2022 Festival
The first annual Arts in Action Festival featured panels, workshops and performances from organizations embedded in arts advocacy across New York City.
Participating organizations included: ARTE (Art & Resistance Through Education), BATTLE,College and Community Fellowships, Dances for Solidarity, Drama Club, Echoes of Incarceration, Exodus Transitional Community, the National Council of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, Parole Prep Project, PEN America, RAPP (Release Aging People in Prison), Recess Art, Rehabilitation Through the Arts, Survivors Justice Project, Survived and Punished NY, Theater of the Oppressed NYC, Theater for Social Change Ensemble, Urban Justice, Urban Word, and the Vera Institute for Justice.
DAYTIME PORTION OF THE FESTIVAL
PANEL CONVERSATIONS
Panel conversations were held on the following topics:
YOUTH VISIONS OF JUSTICE
FEMINIST FUTURES: FREEDOM FOR ALL
LAW AND POLICY FOR LIBERATION
WORKSHOPS
Several different participatory workshops offered during the festival from the following organizations:
THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED NYC
BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION + TOUCHDOWN NYC
RELEASING AGING PEOPLE IN PRISON CAMPAIGN
ACTIVATION LOUNGE
The ACTIVATION LOUNGE was a lobby space / sanctuary for participants to (1) deregulate through breathwork / community building / dancing (2) contribute their thoughts / manifestations of their most radical visions on what reimagining justice means and (3) activate through a community tabling - bringing together organizations committed to this work.
PUBLIC EVENING PERFORMANCE
At the end of the festival, a public and free performance was presented at the Manhattan School of Music’s Neidorff-Karpati Hall.
The first annual Arts in Action Festival was made possible by the generous support of:
The Fetzer Institute
Manhattan School of Music
Kapital Entertainment
The Gersh Agency