An online panel on the art of protest and political dissent. This includes artists who engage in socio-political protest through their work, or protestors who use art to disseminate their message.

At a time when institutions of higher education are under political attack, and protests are a site of police intervention, it is worth examining the history of protest as a form of art, and the artists that have used their work as an act of protest. Propaganda to serve political ends has existed, arguably, as long as human society, and so has resistance to the political majority. Notably, there are those that subvert the form of propaganda to disseminate their dissent instead, through parody and radical acts. These artists and protestors have sometimes become the victims of state violence, and sometimes brought about real social change. Particularly since the 1960s, we have seen both artists who use their work in service of a socio-political message, and we have seen political protesters who use art and slogans to share their message. This panel seeks participants from various fields to comment on this history of protest as art and art as protest. This can take the form of a close analysis of a particular artist or protestor, hagiographic art inspired by a particular protestor, a discussion of the symbols or artwork associated with a particular movement, the performative aspect of protest, the evolution of acts of protest, or other relevant commentary on the art of protest.