Closing Remarks—Ford Foundation's Convening on Art, Identity, and Movements for Change—June 23, 2015
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2015-06-24

The Ford Foundation presents the convening Art, Identity, and Movements for Change livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday, June 23.

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This is the first event in The Art of Change series, a yearlong exploration by the Ford Foundation of the interplay between art and social justice. For more information on this effort, and to join the conversation, visit www.artofchange.is.

Increasingly, many of us experience our identities in complex ways that transcend (yet still include) categories of nation, gender, religion, ethnicity, class, age, or race. This complexity creates new challenges as well as new opportunities for movements for social justice in terms of how we organize and advocate. Many artists are ahead of the curve in investigating this complex territory—challenging restrictive identity categories, shaping new narratives around contemporary experience, and affirming identities that have been historically misrepresented.

This convening asks—how does art enable us to understand the complexity of the human experience and find common ground with others, as well as envision and enact new social and political possibilities? Are there opportunities to build more inclusive and collaborative social movements around shared values and needs?

Closing Remarks
4:45pm–5:00pm EDT (New York) / 20:45-21:00 GMT / 9:45pm-10pm BST (London)
Darren Walker President, Ford Foundation