• Oct 26
    Thread: Artists, Activists and Educators Working with Fiber

    Fort Atkinson Club Community Center, Fort Atkinson, WI

    RSVP Featuring creative practices, stories, and activism from immigrant, refugee, and indigenous community leaders and allies, and curated by Laura Anderson Barbata. Our Presenters:  Ceci Tejeda is a Cartoneria (papier mache) artist. Born in Mexico City, she now resides in Southeastern Wisconsin and has created work for numerous local and national events focusing on immigrant …

  • Mar 3
    Plow: Artists, Activists and Educators working with Land

    The Grand Theater, 401 N. 4th St. Wausau, WI 54403

    Laura Anderson Barbata will curate a presentation by local and regional artists, activists, and knowledge keepers about their work. Guest Speakers: Laura Anderson Barbata Guy Reiter – Executive Director, menīkānaehkem -Menominee Rebuilders Nasiah Herr – Lead Docent, Laos to America Museum; Client Services Manager, Hmong American Center José Ortiz – Visual artist and Hispanic community …

  • Mar 2
    Flow: Artists, Activists and Educators working with Water

    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, 700 N 12th St, Wausau, WI 54403

    Laura Anderson Barbata will curate a presentation by local and regional artists, activists, and knowledge keepers about their work. Guest Speakers: Laura Anderson Barbata Carol Amour – Author, social/environmental activist Tinker Schumann – Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe, tribal elder, artist and poet Mary Burns – Fiber artist, Jaquard Weaver Nate Zurawski – Wisconsin Institute for …

  • Feb 6
    Lecture: “Arts for Everyone, Everywhere. Laura Anderson Barbata, Interdisciplinary Arts Outreach Collaborator” (VIRTUAL, co-sponsored by LACIS)

    Laura Anderson Barbata

    Virtual, on Zoom Event website

    Anderson Barbata will discuss her development as a socially engaged artist and her work with multiple performers and artisan communities across the Americas to present collaborative ¨interventions¨ that combine performance, procession, dance, music, textile arts, masking, spoken word, wearable sculptures and protest. Virtual, on Zoom. Register here