July 10-13, 2009
Check out these great arts politics goings-on this weekend! Already have plans? Not to worry! Most of these events also extend through the summer.
Want TAP to post your arts & politics events? Send us your workshops, concerts, readings, classes, festivals, hearings, performances, and more by posting a comment below or by emailing us at datebook@theartspolitic.com.
So get out there friends & have a great weekend…and then come back and tell us all about it!
Our breakdown:
JULY 1-31, 2009; Reno, NV. Festival: Artown. Reno is featuring cultural diversity and artistic innovation at its best with more than 400 events from over 100 presenters at its comprehensive annual festival.
JULY 7-SEPTEMBER 29, 2009; Barcelona, Spain. Exhibition: On the Margins of Art, Creation and Political Engagement. Curated by Guy Schraenen, MACBA (Museu D’Art Contemporani de Barcelona) presents an overview of the ways in which artists from the second half of the 20th century have placed their creative capacity at the service of political demands.
July 10-12, 2009; Cleveland, OH. Festival: Ingenuity Festival Cleveland. A weekend-long celebration of art and technology with diverse work by international masters as well as Northeast Ohio’s performing and visual artists and emerging artists.
JULY 10-12, 2009; Louisville, KY. Festival: Forecastle. Merging a weekend lineup of live music with environmentally-educational art from “The Sustainable Living Roadshow” and a score of activist groups including the Sierra Club, Urban Seeds, Greenpeace and Voter Registration.
JULY 11-AUGUST 23, 2009; Hartford, CT. Screening & Exhibition: The Black List: Volumes 1 and 2. Presented jointly by The Amistad Center for Art & Culture and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, view diverse experiences about being Black in America.
July 14-25, 2009; San Francisco, CA. Dance: The Ballad of Polly Ann. Dancers, artists, and a labor historian mine personal narratives of female bridge builders who worked on the Bay Bridges from the 1970s.
July 15-18, 2009; Chicago, IL. Conference: Creative Entrepreneurship and Education in Cultural Life. Hosted by the Arts Entrepreneurship Center of Columbia College Chicago.
July 16-31, 2009; North Adams, MA. Festival: Bang on a Can Summer Festival. Daily gallery recitals at Mass MoCa, free concerts, and a six-hour art/music marathon.
