Chris Jordan
Acclaimed photographic artist and cultural/environmental activist Chris Jordan will be the keynote speaker for the 2013 conference - "Encountering Midway: the roles of grief, hope, and love in healing our world". Chris is internationally-known for his work that “explores contemporary mass culture from a variety of photographic and conceptual…
Lily Yeh
Community-based artist Lily Yeh (www.barefootartists.org) will lead a day-long pre-conference workshop on Thursday, February 28, and participate in the conference. A successful painter and professor, Lily’s life was altered when she witnessed the tragic events of Tiananmen Square in 1989. Through the 1980s, Lily was gradually realizing that being…
Ronald K. Brown
RONALD K. BROWN was born in Brooklyn and founded the New York-based contemporary dance ensemble EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY in 1985. In addition to his work with Evidence, Brown has created work for the African American Dance Ensemble, Philadanco, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Alvin…
Dr. Baba Chuck Davis
Dr. Baba Chuck Davis, a native North Carolinian, is Founder and Artistic Director of the African American Dance Ensemble, and founder of both the New York-based DanceAfrica, and the internationally acclaimed CULTURAL ARTS SAFARI. A true visionary in the field of African dance forms, Dr. Chuck Davis is recognized…