The purpose of the Artists Network of Refuse & Resist! is to develop and promote a culture of resistance. People are bound together by the creation of a community of resistance, and art is essential to creating that community.



We need an expressive, contagious culture of resistance to counter the mean-spirited political current that is riding high today.



Many artists are making powerful works which defy in a thousand ways the politics of cruelty. This is a great source of strength to many; it is what literally sustains a lot of youth. But at this point, most of these artists are left out on their own, or at best engaged in projects around particular issues, or linked to a few other artists usually in their own field.