Photo L to R: Miguel Gutierrez by Marley Trigg Stewart, Edgar Villanueva courtesy of the author
HMD’s The Bridge Project proudly presents
ARE YOU FOR SALE?
A Conversation About Ethics, Art Making, and Philanthropy with Miguel Gutierrez/Artist & Edgar Villanueva
Wednesday JUNE 10, 2020
1-2 PM (PDT) / 4-5 PM (EDT)
Join us for a discussion about philanthropy, art making, and ethics between Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth, and Miguel Gutierrez, choreographer, music maker, and writer. Moderated by choreographer and community organizer Hope Mohr.
American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation by Monica Gallego and Jen Drew. ASL Vlog with more info for the deaf community on this event, produced by Urban Jazz Dance Company available here.
VIDEO available here
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ABOUT MIGUEL GUTIERREZ | Miguel Gutierrez is a choreographer, composer, performer, singer, writer, educator, and Feldenkrais Method practitioner who lives in Brooklyn. He is a 2016 Doris Duke Artist. His work has been presented in over 60 cities around the world, most recently in Minneapolis at Walker Art Center and Columbus at Wexner Center for the Arts. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, United States Artists Fellowship, a Foundation for Contemporary Art award and four NY Dance and Performance Bessies. Recent projects Unsustainable Solutions: Duet with my Dead Dad, a duet for Miguel and his father on video, This Bridge Called My Ass, a performance that bends tropes of Latinidad, and SADONNA, a re-interpretation of Madonna songs. He is currently working on a new ep of songs, and on Are You For Sale? a podcast that will look at the relationship between performance making, philanthropy and ethics. www.miguelgutierrez.org
ABOUT EDGAR VILLANUEVA | Edgar Villanueva is a globally-recognized author and expert on philanthropy. His newest book is Decolonizing Wealth, which offers compelling alternatives to the dynamics of colonization in the philanthropic and social finance sectors. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Native Americans in Philanthropy and is a Board Member of the Andrus Family Fund and NDN Collective. Edgar currently serves as Senior Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education. There he oversees grant investment and capacity-building supports for education-focused justice campaigns across the United States. Edgar holds two degrees from the Gillings Global School of Public Health at The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and resides in Brooklyn, NY. Follow him on Twitter and IG at @VillanuevaEdgar.
ABOUT HOPE MOHR | Hope Mohr (moderator) has woven art and activism for decades as a choreographer, curator, community organizer, and writer. She is the founder of Hope Mohr Dance and co-directs HMD's signature presenting platform, The Bridge Project.
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This event is presented by HMD's The Bridge Project.