OppArt

At this dangerous moment in history, our actions will determine our very survival. As artists, we use our pens, our pencils, our brushes, and our ideas to cast a light on darkness and combat the forces that are driving us towards a precipice. Curated by Andrea Arroyo, Steve Brodner, and Peter Kuper, OppArt features artistic dispatches from the front lines of resistance—check back each day as a diverse set of artists take aim and draw.

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We Live Here!

We Live Here! We Live Here!

Detroit Eviction Defense and the Battle for Housing Justice (an excerpt from a forthcoming graphic novel).

Aug 14, 2020 / OppArt / Jeffrey Wilson and Bambi Kramer

Essentially Brooklyn

Essentially Brooklyn Essentially Brooklyn

Essential workers by youth/adult community artists—a multi-panel mural on view in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, until November 2020. (Vanessa by Angel Garcia.)

Aug 13, 2020 / OppArt / Joe Matunis and Los Muralistas de El Puente

That Will Show Us!

That Will Show Us! That Will Show Us!

Police violently respond to protests against police brutality!

Aug 12, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Woody Guthrie Lives!

Woody Guthrie Lives! Woody Guthrie Lives!

Fighting Trump’s attack on our postal system.

Aug 11, 2020 / OppArt / Mike Shine

Inconvenient by Design

Inconvenient by Design Inconvenient by Design

Black Lives Matter Protests continue in New York and around the country.

Aug 10, 2020 / OppArt / Cathleen Campbell

Love Mask

Love Mask Love Mask

Masks save lives. A part of a multi-panel community mural created by Los Muralistas de El Puente in Domino Park in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Aug 7, 2020 / OppArt / Juan Carlos Pinto

Stupid Scientific Reality!

Stupid Scientific Reality! Stupid Scientific Reality!

A history of egghead ideas.

Aug 6, 2020 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

The Burden of Racism Is Written in Stone

The Burden of Racism Is Written in Stone The Burden of Racism Is Written in Stone

Andre Henry created and carried this 100 pound emblem. Photo by Jonathan Timothy Stoner.

Aug 5, 2020 / OppArt / Andre Henry

Follow the Leader?

Follow the Leader? Follow the Leader?

The results of denying reality.

Aug 4, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan

AOC, Speaking Truth to Power

AOC, Speaking Truth to Power AOC, Speaking Truth to Power

Accosted by fellow representative Ted Yoho, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave an extraordinary speech against misogyny that resonated widely.

Aug 3, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández, Andrea Arroyo, and Steve Brodner

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