{"id":5638,"date":"2019-06-26T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/?p=5638"},"modified":"2019-06-17T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:26:08","slug":"deep-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/2019\/06\/deep-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/engage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GAM-International-Presenters-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5640\"\/><figcaption>International Presenters<br>II International Seminar on Cultural Mangement<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In June it was my privilege to be a presenter at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gam.cl\/seminariogam19\/#\">II International Seminar on Cultural Management<\/a> at GAM Center for the Arts in Santiago, Chile. The focus was on territories (neighborhoods, regions, towns\/cites) and communities and it provided me with a great learning opportunity to observe the practice of community engagement in South America. (There were presenters from Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay as well as Chile.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">As a result of the centrality of government funding, the emphasis in much of the work in the arts appears to be on developing connections with communities. (I&#8217;ll have more to say about the positive\u2013and negative\u2013aspects of such funding in the future.) I learned of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Peru&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.granteatronacional.pe\/\">Gran Teatro Nacional<\/a> which, as a result of its architecture, has its back to a poor neighborhood in Lima. Staff there are working to alleviate the situation by establishing working relationships with the the people who live &#8220;behind&#8221; their building.<\/li><li>Uruguay&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sodre.gub.uy\/escuelas\">Artistic Training Schools<\/a> (a part of SODRE) that have implemented long-term student projects working with communities as part of the curriculum.<\/li><li>Site-specific theater projects in Buenos Aires in areas around the Teatro 25 de Mayo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teatrobombon.com\/copia-de-degustacion-1\">Bombon Vecinal<\/a> used homes and apartments as venues for telling neighborhood stories in a way that resembles progressive dinners, moving from one location to the next. I was particularly impressed by the investment in getting to know the residents and using the event to tell those people&#8217;s stories.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/galeriametropolitana.org\/\">Galleria Metropolitana<\/a>, a neighborhood-based art center\/gallery in Santiago. It is an extension of the home\u2013literally, an attached tin shed\u2013of the founding couple and has for twenty years served as a gathering place and center for contemporary art that bridges the gap between conceptual visual arts practice and social justice concerns of the area&#8217;s residents.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kimvnteatro\/\">KIMVNTeatro<\/a>, a multi-disciplinary company focused on concerns of the Mapuche people, working directly with them in development and presentation.<\/li><li>And two on-going projects using the arts to create community in unusual ways:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gam.cl\/audiencias\/hula-hula\">Hula-la<\/a> featuring lessons and performance in hula hoop (seriously). Participants bond in their shared love for the activity and spread awareness through public performances.<\/li><li>Similarly, Leona&#8217;s Project is a dance training and performance program. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/leonasproject\/\">Instagram link<\/a>) It focuses on women&#8217;s self-esteem and safety using, yep, dance hall routines and twerking. (You read that correctly.) The have a significant community following based on their pop-up performances across Santiago.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The consistent focus on connecting with individuals and groups who were not part of any typical &#8220;arts scene&#8221; was invigorating, if at times the means of connection might have been a bit . . . unusual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Many thanks to the conference organizers as well as the participants for providing such a compelling learning opportunity for all of us in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doug<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lessons in community engagement from South 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