The Walker Art Center continues the tradition of supporting the most significant visual, performing, and media artists of our time. Susy Bielak, Walker associate director of education, talks with Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Theaster Gates about their work together and individually, what it means to be an activist who’s also an artist, and the far-flung networks of people who figure in red, black & GREEN: a blues. Click here to read My Hand or My Voice, Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Theaster Gates on Art, Community, and Activism.
AUDITION NOTICE FOR DANCERS - performers will be compensated
Stephan Koplowitz’
NATURAL ACTS/ ARTIFICIAL WATER
site-specific performances
Calling adventurous dancers who are technically trained in contemporary movement, skilled in various improvisation practices, partnering and have experience in developing process based work for alternative spaces…
OPEN CALL
Wed, Jan. 25, 6-10 pm
Barnevelder Movement Arts Complex, 2201 Preston St.
The commitment includes:
Rehearsal Residencies:Thu-Mon, March 8-12 & Sat - Fri, May 12-18
Performances: May 19 & 20
Please RSVP to sixto@diverseworks with a CV and bring a hard copy to audition.
Got Skills? Marc Bamuthi Joseph Does
This is a taste of Bamuthi’s work, not to be missed in NYC from 9/23/2008 - 9/27/2008. Part of the HHTF Festival and presented by the Skirball Center @ NYU. Visit www.myspace.com/bamuthi for more info! Shot by Greg Landua for the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Office of Multicultural Education & Initiatives (OMEI).
Thelma Golden: How art gives shape to cultural change
Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The “post-black” artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race and culture — and about the meaning of art itself.