CAP UCLA Presents Constance Hockaday's ARTISTS-IN-PRESIDENTS: FIRESIRE CHATS FOR 2020
It will take place Sept. 18 – Nov. 13 online.
Visual artist Constance Hockaday's Artists-In-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020 began with a "Welcome Episode" on Friday, September 18th and shared the first two weekly transmissions Friday, September 25 and October 2. Transmissions to the Nation will continue weekly through Friday, November 13. UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) is presenting this project, in association with Stanford Live, as one of this season's micro-commissions and serves as an example of CAP UCLA's institutional commitment to artists, especially during this season of financial uncertainty. Artists-In-Presidents is free to enjoy.
Artists-In-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020 is a creative project directed by visual artist Constance Hockaday that examines the performance of power alongside the presidential election. We've heard national addresses so far from Miranda July, Ishmael Reed, CAP UCLA resident artist Eiko Otake, A. Haq, My Other Me, Lewis Hyde, Alice Sheppard, Kanyon Sayers-Roods: Coyote Woman, Kristina Wong, Deana Haggag, Jen Delos Reyes, Ridykeulous, Cara Levine, Asher Hartman, and Kennedi Tezano. In the weeks ahead, 36 more addresses will be released.
The aforementioned releases critique, heal, move, and inspire. They channel rage. They demand change. They offer faith, and they call to the roots of a collective imagination. The voices of these assumed creative leaders offer strength to take action towards justice for all. The pandemic, immigration, racial injustice, accessibility and more is covered.
Artists-In-Presidents was inspired by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Depression-era fireside chats, is directed by Constance Hockaday and produced in partnership with UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance and with support from The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, and TED. Funds for Artists-In-Presidents is provided in part by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
For more information visit: Artists-In-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020
Videos
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The Most Happy Fella North Coast Repertory Theatre (6/03-6/28) |
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STRAITJACKET SIRENS Three Clubs (6/01-6/30) |
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A Haunting Revue II Impro Theatre (6/06-6/26) |
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Mike Blaha: Pivotal Nomad Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/24) |
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In the Blink of an Eye: A Musical Memoir The Pico (6/19-6/21) |
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My Life is a Sonnet Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/27) |
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MISS MAGNOLIA BEAUMONT GOES TO PROVINCETOWN Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre (6/17-6/28) |
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The Show Has Been Cancelled (Due to the End of The World) Broadwater Second Stage (6/16-6/27) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (6/11-6/13) |
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Sonja Marie’s Free Bricks – two shows only – a Black History [every] Month Special Event Santa Monica Playhouse (6/20-6/21) |
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