Personally the details. Sometimes one tiny color or expression stays longer than the whole image
— anonymoususer
ART HAS
ROOM FOR
EVERY VOICE.
EXPLORE ARTIST VOICESArts in Diversity is an independent, youth-led platform amplifying artistic voices and the stories behind their work.
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WE LISTEN.
Artists lead the conversation.
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WE DOCUMENT.
Stories are edited with care.
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WE CONNECT.
Ideas travel beyond borders.
ONE QUESTION, MANY VOICES
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What makes a piece of art stay with you?
Leave a small trace of your own way of looking.
5 voices have answered
when it reminds me of something from my own life
— kat
The fact that the art is my creation marked that it will always hold part of my identity at that time of my life? So i dont really physically care about whether the art is still with me... (trying to convince myself to detach from my artQ@!!!!!!ERQQ
— hellocatlover
I always take a pic of my works and sort them in my album... Does that count?????? 🤭
— andrea
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Picasso’s Guernica and the artistic choices that transformed violence into an enduring image of anti-war resistance
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Reading domesticity, gender, and path dependency through Martha Rosler and Mary Cassatt
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