From Debate to Create
Imagine artists participating on the world stage at the UN, providing creative perspectives in global affairs. How can artists help solve social issues?
July 30, 2011
1:00 – 9:00 pm*
18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th Street
Santa Monica 90904
To RSVP: Send an email to ajones@18thstreet.org. Be sure to put RSVP for June 30 in the subject line and your full name in the message box.
*Audience is invited to come all day or drop in throughout the day.
Recommended times to attend:
1pm for Artists Debates (will run approximately 1.5 hours)
7pm for Creative Proposal Performances and Assembly Voting
(will run approximately 2 hours)
Audience members are also welcome to participate throughout the day in collaborative brainstorming workshops.
ADDITIONAL PARKING AVAILABLE ACROSS THE STREET AT CROSSROADS from 4-11 pm
From Debate to Create
Through a structure of debate, caucus, collaboration, performance and voting that echoes United Nations proceedings, artists and audience will come together to explore a vital issue of our time – Cultural Equity. By developing creative proposals (art, music, theatre or dance), the goal is to provide a performative context for artists to demonstrate the importance of the arts in solving conflicts.
Please join Jerri Allyn, Inez Bush and a group of diverse artists for this exciting experimental experience! Growing list of possible debaters includes: Juna Amano • Shana Nys Dambrot • Eva Forgacs • Gerard St. Hubert • Daniela Ionescu • Ivy Lindsey • Marissa Magdelena • Joann Mitchell • Brian Moss • Juliana Ostrovsky • Christine Palma • Nisha Parekh • Jean Karl Petion • Erika Reynoso • Daniel Sykes • Marjan Vayghan • Camille Werster • Erich Wise • Ar Zu • Leah Taylor •
Please join us for this exciting experimental experience!
All are welcome to participate.
For more into, please contact:
Jerri Allyn :: 310.963.8118 :: allynjerri@gmail.com or
Inez Bush :: 310.480.6062 :: inez@gramercypartners.biz
Co-sponsors: MFA in Public Practice, Otis College of Art and Design and Artweek.LA.
[...] After much preparation, discussion and strategizing in the past three Debate Prep Discussions leading up to the final event, the participants in the Debating Through the Arts Performance 3 and Exhibition are almost ready to present their arguments to the public. With only two evenings of prep discussions left (July 20 and July 28 from 7-10 pm), the Debaters are honing in on their overall debate questions, thinking about their own debate and are joining teams. On July 30th from 1:00pm – 9:00pm through a structure of debate, caucus, collaboration, performance and voting that echoes United Nations proceedings, artists and audience will come together to confront a vital issue of our time – Cultural Equity. The goal of this event is to provide a performative context for artists to demonstrate the importance of the arts in solving conflicts. Don’t miss the passionate discussion between groups of socially-aware, politically astute artists. For information about becoming a debater for the big Debate visit here. [...]
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