Starting on February 1st and continuing through the month, Iowa Arts is sponsoring a series of events that bring arts and humanities together to explore a range of timely issues. The initiative, called “Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice,” includes work framed by discussions to place them in a social context from the The Departments of Cinematic Arts, Dance, English, Theatre Arts, the School of Music, the International Writing Program, the Nonfiction Writing Program, and the UI Library. All events are available online and are free to the public.
“Art and the Pursuit of Social Justice” includes the following events:
Events scheduled for February 2021
- February 12, 6:00 pm
English and Non-Fiction Reading by Felicia Chavez, followed by questions. Felicia Rose Chavez will read from her new book, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop. Readings are generally an hour, divided between 30-40 minutes of reading and 20-30 minutes of Q&A. Customarily the reader is introduced by a PL staff member who also moderates the Q&A but occasionally a writing faculty member or graduate student will moderate. More info: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1552-the-anti-racist-writing-workshop
- February 18, 3:30 pm
English / Nonfiction Writing Program: Toward an Anti-Racist Writing Workshop. Meenaksh Gigi Durham, Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program and Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, will chair. The other panelists will be Felicia Rose Chavez, Luis Munoz, Matthew Kelley, and Deborah Elizabeth Whaley, Professor and CLAS Administrative Fellow, Office of the Dean.
- February 18 and most Thursdays following, 7:00 pm
Black Lives on Screen. Cinematic Arts, a virtual film screening series with discussions, every Thursday in the spring semester. Featuring the work of a diverse range of acclaimed African American and Black filmmakers, artists, and scholars, the online weekly screening series and discussions will promote and celebrate the rich history and future of Black cinematic expression in the context of an inclusive, educational, and inspiring experience for the entire University of Iowa community.
- February 19, 5:30 pm
Creative Matters: Michael Dinwiddie. Teaching interests include cultural studies, African American theater history, dramatic writing, filmmaking and ragtime music. A dramatist whose works have been produced in New York, regional, and educational theater, he has been playwright-in-residence at Michigan State University and St. Louis University and taught writing courses at the College of New Rochelle, Florida A&M University, SUNY Stony Brook, California State University at San Bernardino, and Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More info: https://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/mdd3.html
- February 21, 4:00 pm
Theatre Without Borders: Acting on the World Stage: 21 years into the 21st century. A Conversation about Enacting Social Change through Performance. Core members of Theatre Without Borders, a theatre collective established in the wake of 9/11 will discuss the evolution of international theatre practices for social change. Theatre Without Borders (TWB) is an informal, grass-roots, all-volunteer, virtual, global community that shares information and builds connections between individuals and institutions interested in international theatre and performance exchange.
- February 25, 5:30 pm
International Writing Program / Department of Dance: Images of America
- February 26, 5:30 pm
Damani Phillips, School of Music: Face Self / Face Truth
On the heels of the George Floyd incident in the summer of 2020, our nation has found itself in the midst of a widespread reckoning related to issues of racial inequality, social justice and our country’s valuation of Black life. “Face Truth / Face Self” is a multi-disciplinary arts performance which invites its audience to squarely face the truth of our nation’s troublesome handling of matters of racial justice, better understand our own personal relationships with this cultural dynamic and carefully ponder how these truths influence our next steps in bringing about meaningful change. Centered on noteworthy incidents where Black lives were unjustly taken, student and local professional performers from across the spectrum of the creative arts internalize and interpret these atrocities into performances that reflect and interpret the angst of these atrocities in a way that only the arts are capable of doing. In the process, both performing artists and audience members are inspired to better understand the individuals involved in these incidents and are challenged to squarely face the bitter truth of what such incidents say about us all - as both individuals and as a nation. More info: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule
- Date and Time TBA
Theatre Arts: Creating Forward, Reconciling the Past: Truth and Storytelling into a New Future
A playwright, an original Freedom Rider, and members of the Iowa Freedom Riders — A conversation about truth telling, memory, and reconciliation on civic and artistic stages.
- Date and Time TBA
Art and Art History: Panel
Online Resources
Digital Resources: Want to join the conversation about diversifying performance repertory here at the University of Iowa and beyond? Check out @empowerthevoices on Instagram, where you can explore new and exciting rep at the Rita Benton Music Library, starting January 2021! For more information about this project, contact Katie Buehner (Head, Rita Benton Music Library) or Dr. Sarah Suhadolnik (Faculty, School of Music).
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