WORKSHOPS:
Music:
The Jay Walkers Up-Close: Jon Carroll & Company
A Hands-on Music Experience with the Jay Walkers at the Intersection -- featuring Multiple Grammy and Wammie winner Jon Carroll, Nigerian jazz artist Tosin Aribisala, and Afro-Funk guitarist Michael Shereikis. Get inside the process of this explosive intersection of a powerhouse of musical talent from the best of DC’s music scene. Don’t miss their Feb 26th performance
(Get Tickets) and Feb 27th Dance Party!
(Get Tickets).
Saturday, Feb 27 at 5:00 PM
Lab I
Free
For ages 12+
Tom Teasley
Percussion Workshop, Experience Tom Teasley’s cross-pollination overview of drumming in his popular hands-on workshop and discover the rhythms of the world. Try on the power of combining American jazz rhythms with African, Middle Eastern and Indian influences. Then stay to see his performance, The Drum: Ancient Traditions Today, a journey from ancient times to the future, at 5:30pm in Lab 2
(Get Tickets).
Sunday, Feb 28 at 3:30 PM
Lab II
Free
For ages 10+
Visual Art:
Artisans at the Intersection: William Adair and Chapuchi Bobbo Ahiagble
Interactive Demonstrations
Saturday, February 27 from 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 28 from 1:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Kogod Lobby & Cafritz Promenade
Workshop: Try Your Hand at Gilding
Saturday, Feb 27 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Lab 1
Free
For all ages
Embrace the pace of artisans who bring skills from the past into the present with a vision for the future. William Adair restored the gilded plaster-on-steel art deco screens that hung over the exit doors when the Atlas was a movie theatre and now grace the walls of the Cafritz Promenade. For the festival, Mr. Adair and his Gold Leaf Studio artisans will bring those same design elements to two interactive activities, demonstrating and teaching how to apply brass, copper, aluminum and genuine 23k gold leaf to mirror frames. Festival participants will learn about the molding process of ornamentation as well as the fine art of historic gilding techniques. Chapuchi Bobbo Ahiagble, a master weaver from Ghana, will be weaving colorful threads on his loom into Ewe Kente Cloth inspired by Atlas decorative elements. Watch the rhythm of Bobbo's ancient craft then try it for yourself. Enjoy this window into old-world art between your festival performances.
Gold Leaf Studios conducts public awareness gold leafing workshops with supplies generously donated by the Prince of Wales Foundation's Artisan Training Program.
Balancing at the Intersection: Mobile Artist Kevin Reese
Saturday, Mar 6 from 2:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Kogod Lobby
Free
For all ages.
Participate in the creation of a moving piece of art! Make one of the many pieces that will come together to balance in a high-flying mobile built on-site at the festival. Mobile artist Kevin Reese, founder of SchoolSculptures, works with communities across the United States to envision, design and install kinetic works of public art. His colorful, playful mobiles and stabiles are visual celebrations of many parts becoming one beautiful whole. All ages are welcome to be a part of his unique INTERSECTIONS creation.
Dance:
Intersecting Dance Workshops with Joy of Motion
Five one-of-a-kind classes for dancers of all levels to experience a unique intersection of styles drawn from dynamic, diverse cultures.
Dance Diversity on the Silk Road with Laurel Victoria Gray
Saturday, Feb 20 from 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afro-Caribbean Dance with Stefanie Belnavis
Sunday, Feb 21 from 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
The Cipher with DCypher Dance Director Natasha Hawkins
Sunday, Feb 28 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Turkish Romany Culture with Artemis
Sunday, Feb 28 from 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Percussive Dance Across Cultures with JOMDC Faculty
Saturday, Mar 6 from 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
JOMDC at the Atlas
$20 per class
For ages 15+
(Register)
(*EasyPass Holders receive a 10% discount if registering in person at the Atlas.)
See
Joy of Motion’s Youth Companies in a festival performance on Sunday, Mar 7 at 5pm.
(Get Tickets)
For Teachers, Artists & Parents:
All Our Neighbors: A Workshop for Teaching Artists
With Rachel Grossman and Mitch Mattson.
Sunday, Feb 21 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Lab I
Registration: $10
(To register)
For ages 17+
Two highly experienced teaching artists offer sensitivity training for the 21st century in a unique workshop for artists and others who work in the schools. Rachel Grossman, the former Education Director at Round House Theatre, and Mitch Mattson, Education Senior Fellow at Arena Stage, present a workshop designed to lead arts educators to push through unconscious prejudices that can exist when working with diverse student populations. This hands-on active workshop encourages teachers to ask: “How do I see my students before ever interacting with them?" Grossman and Mattson have extensive experience as artists both in the classroom and out. Come spend a morning raising your awareness and building communication skills that will serve both your teaching and your students. Artists, teachers and parents are all welcome.
Interactive Discussions:
Two Interactive Artist/Audience Exchanges
led by Peter DiMuro of Dance/Metro DC.
Engage with Festival artists and audiences in a lively-discussion event.
Part 1: “Point Me Toward the Crossroads, But, Please, Somebody, Give Me A Map!”
Curiosity can be a map for us, as individuals and as a culture, to envision what art can be, what our lives can be and how they intersect. This experiential dialogue among festival artists and audiences will prime our active curiosities to be a tool for making the experience of a performance (both on the stage and in the audience) an integral step in meaningfully intersecting our lives and art. The session will feature the artists who have collaborated to create “Origins”, a melding of artistic styles, cultures and aesthetics from three movement-based companies, along with other festival artists.
Sunday, Feb 21 at 6:00 PM
Lab 1
Free
For ages 10+
Part 2: “After the Intersection, Where Do I Go?”:
INTERSECTIONS invites festival artists and audiences (both new-to-the-arts and avid fans) to gather on the festival closing day. Now that we’ve connected, crossed, collided and collaborated, how do we extend the experience of the festival – helping us to see down the road through an “intersections” lens? How do you adopt, adapt, honor, relish, celebrate and, ultimately bring to practice, the best aspects of cultural exchanges? We’ll delve into some of the best interactions that occurred in creating and experiencing the Intersections Festival, as well as learn from some of our best mistakes. Join us as the journey continues.
Sunday, Mar 7 at 4:00 PM
Sprenger Theatre
Free
For ages 10+
Peter DiMuro, an actor, director, dancer, choreographer, and closet visual artist and writer, currently directs Dance/MetroDC, an organization that helps the region’s dance artists connect and engage with a wider public. For fifteen years he performed for and collaborated with Liz Lerman and the Dance Exchange, touring internationally and engaging in an exchange of cultures. His INTERSECTIONS’ artist/audience exchanges are modeled on a program of Dance/MetroDC, GreenGreenRoom, which is an audience engagement experience designed to enhance the public’s appreciation, understanding and involvement with an arts experience
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Family Day - Saturday, Feb 20
INTERSECTIONS will present performances throughout the festival designed for audiences of all ages. But Saturday, Feb 20 is especially family-friendly!
* Café Concert with Christylez Bacon
Featuring songs from “Banjo to Beatbox,” his Grammy Nominated Children’s CD collaboration.
1:30 PM
Kogod Lobby * Free * For all ages
* A Drumming Circle with Capital Hill Arts Workshop
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Lab 1 * Free * For all ages
*
An interactive art activity sponsored by the National Children’s Museum
Celebrating Our Global Neighborhood
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Kogod Lobby * Free * For all ages
Scheduled to open in 2013, the National Children’s Museum (NCM) will be a world-class cultural and educational center dedicated to engaging children and empowering them to make a difference. The mission of NCM is to inspire children to care about and improve the world. Through its interactive exhibits, online community, and unique national programs and partnerships, NCM is transforming the concept of a traditional museum by becoming a catalyst and forum for a national movement to inspire and empower kids to speak up, take action, and get engaged in their communities.
www.ncm.museum
THEATER ALLIANCE SPECIAL OFFERING
A Reading of Driving Miss Daisy
Featuring James Foster Jr., Adele Robey and David Crowley
Tuesday, Feb 23 at 8:00 pm
**at the H Street Playhouse
1365 H Street, NE
Free
For ages 10+
Follow the evolution of an unlikely friendship between an elderly Jewish woman and her African American driver in the deep south in this American classic by Alfred Uhry.
Theater Alliance was founded in 1993 with the distinct goal of producing work that would illuminate the experiences, philosophies and interests of DC's diverse populations. That goal was furthered when Theater Alliance moved from its home at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop to become the sole theater-in-residence at the H Street Playhouse. The company's mission has evolved into presenting new or rarely produced work geared towards attracting diverse and alternative audiences to our Northeast community. Theater Alliance has been recognized for its artistry with 21 Helen Hayes nominations. Theater Alliance has just received the Arnold F. Keller Award from the Capitol Hill Community Foundation their work in theater on H Street.
Celebrating H Street NE with Cultural Tourism DC
Remembering the Past: Share Your Memories
Come record your stories of H Street NE and help shape the Neighborhood Heritage Trail of one of DC’s greatest cultural intersections.
Saturday, Mar 6 from 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Kogod Lobby
Free
Cultural Tourism DC invites you to contribute your personal historic tales of Washington life to upcoming DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails on H Street NE and around the city. Stop by and tell your story, or share your ideas for others whose stories should be told. Neighborhood Heritage Trails are produced in collaboration with community groups and the District Department of Transportation. Cultural Tourism DC is an independent nonprofit organization that invites Washington area residents and visitors to experience and celebrate DC’s authentic culture and heritage. We are best known for our website promoting Washington culture and for our Neighborhood Heritage Trails, now in ten historic DC neighborhoods.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
A Raisin in the Sun: A Community Read
Saturday, Mar 6 at 4:30 PM
Lab II
Free
For ages 13+
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun became the first widely produced play in American theatre to examine an African American familiy's experiences and the effects of racism in this country. Join the DC community in exploring this groundbreaking American play. Everyone is invited to read aloud; sign up for a character and scene at the door. The reading will be followed by a dialogue about the play and its contemporary implications in our changing city. This event is sponsored by Woolly Mammoth in conjunction with its upcoming production of Clybourne Park, written by Bruce Norris and inspired by A Raisin in the Sun.
EXHIBITIONS:
The Paintings of José Allen
An exhibition introducing the work of artist José Allen, a painter in the naïve style with an intersection of Latin and Caribbean inspirations.
Feb 19 – March 7
Fridays: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Saturdays: Noon – 8:00 PM
Sundays: Noon – 7:30 PM
Reception: Saturday, Feb 27, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Bernstein Gallery
Free
Northwest Convergence
An exhibition of drawings, paintings and mixed media works by teens from Cardozo High School and Sidwell Friends School illustrating “intersections” in their lives. The students reflected on the themes of INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival, learned about artists and art movements that dealt with similar issues, and created an artwork that illustrated intersections in their own lives. Works by the respective teachers, Kimberly King and Anna Tsouhlarakis, will also be on display.
Feb 19 – March 7
Fridays: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Saturdays: Noon – 8:00 PM
Sundays: Noon – 7:30 PM
Reception: Friday, Mar 5, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The Loft
Free
