Lucy Gellman of the Arts Paper calls out the Erector Square collective in her list of Artists of the Year.
“In 2023, our artists of the year were those who spoke out, who pushed back, who challenged institutions and championed mutual aid and collective care over the perceived needs (and often, lip service) of entrenched nonprofits. For 12 months, they celebrated artmaking, broke away from capitalism, called out longstanding patterns of harm, and centered social justice in their work, from new grassroots collectives to LGBTQ+ advocates and students who took school policy into their own hands.”
Read the full article here: https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/artists-of-the-year-they-spoke-out-and-called-in