Program Schedule

Friday, October 20, 2023

MECCA OTR: 1429 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH

6–9pm

Welcome Reception and Performance
Featuring musicians and key collaborators for The Well: Omope Carter Daboiku, Dayton, OH; Nate May, Oakland, CA; and Talon Silverhorn, Yellow Springs, OH

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Morning Session: Land and Stewardship

NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER: 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH

Centering on earth-based themes—land, waterways, trees—these conversations consider histories of land, land use, and the wisdom that can be gleaned from prolific natural histories, in which human culture has played a complicated role.

9:30am	Land Acknowledgement Grounding Aimee Meredith Cox, Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at New York University, New York, NY
10am	Panel Moderated by Justine Ludwig, Executive Director, Creative Time, New York, NY, with panelists: Charles Gaines, Artist, Los Angeles, CA; and Gee Horton, Visual Artist, Cincinnati, OH
11am	Panel Moderated by Kevin Moore, FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, New York, NY, with panelists: Anissa Lewis, Artist and Executive Director, Wave Pool, Covington, KY; Chip Thomas, Photographer and Public Artist, Flagstaff, AZ; and Tania Willard, Artist and Curator, Syilx Territories, British Columbia, Canada
Noon	Keynote RaMell Ross, Liberated Documentarian, Providence, RI

Afternoon Session: Borders and Exchange

CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER: 44 East 6th Street, Cincinnati OH

The border between the United States and Mexico has become increasingly contentious in recent years, symbolizing the inequities intensifying over our dwindling natural resources. Simultaneously, the concept of borders plays an outsized role in the human psyche, defining—often arbitrarily and harmfully—boundaries between not only nations but cultures, genders, species, and generative forms of shared knowledge between these entities.

1:30pm	Wave Pool/The Welcome Project Lunch The Welcome Project bridges relationships within neighborhoods, and empowers Cincinnati’s refugee and immigrant population while connecting, assisting, and inspiring all through art and food. This special iteration is grounded within The Convening themes and presents a meal alongside an artistic response and participatory engagement, featuring Ibtisam Masto, Chef and Owner of Olive Tree, Cincinnati, OH, and Jardín de las Tres Hermanas, Cincinnati, OH.
2:30pm	Workshop Performance: The Well Sound Intersections: a collaborative new music commission uplifting Appalachian, African American, and Native American musical traditions within the Ohio River Valley featuring: Nate May, Composer, Oakland, CA; and Talon Silverhorn, Cultural Educator, Yellow Springs, OH; in sonic conversation with Cincinnati-based musicians Jay Bolotin, Kathryne Gardette, and Baba Charles Miller
3:30pm	Keynote Conversation Nicholas Galanin, Artist, Sitka, AK; and Ronald Rael, Designer and Professor of Architecture and Chair of the Department of Art Practice at the University of California Berkeley, La Florida, CO and Oakland, CA
4:30pm	Performance Guillermo Galindo, Post-Mexican Visual and Sound Artist/Composer, Oakland, CA

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