Queen Mary University of London
In 2020, Arts and Culture at Queen Mary University of London invited UK-based artists to converse with academics from across the university, using its Higher Education Innovation Fund. A dentist spoke to a sculptor. A mathematician to a choreographer. A dramatist to an opera singer.
While an unforeseen pandemic limited human contact for many of us, these artists and academics found ways to talk. They held conversations about climate change, mental health, housework, racism, childcare, justice, wellbeing. They exchanged knowledge. Expertise. Then the artists set to work.
The results are original artworks and creative responses that could not have happened without conversations between academics and artists. They remind us of the power of art and the impact of connecting deep thinkers across fields. Watch the video on Vimeo.
La MaMa Announces January Programming Featuring Bobbi Jene Smith, Santee Smith, Anabella Lenzu, and More
January will also see the continuation of La MaMa’s Online Happenings programming, featuring LiveTalks:Take 14.by BWW News Desk
La MaMa has announced programming for January 2021. This month will feature In Process with Bobbi Jene Smith, a look at the artistic progress of Bobbi Jene Smith and the team behind her next work, Broken Theater. January will also include Downtown 2021, an exhibition that reveals the currents of new visual culture and the idea of a new downtown at La MaMa Galleria, curated by Sam Gordon and La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, which explores the creation/recreation of choreographing for an online platform, curated by Nicky Paraiso. La MaMa, in partnership with New York Theatre Workshop, will also present the Reflections of Native Voices Festival, featuring theatre, music and native dance performances by visionary Indigenous artists from across the country.