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Matsue Okazaki of Offsite Dance Project and Malina Rodriguez of Dance Truck discuss their shared interest and experience in presenting dance in nontraditional locations.
Learn moreRachid Ouramdane explores global and political anxieties through the body in his conceptual dance works. In conversation with Cathy Edwards.
Learn moreYOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES and Kristan Kennedy in conversation about how artists and curators use their “voices” to talk about work, money, and the world.
Learn moreEnsemble theatre company Rude Mechs discuss their collaborative approach to creating multi-disciplinary performance with Fusebox Festival Director Ron Berry.
Learn moreMusicians Sarah Dougher and Claudia Meza share their “essential listening” list, contextualizing their own work within the larger history of American 20th century avant-garde.
Learn moreCathy Edwards talks with performer, writer, and director Taylor Mac about his theatrical concerns, his approach to social commentary, and his aesthetic of the fabulous.
Learn moreClasses taught by A.I.M emphasize four specific core values: exploration, musicality, abandonment, and intuition.
Learn moreArtists Ed Purver and Tim DuRoche discuss their project The Hidden Life of Bridges with Tony Lester, the Multnomah County Bridge staff who helped to create the project through RACC’s intersections residency program. Moderated by Peggy Kendellen of RACC.
Learn morePatrick Rock talks about male-ness, artist-ness, and fun-ness.
Learn morePerformer and choreographer Yukio Suzuki leads a Butoh-based workshop emphasizing the unique characteristics of each mover and communication with others through the body.
Learn moreHalsey Rodman will discuss his time-based sculptural paintings that exist as copies with no original.
Learn morePICA’s artistic staff Cathy Edwards, Kristan Kennedy, and Erin Boberg Doughton share their thoughts on the artists, ideas, and themes of TBA:11.
Learn moreThis September, PICA takes over Portland with an all-hours happening of contemporary performance and visual art.
Learn moreParis-based artist collective Claire Fontaine will speak about their TBA:11 installation, their practice, and the future of the strike.
Learn morePICA's Visual Art Curator provides a behind-the-scenes look at this year's visual art projects at the TBA Festival.
Learn moreRojas' folk-inspired installations address social concerns and the representations of women in our culture.
Learn moreChin's multi-disciplinary practice insinuates art into unlikely places explores how art can provoke social awareness and responsibility.
Learn moreThe Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum discusses building community and context for the arts.
Learn moreOffsite Dance Project in conversation about cultural and artistic exchange between the Pacific NW and Japan.
Learn moreKristan Kennedy joins PICA Artist in Residence Storm Tharp in his TBA:10 installation for a conversation about his practice.
Learn moreOn the Boards leads a dynamic conversation about performance, the Internet, and the questions raised by OntheBoards.tv.
Learn moreParticipants will explore how a performer’s focus alters his or her relationship to both environment and audience.
Learn moreNature Theatre of Oklahoma shares their generative process including interviews, games, and recorded phone conversations.
Learn moreWith actor Tomasz Nosinski, Rychcik will ask participants to use movement and gestures to present their private experiences.
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