Creating community from the inside out: A concentric perspective on collective artmaking

Blatt-Gross, Carolina

doi:10.1080/10632913.2016.1244781

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“…The fence simultaneously represented single voices but also a collective one. As such, it parallels community art that all at once communicates important messages to viewers while fostering a sense of solidarity among creators (Blatt-Gross, 2017; Milbrandt, 2010). Even though the various messages reinforced several BLM positions, protesters selected the messages that resonate most with them individually.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Black Lives Matter protest art: Uncovering explicit and implicit emotions through thematic analysis.

Vance¹,

Potash²

2022

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, activists who support Black Lives Matter in Washington, DC began affixing protest art and signs to a fence erected at the White House. Uniting models of activist emotions with psychological theories can indicate how activists' expressions offer opportunities for honoring how current sentiments promote balance and enact transformation. A qualitative thematic analysis of the 638 phrases and 110 images revealed high frequencies of anger, which includes conveying social justice messages, and pride, such as showcasing identity. Grief was the second lowest documented emotion but was composed of the highest number of cataloged images (memorializing). The results indicate that protester's emotional expressions comprise both explicit messages and complex feelings, which require dedicated spaces for the expression of more vulnerable emotions. Public Significance StatementThe study suggests that Black Lives Matter protest messages in Washington, DC reveal explicit expressions of anger and pride but that the protest art reflects grief. Mental health therapists and community advocates can address these different emotions in either public or private support spaces.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Black Lives Matter protest art: Uncovering explicit and implicit emotions through thematic analysis.

Vance¹,

Potash²

2022

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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“…Cohen (2003, 2015) advocated for the inherent reciprocal capacity of the arts, the way in which art initiates sensory and emotional reactions in the viewer, as crucial to promoting coexistence in conflict and post‐conflict situations. Blatt‐Gross (2017) notes that collective artmaking can create communities by stimulating neurological attunement, cultivating shared aesthetic responses, focusing on imagination, and fostering communication. For example, Aksenova and Rieff (2020) recommended overhauling international criminal justice proceedings by introducing creative exchanges because “art possesses reconciliatory and healing properties” that are relational in nature and able to reach a wide audience (p. 498).…”

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Enhancing intergroup dialogues through art and art therapy

Potash

Gyimah‐Boadi

2021

Conflict Resolution Qtrly

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Intergroup dialogue contributes to community development by providing structured and facilitated opportunities for narrative engagement and perspective taking that can foster social change. Both art and art therapy can be infused within intergroup dialogue to harness imagination and creativity in order to heighten reflection and promote emotional connections. An art therapy-informed model enhanced self-awareness, storytelling, and interpersonal interactions by helping participants discuss direct encounters of difference as well as specific events and people.

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Collaborative Postal Collages: Staying Connected Through the Distance

Taylor¹

2021

Art Education

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Creating community from the inside out: A concentric perspective on collective artmaking

Cited by 6 publications

References 30 publications

Black Lives Matter protest art: Uncovering explicit and implicit emotions through thematic analysis.

Black Lives Matter protest art: Uncovering explicit and implicit emotions through thematic analysis.

Enhancing intergroup dialogues through art and art therapy

Collaborative Postal Collages: Staying Connected Through the Distance

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