How does arts activism relate to concepts of voice, issues of social justice, and ideas about sustainable change and transformative processes? Does arts activism imply a particular set of values? This article describes an arts activism course that is designed to raise critical discourse on these and other questions and to provide a structure for highlighting common ground between art therapy and arts activism, as well as points of divergence. The author introduces a range of pedagogical structures designed to inform activist practices. Arts activism is conceived in part as a fluid engagement with an idea and a process that joins personal motivations with social concerns while maintaining political currency. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)