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Art, Migration, and Public Space: An Evening with 2019 Soros Arts Fellows SOLD OUT

What role can art play in broadening perceptions about migration? How can working at the intersection of migration, public space, and the arts drive change? Firelei Báez, Tania El Khoury, Guadalupe Maravilla, and Nontsikelelo Mutiti are some of the visionary artists and cultural producers in the 2019 Soros Arts Fellowship, whose work tackles these questions in creative and illuminating ways. After presenting their current projects, they will engage in a compelling conversation about the diverse artistic approaches to migration and public space in their practices—from pathways of community building through healing and storytelling to the exploration and recovery of diasporic practices and historical narratives.

Speakers:

Moderator: Rashida Bumbray, senior program manager of Open Society’s Arts Exchange.

2019 Soros Arts Fellows

  • Firelei Báez is a painter and sculptor whose work negotiates identity and subjectivity in relationship to cultural and regional histories.
  • Tania El Khoury is a live artist whose work focuses on audience interactivity and the ethical and political potential of such encounters.
  • Guadalupe Maravilla is an artist and educator who creates performances, sculptures, and drawings that blend ancestry, personal mythology, and autobiography.
  • Nontsikelelo Mutiti is an artist, designer, and educator invested in elevating the work and practices of Black peoples’ past, present, and future.

More information & RSVP here: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/events/art-migration-and-public-space-evening-2019-soros-arts-fellows.











When: Tue., May. 28, 2019 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Open Society Foundations–New York
224 W. 57th St.
212-548-0600
Price: Free
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What role can art play in broadening perceptions about migration? How can working at the intersection of migration, public space, and the arts drive change? Firelei Báez, Tania El Khoury, Guadalupe Maravilla, and Nontsikelelo Mutiti are some of the visionary artists and cultural producers in the 2019 Soros Arts Fellowship, whose work tackles these questions in creative and illuminating ways. After presenting their current projects, they will engage in a compelling conversation about the diverse artistic approaches to migration and public space in their practices—from pathways of community building through healing and storytelling to the exploration and recovery of diasporic practices and historical narratives.

Speakers:

Moderator: Rashida Bumbray, senior program manager of Open Society’s Arts Exchange.

2019 Soros Arts Fellows

  • Firelei Báez is a painter and sculptor whose work negotiates identity and subjectivity in relationship to cultural and regional histories.
  • Tania El Khoury is a live artist whose work focuses on audience interactivity and the ethical and political potential of such encounters.
  • Guadalupe Maravilla is an artist and educator who creates performances, sculptures, and drawings that blend ancestry, personal mythology, and autobiography.
  • Nontsikelelo Mutiti is an artist, designer, and educator invested in elevating the work and practices of Black peoples’ past, present, and future.

More information & RSVP here: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/events/art-migration-and-public-space-evening-2019-soros-arts-fellows.

Buy tickets/get more info now