Perspectivas Negras 2024

Perspectivas Negras is a collaboration between the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, the Universidad de Sagrado Corazón, the Flamboyan Foundation, and The Woodshed Center for Art, Thought, and Culture at the Georgetown University Racial Justice Institute. This residency aims to collaboratively develop ways of addressing racial inequality in Puerto Rico using arts methodologies. Three emerging artists, Alejandra “Al” Rosa Morales, Rachel Smith Sepúlveda, and Wilfrido Vargas Marte, were selected to create performances that explore these critical issues. The inaugural performance was held at the Wooly Mammoth Theater in Washington DC on August 5, 2024

Johannesburg and Capetown 2023

Ethiopia 2020

University of Michigan South Africa Student Immersion

2016 – M-Cubed Grant

Anita Gonzalez travels with Holly Hughes to Mexico to introduce students to Oaxaca Contemporary Arts

2015 – GIEU Marketing Indigenous Arts in Oaxaca, Mexico

Fifteen University of Michigan students interview visual and performing artists in Mexico and create a webpage to market their work

www.oaxacaarts.com

2014 – Multi-Cultural Theatre in Liverpool

Fifteen University of Michigan students visit Liverpool UK to learn about the city’s history and culture and to work with 6 different multi-cultural agencies: Africa Oye (http://www.africaoye.com), Brouhaha (http://www.brouhaha.uk.com), Steve Biko Housing (http://www.stevebikoha.org), The Unity Project (http://unityliverpool.co.uk), and the Green House Project (http://tiber.org.uk), The Somali Women’s Project (http://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/?q=node/1028406).

Liverpool MDI coordinates all of their activities (http://www.mdi.org.uk).

Their final project is a performance at the Lantern Theatre called “Framing Liverpool Through Michigan Eyes” You can watch their show/sharing on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOxHbbkXUac

International