New York Live Arts presents SUPERUNKNOWN, an Open Spectrum forum featuring four esteemed arts leaders who have made lasting differences to New York's cultural identity and who know firsthand the necessity and risk of creating change.
The panelists will explore a question of special meaning to New Yorkers, whose lives and careers are always evolving, and to Americans preparing to elect a new president: What happens when we deliberately step away from the path we have traveled for years?
New York Live Art's Open Spectrum Community Dialogues fall series is part of "OBAMA OUT" which focuses on the final days of the first black presidency and
President Obama's legacy following an unprecedented era of achievement that will resonate for decades to come.
Moderated by Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equity Initiatives and Human Capital Development, The Atlantic Philanthropies, the forum features
Karen Brooks Hopkins, Senior Fellow in Residence,
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, President Emerita,
Brooklyn Academy Of Music, 1999 to 2015, President Emerita, BAM; Holly Hotchner, President, Hotchner Consulting, Founding Director the Museum of Arts and Design, 1996 to 2013; Ruby Lerner, Founding President and Executive Director, Creative Capital, 1999 to 2015; and Daniel "Danny" Simmons, Jr., Co-Founder and Vice Chair, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, 1995 to present, an iconic Brooklynite who has recently relocated to Philadelphia.
SUPERUNKNOWN is presented by New York Live Arts in partnership with MAPP International Productions, and conceived and curated by Brian Tate. Open Spectrum is supported in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
IF YOU GO:
SUPERUNKNOWN, an Open Spectrum forum on the necessity and risk of creating change.
Featuring:
- Karen Brooks Hopkins, Senior Fellow in Residence, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; President Brooklyn Academy Of Music, 1999 to 2015, President Emerita, BAM
- Holly Hotchner, President, Hotchner Consulting; Founding Director, the Museum of Arts and Design, 1996 to 2013
- Ruby Lerner, Founding President and Executive Director, Creative Capital, 1999 to 2015
- Daniel "Danny" Simmons, Jr., Co-Founder and Vice Chair, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, 1995 to present
- Moderated by Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equity Initiatives and Human Capital Development, The Atlantic Philanthropies
October 5, 2016, 7PM
New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street, NYC
Tickets: $5 Admission · Free for NYLA Members
Located in the heart of Chelsea in New York City, New York Live Arts is an internationally recognized destination for innovative movement-based artistry offering audiences access to art and artists notable for their conceptual rigor, formal experimentation and active engagement with the social, political and cultural currents of our time.
At the center of its identity is Artistic Director
Bill T. Jones, world-renowned choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer. New York Live Arts serves as home base for the
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and is the company's sole producer, providing support and the environment to originate innovative and challenging new work for the Company and the NYC creative community. New York Live Arts produces and presents dance, music and theater performances in its 20,000 square-foot home, which includes a 184-seat theater and two 1,200 square-foot studios that can be combined into one large studio. New York Live Arts offers an extensive range of participatory programs for adults and young people and supports the continuing professional development of artists and commissions.
Founded in 1994, MAPP International Productions is a nonprofit producer of major performing arts projects that raise critical consciousness and spark social change. MAPP provides vital infrastructure to creators whose work is culturally explicit and often defies traditional categorization. While each project is strikingly unique, they share a commitment to tackling tough social issues while experimenting with genre and form.
MAPP Artists develop virtuosic multidisciplinary projects that advance the conversation on such urgent issues as mass incarceration, climate change, immigration, women's empowerment, and more. What sets the organization apart is its success at placing artists at the center of public discourse, stimulating civic engagement while broadly documenting our times. MAPP helps incredible artists make projects that matter, because art that is fired by brilliance and resistance empowers us to actively imagine a better world.
Brian Tate is a curator and marketing strategist with unique experience in developing major public programs that examine complex social issues through a lens of arts and culture. He is president of The Tate Group, a New York City-based consulting firm that specializes in cultural initiatives, strategic marketing, corporate sponsorships, and critical paths. Economic growth and narrative change around issues of equality are at the core of its practice.
