Artists4Ceasefire

The collective was started on October 20, 2023.

Artists4Ceasefire

Wiki English Enamel pin worn by supporters of Artists4Ceasefire
Formation	October 20, 2023; 6 months ago (2023-10-20)
Type	Artist collective
Purpose	Activism
Website	artists4ceasefire.org

The Artists4Ceasefire enamel pin depicts an orange hand with a heart inside on a red background. The hand represents the "beautiful community of people from all backgrounds", the heart represents "an invitation for us to lead with our hearts" and the red background represents "urgency of the call to save lives".

Snopes compared the orange hand used in the design to red-hand symbols including the Red Hand of Ulster (a symbol used for the Irish province of Ulster), the symbol for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), and people criticizing Israel as having "blood on its hands" for its actions in Gaza. The Israeli government and New York Post journalist David Kaufman said that the symbol represents the 2000 Ramallah lynching. Snopes found no evidence that the design referenced the lynching.

People wearing pins

Several attendees of the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony wore red Artists4Ceasefire badges, including Quannah Chasinghorse, Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Ramy Youssef, Riz Ahmed, Mahershala Ali, Kaouther Ben Hania and Misan Harriman. Some attendees also wore Palestinian flag pins, including Milo Machado-Graner and Swann Arlaud. In an interview at the event, Youssef said:

We are all calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. We are calling for the safety of everyone involved and we really want lasting justice and peace for the Palestinian people.

At the 2024 Grammy Awards, musician Annie Lennox finished her tribute to Sinéad O’Connor by saying, "Artists for ceasefire, peace in the world". The members of Boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker) and Bo Burnham also wore Artists4Ceasefire pins.

Tony Shalhoub and Ebon Moss-Bachrach wore the pins at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

At the Directors Guild of America Awards in February 2024, Ruffalo wore the pin and said: "We’re not going to bomb our way to peace".

Open letter signatories

In October 2023, 55 notable artists and entertainment industry members signed an open letter as part of the collective to President Joe Biden demanding a ceasefire. The letter has expanded to include hundreds of artists: