Woven from young refugees’ accounts of their own journeys, Cartography combines simple storytelling with interactive video technology to recount experiences of modern-day migration from a youth perspective. Developed by theater director Kaneza Schaal and author/illustrator Christopher Myers, Cartography empowers viewers young and old to share their experiences of searching for home.
OPENING NIGHT ARTIST UP CLOSE CONVERSATION:
All ticketholders to Thursday’s performance will receive a link to a post-show conversation with CARTOGRAPHY creators Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers. The conversation will be hosted by FirstWorks Executive Artistic Director, Kathleen Pletcher on Zoom. A recording will be made available for on-demand viewing on our website on 2/26.
Our journey continues with a FirstWorks Creative Conversation… CARTOGRAPHY: Mapping our Journeys – March 4, 7 PM
Join FirstWorks, the creators of the multimedia performance Cartography, and esteemed members of our cultural community as we examine how the arts represent migration and immigrant narratives. We’ll consider how Rhode Islanders tell their own stories of migration, and how those stories evolve in a global crisis. How has COVID-19 affected the experiences of recent immigrants to the United States and our nation’s concept of immigration? How can the arts serve as a connector as we anticipate the fallout of COVID-19 on immigrant and refugee communities, locally and globally?
Panelists: Kaneza Schaal & Christopher Myers, Co-Creators of CARTOGRAPHY Baha Sadr, Quality Assurance Director, Dorcas International Dr. Ehsun Mirza, Critical Care Physician and Co-Creator of “More than My Religion” traveling exhibition Moderated by Avery Willis Hoffman, Artistic Director of the Brown Arts Initiative and Professor of the Practice of Arts and Classics at Brown University
Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
This program is also made possible [in part] by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.* The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities seeds, supports, and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all Rhode Islanders.
*Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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