Dread Scott

Systems Unmade Today till 8pm - 178 Bleeker St In solidarity with @falloffreedom @robertpruitt @nevarezbpm @vteverez @vivajvv @jennypolakstudio @khaledjarrar @dreadscottart @jonathanallenstudio #falloffreedom #systemsunnade #artshow #artgallerynyc #artgallery

“May 1st is a revolutionary holiday” — artist and Fall of Freedom initiator Dread Scott (@dreadscottart ) Fall of Freedom stands in solidarity with movements and organizations including @maydaystrong , @50501movement , @actionlabny , and @refusefascism this May Day. Artists across the country: join us in creative resistance. Follow @falloffreedom and visit falloffreedom.com to plan your day of action. An urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces. May 1 and October 2 to 3, 2026. #FallOfFreedom #MayDay #CreativeResistance #ArtMatters #Artists

May Day is a revolutionary holiday. All over the world people are fighting to get free. @falloffreedom @maydaystrong @actionlabny @refusefascism @50501movement

In 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched unprecedented anti-immigrant enforcement operations flooding major cities with ICE agents, building new detention facilities, and ultimately deploying 4,000 agents to Minneapolis–St. Paul in what became the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history. Communities fought back: organizing rapid-response networks, mutual aid, and massive protests to protect their neighbors. In collaboration with @falloffreedom , we created a teaching tool documenting both the psychological terror inflicted on Minneapolis–St. Paul communities and the remarkable humanity of neighbors who refused to let fear win. K–12 students are invited to submit a collage envisioning unity, solidarity, and community care. Selected works will be exhibited to the public during Fall of Freedom’s October activations nationwide. Youth artists, we want your Blueprints for Love. This May Day, we remember that the fight for dignity, safety, and the right to exist without fear is not new and we know whose side we are on. Join Fall of Freedom’s May 1st activation and communities gathering nationwide for performances, screenings, exhibitions, and public actions by signing up for the Education Amplifier network and sharing this opportunity with your students. 🗓 Submit collages by September 15, 2026 🔗 Download the Open Call for Art + sign up for the Education Amplifier network — link in bio.

SYSTEMS UNMADE is a pop-up exhibition in solidarity with #FallOfFreedom. Jonathan Allen, Khaled Jarrar, Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere, Jenny Polak, Dread Scott, Jillian Van Volkenburgh, Rob Pruitt, and Cassandra Zampini. Opening reception Thursday April 30, 6-9pm. On view through Friday May 1. 178 Bleecker Street, 2nd Floor, New York. Register /njifzisu

Turbulence demands more than witness. How do activist artists and creative activists become agents of transformation, translating their values into visible, tangible shifts in the world around them? Join us for this important webinar-based conversation. Monday, April 27, 2026.

Mark your calendars! Join artist and activist Dread Scott (@dreadscottart ) for a Fall of Freedom Town Hall bringing together artists, organizers, and cultural workers preparing events for Mayday. Hear updates, connect with others organizing across the country, and learn how to plug into the growing network of artists standing up to authoritarianism. 📅 Thursday, April 16 ⏰ 1:00 PM ET 🔗 Click the link in our bio or register at falloffreedom.com Art matters, courage is contagious. #FallOfFreedom #Artists #MayDay #Activism #Democracy

Dread Scott’s 'Lockdown’ gives voice to those imprisoned by a judicial system which privileges policy over personhood. Over a series of portraits and recorded conversations, made during brief meetings in U.S. prisons, ‘Lockdown’ shares the stories of a handful of the roughly two million people currently incarcerated in the U.S. In a manner deeply humanising and startingly intimate, the men speak insightfully about how they arrived in prison as well as the politics which continue to champion mass incarceration. The artist, whose work President G.H.W. Bush once described as “disgraceful”, rejects the political structures, economic foundations and governing ideas of America to create disruptive art from photography, installation and performance. Immerse yourself in Dread's work at Campbelltown Arts Centre as part of the 25th Biennale of Sydney: 'Rememory'. Until 14 June | Free entry __ @dreadscottart Image credits: 1) Photo: Daniel Boud 2-3) Dread Scott, Lockdown, 2000/2026. This version was created for the Biennale of Sydney. Courtesy of the artist and Cristin Tierney Galley, New York © Dread Scott. Installation view, 25th Biennale of Sydney, Rememory, 2026, Campbelltown Arts Centre. Photograph: Silversalt Photography. The Biennale of Sydney is assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW and gratefully acknowledges the assistance provided through the NSW Government Exhibitions Indemnification Scheme. Campbelltown Arts Centre is assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW and receives support from the Neilson Foundation and the Packer Family Foundation.

Join us for a Zoom panel discussion called “A Conversation with Activist Artists” led by Rhode Island School of Design President Crystal Williams featuring Tracie Ching (multidisciplinary artist and founder of We Create), Shepard Fairey (Rhode Island School of Design alum and Trustee; founder of Obey Giant), Dread Scott (longtime activist and School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum), and Yana Buhrer Tavanier (creative activist and co-founder of Fine Acts). Monday, April 27, 7–8:30 pm EDT. Free and open to the public—register for the online discussion at link in profile.

Join our upcoming Fall of Freedom Town Hall. We’ll walk through how to participate, share organizing tools, and answer questions about registering events for the May 1 activation. Whether you’re planning something new or aligning an event already on your calendar, this is a chance to connect with other organizers and get oriented. Mark your calendars: 📅 Tuesday, March 31 ⏰ 4:30–5:30 PM ET 🔗 Click the link in our bio #FallOfFreedom #ArtMatters #CreativeResistance

We are calling on artists, organizations, and cultural spaces across the U.S. to stand up against oppression and celebrate our creative freedom by staging events and happenings on May 1, 2026. Swipe to discover how to participate, then register your event at falloffreedom.com. Art matters. Courage is contagious. #FallOfFreedom #ArtMatters #CreativeFreedom #ArtistsForChange #CreativeResistance

Super psyched to be presenting a talk TOMORROW, March 25, in Sydney, Australia @artspacesydney at 6pm. The presentation will focus on Lockdown, the project I have in a Sydney Biennale, as well as discuss work from my broader artistic practice. I will be in conversation with Latoya Aroha Rule @dr.aroha This conversation is organized by @the_power_institute and @nickcroggon along with Artspace.