Apr
1
1:00 PM13:00
Public Talks

American Craft Forum: Forward Motion

Join this digital conversation with artists and maker communities who put care at the center of their practice and offer insights into where we go from here and how craft can take us there. 

Marking one year of living under the shadow of a global pandemic, we’re taking an opportunity to pause, to look around us, to reflect. The difficulties we have all grappled with this year have amplified fissures in our society’s concept of care. Reflecting on this pivotal moment, we ask how craft can comfort us and move us from a crisis of care to a culture of care. Craft, we know, makes care tangible—through our physical relationship to materials, and through the movements and gestures of making. And, craft was made to meet moments like these, connecting us to ourselves, the land, and our shared humanity.

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Cultivating Closeness: Live Workshop for MN Humanities Center #HumanitiesToGo
Apr
30
6:00 PM18:00

Cultivating Closeness: Live Workshop for MN Humanities Center #HumanitiesToGo

This Thursday I’ll be joining the Minnesota Humanities Center on Facebook Live for a short creative workshop on the theme of ‘Cultivating Closeness’ in a time of physical distancing.

Humanities to Go: Featuring Shanai Matteson

Join artist and cultural organizer Shanai Matteson (Water Bar & Public Studio, Raft) for this short #HumanitiesToGo workshop via Facebook Live. From her home studio, Matteson will ask the question, “How can we continue to deepen connections with our nearby neighbors during this time of physical distancing?” This will be a fun, uplifting session inviting participants to create something for their neighbors in observance of May Day and the return of spring. This craft will utilize simple materials that most people should be able to find at home or outside nearby. A materials list and instructions will be posted for those who want to do the activity on their own following this live session.

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Ways of Knowing Water: The Seminar
Oct
30
7:00 PM19:00
Public Talks

Ways of Knowing Water: The Seminar

The Ways of Knowing Water Collaborative that I co-convene with Boris Oicherman (Weisman Art Museum), Jessica Hellmann (Institute on the Environment) and the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Advanced Study will present a seminar recapping our first year together, and looking ahead to the future. For more info visit this site.

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Leveraging Arts and Storytelling to Advance Awareness of Water Resource Issues
Oct
16
3:15 PM15:15
Facilitation, Conference Talks

Leveraging Arts and Storytelling to Advance Awareness of Water Resource Issues

I will be co-leading a special session at the annual Minnesota Water Resources Conference. This session, inspired by our Water Bar ‘Water Tending School’ workshop, will feature artists, local water resource professionals and community activists in conversation about the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of collaborations for water.

From the Water Resource Conference website:

“Stretch your professional skills in this experiential and PowerPoint-free special session. Led by the artists and storytellers of Water Bar & Public Studio, this session will explore how the use of arts and cultural storytelling strategies in water resources outreach can help to create lasting awareness and positive action. Attendees will gain greater understanding and skills in facilitating art/ storytelling by listening and engaging with the MN arts community.”

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Teaching and Learning with Rising Waters
May
9
to May 11
Conference Talks

Teaching and Learning with Rising Waters

I’ll be speaking about the collaborative work of Water Bar & Public Studio and the Ways of Knowing Water Research Collaborative at this symposium convened by the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH): Teaching & Learning With Rising Waters in Philadelphia, PA May 9 - 11th. Thank you to UPenn PPEH for the invitation.

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Mar
28
9:00 AM09:00
Conference Talks

NCECA Claytopia Roundtable

I’ll be joining artist and moderator Hideo Mabuchi and panelists Winona Laduke, Cannupa Hanska Luger, and Steve Hilton for a roundtable discussion following Winona LaDuke’s keynote address at the 2019 NCECA conference here in Minneapolis. For more info about joining this conference of the National Council for Education on Ceramic Arts, and associated public events and exhibitions, visit the conference website.

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Mar
22
8:30 AM08:30
Public Talks

CreativeMornings Minneapolis - Water

I’ll be giving a talk at the next CreativeMorning Minneapolis gathering at Paikka in Saint Paul. The theme, not surprisingly, is “water,” and I’ll be talking about how creativity is at the center of our work serving water at Water Bar & Public Studio. This one is free, details can be got through the CM Minneapolis website.

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Feb
28
5:00 PM17:00

MSR Next Design Forum - Water As Risk & Resource

I will be speaking at the Next Design Forum, a free public speaker series hosted by MSR Architects. The theme of the evening will be Water as Risk and Resource: Climate, Water, and the Built Environment, and we’ll be talking about the intersection of water and design from scientific, ecological, cultural, and creative viewpoints.

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Feb
23
5:30 PM17:30
Facilitation

Angry Black Woman & Well-Intentioned White Girl - Play & Discussion

I’ll be helping to facilitate a discussion following a public reading of Amoke Kubat’s play Angry Black Woman & Well-Intentioned White Girl at North Community High School in Minneapolis. Tickets to the play are $20 and can be purchased in advance through this website. This play is an incredible work of cultural community activism, please join and support Amoke’s vision for truth-telling and healing.

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