Rural Arts Collaborative: Arts as A Voice for Social Justice

Arts as a Voice for Social Justice Zoom Round Table

“Arts as a Voice for Social Justice” can be a means to generate awareness and can be a catalyst to engage our youth to take action around a social issue. Many artists create work that intersects with social justice causes. Throughout history, art has been used as an accessible tool for communication, raising awareness about social issues and affecting positive change.

The Rural Arts Collaborative art education projects have given thousands of students a creative voice to help them grow with their own ideas – hopefully a new way of thinking, seeing, being and doing which can impact how they understand social justice.

Please join RAC for this discussion on Arts as a Voice for Social Justice.

Click here to join the Zoom Roundtable from 1-3pm on September 16.

Host
Carm Nickens – Founder, Rural Arts Collaborative

Co-Hosts:
Ellen Rossi – EQT Foundation
Danielle McCracken -Oglebay Institute
Dan Cocks/ Mike Edwards – Fayette County Cultural Trust

Co-Moderators
Jim Denova – Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Jim Wolfe –West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History

Participating RAC Artists:
Glynis Board – WV Public Broadcasting
Michele de la Reza- Attack Theatre, PA
Rebecca Kiger – WV
Hiromi Katayama – PA
Michael McKowen & Peggy McKowen- WV Contemporary American Theatre Festival
James Moore – WV
Michele Sabol – PA
Sam Turich – Bricolage, PA