The Center for Artistic Activism’s Unstoppable Voters program views creative risk-taking as an opportunity for engaging civic dialogue. Each year, the program supports fellows in carrying out projects that mobilize voters and confront “anti-voter attacks.” C21’s Director, Anne Basting, has …
The New York Times podcast First Person explores the diversity of opinions through the stories they originate from. This week, C21 Director Anne Basting discusses her experiences working in a locked Alzheimer’s unit, and how she came up with a …
Humanities Without Walls (HWW) is a program that seeks to invigorate collaborative research, teaching, and scholarship in the humanities by fostering interdisciplinary research. We are pleased to announce that UWM History Doctoral Student Matilda Ansah was selected to be a …
Led by C21 Director Anne Basting with Marquette faculty Andrew Kim and Sarah Wadsworth – the Story Experience Program received the President and Chancellor’s Challenge award to address poverty. Learn more about the program and other funded projects in this …
Alannah Ray has been part of C21’s programming cohort for the upcoming 2024 symposia, Trust the Vote. This year, Alannah is one of the 2022 Unstoppable Voters Fellows. Read her spotlight on the Unstoppable Voters website here!
Duke University’s How Artists Work, Now series is focusing on collaboration in the fields of art and health. Basting will be presenting on her award-winning Timeslips project, which brings meaning & purpose into the lives of elders through creative engagement. …
The All-In Conference brings together scholars, students, community members, artists, and activists to exchange stories and share strategies for building trusting relationships for collaborative research and social change. Anne Basting will be presenting Can a Humanities Center Co-Create? Expounding upon …
“Telling Our Stories: A History of Diversity at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1956-2022” recounts UWM’s history through the experiences of women, people of color, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, military personnel, and individuals from other countries. The book explores how complaints …
The newest C21 edited volume, Insecurity (2022), was featured in the 94.1 KPFA radio show “Against the Grain.” In the episode, former C21 Deputy Director, Maureen Ryan, considers Kondo’s decluttering method and her television show in the context of pervasive …
C21 Director Anne Basting talking about C21’s Lonely No More! Program and the results of our participatory research project survey on WPR’s Central Time with Rob Ferrett. The discussion featured some discussion about our roundtables, podcast, and book club alongside …