Greetings from the Arts & Democracy Project!
It's summer conference season, and we've been busy. In this update, we share reports on events in which we've participated and reminders about gatherings coming up.
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Event Reportbacks
U.S. Social Forum
Arts & Democracy and our partners hosted a number of workshops and piloted the idea of a Creativity Lab at the U.S. Social Forum, held in Detroit this June. All told, our collaborative efforts allowed us to reach almost 1,000 artists, organizers and activists who participated in our programs at the Forum. As Javiera Benavente notes in her blog post about the Forum, it was a rewarding and affirming convergence.
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Creative Resistance Retreat
Arts & Democracy was honored to be invited to participate at this international gathering organized by freeDimensional for networks working at the intersection of arts, human rights and social justice. As Caron Atlas states in her blog post about the gathering, the retreat affirmed the power of a diverse multi-sector group of people
working together on common concerns.
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Coming Up...See You There!
Urban Bush Womens' Summer Leadership Institute
July 30 - August 8
Arts
& Democracy Project will be participating on the documentation and
evaluation team for this year's UBW Institute, Soul Deep: How Do We Work To Build Healthy Sustainable Communities?
Art & Place: A Local, National and International Gathering
August 6 - 8, Massachusetts and online
Double Edge Theatre, working in collaboration with the Center for Rural
Strategies, has invited us to moderate a public Rural Conversation. Much of the gathering will be web-streamed here.
Alternate ROOTS Annual Meeting
August 10 - 15, Arden, NC
Our Partner Alternate ROOTS, in collaboration with the National Association of Latino Arts & Culture presents its 34th Annual Meeting, The Aesthetics of Diversity.
Creative Change
August 23-27, Santa Fe, NM
Second Creative Change retreat bringing together advocates, artists, media makers, organizers, and donors linked by their commitment to transformative social change. As a returning participant, Caron will be helping to facilitate the retreat.
Imagining America
September 23-25, Seattle
The annual conference for public scholars in the cultural disciplines to form a network, share
best practices, visit project sites, and gain inspiration and
motivation for their work. This year's theme is Convergence Zones: Public Cultures and Translocal Practices.
Grantmakers in the Arts Conference
October 17-20, Chicago
We have been participating on the Art and Social Justice pre-conference committee, helping to organize three sessions for the conference: one about media justice, another about bridging in philanthropy and creating hybrid and integrated strategies, and the third about cultural organizing, taking place at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.
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A Word of Thanks
Our many thanks and best wishes to Claudine K. Brown as she begins her
new job as Director of Education of the Smithsonian Institution. We
are deeply grateful for her support of our work, and leadership in the
field, while at the Nathan Cummings Foundation. We look forward to
continuing our collaboration with her in her new position.
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As always, we're proud to highlight the great work in this field to
support and cross-pollinate an extraordinary network of artists, cultural
workers, policymakers, educators, and activists.
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All our best,
Amalia, Caron, Kathie, Jason, Javiera, Lena, and Yolanda
The Arts & Democracy Team
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Call for Submissions
Cool Climate Art Contest
What does your vision of our Earth's future look like? Art submission deadline Aug. 23. |
Who We Are
The Arts & Democracy Project builds the momentum of a cultural
movement that draws on a rich history of arts activism, social justice
organizing, and grassroots engagement. The program catalyzes and supports cross-pollination between
sectors, cultures, and generations and the linking of practitioners,
policymakers, educators, and activists.
Arts & Democracy is a sponsored project of:
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