Art Residencies & Conflict Areas (June 24/25)

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A two-day event that engages artists, independent arts organizations, residency programmers, and community initiatives on specific areas and cheap oakley sunglasses conceptions of conflict. Issues for discussion will include mobility, community outreach, and exchange of knowledge through the broadly-interpreted artist residency model. Art Residencies & Conflict Areas is initiated by Residency Unlimited, and jointly organized by Residency Unlimited, freeDimensional & the Creative Resistance Fund, and independent researcher Gaby Ron. The program is supported by the Goethe-Institut New York. Get more information here

Estonia & NYC: Sharing the Model of Critical Hosting

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

From April 14-17, freeDimensional’s program coordinator Sidd Joag was invited to present Art Spaces Hosting Activism and Strengthening Community Engagement at the Trans Europe Halles Meeting 71, titled ‘Shifting Gears’ in Tartu, Estonia. The meeting brought together representatives from nearly fifty of Europe’s leading independent cultural institutions and was an exciting opportunity for fD to present its Creative Safe Haven model to a wider European audience. Special thanks to Lemmitt Kaplinski for joining fD’s workshop and discussing his process and challenges in providing safe haven for cheap oakley Georgian poet Zurab Rtveliashvili, adding the necessary personalized perspective. ‘Shifting Gears’ included several performances, short presentations, workshops and discussions investigating the potentials for creative collaboration, artist mobility, resource exchange and capacity building between TEH member organizations. Congratulations to the Creative Center Carnation for hosting an exciting and productive meeting. As Tartu’s first full engagement with the international arts community, Meeting 71 was an important moment in the history of that city’s growing art and culture scene.

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Art Residencies & Conflict Areas (June 24/25)

Estonia & NYC: Sharing the Model of Critical Hosting