Engaged Opportunity Grants
Feminist Directions: Performance, Power and Leadership
Bringing internationally acclaimed artists, scholars and activists together to explore feminist performance through workshops, lectures and discussions
What can the history of women’s performance teach society about the future of feminism? How can artists use performance to reflect the changes they want to see in the world? Internationally acclaimed performance artists Lois Weaver and Holly Hughes, visiting professor Rhodessa Jones and Ithaca-area activists, artists and scholars are exploring these questions during a free, multi-day event in March 2019. Through workshops, lectures and performances, participants will increase their skills in intersectional feminist techniques and building a feminist network for future practice. With support from a number of Cornell units, the team is collaborating with local theaters and agencies to extend the symposium activities to the larger Ithaca community.
Grant Category: Other
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Arts, Communication, Media and Design; Culture, Language and History
The Team
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Sara Warner, Department of Performing and Media Arts
College of Arts and Sciences
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Jayme Kilburn, Department of Performing and Media Arts
College of Arts and Sciences
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Kelly Richmond, Department of Performing & Media Arts
College of Arts and Sciences
- Community partner: Civic Ensemble
- Community partner: Kitchen Theater Company
- Community partner: Cultural Odyssey
- Community partner: Sue Perlgut, CloseToHome Productions
- Community partner: The Performative Self
In the News
MARCH 7, 2019
Symposium welcomes artists, public to explore feminist performance
– The Cornell Chronicle
Engaged Opportunity Grants
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