History Refused to Die, Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift at the Met
“What if your baby is cold?” My Soul Has Grown Deep, Black Art from the American South, (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press, 2018) with essays by Cheryl Finley, Randall R. Griffey, Amelia Peck and Darryl Pinckney, was published to accompany History Refused to Die. Daryl Pinckney’s essay ends with the thought: “But the […]
#thisispeace
In a world where sometimes we all need a little reminder, we are thrilled to launch the ‘this is peace’ initiative. The mission of the campaign is to raise awareness and bring peace to everyone, everywhere.
We Are All The Same Inside – Taking Teasing and Bullying Head On
WOVEN recently sat down with The T.I.M.M.E. Company’s founder, Timothy Bellavia, to hear about his companies mission and progress recently. The company was founded in 2000 with the mission of the company is to combat teasing and bullying in schools by creating a tool to celebrate what we have in common – how different we all are but how much we are also the same.
There is a Solution
For decades Diana Wege has been visiting schools, advocating for gun control, meeting Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill and studying what can be done to end violence in our schools and teach children how to live without conflict.
Theatrical Interventions: Kyoung H. Park
Kyoung H. Park founded Kyoung’s Pacific Beat (KPB), a peacemaking theater company, in 2011. The mission of the Brooklyn based company is to encourage a culture of peace through the production of new theater works. His most recent work is Pillowtalk, which was recently performed at The Tank in Manhattan, as part of The Exponential […]
Upcoming Programs at NewYork Live Arts
WOVEN supports NewYork Live Arts in their aspiration to bring people together through art and creativity.
Bringing Gun Violence Awareness to the Stage
The New York Times recently published an article featuring interviews with the writers behind three new plays that focus on gun violence.