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Photo: ReVUE, Sidra Bell Dance New York, credit: Mariana Sheppard
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Photo: The School for the Movement of the Technicolor People, taisha paggett, credit: Lynn Lane

VOICES FROM THE NETWORK

// Stories of Art and Liberation

Building Beauty with Spy Boy Walter

Here in the Masking culture of New Orleans, our expression of freedom comes from sewing and building suits made of thousands of rhinestones, beads, and feathers. Tribal members sew large and small stories and designs year-round to create their expressions of freedom for Mardi Gras Day, St. Joseph’s Night, and Super Sunday.

Call to Remember

Leslie Parker Dance Project Call to Remember exploring Black pedagogy, artistry, and activism in dance Call to Remember (work-in-process).mp4 from National Performance Network Call to…

Moral Documents and Enforcement Tools: Modeling Equitable Contracting

Creating New Futures:Contracts Working Group Moral Documents and Enforcement Tools Modeling Equitable Contracting Jonathan Allen, Interruption 203, Borough Hall subway station, April 17, 2020. Paint…

A Lesson for Living: How Watching My Father Learn to Walk Again Prepared Me for a Pandemic

By Helanius J. Wilkins A Lesson for Living: How Watching My Father Learn to Walk Again Prepared Me fora Pandemic “You’re always a day late…

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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcing the Southern Artists for Social Change Cohort 3

Mar 22

Leveraging a Network for Equity (LANE)

Mar 13

NPN at and around APAP!

Jan 5

Announcing the 2022 Take Notice Fund Awardees

Oct 26

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