The Artists of Change: Conversations with the Ford Fellows

As a culmination of the Art of Change initiative, the Ford Foundation is hosting The Artists of Change: Conversations with the Ford Fellows livestreamed on the global, commons based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 15 January. 

During this day-long interactive forum, the Art of Change Fellows—13 creative visionaries working at the forefront of art and social change—will share their work and spark lively conversation with the audience and each other around the ideas they are exploring.

Over the course of the year, the Fellows—Robert Battle, Thelma Golden, Amitav Ghosh, David Henry Hwang, Deeyah Khan, Arnold Lehman, Joy Mboya, Laura Poitras, Bill Rauch, Toshi Reagon, Pedro Reyes, Albie Sachs, and Carrie Mae Weems—have pursued independent projects on critical issues such as surveillance, climate change, drug policy and capitalism, soft power, diversity in the arts, social networks, and the power of technology.

The Artists of Change will be livestreamed on the global, commons based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 15 January 2016.

On Twitter, use #ArtOfChange and follow @HowlRoundTV. To submit questions to the Fellows, follow @FordFoundation and look out for the prompts.

Livestream Schedule:

Welcome Remarks
9:20 a.m. EST (New York) / 14:20 GMT (London) / 6:20 a.m. PST (Los Angeles) ​
Elizabeth Alexander Director, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation

(Not livestreamed) Exposing the Deep State
9:25 a.m. EST (New York) / 14:25 GMT (London) / 6:25 a.m. PST (Los Angeles) ​
Laura Poitras Art of Change Fellow
Jay Sanders Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Moderator Alexis Frasz Lead Researcher and Strategist, Helicon Collaborative

Building Global Knowledge Networks
10 a.m. EST (New York) / 15:00 GMT (London) / 7 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Joy Mboya, Art of Change Fellow
Moderator Eungie Joo, Art Curator

Challenging Artists to Address Climate Change
10:20am EST (New York) / 15:20 GMT (London) / 7:20am PST (Los Angeles)
Amitav Ghosh, Art of Change Fellow (via video)

Investigating Art as Nonverbal Activism
10:40 a.m. EST (New York) / 15:40 GMT (London) / 7:40 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Robert Battle, Art of Change Fellow
Albie Sachs, Art of Change Fellow (via video)
Moderator Kavita Ramdas, Senior Advisor to the President, Ford Foundation

Supporting Civically Engaged Art Practice
11:20 a.m. EST (New York) / 16:20 GMT (London) / 8:20 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Carrie Mae Weems, Art of Change Fellow

Fellows Roundtable Q&A
11:40 a.m. EST (New York) / 16:40 GMT (London) / 8:40 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Moderator Bill Rauch, Art of Change Fellow

Ketebul Music
1:20 p.m. EST (New York) / 18:20 GMT (London) / 10:20 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)

Using Technology for Creative Activism
1:25 p.m. EST (New York) / 18:25 GMT (London) / 10:25 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Deeyah Khan, Art of Change Fellow
Toshi Reagon, Art of Change Fellow
Moderator Laura Flanders, Host, GRITtv

Expanding Our Imagination to Solve Gun Violence
2 p.m. EST (New York) / 19:00 GMT (London) / 11 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Pedro Reyes, Art of Change Fellow
Moderator Nato Thompson, Chief Curator, Creative Time

Examining Culture as a Tool of Power
2:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 19:30 GMT (London) / 11:30 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)
David Henry Hwang, Art of Change Fellow
Moderator Gady Epstein, Media Editor, The Economist

Fellows Roundtable Q&A
2:50 p.m. EST (New York) / 19:30 GMT (London) / 11:50 a.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Moderator Joy Mboya, Art of Change Fellow

Creating Pathways for Diversity in the Cultural Sector
3:35 p.m. EST (New York) / 20:35 GMT (London) / 12:35 p.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Thelma Golden, Art of Change Fellow
Arnold Lehman, Art of Change Fellow
Bill Rauch, Art of Change Fellow
Moderator, Sandra Jackson-Dumont Chairman, Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fellows Roundtable Q&A
4:10 p.m. EST (New York) / 21:10 GMT (London) / 1:10 p.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Moderator Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Chairman, Education, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Closing Remarks
4:40 p.m. EST (New York) / 21:10 GMT (London) / 1:40 p.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Elizabeth Alexander, Director, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation

Performance
4:45 p.m. EST (New York) / 21:45 GMT (London) / 1:45 p.m. PST (Los Angeles)
Toshi Reagon, Art of Change Fellow

About HowlRound TV

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