Arts Advocacy

Zibby Owens: Publishing Pitfalls

Zibby Owens: Publishing Pitfalls

In BLANK, I wanted to open readers' eyes a little bit more to the inner workings of the publishing world. I started as an aspiring author then became an author…

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Martha Wade Steketee: Women Count

Martha Wade Steketee: Women Count

Holding people's feet to the fire by just saying, 'You know what, you may think that a lot of women are being hired.' 'I've done five shows last season, isn't…

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Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

I came to New York to meet people I read about in college like Joe Chaiken and Judith Malina, and I met them! I took workshops with Joe Chaiken, and…

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Reid Pope: Reclaiming Labels

Reid Pope: Reclaiming Labels

Alot of the reasons why the male/female -- the binary, in general, was for men specifically like white men and colonizers, to assert dominance and control over people who were…

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Steven Hauck: Stripping Away Stereotypes

Steven Hauck: Stripping Away Stereotypes

Theater is both a spiritual healing and emotional healing and even physical healing for me, and it's been my raison d'etre for most of my life, and that's been problematic,…

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Emily Mann: The Humanist Code of Theater

Emily Mann: The Humanist Code of Theater

The theater is essential to the health of a nation - of any democracy. And perhaps we are so impoverished right now is because of our inability to communicate with…

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Christine Dixon: Black History Brought to Life

Christine Dixon: Black History Brought to Life

Harriet Tubman knows how to relate to the different groups because Harriet doesn't 'see' people like ; my audience is seen as humans, a beautiful mélange of people that are…

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Ellen W. Kaplan: The Promise of Play

Ellen W. Kaplan: The Promise of Play

I believe that is about women and social change. Leaders of change reside with women. For me, working with rather than writing about people is the more radical act.  Work…

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Janet Mitchko: Holding Hands

Janet Mitchko: Holding Hands

I would like to believe I attract heart-centered individuals to work with. I create a sense of safety in the rooms, empowerment and we are in service of the text.…

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Robert Viagas: Audience Auteur

Robert Viagas: Audience Auteur

Losing or winning an argument is not just a zero-sum game. Working together, collaborating is something that you have to learn. The most important part is not you getting all…

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Adrienne D. Williams: Art is Ageless

Adrienne D. Williams: Art is Ageless

Art is ageless. There is no number on Art. As long as your heart is in it, you can do it. And that's a fantastic thing because very often we…

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Carla Debbie Alleyne: Stand Together for Fairness

Carla Debbie Alleyne: Stand Together for Fairness

Artivism is a combination of Art and Activism. I wrote about Bayard Rustin who served as the right hand of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for many years. He was…

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Catherine Filloux: Shaped by Change

Catherine Filloux: Shaped by Change

How can I explain change? It's something that makes me feel hopeful...that audiences, and as people, and most importantly as human beings, we can, by looking at the big picture,…

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Clara Francesca: Creating Socially Aware AI Art

Clara Francesca: Creating Socially Aware AI Art

How do we create a world where we allow people to express themselves, and if they need to be called in or if they're doing something that really is egregious?…

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Valerie David: Celebrating Differences

Valerie David: Celebrating Differences

My mission is to keep culture alive; to sustain that culture because we don't want history repeating itself. And to educate - we are all the same people. We are…

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Maleni Chaitoo: Breaking Through the Silence

Maleni Chaitoo: Breaking Through the Silence

Even though is comical it's an opportunity to change thoughts about who we are, and they can see us as normal people with disabilities. There should be no barriers between…

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Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Here's the thing about AI. It doesn't have a soul, and it doesn't understand psychology, and it doesn't understand the quirks of human behavior. All it can do is strip-mine…

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Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Here's the thing about AI. It doesn't have a soul, and it doesn't understand psychology, and it doesn't understand the quirks of human behavior. All it can do is strip-mine…

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