Art & activism with dana e. fitchet & Sammay

2016-11-29T22:57:11-08:00By |Categories: Performing Diaspora|

By Erica Dixon   I met with our 2016 Performing Diaspora artists to chat about their process two weeks ago, the week before our recent election. After last week's reaffirmation of our country's divisiveness and bigotry, the exploration of the artist's role in activist work feels more important now than ever. A question that I have been perpetually interested in, in CounterPulse's work, the work of our artists, and my own artistic endeavours, is why we choose art as our medium