WAYO Play (Puppet) Show 050

What does puppeting, tokenism, and checklisting community engagement look and feel like institutionally?

Calvin Eaton, 540WMain founder and director, joins to share direct experience with being approached by a new local arts organization.

This is Part 2 of the discussion. Listen to Part 1 for context on artwashing, redlining, and gentrification; recorded at WXIR for the More•than•isms podcast: https://tinyurl.com/semsqp7

Arts in the Loop, formed by Eastman School of Music in the context of downtown development, can be learned about here: https://iml.esm.rochester.edu/artsintheloop/

More on 540 at https://540westmain.org/

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Sunday, December 15, 2019