FROM the PRESS RELEASE:
Days of Art and Ideas is an ongoing annual program of MAPP International, intended to showcase emerging and established artists while engaging diverse communities in activities focused on the intersection of artistic practice and civic engagement. Curated by playwright and performer Will Power, and Eugene Lang College professors Cecilia Rubino and Brian Lewis, this edition of Days of Art and Ideas explores Sundiata’s ‘research-to-performance’ methodology through workshops, panel discussions, film screenings, and staged readings, and the WeDaPeople’s Cabaret – a multidisciplinary celebration of the power of arts and community.
Read on for a more detailed schedule of the weekend’s events:
September 11, 6-9pm (Wollman Hall) – finding the 51st (dream) state – a film screening of a 30-minute documentary film about Sundiata’s creative process and research methods in the development of his 2006 theater piece, the 51st (dream) state. The film-screening will be followed by a community discussion led by The Woody Guthrie Foundation, The Idiot Brigade, and a public panel led by Will Power, Cecilia Rubino, and Brian Lewis.
September 12, 7:30pm (Tishman Auditorium) – Thinking Out Loud – excerpts of three plays by Liza Jessie Peterson (The Peculiar Patriot), Yadira De La Riva (One Journey), and Marc Wolf (Another American: Asking & Telling) examine critical issues of our time, and culminate in a panel discussion with the playwrights and performers, moderated by MAPP International’s Rasu Jilani.
September 13, 7pm (Tishman Auditorium) – WeDaPeople’s Cabaret – a culminating event and celebration featuring music byBurnt Sugar, Ahmed Abdullah, Wishes and Thieves and DJ Reborn; spoken word from Climbing Poetry, Ramya Ramana, Poets Dasia Carr, Lady Logic and Jakeem Powell; theatrical performances from Paloma McGregor and more.
The festival is free, but seating is first-come, first-served. Please visit The New School Event Calendar for more information.