A Brick and a Bible (MO) - Events - Labor Heritage Foundation A New Play by Kathryn Bentley and Colin McLaughlin

TONIGHT at 7:00 PM Central in #Ferguson Mo:

A Brick And A Bible at St. Stephen's & The Vine Episcopal Church

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#Theater #Plays #LaborArt #LaborHistory

UE Solidarity Mural Restoration Nears Completion - Labor Heritage Foundation The historic UE Solidarity Mural—once the centerpiece of the United Electrical Workers’ Chicago hall—is nearing full restoration, according to union leaders and the original artists.Created in 1974 by John Pittman Weber and Jose Guerrero, the mural -- long been associated with UE’s history and i

UE Solidarity Mural Restoration Nears Completion

After @ueunion.org sold its longtime Chicago headquarters, major sections were carefully removed and preserved. Now the restoration is nearly complete.

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#art #LaborArt #ArtSky #Mural #LaborHistory

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: Ice and soil/hielo y tierra - Labor Heritage Foundation The day before mass ICE raids swept across LA, and mere weeks before tightening visa restrictions forced her to return home to Mexico, artist Kiyo Gutiérrez staged what she calls a “ritual-performance” on the bank of the LA River. Using ice and soil, she spelled out “No Human Is Illegal” throug

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK 🎨✊

• Art Against Borders — Melting ice and soil evoke precarity, migration, and resistance amid ICE raids.

Read more: bit.ly/4pobNXI

#LaborArt #NoHumanIsIllegal #ArtAndActivism

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: The Injured Mason - Labor Heritage Foundation “Was surprised and impressed to see this Goya painting at the Prado,” former NYT labor report Steven Greenhouse posted on Facebook last week. “It's called The Injured Mason, and it shows that in the late 1700s, Francisco Goya was already mindful of job safety problems. In this painting, two fe

🎨 LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: Goya’s The Injured Mason — painted in the 1700s, it shows fellow workers carrying an injured man from a scaffold. An Enlightenment-era reminder of job safety & the vulnerability of labor. 🔗 bit.ly/4qDrxrB
#LaborArt #Goya #WorkerSafety

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: Chris Stain Gregorek - Labor Heritage Foundation Chris Stain Gregorek has been making working class murals and paintings for since the late 1990s. See more on his Instagram page.

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK 🎨

Chris Stain Gregorek — working-class murals & paintings since the late ’90s; gritty, human, and rooted in everyday labor. See more on his IG: bit.ly/3WGWEVm

#LaborArt #WorkingClassArt #Murals #ArtOfLabor #UnionStrong

LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK: "Art of Labor: Off Our Walls" - Labor Heritage Foundation The "Art of Labor: Off Our Walls" exhibit is on view through October 24 at the historic Bost Building, 623 E. 8th Ave. in Homestead, Pennsylvania, but if you can’t make it in person, here’s a brief (15m) video featuring much of the artwork. The show features over 130 paintings, photographs

LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK 🎥
“Art of Labor: Off Our Walls” at the historic Bost Building (Homestead, PA) runs through Oct 24. 130+ paintings, photos, artifacts & ephemera. Can’t visit? Watch the 15-min video: bit.ly/4nWtAVV

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#LaborArt #1u #PittsburghArts

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: “Power & Light" - Labor Heritage Foundation “Power & Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey Exhibit” is closed due to the government shutdown, but you can still see 14 of the photos online here.Photo: Women pick foreign matter out of coal as it is carried on conveyor thru tipple. Union Pacific Coal Company, Stansbury Mine, Rock Springs, S

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: “Power & Light—Russell Lee’s Coal Survey.” The National Archives exhibit is closed during the shutdown, but you can still explore 14 powerful images online. Photo shown: women picking debris from coal on a tipple in WY. bit.ly/46G05S9
#LaborArt #RussellLee #NewDealPhotography

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: Pressing Editions - Labor Heritage Foundation Pressing Editions: American Labor in Print, at the Cahoon Museum of Art in Cotuit, MA., (on Cape Cod) explores the ways printmaking has enabled artists and audiences to explore urgent issues of labor in the United States.Thanks to Saul Schniderman for sending this in! If you spot labor art, let us

🖼️ Labor Art of the Week: Pressing Editions: American Labor in Print at the Cahoon Museum of Art (Cotuit, MA—Cape Cod). An exhibition on how printmaking helps artists and audiences grapple with urgent labor issues—strikes, safety, solidarity.
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#LaborArt #Printmaking #CapeCod #Caho

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: West Virginia Mine Wars Museum artifacts - Labor Heritage Foundation West Virginia Mine Wars Museum Artistic Director Shaun Slifer shows off one of the many artifacts at the museum. “We’re not quite sure what this is,” he said at Friday’s Camp Solidarity Show & Tell session; if you think you know, send us a note at info@laborheritage.org and we’ll pass it a

🖼️ Labor Art of the Week
WV Mine Wars Museum Artistic Director Shaun Slifer shows off a mystery artifact at Camp Solidarity. Know what it is? Tell us: info@laborheritage.org
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#LaborArt #MineWars #HistoryMystery

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: Don't Panic. Organize! - Labor Heritage Foundation

🚨 LABOR ART OF THE WEEK 🚨
Don't Panic — Organize! ✊🎨
This bold, punchy design reminds us that collective action beats fear every time.
Check it out 👉 bit.ly/4fbxKpq
#LaborArt #Solidarity #OrganizeDontAgonize #LaborHeritage

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: Chris Stain Gregorek - Labor Heritage Foundation Gregorek has been making working class murals and paintings for since the late 1990s. See more on his Instagram page.

🎨 Labor Art of the Week: Chris Stain Gregorek has been creating powerful murals and paintings honoring the working class since the late 1990s. Check out his work: bit.ly/3TzwQJm
#LaborArt #WorkingClassVoices #ChrisStain #LaborHeritage

🎨 Labor Art of the Week

Ben Shahn’s The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti—a searing tribute to injustice and resistance.

See it as part of On Nonconformity, now on view at The Jewish Museum in NYC through Oct 12. bit.ly/3TGFx4N

#LaborArt #BenShahn #SaccoAndVanzetti #ArtForJustice

🎨 Eric Ruin: Art, Rage & Revolution
“Everyone should engage in political activity—and do something creative with their life.”
From Detroit punk to Philly prints, Eric Ruin shares his radical art journey with Tabitha Arnold.
🎧 1p today on @wpfwdc
#LaborArt #ZineCulture #JustSeeds

🎧 On today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour:
✊ Publisher Tim Sheard on Asian Workers Stories
🎨 Artist Eric Ruin shares on class rage, punk rock, and zine culture
🎶 Rosemary Feurer's favorite labor song
🎧 1p on @wpfwdc
#LaborHeritage #LaborRadioPod #WorkingClassVoices #LaborArt #UnionStrong #JoeHillAward

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: Chris Stain Gregorek - Labor Heritage Foundation “I’ve been making working class murals and paintings for since the late 1990s,” Chris Stain Gregorek tells LHF. “I’m writing to share some of those images in solidarity.  I’ve been a member in good standing of the United Scenic Artists local 829 in NYC for over 10 years now.” See more on hi

🎨 LABOR ART OF THE WEEK by Chris Stain Gregorek, a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 in NYC.
Check out his powerful art in solidarity ✊
👉 bit.ly/3HI5H47
#LaborArt #UnionStrong #WorkingClassVoices #Murals #ArtInSolidarity #Local829

LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: The Nation We Build Together - Labor Heritage Foundation by Mircy Coca SorianoOn the second floor of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is an inspiring exhibit titled The Nation We Build Together. One of its sections, American Democracy, explores the evolution of civic participation, debate, and public engagement in the United States—

✊ LABOR ART OF THE WEEK: The Nation We Build Together by Mircy Coca Soriano. A stirring display of protest signs at @amhistorymuseum reminds us who really builds America. 👉 bit.ly/4jE6i5b #LaborArt #ProtestArt #1u

A colorful, surreal acrylic painting of a glowing orange sunset sky over a purple-shadowed lake and trees, with two huge pairs of hands hovering over the surface folding blue and green cloth--one pair very old, one pair very young.

older painting inspired by one of my childhood favorite picture books, Caretakers of Wonder, which illustrates imaginary magical teams of stagehands and custodians of the earth and sky going about their daily care tasks. #surreal #painting #dreamscape #wonder #carework #laborart