The Art of Resistance

How did one woman take pictures so powerful that they were both celebrated and banned? How did a worker with unprecedented access create a living visual library that showed our country’s desperate injustice? And what can we learn from Dorothea Lange and her photos of migrants in the 1930s, and incarcerated Japanese-Americans in the 1940s, about making art as resistance?

This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard. Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com.

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

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How did handsewn crafts help desperate women fight back against a dictatorship? How did communal creative groups empower one another? And what can we learn from the arpilleras from Chile about how to make art as resistance, today and tomorrow?

This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard.

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

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Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com.

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Check out Art Against Empire

This episode is presented by another podcast I think you’ll love. Art Against Empire dives into the radical history of craft. Host Ian Danger Capstick, a delightful person with an even better name, talks to artists, craftspeople, and activists who use making as a form of resistance. From textile workers' strikes to guerrilla street art, from Indigenous craft sovereignty to anti-capitalist maker spaces—the show explores how human creativity has always been a tool for liberation. Listen to Art Against Empire wherever you get your podcasts.

How did a small group of women activists influence Hollywood? How did a comedy smash tap into hidden truths about the workplace? And what can we learn from the movie 9 to 5, and its partnership with a labor movement of working women, about the power of art as resistance?

This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard.

To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com.

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Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com.

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Get the free guide: 40 Ways to Make Art as Resistance

We know art is resistance. So…how can you make it? I’ve put together a list of 40 ways to make art as resistance. And you can download it for free when you sign up at rebelyellcreative.com. You’ll get a newsletter with more from this show, ideas and insights, and even opportunities to connect with others. Sign up at rebelyellcreative.com to get your free guide. And let’s make art as resistance.