PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
A Road to Justice for The Lost Generations: The Forced Sterilization of Native American Women
By Keely Badger, 2017, University of Oxford
Voices of youth, Visionaries for reform: An Analysis of the United Nations Youth Delegates
By Keely Badger, 2014, Dartmouth College
Cosmopolitanism and Globalization: A Project of Collectivity
By Keely Badger, 2014, The Dartmouth Journal
Sovereignty Redefined: Human Rights and The Responsibility To Protect
By Keely Badger, 2013, the Dartmouth Journal
Humanitarian Intentions: From Regional Collective Security To A UN First Responder
By Keely Badger, 2012, The Dartmouth Journal
Beyond Empire: New Impulses In Freedom
By Keely Badger
“African Aid”: From West To East and Back Again
By Keely Badger
Poverty Epoch: The Rise of Megacities & Slums In The Global Age
By Keely Badger
PULL QUOTES
"The universal ideals of 'woman, life, freedom' reverberate throughout peaceful protests in cities across the world, in solidarity with the Iranian people, and as aspirational human rights for all people, in all places.”
– Keely Badger PRNewswire
"Jina Mahsa Amini’s name reverberates around the world. In her name, people are standing up and saying "no" to the repression of every woman's sovereignty, human rights, and bodily autonomy. Iranians are not just protesting the compulsory hijab, or the morality police, they are protesting against gender apartheid.”
– Keely Bader PRNewswire
"Social enterprise and entrepreneurial changemakers work to solve critical social problems and address basic unmet needs in their communities through innovation. Their entrepreneurial endeavors create systems change through regenerative economics, and thereby, improve underserved communities, causes, markets, and movements."
– Keely Badger PRNewswire
“The Future Art Awards originated as a philanthropic initiative rooted in a celebration of creative disruption to diversify support to artists, inspired by the rise of a new art market's paradigm that centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and access above blue-chip tradition."
– Keely Bader PRNewswire
"Artists are witnessing both the rise and the uncertainty of the NFT art ecosystem; many of them want to get involved and sell their art directly to buyers in marketplaces like OpenSea, Rarible, and Foundation, as the number of blockchains continue to rise despite some concerns over the inclusivity, representation, and sustainability standards of this fast-growing art space. We wanted the exhibition to stand as a provocative, cutting-edge creative range of response to both the hopes and fears of an AI-generated future."
– Keely Badger PRNewswire
"As a grantmaking institution committed to democratizing philanthropy, we're honored to continue our support of the creative economy at a time in American history where the power of art, imagination, and freedom of expression is more important than ever before. We are especially thrilled to welcome NFT artists to this year's Future Art Awards, recognizing that artists will have a profound impact on the shaping of important ideas, values and themes in the crypto-art space, propelling the future trajectory of the NFT art ecosystem.”
– Keely Badger PRNewswire
"Art holds the power to remap and re-code our collective trajectory around polemics like climate, human rights, and democracy.”
– Keely Badger PRNewswire
"The Future Art Awards has the power to dismantle structural barriers in philanthropy and the arts by acknowledging the colonial origins and racial capitalism that both industries have adopted and used to thwart true creativity and inclusion. This model of power-shifting philanthropy redistributes decision-making power into the hands of artists committed to democratization and decolonization, offering a pathway to an equitable art world."
– Keely Badger PRNewswire
Press Mentions
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum Lends Its Facade to Iran’s Protest Art
The works spanned a variety of media, showcasing the diversity of artmaking and image production that supplements a revolution.
Iranian artists submit work anonymously for online exhibition on death of Mahsa Amini
More than 500 works were submitted last year after protests swept the country.
‘Saint Omer’ Takes Top Honors At 34th Palm Springs Film Festival
Legal docudrama Saint Omer was voted Best Picture at the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival…
2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest Announces Festival Winners
The Palm Springs International ShortFest announces its winners for 2021 including five Academy Award qualifying awards from nearly 300 films.
Human Rights Watch Los Angeles Film Club: Film Club Screening of When Two Worlds Collide, Moderated by Keely Badger
Power-Shifting In Philanthropy and The Arts: The Future Art Awards Launches Open Call "Ecosystem X" For Artists To Reimagine Life On Earth
The 2021 awards' theme "Ecosystem X" challenges U.S. artists to express an aspirational vision of humanity by illustrating a just, sustainable, flourishing world.
MOZAIK Philanthropy's Ode To Democratizing Art
The 2nd Annual Future Art Awards and virtual exhibition hosted by MOZAIK Philanthropy centers on the theme of "Re-Imagining Democracy"-- an arts-based exploration of Democracy and its changing meanings, practices, paradoxes and possible futures
MOZAIK Philanthropy Launches The NEW ECONOMY Fund for Social Enterprise Organizations and Entrepreneurs
Open call for grant proposals for social enterprise non-profits and changemaker entrepreneurs in the Los Angeles Metro Area.
MOZAIK Philanthropy Opens Circular Art Exhibition "Ecosystem X"
The Future Art Awards virtual exhibition "Ecosystem X" is an arts-based reimagining of life on Earth that honors 40 U.S. artists with grants for creative excellence.
MOZAIK Philanthropy Announces Open Call For Digital Art
The Future Art Awards: The Digital Awakening welcomes all US-based artists, including those who work with NFTs. 25 winners will each receive between $2,500 and $5,000 in grant prizes.
MOZAIK Philanthropy Opens NFT Virtual Exhibition "The Digital Awakening"
The 7th Annual Future Art Awards 3D group exhibition is an arts-based exploration and interrogation of meta-futures, featuring individual NFTs, NFT Collections, and non-NFTs in an immersive environment.
MOZAIK Philanthropy Launches an Emergency Open Call for Global Artists to Submit Art in Solidarity with the Women-Led Protests for Freedom in Iran
The 2022 Future Art Awards: WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM. welcomes international artists of all creative expressions, wishing to use their art to express solidarity with the women of Iran—the largest Women's Rights Movement in the world right now.
MOZAIK Philanthropy Opens WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM. Anonymous Art Exhibition
The 5th Annual Future Art Awards is an arts-based expression of global solidarity with the women-led movement for freedom in Iran.
Woman Life Freedom: ArtRise Collective Projection
A large-scale projection illumination on the museum's façade with 30 powerful artworks in support of the women-led Iranian civil rights movement.
YEAR OF HOPE: MOZAIK Philanthropy's Second International Open Call For Art in Solidarity with WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
The 2023 Future Art Awards is an arts-based expression of hope for the future of Iran.
MOZAIK Philanthropy Opens 2nd WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM. Virtual Exhibition In Solidarity With the Revolution for Freedom In Iran
The 2023 Future Art Awards exhibition is titled "Year of Hope" and features over 100 contemporary artworks that imagine a free future for the Iranian People.