Be Our Guest: Finding Creative Time + Space
a conversation on artists-in-residence programs
Visual artists, dance-makers, writers, performance artists, filmmakers, and more – this is for you! Learn about the hundreds of artists’ residency opportunities available for artists of all kinds and every career stage, in your backyard and across the globe. Find out what distinguishes them, the best way to apply, and how to maximize your experience. Ask questions, meet the directors, and hear from artists who have benefited from residencies.
5:00-6:30pm
Live Arts Brewery (LAB)
919 N. 5th Street (map)
Philadelphia
Panelists include:
- Caitlin Strokosch | Alliance of Artists Communities (moderator)
- Christopher Morgan | Director, Dance Omi, Omi International Art Center
- Ann Brady | Executive Director, Atlantic Center for the Arts
- Craig Peterson | Director, Live Arts Lab, Live Arts + Fringe
- Thaddeus Phillips | theater artist, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental
This event is free and open to the public, but we ask that you RSVP so that we can anticipate attendance.
This Be Our Guest presentation is supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Following "Be Our Guest," stay for Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental's preview of WHaLE OPTICS, a new work to premiere in 2011. WHaLE OPTICS will theatrically explore the ocean through the ancient and mysterious songs of whales, underwater fiberoptic communications, and the ocean. The new work will be directed and designed by Thaddeus Phillips and feature an international cast and a live score composed by David Wilhelm (composer for Red-Eye to Havre de Grace).
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