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Check out this article featuring my work on Exception to the Rule with The Front Porch Arts Collective! https://lnkd.in/eMq7y72N

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Curating who I would like to be as an artist and as an administrator has not been an easy or well-defined path. In October, during my first few months in New York, it became clear to me that I needed to decide what my boundaries are, and what I consider ethical leadership practice in the theatre should look like. I chose and will continue to choose, the path that creates the most opportunity for performers and designers, and amplifies the power and value that can be found in cultivating a community. An intense dive into how we fund University theatre programs was born from this fire, and what came out of it was a larger understanding of how we interact with Nepotism in educational theatre - and what that says about how we value diversity. What I found was a pervasive narcissism among those in the arts and frankly upsetting ideologies, especially in an unnamed Ivy League's Theatre Department. Witnessing unethical practices and nepotism, I decided that it was far past time to demand that the theatre community acknowledge its own inequities and take decisive action against nepotism. It is time for those who are championing the next generation of artists to shine the spotlight on its own inequities and take decisive action to eradicate the issue. Consider, that the people we give platforms to are the ones who ultimately shape what stories are and are not told in this industry. If we give space to nepotism, where is the artistry? When we don’t acknowledge that we are empowering the same stories and framing them as innovative, only to pretend that we care about diversity, what do we really say about the stories we deem are 'important'? Read the full article on Medium by following the link below. Let me know in the comments how you feel we can create more diversity in our educational theatre programs, and how we provide equal opportunity to those at a financial disadvantage. #leadership #diversityequityandinclusion #diversityintheworkplace #art #theatre #theatreeducation #artadministrator #medium #article #dei #education https://lnkd.in/eiNzey4e

Reclaim The Bernie Grant Arts Centre Call to Action: Saturday 29th June 2024 2pm - 5pm Big Thanks to the community for supporting Black Arts Production Theatre (BAP) 👏🏾👏🏾 Speakers: Justice4Windrush & the local community The BGAC come from the community for local artists and to give local employment. Let our voices be heard… join us on this day... Questions: 1. How is our local theatre being used? 2. How many community events have you seen at the BGAC? 3. What are the aims and objectives of the BGAC? 4. Is it reasonable to only give one-month to a rent increase?

"The true power of the arts is the ability to make the invisible visible. It's an immensely powerful thing." Award-winning actor and author Paterson Joseph mentioned this during yesterday's The City Club of Cleveland "Diversifying the Media Production Industry" panel discussion. Paradoxically, we're in an era where the greatest access to information and knowledge is being coupled with a movement attempting to sensor -- and in some cases outright erase -- history and said access. Yesterday's discussion was a powerful display of why the arts continue to be a direct line to culture and history and why they are more vital today than ever before. The importance of elevating and participating in the arts is not only a guaranteed way to experience diverse cultures and backgrounds, but also the quickest and purest way to leverage and celebrate our differences. For example, being in the crowd of an Indigenous performance by Kenneth Shirley (panelist - Indigenous Enterprise, LLC) will circumvent barriers that reading a book may offer and instead directly allow you to experience the culture. There's nothing (and no one) in between you and experiencing Indigenous culture. This was the lightbulb moment for me yesterday while listening to these panelists (Patterson, Kenneth, and Gabriela Muñoz). Yes, the threats against our diverse history and knowledge are real, but the arts afford everyone an avenue to have first-hand diverse experiences devoid of barriers. If you're in the crowd, nothing is coming between you and your cultural experience. BorderLight Theatre Festival's 2024 Festival is live in Cleveland now through July 27. Their mission: to present innovative theatre that inspires, builds cross-cultural understanding, and celebrates the diversity of the human experience. If you're in the Cleveland area, now is the time to participate and celebrate our differences and the human experience. Check out their website for a complete schedule and for more information: https://lnkd.in/gX-jpuVB (Great to meet you, Rachel Costanzo! Keep up the great work!) #Culture #Diversity #Arts #Cleveland

Isabella Deshon knew she loved movies from the moment her dad took her to the theater. However, she didn't know she was passionate about making them until high school. Since then, she has pursued this passion, which led her to our Bachelor in Communication and Digital Media. During her time at IE University, Isabella has explored her creativity through the IE Theater Club, and the IE Short Film Festival, where students can showcase their skills in a relaxed environment. Learn more about her artistic pursuits in the following episode of "In Their Shoes," or in this article.

TONIGHT: CAH Grantee Event Theater and Policy Salon presents, “The Struggle to Realize Enlightenment Ideals: From the Early Days of the American Republic to the Present” April 18, 2024 6:00pm EDT New York University - Washington, DC 1307 L Street, NW Abramson Family Auditorium Cost: Free This Theater and Policy Salon project examines the interplay of history, politics, and art in asking: how does change happen? Where does it start, and where can it go? A reading of DC playwright Jamie Stiehm's new play, “Across The River” will be followed by a conversation among historians, political scientists, and activists to trace the long and ongoing journey in the U.S. to ensure full political participation by women and people of color. Stiehm’s play mourns what happened when visions of equality for all - as enunciated by America’s founders espousing Enlightenment ideals - collided with the reality of a brutal social order marked by slavery and patriarchy. The play looks at a fateful moment when the arc of U.S. history failed to bend toward justice. As the play depicts, early efforts by leaders like Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, and thinkers like Mary Wollstonecraft and Lucretia Mott to marshal arguments for full political participation by African-Americans and women, were met by fierce resistance by slave state politicians, eventually to the point of civil war. The Salon will discuss how every generation is called upon to defend and expand American democracy anew, especially when it comes to assuring rights for people of color and women. Despite high-minded Enlightenment rhetoric about equality and liberty at the Republic’s founding and strenuous efforts over the decades to turn that rhetoric into reality, it took until the 1960s to enact major civil rights legislation. And the struggle continues today to resist the erosion of those rights. The panel conversation following the play reading will address how that struggle is playing out now as today’s “idealists” of varied backgrounds and gender identities are trying to advance an agenda of more inclusive political participation. The panel will feature Fergus Bordewich, Historian and Writer, Dr. Maya Kornberg, Research Fellow, Elections and Government Program, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice, Jasleen Singh, Counsel, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice, and Angela Tate, Curator of Women's History, National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Theatre Communications Group upgraded me to a solo presentation at the national theater conference, and I love their description! "As nonprofit arts organizations we are fed the narrative that our most lucrative programs or productions are often the least mission-aligned, and vice versa: that our most mission-aligned work is the least beneficial for our bottom line. Out Of Hand Theater's story paints a different picture: we have developed a model that has tripled our income in four years while moving our neighbors to action on important issues and elevating the role of theater in our community. It’s a win for art, a win for business, and a win for our community... This session will illustrate more about this unique model, and generate further conversation about how to serve our bottom lines by centering our communities and harnessing our greatest potential for impact."