IN-PERSON PROGRAM

Creative Alliance, We The People: Art as a Mirror for Society

An intimate conversation between Creative Alliance's Executive Director (Jason Steer) and Visual Arts Director (Joy Davis).

Join ASG and the Creative Alliance for a candid dialogue exploring how the arts serve as essential tools for processing complex social realities. Through the lens of recent exhibitions like "Walk On By", a Baltimore-Rotterdam exchange examining African diaspora experiences. We will discuss Creative Alliance's approach to curating spaces where difficult conversations can unfold through artistic practice.

This conversation illuminates the intersection of community engagement and curatorial vision in Highlandtown, examining how Creative Alliance creates programming that centers marginalized voices while building meaningful dialogue across difference. We'll explore questions central to our "We the People" theme: Who gets to tell which stories?

How do we create platforms that challenge dominant narratives while remaining accessible? What does accountability to the community look like in arts programming? Drawing from over a decade of museum and gallery work focused on African diaspora art and material culture, Visual Arts Director Joy Davis will discuss her curatorial philosophy of supporting artists of color and democratizing cultural knowledge, while examining how Creative Alliance's multi-disciplinary approach. The programming spans visual arts, film, performance, and community programs and creates unique opportunities for arts-based civic engagement.

Members-only, registration required (limited to 40 people).