Young Arts Patrons Announces Dinners Project In Partnership With For Freedoms' 50 State Initiative

Young Arts Patrons is organizing a public Dinners Project picnic on October 5, 2018 at Beale Street Landing. The Dinners Project is designed to bring together artists, community leaders, and neighbors to explore the role of art in building a strong democracy and imagining a better future. The Dinners Project event is in conjunction with For Freedoms' 50 State Initiative, designed to encourage nuanced artistic thinking and organizing in politics nationwide. Young Arts Patrons will be facilitating local conversations and connecting them to an ongoing national dialogue, furthering its commitment to supporting artists and their communities. The Dinners Project was founded by Creative Capital Awardee Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas in 2016 to use art as a vehicle to build greater participation in American democracy. The host guides and discussion materials were written in partnership with Love Army, a project of Dream Corps founded by Van Jones.

Building off of the existing artistic infrastructure in the United States, For Freedoms has developed a network of artists and institutional partners who will produce nationwide public art installations, exhibitions and local community dialogues including Young Arts Patrons community partners The Brooks Museum of Art, Rhodes College, and Memphis College of Art.

Support for the Dinners Project includes Edible Memphis (Media Sponsor), Recla Foods, Galler Foods, Inc, and LisaKuy Poundcakes. Local political organizations, student groups, art collectives, economic development, social justice, and activism groups are invited to attend.

The event is free and open to the public.

RSVP: https://forfreedoms.splashthat.com/
Learn more at forfreedoms.org. or dinners.creative-capital.org