Join me on the second day of the summit, Wednesday, June 18th for my workshop.

In every generation, artists have responded to crisis and injustice with brave, imaginative, and unflinching creative work—songs, photographs, murals, manifestos. But in 2025, that kind of protest art feels harder to find. Many artists feel the same urgency—but face new barriers: exhaustion, isolation, self-censorship, and, increasingly, fear of losing financial support. In this interactive workshop, we’ll examine the invisible pressures silencing protest art today—including the growing risk artists face in speaking truth to power when funders, institutions, and platforms may not support that work. Participants will explore what protest looks like in their own discipline, what internal or external forces hold them back, and what it means to create work that might never get funded but still needs to exist. Through open dialogue, reflective prompts, and creative exploration, we’ll collectively reimagine what protest art can be now—and why we still make it, even when the systems around us tell us not to. Click here to register, and prepare for the workshop by checking out this playlist.