Race, Colonization, and Art: An Afro Global Perspective—2016 TCG—Georgetown University—June 22, 2016
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2016-07-01

Theatre Communications Group and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (the Lab) present a Global Pre-Conference livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV at howlround.tv on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Share your thoughts and media with #tcg16 and #howlround, and follow @TCG and @HowlRoundTV in Twitter for updates. 

As an introduction to Theatre Nation, the Global Pre-Conference embodies our collective pursuit of a highly participatory, inclusive nation without borders that includes and celebrates all theatre citizens. The theme for the Pre-Conference is Finding Home: Migration, Exile, and Belonging.

Curated by the Global Theater Initiative (GTI), a newly-formed partnership between TCG and the Lab, the Global Pre-Conference will include a range of international guests from around the world, in dialogue with artists and leaders from across the country.

Through a dynamic and innovative range of performances, workshops, and discussions, we will explore together the value of meaningful cultural exchange in the context of an increasingly polarized world, beset by so many forms of conflict and crisis (geopolitical, humanitarian, environmental, etc.). Our hope is that the alliances we make across these borders will help strengthen and inspire us to together identify and face the most pressing issues in our field and in our world. 

Race, Colonization & Art: An Afro-Global Perspective, moderated by Sonja Parks, Actor, Activist, Educator, and TCG Fox Actor Fellow (USA)
1:45pm EDT (Washington, DC) / 10:45am PDT (Los Angeles) / 17:45 GMT / 6:45pm BST (London) / 19:45 CEST (Berlin) / 20:45 EEST (Beirut)

Countries across the globe acknowledge and celebrate their artists and artistic achievements with national festivals, correctly highlighting the invaluable contribution of the arts to (a) society's development; but if entire groups of people aren't represented, what is being said about the value of that group’s contribution? Colonization has made racism a global entity and it is no less present in the arts. This panel will be an intergenerational, multi-disciplinary, international discussion with practitioners from the US and abroad exploring the question of racism in the arts from an Afro-Global perspective.

Participants include:
Josette Bushell-Mingo, OBE, Actress and Director of African descent (UK/Sweden) 
Nike Jonah, Producer and International Thought Leader on Diversity and Creative Industries (UK) 
Lloyd Nyikadzino, Actor, Director, and Coordinator of the Zimbabwe Center of ITI (Zimbabwe) 
Julius Tennon, Actor and Producer (USA) 
Manuel Viveros, Director and Professor of Theatre, Universidad del Vall (Colombia)

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