The Intimacy Project

The Intimacy Project is...

an ongoing collaboration between artists/educators who draw creative inspiration from their connection to the African continent and are deeply invested in social change through the re-integration of the mind and the body.

By examining the barriers to intimacy amongst those who were once property, The Intimacy Project invokes the historical legacy of slavery on Black minds and bodies as a departure point to uncover solutions for greater honesty and communication across age, gender, class and race.

B.L.I.P.

This is an OPPORTUNITY to CLAIM SPACE...
In a city that is slowly rendering Blackness invisible.
In a time that fails to support us as emotional beings.

This is an EXAMPLE to OURSELVES + to OTHERS...
That Black folks are capable of deep + sustained affection towards each other.
That we are able to heal wounds, old + new, starting with the simple act of TOUCH.

Rebel Home

REBEL HOME is multi-media performance project documenting what it means to be people displaced from our homelands (historically and present day) and how we struggle to create a home in dis'place.  As the displaced, and the subjects of occupation and state violence we have learned how to survive, but how do we thrive? How do we reclaim ourstories to serve as roadmaps to our own collective liberation?  

REBEL HOME is envisioned as a community healing project and will engage with the community through Liberation Labs with artist and hosting a series of Community Dreaming Labs. The information gathered in these sessions will then be used to inform the creation of a multi-media performance piece to premier in the summer of 2010.

DANCEfirst!

see. think. dance. partners with MoAD to present a series of artist salons that engages DANCE FIRST.
In a move to accentuate raw performance, local dancer/choreographers present work with live accompaniment from their favorite musicians in the intimate setting of the MoAD salon.
Each evening in the series ends with a discussion/reception to facilitate direct artist/audience exchange.