art is making a real-world social impact that deserves to be celebrated. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/24/public-art-social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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