FST invites you to join us for conversations with some of the country's top playwrights creating art today. Hear directly from these artists about their processes and what it takes to get a play on its feet. -- In a high-speed world, information is more accessible than ever before. But what happens when the very Read More >
Medhin Paolos is a filmmaker, photographer, musician, and social justice activist. Her first film was Asmarina (2015), co-directed with Alan Maglio. For ten years (1999-2009) Paolos was part of the folk-electronic band Fiamma Fumana. Paolos is the co-founder of the Milano chapter of Rete G2 (Second Generation Network), a national organization that promotes the human and civil rights of Read More >
This year’s symposium centers on the theme “Black Lives Still Matter!” To honor the realities of screen fatigue, we will space the events out over two days. As always, our symposium will connect artists, academics, and activists for deep conversation. The symposium will feature a keynote address, two panels, and an Open Mic night. One Read More >
SquareRoot of Love: Beyond the Divide - 2021 A John Sims Project This past year has been shaped by a global pandemic, social unrest and civil disruption, agitated by systemic racial and political divisions. The current political and social climate has ignited unprecedented fear and violence, that threatens civil governance and the soul of American Read More >
This year’s symposium centers on the theme “Black Lives Still Matter!” To honor the realities of screen fatigue, we will space the events out over two days. As always, our symposium will connect artists, academics, and activists for deep conversation. The symposium will feature a keynote address, two panels, and an Open Mic night. One Read More >
This year’s symposium centers on the theme “Black Lives Still Matter!” To honor the realities of screen fatigue, we will space the events out over two days. As always, our symposium will connect artists, academics, and activists for deep conversation. The symposium will feature a keynote address, two panels, and an Open Mic night. One Read More >
Join New College in welcoming Ms. Valerie Buchand on speaking about the history and present of Newtown. Ms. Val manages the Newtown Farmers Market, works with Newtown Nation, and so much more. We hope to see you there!
The CSC program connects New College of Florida, Ringling College of Art and Design, SCF, and USFSM students in learning, sharing, and serving virtually with community partners. For Black History month we will be focusing on ways in which we can honor, support, and serve the Black Lives Matter movement. We hope you can join Read More >
In this writing salon, we’ll explore ways to creatively process what you’ve learned in the other Black History Month events you’ve attended, express feelings (like anger, rage, grief, fear, and anxiety) that make you feel uncomfortable, and use language as a tool for resistance. In a lecture at the Free University in Berlin in April Read More >
It is today widely understood that ‘race’ is a product of society and not a fact of nature. But where did this idea come from? In this campus conversation, we will explore the ideas of the Black abolitionists David Walker (1796-1830) and Hosea Easton (1798-1837). More than a century before the emergence of the notion Read More >
Aja's Artistic Statement: i was raised in the artistic legacy of poets engaged in social movements. over the years ive mentored and worked with many organizations and artists. i co-founded Smokes Signals Studio as an effort to strategize in community on how we could integrate art into our organizing strategies and encourage artists to see Read More >
Join Danielle Campbell, students, and community members as they read from Black literature and poetry. 2020 highlighted the ongoing struggles Black Americans face in obtaining truly equal and equitable civil rights and freedoms in the United States. We want to recognize the power of our voice as a collective and to show support for Black Read More >
This talk will discuss Black women’s social, political, and literary efforts in the nineteenth century that led up to their involvement in Civil Rights efforts in the twentieth century. Highlighting such women as Maria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Anna Julia Cooper, and Ida B. Wells Barnett, I argue that the movement for suffrage began Read More >
Alisha B. Wormsley is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer. Her work is about collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color. Wormsley’s work has been honored and supported with a number of awards and grants to support programs: The People Are The Light ( part of the Hillman Read More >
Capped at 25 participants. Radiah is an artist and spiritual activist who engages the imagination and asks a person to discover and cultivate their inner resources through thoughts, feelings, and actions. Using creativity and intuition to activate our inner compass we move towards a future we would want to manifest. Radiah has served in a leadership Read More >