Arts and Culture

The Arts and Culture section highlights creative work in all mediums and disciplines with a special emphasis on artists, writers, performers, and collectives who blur the lines between art-making, personal activism, and community involvement. As they employ new artistic strategies, contemporary creatives continue to expand the role of arts and culture in public life.

This section will feature intriguing and often ground-breaking work and explore how it might illuminate the challenges and opportunities we face as we move toward a commons-based world.

Poetry as Provocation

May 13, 2013 | by Camille Gage

An interview with Sarah Browning of Split This Rock

How Arts and Culture Open a Window to the Wider World

April 25, 2013 | by Camille Gage

And help us more clearly see all that we share

Submission Guidelines April 24, 2013 \| By On the Commons Team Poetry submissions are currently OPEN. Click here to learn how to submit.	Great Movies, Music, Art & Stories That Evoke the Commons January 14, 2012 \| By Jay Walljasper An artistic canon of collaboration and sharing (Please add your favorites)
How Artists Strengthen Communities May 21, 2013 \| By Camille Gage The rise of creative placemaking raises interesting questions	UNCOMMON/WORD Poet Advisors May 14, 2013 \| By Camille Gage
A Woman Ahead of Her Time April 22, 2013 \| By David Bollier Jane Jacobs was a visionary champion of great cities, who is celebrated each May with Jane's Walks around the world.	The End of the Post Office as a Public Institution? February 6, 2013 \| By David Morris The Post Office will close half its processing centers this year and end Saturday delivery
The Tragic Death of a Commons Hero January 24, 2013 \| By David Bollier Aaron Swartz (1986-2013)	Creative Tension Between the Individual and the Group January 22, 2013 \| By Sarah Schultz & Sarah Peters Lewis Hyde on the cultural dynamics of the commons
How Disney Raids the Public Domain January 8, 2013 \| By On the Commons Team And gives nothing back in return because Mickey Mouse is locked up under copyright in the castle	The Beehive Collective Creates a Buzz About the True Costs of Coal January 7, 2013 \| by Nica Horvitz The Beehive Collective Creates a Buzz About the True Costs of Coal:

Submission Guidelines April 24, 2013 \| By On the Commons Team Poetry submissions are currently OPEN. Click here to learn how to submit.	Great Movies, Music, Art & Stories That Evoke the Commons January 14, 2012 \| By Jay Walljasper An artistic canon of collaboration and sharing (Please add your favorites)
How Artists Strengthen Communities May 21, 2013 \| By Camille Gage The rise of creative placemaking raises interesting questions	UNCOMMON/WORD Poet Advisors May 14, 2013 \| By Camille Gage
A Woman Ahead of Her Time April 22, 2013 \| By David Bollier Jane Jacobs was a visionary champion of great cities, who is celebrated each May with Jane's Walks around the world.	The End of the Post Office as a Public Institution? February 6, 2013 \| By David Morris The Post Office will close half its processing centers this year and end Saturday delivery
The Tragic Death of a Commons Hero January 24, 2013 \| By David Bollier Aaron Swartz (1986-2013)	Creative Tension Between the Individual and the Group January 22, 2013 \| By Sarah Schultz & Sarah Peters Lewis Hyde on the cultural dynamics of the commons
How Disney Raids the Public Domain January 8, 2013 \| By On the Commons Team And gives nothing back in return because Mickey Mouse is locked up under copyright in the castle	The Beehive Collective Creates a Buzz About the True Costs of Coal January 7, 2013 \| by Nica Horvitz The Beehive Collective Creates a Buzz About the True Costs of Coal:

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Arts and Culture

Poetry as Provocation

How Arts and Culture Open a Window to the Wider World

Submission Guidelines

Great Movies, Music, Art & Stories That Evoke the Commons

How Artists Strengthen Communities

UNCOMMON/WORD Poet Advisors

A Woman Ahead of Her Time

The End of the Post Office as a Public Institution?

The Tragic Death of a Commons Hero

Creative Tension Between the Individual and the Group

How Disney Raids the Public Domain

The Beehive Collective Creates a Buzz About the True Costs of Coal

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