The Action Art Collaborative

The Action Art Collaborative is a multidisciplinary team of St. Louis artists producing independent community engaged art. Our producing model and creative process is informed by a network of activists, community organizers, and artists dedicated to social change.  We are committed to using community art as a means of examining the social and economic landscape of our city. We strive to build community and hope through lifting up stories of people power, solidarity, and social change. The core team of producers includes Kathryn Bentley, Delaney Piggins, and Colin McLaughlin.

​The Action Art Collaborative is a fiscally sponsored project of MAPS, Midwest Artist Project Services.  To learn more, visit  www.actionartstl.org

Projects:

ACTION is an original play written by Colin McLaughlin with Percy Green, and produced by The Action Art Collaborative. Based on true events, the play is a chronicle and celebration of Percy Green and his dedicated group of activists in St. Louis. In December of 1972, they infiltrated the segregated Veiled Prophet Ball and revealed the identity of the VP King. ACTION premiered in December of 2022, free and open to the public, honoring the 50th anniversary of the “unveiling.”​
The Solid Sound Collective will utilize the power of music to build hope and community, examine structural racism and poverty in St. Louis, and lift up the incredible local legacy of resistance to that inequity. Based on interviews with activists, organizers, and community elders, the newly commissioned music of the Solid Sound Collective will channel our audience's energy into the ongoing fight for social and economic justice in our town. The project will culminate in a live concert series in 2024, featuring new music from Anita Jackson, Alicia Revé, Ryan Marquez, Tim Moore, and Colin McLaughlin. The project will strengthen, support, and connect our city’s vibrant music scene and the local social and economic justice movement. The Solid Sound Collective seeks to inspire hope, build community, and advocate for social change.

Donate to The Action Art Collaborative

Donate to this project with a credit card by selecting “donate” above. Checks are also accepted and must be made out to Midwest Artist Project Services and include the project name in the memo line. Please mail checks to:
Midwest Artist Project Services
Attn: ACTION
​PO Box 2226
St. Louis, MO 63158