The National Center for Choreography - Akron (NCCAkron) hosted a National Summit Convening for all of its Creative Administration Research (CAR) program Artists and Thought Partners from Thursday, June 1 through Saturday, June 3, 2023.

Against All Odds: Moving In Museums
Thursday, June 1, 2023​
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Akron Art Museum
Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium

​A Dancing Conversation between NCCAkron Executive/Artistic Director Christy Bolingbroke, Artist Brendan Fernandes (Chicago, IL), and Akron Art Museum Curator Dr. Jeff Katzin (Cleveland, OH).

The body is an ever-present theme in Keith Haring's work, inciting movement, energy, and liveness. That liveness, combined with Haring's tendency to work both inside and outside of formal sites of artistic display, resonates with dance artists. Using this common ground, how are visual artists and choreographers dancing in and around museum spaces today?

Learn more about the speakers here: https://www.nccakron.org/car2023program

Funded by a multi-year grant from the Mellon Foundation, CAR is focused on challenging the national dance ecosystem to think beyond the boundaries of known, traditional models and “best practices.” The program launched in 2020 and has already initiated five cohorts of 19 Artist Teams from across the U.S. The planning of this convening was informed by an artist-centric committee including CAR Artists and Thought Partners in addition to national scholars. Over the course of three days, participants shared and compared notes from their individual journeys through this work; moved together, physicalizing their administrative thinking and dreaming; created new shared reference experiences to inform future work; and more.

Learn more about the Creative Administration Research program here: https://www.nccakron.org/creativeadmi...