A Conversation with Interdisciplinary Artist Yura Sapi

Starts12:30 pm on Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Ends1:45 pm on Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Through their new nonprofit organization, LiberArte Inc., Yura Sapi (CFA ‘16) is establishing an artistic support network aimed at advancing racial, social, and climate justice on a global scale. LiberArte facilitates connections within the global community, fostering such projects as Protectores de la Tierra, an artist-led initiative promoting AfroIndigenous farming and food sovereignty; Balistikal, a queer arts and healing space offering virtual and in-person programs for the Latin American community; and the Building Our Own Tables podcast, which conducts interviews with BIPOC founders of arts organizations sharing their rEvolutionary leadership insights.

Moderated by Michael Birenbaum Quintero, Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Musicology & Ethnomusicology Department.

Location:: Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road
Registration:: https://www.bu.edu/las/2024/08/29/a-conversation-with-interdisciplinary-artist-yura-sapi-09-24-24/

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