September 23, 2020 | News,
A Year of Experimentation
This year has asked us all, both as individuals and as a larger organization to reexamine how we create art. From the shuttering of live theatre as we know it...
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September 10, 2020 | Events, Notes From Leadership,
Announcing David Dower’s Departure
Creating an institution is not unlike creating a work of art. In this case, the art form is theater. But like every act of creativity, it starts from a vision...
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September 9, 2020 | Events, Film, Together Apart,
Artists Conversation with Step Afrika and ArtsEmerson
We had the honor of talking with Founder and Executive Director of Step Afrika! C. Brian Williams on the future of art making in the digital age, the relationship between...
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September 8, 2020 | Together Apart, Events, Film, Race and Equity,
The History of the Stono Rebellion
It is a known fact that our history books contains massive gaps, focusing their narrative so narrowly that even if the book is full of words, there are pieces of...
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September 3, 2020 | Together Apart, Film,
Welcoming back Step Afrika! In This New World
We all started this year with an idea of what was the come, preparing for plans that were soon to set in motion and an expectation of what we, individually...
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August 25, 2020 | Together Apart, General, Notes From Leadership, Race and Equity,
The Good Old Days Weren’t Good For Everybody
Don’t miss ArtsEmerson Executive Director David C. Howe’s appearance on Dr. Nick Morgan’s #JustOneQuestion show where he talks about his life and work in a moment of racial reckoning on...
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August 21, 2020 | Race and Equity, General,
The Myth Around Philanthropy in Communities of Color
Earlier this week, The Chronicle of Philanthropy—a DC based magazine covering the nonprofit world of benefaction—published an extensive interview with ArtsEmerson Executive Director David C. Howse and Shannon Worthington, our...
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June 12, 2020 | Events, Race and Equity,
Town Hall #4: What Comes After the Public Commitments?
On June 17 at 12 pm EDT, ArtsEmerson hosted a Town Hall with Executive Director David C. Howse and Artistic Director David Dower for a conversation centered around the most...
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