From graffiti on city streets to exhibits at major museums, artists have long depicted the fight for equal rights and freedom. Art can play a unique role in encouraging others to take action and in changing hearts and minds.
The message that injustice is rampant in American society is the theme of Social Justice: It Happens to One, It Happens to All, a new exhibit at Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art in Moraga, California, featuring 43 artists organized by curatorial team Gutfreund Cornett Art. The paintings, photographs, prints, and sculptures on display at the museum, which is about 20 miles east of San Francisco, address a range of issues, including race, migration, and gender inequality...