Alliance for the Arts In Research Universities Annual Conference – Land & Equity

A2RU 2020 National Conference – Land & Equity: The Art and Politics of Place. October 15-30. You can register for the whole conference, or individual keynotes and sessions. Boston University is a member institution. The BU Arts Initiative has limited funds available for registration assistance – Requests must be received by October 1.

KEYNOTE BIOS
Emmanuel Pratt https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1047/
Urban Designer, integrating agriculture, education, and design in a resident-driven approach to community development and turning neglected urban neighborhoods into places of growth and vitality.

Adrienne Keene https://www.adriennekeene.com/
Dr. Adrienne J. Keene is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, originally from southern California, and now lives on the East Coast. She writes on the Internet about representations of Native peoples in popular culture, and has been writing her blog Native Appropriations since 2010. In her academic life she is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University. She researches and writes about Native students in the college process. In her free time she trains Muay Thai, makes Cherokee style baskets out of contemporary materials, and reads a lot of speculative fiction.

Michele Byrd-McPhee https://www.ladiesofhiphopfestival.com/teamladies.html and go.wisc.edu/byrdmcphee
Michele Byrd-McPhee is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer, curator, and director and the Fall 2020 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence at UW-Madison. Growing up during the emergence of Hip-Hop culture, she embraced street dance and has danced in nightclubs and in music videos, and has battled in the club scene. Byrd-McPhee is the director of the annual Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival. She also lends her experience and knowledge to help artists develop their own projects, as well as working on avenues of growth and sustainability for the Hip-Hop community.