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Literacy is a tool for the redistribution of power. Art books can sharpen this tool, but for them to truly short-circuit hierarchies of knowledge, they must first be available in public spaces of reading and learning.
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Library Program
The A.R.T. Library Program has distributed 534,938 free art books to a growing network of 7,638 public schools, libraries, prisons, and reading centers nationwide.
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Luis Camnitzer on Art and Literacy
"Literacy from the vantage of art prioritizes writing over reading, and artistic production as a process of creating forms over the appreciation of artworks. If we are good at fostering literacy from this point of view, we will prompt readers to shift from being consumers to authors. Books, like works of art, should be meeting places where power is not displayed but redistributed."
Teaching Guides
Walid Raad’s work explores how historical events of physical and psychological violence affect bodies, minds, culture, and narrative.