Creative Activity as a Human Right
Time: Nov. 11, 2021, 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Location: Virtual
A Lender Center Conversation
Interdisciplinary artists, activists, and educators with expertise in the arts, humanities, and social sciences join together to examine what it might mean to rethink creativity as a universal and inalienable human right, a remedy for complicated histories of inhumanity and carelessness, and a change-making, emancipatory form of social intelligence.
The Lender Center for Social Justice has assembled a robust colloquium welcoming a series of panelist through the afternoon:
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
“Joy, Justice, and Creative Futures” - Keynote / Q&A
Amelia M. Kraehe, Ph.D. is Associate Vice President for Equity in the Arts and Co-founder and Co-director of Racial Justice Studio at the University of Arizona School of Art, a transdisciplinary incubator for the study and practice of intersectional anti-racism in and through the arts.
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
“Art as Social Response and Responsibility”
A Conversation with National Leaders in Art + Design Education Focused on Equity with scheduled panelists, Amelia M. Kraehe (University of Arizona), Injeong Yoon-Ramirez (University of Arkansas), Sara Scott Shields and Rachel Fendler (Florida State University), and Shyla Rao (Baltimore City Public Schools).
4:15-5:45 p.m.
"Creativity = Creative Activity"
This conversation with local creative leaders about engagement includes Cjala Surratt (Everson Museum of Art, CFAC, LightWork Lab), Sarah Gentile (West Genesee and Syracuse City School Districts), Kimberley McCoy (ArtRage Gallery), and Rochele Royster (Syracuse University).
6:00-7:00 p.m.
"Contemporary Art as a Call to Action"
This "spotlight conversation" features artists Carrie Mae Weems and Helen Sughaib.
Organizer James Haywood Rolling Jr. ’91 describes the origins of the project here.