My most ambitious series to date is this 50 work series devoted to 2013’s 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination. I tried to combine familiar media imagery from the weekend of November 22nd 1963 with abstractions of form, to make original statements about this iconic socio-cultural-political event.
Political Artwork archive on Democracy Chronicles
These Political Artwork articles reflect the strong relationship between the arts and politics, particularly between various kinds of art and power, occurs across historical epochs and cultures. As they respond to contemporaneous events and politics, the arts take on political as well as social dimensions, becoming themselves a focus of controversy and even a force of political as well as social change. Also see our main section on Political Art or our extensive articles on World Protest.
Announcing the Unsold Stories Writing Competition
Underground artists are not only gifted artists, but they have emotional, business and planning skills. The Rowayat Literary Journal and The Forgotten Writers Foundation are honored to collaborate together to launch the Unsold Stories writing competition to support underground artists.
Importance of Political Advertising Copyright Infringement Ban
Federal Canadian proposal to allow political advertising copyright laws to expire was a mistake
Planet Mars: Our Vanished Alter Ego?
Perhaps, if Mars had the same beginnings that history has revealed to us on Earth, and that, for a time, it may have been magnificent, that if somehow it lost its way and destroyed itself, hopefully we can take a different path.
Lil John Get-Out-the-Vote Video Goes Viral
Rock the Vote has scored an internet hit in its collaboration with rapper Lil’ John get-out-the-vote drive as his campaign video for voter turnout has gone viral on YouTube and other social media
Dissident Ai Weiwei Alcatraz Artwork for Political Prisoners
Massive political art installations designed by outspoken Chinese artist show images of imprisoned democracy dissidents from across the world at new Ai Weiwei Alcatraz Prison exhibit in San Francisco
Venezuela Political Cartoonist Fired After Government Pressure
Maduro government seeking to silence critics as Venezuela political cartoonist fired from newspaper after political interference
A Look at Scott Mansfield’s Photo Blog of Nepal
FROM THE VAULT: A Photo Blog of Nepal by Democracy Chronicles author and political artist Scott Mansfield
Helping with the Refugee Crisis at the Border: A Photo Essay
Think, how bad can things be that a woman leaves her country, not even speaking Spanish —never mind English— because she fears for her life? How can anyone say that she wants to leave her homeland, to come to a country where she does not understand and is not understood?
Ken Burns Documentary Reveals Roosevelt Personal Story
PBS documentary series to feature the overlooked Teddy Roosevelt personal story and that of his fifth cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt who together had a permanent impact on America and the broader world