Black Lives Matter: Resources, Actions, Donations, etc (Links links links!!)

June 22, 2020 Vivien Wise

I would like to share some links to resources that I have found on the internet. These are all things that I have come across on my narrow view of the world wide web, primarily focused on anti-racist resources for white people - if you see something that you disagree with, or know of something I should add, please reach out!

ACTIONS

Templates and info for contacting city officials about the budget - google doc

PHL City Council and Mayor Contact Info - google doc

No to Zero For the Arts - website with resources about supporting an arts budget in Philly

RESOURCES

Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources - google doc

Anti-racism resources - google doc for white people. Includes articles, videos, podcasts, etc etc

Black Created / Black Owned Businesses, Creatives, and Resources - google doc made by a black Philly woman

Instagram post about Philly resources

National Resource List Linktree

READING

Anti-Racism Required Reading - a google drive folder of PDFs.

Study Group Readings - For white folks in the arts, a google drive folder of PDFs

Catalyst Project Recommended Readings - anti-racist training program with reading list

Isaac Scott in the New Yorker! Tyler Ceramics grad turned photographer. Yea Isaac!

ART / TEACHING

PUBLIC PEDAGOGY: shared syllabi from college art teachers, for college art teachers - google doc

Teaching social justice and anti-racism at every age instagram post

Tips for decolonizing your art syllabus instagram post

DONATIONS - $$ OR VOLUNTEER

Building Power, Sustaining Community - google doc list of places to donate in Philly

Philly Volunteer Opportunity List - google doc

Black Lives Matter Youtube videos - a way to donate to the movement without money. I believe there are multiple videos, I just searched Black Lives Matter Donate. I have no idea how you tell how legit they are. I’m watching some while I make this post!

Philly Orgs to Donate to:

(I compiled this list from recommendations by Philadelphia Bail Fund on Twitter)

Amistad Law Project https://amistadlaw.org/donate

Frontline Dads http://www.frontlinedads.org/

Philly Lawyers for Social Equity https://www.paypal.me/plsephilly

Youth Art and Self Empowerment project http://www.yasproject.com/

Philly REAL Justice http://phillyrealjustice.com/contribute

BLM Philly http://www.blmphilly.com/donate/

Black and Brown Workers Collective http://blackandbrownworkerscoop.org/

Black trans femmes in the arts collective $btfacollective

Decarcerate PA https://wiki.decarceratepa.info/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4

Movement Alliance https://movementalliance.org/donate/

Reclaim Philadelphia https://secure.actblue.com/donate/reclaim-philadelphia-1

Abolitionist Law Center https://abolitionistlawcenter.z2systems.com/np/clients/abolitionistlawcenter/donation.jsp

Power Interfaith cashapp $POWERInterfaith

Vamos Juntos https://secure.actblue.com/donate/vamosjuntos

Youth Sentencing Reentry Project https://ysrp.org/support-us/

Philly Community Bail Fund https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/PhiladelphiaCommunityBailfund/general

Building Power, Investing In Communities - Some Ramblings

June 22, 2020 Vivien Wise

Following the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police, I have seen Philly (and many other places) mobilize to fight against racism and a justice system that is not doing its job.

Since the pandemic started I’ve been thinking a lot more about my personal impact in the world - how I contribute to capitalism and how detrimental that can be. I think about how I’ve always thought of Amazon as a necessary evil. And then seeing how one person can gain so much wealth when the bulk of the world is struggling - makes you realize it’s not a necessary evil. I can find other ways. But I can find other ways because I now have the time to do so. Working less has provided me the time to invest in my community, to grow vegetables in my garden, and make hundreds of masks to give away to the community.

Constructed Social Spaces : Living Rooms Edition

January 20, 2020 Vivien Wise

I have been working on this project I’m calling Tree Connection, which is mostly an installation exploring how people are social/romantic and how that might relate to trees, revolving around 3 themes: living room, state park visitor center, and tv game show. This blog post is an attempt to work through some of those themes. (and this one doesn’t have anything to do with nature)

I’ve been using these three spaces as three constructed social spaces, at different scales. Living rooms are at the smallest scale — living rooms are often occupied by small, intimate groups — people you know well, family members, lovers, etc. I often associate living rooms with awkward small talk, forced social time with family, or illicit teenage make-out sessions while pretending to watch television.

Game Shows

December 26, 2019 Vivien Wise

I’ve been working on this giant project that has three themes — Living Room, TV Game Show, and State Park Visitor’s Center. I would like to use this little blog space to explore these themes in a little more depth. Beginning with game shows!

Top 10 Summer 2019 Re-Cap

September 22, 2019 Vivien Wise

The fall semester of my second year of grad school is in full swing now — and I’m finally making the time do a little summer re-cap here!

Thinking Like a Mountain Exhibition

July 23, 2019 Vivien Wise

Last weekend I went to Baltimore to deinstall this show that I had at the 4 Hour Day Lutherie in Baltimore. The show was basically a re-cap of much of the work I made in my first year of grad school.

Thinking Like a Mountain Zine

June 20, 2019 Vivien Wise

A zine exploring some basic research on mountains, proposals on how I might care for mountains, and what my relationship to mountains is.

Impressions in the Land | Part 2

June 3, 2019 Vivien Wise

Last semester I looked at a lineage of women using their bodies in the land. I compared the way these women use their bodies, how their backgrounds and methodologies change the work, and how viewers can relate to them. How does blending in to one’s environment speak to the way we negotiate our identities in and through space? What is the relation between self and environment? How do technological extensions of the self enable and disable relationships with the environment? In this post I will trace my trajectory from studying these artists to my own experimentation with digital technology in an effort to answer these questions.