Artists are the Vanguard of Revolution at Cara Mía Theatre

Cara Ma Theatres Mellon Playwright in Residence Virginia Grise presents Talleres for Dreaming: Episode 3 livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 4 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 6 p.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 7 p.m. EST (New York, UTC -5).Artists are the Vanguard of Revolution: An Artist Talk by Kristiana Rae ColnEpisode 3 of Da Grove: Un Taller for DreamingKristiana Rae Coln is a poet, playwright, actor, educator, producer, curator, creator of #BlackSexMatters, co-director of the #LetUsBreathe Collective, the inaugural Sam Roberson Fellow at Congo Square Theater, and a staff writer on season 4 of The Chi. A foundational premise of Kristianas organizing is that artists are the vanguard of revolution, it is the social duty of creatives to envision, imagine, rehearse, design, and embody our liberated future; we cannot achieve alternatives to the existing harmful, violent systems and institutions if we cant first imagine them. Liberation is a curatorial act, a creative act; revolution is inherently speculative in nature and we can create opportunities to rehearse the future together through science fiction, Afrofuturism, and speculative media.