Shelfari edited the description of Art on the Line Friday, August 28 2009.
Art on the Line presents essays by artists speaking to, or from, the point where their commitment and art interact. Socially-engaged artists speak to the issue of an art that moves people to action in defense of human rights and civil liberties out of the tradition of Bertolt Brecht and James Baldwin. Essays from various countries are represented, including such authors as Arturo Arias, Amiri Baraka, Ernesto Cardenal, Roque Dalton, Martín Espada, Geroge Grosz, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Margaret Randall, Luis J. Rodriguez, James Scully, César Vallejo, and others.
Shelfari edited the first sentence of Art on the Line Friday, July 17 2009.