existing at the margins of the margins, For the People Artists Collective (FTP) applauds the decision of Dyke March Chicago (DMC) to protect Palestinian participants of the march by removing a group of openly Zionist marchers from yesterday’s event in La Villita. As artists and cultural organizers, we know that visuals are incredibly communicative tools … Read more
A 2015 RADICAL COLORING BOOK For the People Artists Collective and Chicago Childcare Collective selected around 20 different campaigns, actions, and efforts that spanned from November 2014 through December of 2015 in Chicago. From the We Charge Genocide Delegation to the United Nations, to the recent street protests demanding Justice for Laquan, these coloring book pages tell stories … Read more
DO NOT RESIST? 100 YEARS OF CHICAGO POLICE VIOLENCE IS A COMMUNITY-BASED, ARTIST-LED VISUAL PROJECT & EXHIBITION, CURATED BY A SMALL TEAM OF ARTISTS WITHIN FOR THE PEOPLE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE. THE EXHIBIT While our city has recently been in national headlines around Jon Burge Torture, the Homan Square ‘black site’, and the Laquan McDonald dash cam video, we, as … Read more
Thank you for your interest in joining For the People Artists Collective! Please be sure to read our Vision and Mission Statement and statement on the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel before applying to the collective. Below are descriptions of the different levels of involvement in FTP. FTP CoreThe FTP Artists Collective Core membership currently consists of Black artists & artists … Read more
In collaboration with the Chicago Community Bond Fund during the COVID-19 pandemic, For the People Artists Collective is curating a virtual quilt to memorialize individuals who have died of COVID-19 while in the custody of Cook County Jail. On April 8, 2020, Cook County Jail was named by the New York Times as the “top hot spot” in the … Read more
Black Lives Matter! Las Vidas Negras Importan! Justice for Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, George Floyd, Rekia Boyd, Laquan McDonald, and all Black lives stolen by police. This rapid-response portfolio, Brown Artists for Black Power, was generated in immediate response to the blatant attacks perpetuated by some groups of non-Black Latinxs against Black people in the last several days … Read more
Our 2nd rapid response graphics portfolio features artwork from non-Black Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi artists in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and the uprisings to demand justice for #GeorgeFloyd, #BreonnaTaylor, #TonyMcDade, and all Black people killed by state and police violence. This project emerged as a response to anti-Black violence happening in Chicago’s Chinatown in the … Read more
On March 16, 2020, we issued the following statement: For the People Artists Collective is a radical squad of Black artists and artists of color in Chicago. From #ByeAnita to #NoCopAcademy, we’ve visually, physically and strategically supported some of the strongest campaigns for justice in our city. From late-night banner painting to day-long art builds, our … Read more
For the People Artists Collective is a radical squad of Black artists and artists of color in Chicago. As artists who organize, it is our duty to create work that uplifts and projects struggle, resistance, liberation, and survival within and for our marginalized communities and movements in our city and our world. Our collective strives … Read more
THE NETWORK: We sustain a network of Black artists & artists of color who wish to produce radical artwork for our communities and movements. We want to make the radical power of art accessible to organizations and efforts that lack the resources to produce their own movement art to build stronger and more irresistible movements for … Read more
We have every intention to create collaborative art that works towards healing and strengthening a total transformation of the cultural landscape of our city and our world.
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