Past Event Category: IARP
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Mar 19Everyday Alchemy
Lathrop Hall, Room B101
A theatre workshop exploring identity through everyday objects and interpersonal relationships. We will be using embodying exercises, improv theatre techniques, theatre exercises in this 2 hour workshop understanding identity. This will be helpful for art practitioners, writers, researchers and anyone curious about how one’s identity is part of your day to day. Workshop facilitated by …
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Mar 16Come Eat With Me
Sri Vamsi Matta
The Rumpus Room, 15 Brodhead St, Mazomanie, WI Please RSVP
Come Eat With Me is an interactive performance piece by Sri Vamsi Matta which explores the relationship between caste and food and culminates in sharing a meal together. Cooking a nostalgic chicken curry dish with rice and dal becomes a platform for exploring themes of caste discrimination in Indian society, challenging stereotypes about marginalized communities …
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Mar 8The Poetics of the People’s Movement: From Paul Robeson to Gaddar
Afsar Mohammad and Sri Vamsi Matta
Rm 1418, Van Hise 1220 Linden Dr, Madison, WI 53706
Talk by Afsar Mohammad, followed by a discussion moderated by Sri Vamsi Matta Focusing on the contemporary relevance of solidarity networks among the various people’s movements, this talk debates how different global and local cultural figures reshaped our understanding of political activism and the aesthetics of resistance. Beginning with Paul Robeson’s activist poetics centered on …
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Mar 3Plow: 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 …
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Mar 2Flow: 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 …
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Feb 6Lecture: “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
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Dec 5Whose Art is it Anyway?Arts + Literature Laboratory map to Art Lit Lab
'Whose Art is it Anyway?' emerges as the culmination of a thought-provoking 3-credit course, bearing the same title. This course delves into the multifaceted dimensions of art, encompassing social, personal, political, and spiritual elements within the context of South Asian cultural and performance traditions. The exhibit showcases the creativity of the students in the course. They explore new ideas and challenge traditional views of art, giving us fresh perspectives. Through their work, they expand our understanding of what art can. 10 am: Open Gallery, 4 pm: Main Event
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Oct 21“Come Eat With Me” Performance at the 51st Annual Conference on South Asia
Sultan (1054 Williamson Street) Tickets
Come Eat With Me is a 110-minute performance piece by Sri Vamsi Matta which explores the relationship between caste and food, and culminates in sharing a meal together. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the performance begins at 6:15 p.m. Tickets: $20
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Oct 7Just Bust! Artistic Workshop
MYArts (1055 E. Mifflin Street) Register
The Just Bust! Artistic Workshop is a free public artistic workshop that happens every first Saturday of the month. This October, Sri Vamsi Matta is the featured artist.
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Oct 6Just Bust! Open Mic Series
Wisconsin Historical Society (816 State Street) Register
Join the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives for Madison’s longest running all-ages open mic, Just Bust! every first Friday at the Wisconsin Historical Society. This October, Sri Vamsi Matta is the featured artist.