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Artist Statement: Byron Au Yong (歐陽良仁) composes songs of dislocation prompted by a broken lineage. Upcoming projects include Activist Songbook, 53 raps and songs to counteract hate and energize movements (Asian Arts Initiative, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Montalvo Arts Center) and 9 Lifeboats, a performance handbook installation about climate displacement (Exploratorium).
Bronx,
NY
Artist Statement: Overseeing a public art programat THE POINT C.D.C., "Village of Murals" that seeks to create humane pathways through both residential and industrial areas of The Hunts Point Peninsula leading the beautiful Barretto Point Park.
Artist Statement: Carlos Sandoval is the co-producer/director of the award-winnings documentaries, A Class Apart (American Experience 2009, Imagen Award) and Farmingville (P.O.V. 2004, Sundance Special Jury Prize). Sandoval holds a law degree and served as a member of the US delegation to the United Nations. He is currently working on a documentary about Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB1070.
St Petersburg,
FL
Artist Statement: Artist Carrie Boucher believes that creative making is an essential part of human expression and through her current work she explores the fundamental questions around who has access to art programming, and why disparities exist. In her current work, the NOMAD Art Bus Project, she attempts to address that inequity through her own direct action, as well as through inspiring & empowering a...
Artist Statement: Catherine Tambini is the co-producer/director of Farmingville, winner of numerous awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award, and was the season premier of PBS’ highly acclaimed documentary series, P.O.V. Ms. Tambini co-produced the Academy Award-nominated documentary film Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and was shown on...
Artist Statement: Co-founder of IDEA Odyssey Gallery & Collective
Founded in 2010, the International District Engaged in the Arts (IDEA) Odyssey is a collective dedicated to nurturing and supporting visual artists of diverse cultures, primarily those of Asian, African, Caribbean, Latino, Native American and Pacific Islander heritage, and artists who explore culture, diversity and identity in their work.
Artist Statement: Chris Jonas is a composer, intermedia/video artist, conductor and instrumentalist working on the intersection of the visual and acoustic, creating pieces that engage and challenge context. Along with partner Molly Sturges, Jonas founded Littleglobe in 2005.
Artist Statement: Playing the cello/classical music can be perceived as elitist. My goal, as an individual artist, as a member of Mosaic, and as a member of the greater community of Baltimore, is to break down those barriers, whether through concerts for populations who do not as a rule experience live music, teaching children who may not otherwise be exposed to playing an instrument, or our school shows that...
St. Louis,
MO
Artist Statement: Some of us can say we are professional artists. Some of us got caught up in a new process that was interesting, overwhelming, challenging, and, ultimately, rewarding.You, the audience, are collaborators in ways that none of us fully understand. You can tell us what you think or feel or appreciate about this evening, this production, this process. We can reach back and tell you who we are and...
Dover,
NH
Artist Statement: A MA graduate,I Michelina ( in art Michel) Croteau, am an International artist.
Artist Statement: Dan Froot (he/him) is a producer, performance artist, writer, composer, dancer, and saxophonist. He creates live performances and podcasts that foster community dialogue around issues such as food insecurity, housing, immigration, and the role of guns in American society. Dan received a New York Dance & Performance Award (a.k.a. BESSIE) for the creation of his music/theater work SEVENTEEN...
Artist Statement: Daniel Heyman is a painter and printmaker in Philadelphia. He is a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow in fine arts and a 2009 Pew Fellowship in the Arts recipient.
Recent solo exhibitions include “Bearing Witness” at the Laband Gallery at Loyola Marymount University, List Gallery of Swarthmore College, and Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University, “Abu Ghraib Detainee Interview Project” at the DePaul...
Artist Statement: He is an internationally recognized visual artist; an educator; political and community activist. His M.F.A. study took place at Otis/Parsons School of Design, and his BA from California Polytechnic University, where he was honored as Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.
Artist Statement: Daphne moved to Santa Fe in 2007 after completing her first documentary film, Waterbuster, which she co-produced, wrote and edited with her partner, Carlos Peinado. Waterbuster premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film festival and was broadcast on regional public television stations. Daphne recently joined the Littleglobe Core Team as core artist and administrative coordinator.
Artist Statement: Debi Cornwall is a visual artist working in conceptual documentary photography, who returned to creative expression in 2014 after a 12-year career as a wrongful conviction lawyer. Now, her values as an advocate and trained mediator, as well as her background representing innocent DNA exonerees, inform her visual work. Debi's deeply layered work marries empathy and dark humor with structural...
Artist Statement: Denise R. Duarte is a multi-disciplinary/socially-engaged artist and a Community Development Consultant with D’Arte Designs, LLC. She received her Master of Fine Art in Community Art from the Maryland Institute of Art (MICA).
Her current artwork focuses on feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LBGTQ+) issues. The feminist series examines the historical context behind contemporary...
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Artist Statement: Edgar Arceneaux was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California, where he continues to live and work. He received his BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and his MFA from the California Institute of Arts in Valencia, California. In addition he has studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and at the Fachhochschule Aachen in Germany.