Take Back The Arts
@takebackthearts.bsky.social
TAKE BACK THE ARTS strives to build a future where artistic expression is protected, diverse voices are amplified, and creative freedom is celebrated as an essential part of humanity.
Save democracy! Say NO to #Trump!
JUST SAY NO!!!!
You do realize that if everybody just told him, "NO!" he would lose all his power! He would shrivel like an unwatered plant. Try it. Congress. Universities. Law firms. World leaders. JUST SAY NO!!!! He won't be able to survive it!
You do realize that if everybody just told him, "NO!" he would lose all his power! He would shrivel like an unwatered plant. Try it. Congress. Universities. Law firms. World leaders. JUST SAY NO!!!! He won't be able to survive it!
a blue and white penguin holding a sign that says no
ALT: a blue and white penguin holding a sign that says no
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April 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Save democracy! Say NO to #Trump!
Have a story to tell but don’t know where to start? This workshop is your creative jumpstart! The “Write Your Life” workshop is designed to help participants explore, shape, and begin writing their personal stories. Join us!
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April 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Have a story to tell but don’t know where to start? This workshop is your creative jumpstart! The “Write Your Life” workshop is designed to help participants explore, shape, and begin writing their personal stories. Join us!
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Our digital mag, @blrbmag.bsky.social is now on Substack! You can now enjoy your music & arts news three ways: Through our magazine, newsletter, or now through Substack! We hope you’ll join us as we bring you the best of new music, arts, books and film.
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Supporting the arts, one BLRB at a time.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Our digital mag, @blrbmag.bsky.social is now on Substack! You can now enjoy your music & arts news three ways: Through our magazine, newsletter, or now through Substack! We hope you’ll join us as we bring you the best of new music, arts, books and film.
Check us out! substack.com/@blrbmag
#Music
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#Music
This is why we need 1000 warriors to help us fight this fight. Please sign up, join our meetings, and let's right this incredible wrong by stopping political interference in the arts.
Meanwhile, post your art tagging #TakeBackTheArts, and we will share!
#KennedyCenter #KennedyCenterHonors
Meanwhile, post your art tagging #TakeBackTheArts, and we will share!
#KennedyCenter #KennedyCenterHonors
Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees
The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is why we need 1000 warriors to help us fight this fight. Please sign up, join our meetings, and let's right this incredible wrong by stopping political interference in the arts.
Meanwhile, post your art tagging #TakeBackTheArts, and we will share!
#KennedyCenter #KennedyCenterHonors
Meanwhile, post your art tagging #TakeBackTheArts, and we will share!
#KennedyCenter #KennedyCenterHonors
Not looking forward to these selections. We have to keep up the fight. For those of you who haven't joined yet, join Take Back The Arts at TakeBackTheArts.org to keep creative work out of the hands of politicians.
#KennedyCenter #KennedyCenterHonors
#KennedyCenter #KennedyCenterHonors
March 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Not looking forward to these selections. We have to keep up the fight. For those of you who haven't joined yet, join Take Back The Arts at TakeBackTheArts.org to keep creative work out of the hands of politicians.
#KennedyCenter #KennedyCenterHonors
#KennedyCenter #KennedyCenterHonors
10 Repercussions of the Kennedy Center takeover, and What It Means for the Arts.
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Dance #Theatre #Writers #WashingtonDC #ArtsCommunity
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Dance #Theatre #Writers #WashingtonDC #ArtsCommunity
If a Dancer Performs to an Empty Theater, and There's no One There to See it...
10 Repercussions of the Kennedy Center Takeover and What It Means for the Arts
takebackthearts.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
10 Repercussions of the Kennedy Center takeover, and What It Means for the Arts.
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Dance #Theatre #Writers #WashingtonDC #ArtsCommunity
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Dance #Theatre #Writers #WashingtonDC #ArtsCommunity
@operationriskyou.bsky.social Thank you so much for participating in #TakeBackTheArts! This is so awesome! Our first poet! I will definitely add this to our website!
#takebackthearts
#poetry #poetryanthologies #poetrybook
Meet me inside this new anthology. I'm one of the "friends" referenced on the cover. My poem with accompanying prose were written for my late son. Love is for All of Us. Don't let anyone tell you any different.
#poetry #poetryanthologies #poetrybook
Meet me inside this new anthology. I'm one of the "friends" referenced on the cover. My poem with accompanying prose were written for my late son. Love is for All of Us. Don't let anyone tell you any different.
Love Is for All of Us
This luminous and open-hearted anthology of poems from the LGBTQIA+ community proves that there is nothing more universal than love.
Edited by James Crews ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
@operationriskyou.bsky.social Thank you so much for participating in #TakeBackTheArts! This is so awesome! Our first poet! I will definitely add this to our website!
Thank you, @almfineartphoto.bsky.social for participating in #TakeBackTheArts!
#TakeBackTheArts Happy International Women’s Day & to the first ever Take Back The Arts Day! Take Back The Arts is a new arts initiative founded by Lisa Goich, as a means for all creatives to stand together against creative censorship. As a life-long artist, I use art as a means to make a living!
March 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Thank you, @almfineartphoto.bsky.social for participating in #TakeBackTheArts!
Thank you, @ellasharp.bsky.social for this beautiful song! Follow Ella for more music! #TakeBackTheArts
in honor of my friend @lisagoichtalks.bsky.social launching her initiative #takebackthearts today, here’s a snippet of an original i’m calling “bread + circuses”. here’s to keeping art free 🙌
March 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thank you, @ellasharp.bsky.social for this beautiful song! Follow Ella for more music! #TakeBackTheArts
TOMORROW! Take Back The Arts Day! Thank you Star Magazine for the mention!
Creatives, see below for details!
#FirstAmendment #KennedyCenter #Arts #Creative #Music #Theatre #Dance #Songwriter #Painter #Photographer #WashingtonDC #CreativeCensorship
Creatives, see below for details!
#FirstAmendment #KennedyCenter #Arts #Creative #Music #Theatre #Dance #Songwriter #Painter #Photographer #WashingtonDC #CreativeCensorship
Artists Plan ‘Take Back The Arts’ National Day Of Action Saturday To Protest Political Influence In The Arts
Amid growing concerns over political and corporate influence in the arts, a new movement to protect creative freedom is holding a national day of action this Saturday. Lisa Goich, former GRAMMY execut...
starmagazine.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
TOMORROW! Take Back The Arts Day! Thank you Star Magazine for the mention!
Creatives, see below for details!
#FirstAmendment #KennedyCenter #Arts #Creative #Music #Theatre #Dance #Songwriter #Painter #Photographer #WashingtonDC #CreativeCensorship
Creatives, see below for details!
#FirstAmendment #KennedyCenter #Arts #Creative #Music #Theatre #Dance #Songwriter #Painter #Photographer #WashingtonDC #CreativeCensorship
Creatives? Are you ready to TAKE BACK THE ARTS on Saturday? Join us for a day of protest to fight creative censorship!
For more info visit www.takebackthearts.org.
#Censorship #Creative #Writer #Musician #Music #Theatre #Dance #Painting #Opera #ClassicalMusic #Protest #KennedyCenter
For more info visit www.takebackthearts.org.
#Censorship #Creative #Writer #Musician #Music #Theatre #Dance #Painting #Opera #ClassicalMusic #Protest #KennedyCenter
March 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Creatives? Are you ready to TAKE BACK THE ARTS on Saturday? Join us for a day of protest to fight creative censorship!
For more info visit www.takebackthearts.org.
#Censorship #Creative #Writer #Musician #Music #Theatre #Dance #Painting #Opera #ClassicalMusic #Protest #KennedyCenter
For more info visit www.takebackthearts.org.
#Censorship #Creative #Writer #Musician #Music #Theatre #Dance #Painting #Opera #ClassicalMusic #Protest #KennedyCenter
#Hamilton pulls its production from the #KennedyCenter. Bravo!
Don't forget, TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day is Saturday, March 8th! Help us protest the Kennedy Center takeover!
www.takebackthearts.org
Don't forget, TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day is Saturday, March 8th! Help us protest the Kennedy Center takeover!
www.takebackthearts.org
‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Amid Trump Takeover: ‘Some Institutions Should Be Protected From Politics’
'Hamilton' producer Jeffrey Seller has canceled the musical's return to the Kennedy Center amid President Trump's takeover of the historic venue.
variety.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#Hamilton pulls its production from the #KennedyCenter. Bravo!
Don't forget, TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day is Saturday, March 8th! Help us protest the Kennedy Center takeover!
www.takebackthearts.org
Don't forget, TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day is Saturday, March 8th! Help us protest the Kennedy Center takeover!
www.takebackthearts.org
Who's exhausted today?
March 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Who's exhausted today?
4 days until TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day!
It's easy to take action!
🎶 Post your art
📢 Use the hashtag #TakeBackTheArts
🔥 Stand in solidarity with fellow artists
✉️ Share with creatives in your network!
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Theatre #Creative #CreativeWriting #Journalism #Comedy
It's easy to take action!
🎶 Post your art
📢 Use the hashtag #TakeBackTheArts
🔥 Stand in solidarity with fellow artists
✉️ Share with creatives in your network!
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Theatre #Creative #CreativeWriting #Journalism #Comedy
March 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
4 days until TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day!
It's easy to take action!
🎶 Post your art
📢 Use the hashtag #TakeBackTheArts
🔥 Stand in solidarity with fellow artists
✉️ Share with creatives in your network!
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Theatre #Creative #CreativeWriting #Journalism #Comedy
It's easy to take action!
🎶 Post your art
📢 Use the hashtag #TakeBackTheArts
🔥 Stand in solidarity with fellow artists
✉️ Share with creatives in your network!
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Theatre #Creative #CreativeWriting #Journalism #Comedy
5 days until TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day!
How You Can Participate:
🎶 Post your art
📢 Use the hashtag #TakeBackTheArts
🔥 Stand in solidarity with fellow artists
✉️ Share with creatives in your network!
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Theatre #Creative #CreativeWriting #Journalism #Comedy
How You Can Participate:
🎶 Post your art
📢 Use the hashtag #TakeBackTheArts
🔥 Stand in solidarity with fellow artists
✉️ Share with creatives in your network!
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Theatre #Creative #CreativeWriting #Journalism #Comedy
March 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
5 days until TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day!
How You Can Participate:
🎶 Post your art
📢 Use the hashtag #TakeBackTheArts
🔥 Stand in solidarity with fellow artists
✉️ Share with creatives in your network!
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Theatre #Creative #CreativeWriting #Journalism #Comedy
How You Can Participate:
🎶 Post your art
📢 Use the hashtag #TakeBackTheArts
🔥 Stand in solidarity with fellow artists
✉️ Share with creatives in your network!
#KennedyCenter #Art #Music #Theatre #Creative #CreativeWriting #Journalism #Comedy
This is the lead-up to TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day on March 8th! Read below. Share. Let's help this mission get off the ground! THIS IS OUR WEEK TO SHINE!
agirlonthego.substack.com/p/where-my-s...
#KennedyCenter #Arts #Music #Theatre #Dance #Painting #Creatives #WashingtonDC #NewYork #LosAngeles
agirlonthego.substack.com/p/where-my-s...
#KennedyCenter #Arts #Music #Theatre #Dance #Painting #Creatives #WashingtonDC #NewYork #LosAngeles
March 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is the lead-up to TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day on March 8th! Read below. Share. Let's help this mission get off the ground! THIS IS OUR WEEK TO SHINE!
agirlonthego.substack.com/p/where-my-s...
#KennedyCenter #Arts #Music #Theatre #Dance #Painting #Creatives #WashingtonDC #NewYork #LosAngeles
agirlonthego.substack.com/p/where-my-s...
#KennedyCenter #Arts #Music #Theatre #Dance #Painting #Creatives #WashingtonDC #NewYork #LosAngeles
TAKE BACK THE ARTS Countdown! Two weeks until TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day! On March 8th, post your art, music, creativity and tag #TakeBackTheArts. Let's show that the arts will not fall victim to hate.
Visit www.takebackthearts.org.
#KennedyCenter #Arts #Creativity #Music #Dance #Theater #Love
Visit www.takebackthearts.org.
#KennedyCenter #Arts #Creativity #Music #Dance #Theater #Love
February 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
TAKE BACK THE ARTS Countdown! Two weeks until TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day! On March 8th, post your art, music, creativity and tag #TakeBackTheArts. Let's show that the arts will not fall victim to hate.
Visit www.takebackthearts.org.
#KennedyCenter #Arts #Creativity #Music #Dance #Theater #Love
Visit www.takebackthearts.org.
#KennedyCenter #Arts #Creativity #Music #Dance #Theater #Love
Help us fight discrimination in the arts! Join us on TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day, March 8th. For more information visit our site at TakeBackTheArts.org.
#KennedyCenter #GayMensChorus #Pride #PrideConcert #Cancelled
#KennedyCenter #GayMensChorus #Pride #PrideConcert #Cancelled
Trump’s Kennedy Center Cancels Pride Concert That Would Have Featured Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington - Washingtonian
No explanation was given, the chorus says: "We regret that this opportunity has been taken away."
www.washingtonian.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Help us fight discrimination in the arts! Join us on TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day, March 8th. For more information visit our site at TakeBackTheArts.org.
#KennedyCenter #GayMensChorus #Pride #PrideConcert #Cancelled
#KennedyCenter #GayMensChorus #Pride #PrideConcert #Cancelled
A #KennedyCenter takeover plea! Please read below and join us on March 8th to share your art!
A Kennedy Center Takeover Plea
To my artist friends who I love so much, I’m reaching out with a personal favor on behalf of TAKE BACK THE ARTS, a movement I founded committed to protecting artistic freedom in the face of increasing...
lisagoich.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
A #KennedyCenter takeover plea! Please read below and join us on March 8th to share your art!
Creative Warriors!
We are about 3 weeks out from TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day! If you haven't subscribed to our site yet, for all the latest on our events to stop censorship in the arts by this administration, please join here: TakeBackTheArts.org.
Hope to see you all on March 8th! #TakeBackTheArts
We are about 3 weeks out from TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day! If you haven't subscribed to our site yet, for all the latest on our events to stop censorship in the arts by this administration, please join here: TakeBackTheArts.org.
Hope to see you all on March 8th! #TakeBackTheArts
February 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Creative Warriors!
We are about 3 weeks out from TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day! If you haven't subscribed to our site yet, for all the latest on our events to stop censorship in the arts by this administration, please join here: TakeBackTheArts.org.
Hope to see you all on March 8th! #TakeBackTheArts
We are about 3 weeks out from TAKE BACK THE ARTS Day! If you haven't subscribed to our site yet, for all the latest on our events to stop censorship in the arts by this administration, please join here: TakeBackTheArts.org.
Hope to see you all on March 8th! #TakeBackTheArts
To support TAKE BACK THE ARTS, I've created a t-shirt that asks the question that's been on all of our minds since the election: HOW IS THIS LEGAL?! These super soft tees are available in S-XXL. Currently we carry black only (who doesn't love a nice black T?). Now in the TakeBackTheArts.org SHOP.
February 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
To support TAKE BACK THE ARTS, I've created a t-shirt that asks the question that's been on all of our minds since the election: HOW IS THIS LEGAL?! These super soft tees are available in S-XXL. Currently we carry black only (who doesn't love a nice black T?). Now in the TakeBackTheArts.org SHOP.
🎭🎶🎨 TAKE BACK THE ARTS DAY | Saturday, March 8th
They can take the Kennedy Center, but they cannot take our voices, our vision, our art. Artists across all mediums are encouraged to stand up against creative censorship. Post your art, tag #TakeBackTheArts. For more info, visit: TakeBackTheArts.org
They can take the Kennedy Center, but they cannot take our voices, our vision, our art. Artists across all mediums are encouraged to stand up against creative censorship. Post your art, tag #TakeBackTheArts. For more info, visit: TakeBackTheArts.org
February 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
🎭🎶🎨 TAKE BACK THE ARTS DAY | Saturday, March 8th
They can take the Kennedy Center, but they cannot take our voices, our vision, our art. Artists across all mediums are encouraged to stand up against creative censorship. Post your art, tag #TakeBackTheArts. For more info, visit: TakeBackTheArts.org
They can take the Kennedy Center, but they cannot take our voices, our vision, our art. Artists across all mediums are encouraged to stand up against creative censorship. Post your art, tag #TakeBackTheArts. For more info, visit: TakeBackTheArts.org
Okay, we've got work to do! Calling all creatives! Musicians, theater people, writers, artists! Sign up on our website for our first call! We have so much to talk about and so much to plan.
Sign up here and let's TAKE BACK THE ARTS!
www.takebackthearts.org
Thank you to all who have joined! ❤️
Sign up here and let's TAKE BACK THE ARTS!
www.takebackthearts.org
Thank you to all who have joined! ❤️
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www.takebackthearts.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Okay, we've got work to do! Calling all creatives! Musicians, theater people, writers, artists! Sign up on our website for our first call! We have so much to talk about and so much to plan.
Sign up here and let's TAKE BACK THE ARTS!
www.takebackthearts.org
Thank you to all who have joined! ❤️
Sign up here and let's TAKE BACK THE ARTS!
www.takebackthearts.org
Thank you to all who have joined! ❤️
Just in case you forgot what life used to be like in the White House...
And the main reason behind us starting TakeBackTheArts.org
#Music #Obama #PBS #Soul #Blues #Gospel #Diversity #WhiteHouse #RayCharles @takebackthearts.bsky.social
And the main reason behind us starting TakeBackTheArts.org
#Music #Obama #PBS #Soul #Blues #Gospel #Diversity #WhiteHouse #RayCharles @takebackthearts.bsky.social
Watch President Obama speak -- and sing -- at White House tribute to Ray Charles
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Just in case you forgot what life used to be like in the White House...
And the main reason behind us starting TakeBackTheArts.org
#Music #Obama #PBS #Soul #Blues #Gospel #Diversity #WhiteHouse #RayCharles @takebackthearts.bsky.social
And the main reason behind us starting TakeBackTheArts.org
#Music #Obama #PBS #Soul #Blues #Gospel #Diversity #WhiteHouse #RayCharles @takebackthearts.bsky.social