Arts Summit 2019: An Illustrated Story

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The Human Journey: Creating the Story of Us

The Kennedy Center Arts Summit is an annual one-day convening to investigate the power and potential of the arts. Bringing together thought leaders for conversation and connection, the Arts Summit engages experts from across numerous fields, aiming to challenge old ideas, spark new ones, and catalyze potent partnerships across disciplines.

On April 29, 2019, the Arts Summit titled “The Human Journey: Creating the Story of US” explored how we define and shape our world through the stories we tell (and the ones we don’t) by asking: How can storytelling reframe our world view—shift/expand what we think is possible? How do more inclusive and diverse stories—stories beyond the dominant narrative—help build a more equitable society? How can radical listening foster empathy and “stitch” together the tears in our social fabric?

This is the story of that day.

DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN Chairman DEBORAH F. RUTTER President MARIO R. ROSSERO Senior Vice President, Education

The Kennedy Center extends special thanks for the continued support of Chairman David M. Rubenstein, under whose guidance and leadership the Arts Summit was conceived.

A special thanks to our collaborators: Aspen Institute Arts Citizen University Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Special thanks to our comic book artist: Laura Lee Gulledge

© 2019 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

With gratitude, the Kennedy Center recognizes the following colleagues whose honest conversations and relevant performances inspired this comic book:

Citizen Artist Fellows 2019-2020 David Olmeca Barragan, Sky Cubacub, Mark Gonzales, Alysia Lee, Emily Marks, Yvonne Montoya, Christina Soriano, Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz 2018-2019 Justus Harris, Shaw Pong Liu, Omar Offendum, Donney Rose, Rulan Tangen

Session Hosts

Vicki Le Vine, Erika Mallin, Mark Slavkin

Participants

Savannah Barrett, Jeremiah Benton, Amy K. Bormet, Laura Brief, Hanna Campbell, Karine Chapdelaine, Steven Collette, Emily Eagen, Connie Flores, Stephanie Foo, Vijay Gupta, Sarah Hughes, Dave Isay, Thanks Joey (Joey Hamoui), Lela Aisha Jones, Mic Jordan, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Emily Knapp, Eric Liu, Sam Livingston, Ronnie Malley, Ozay Moore, Ryan O’Connell, Tiffany Ortiz, Betsy Levy Paluck, J.Period, Jazlyn Pinckney, Nigel Poor, Vanessa Ramon-Ibarra, Jason Reynolds, Victoria Rogers, Mario R. Rossero, David M. Rubenstein, Deborah F. Rutter, Kaneza Schaal, Julie Shapiro, Carla Sheffield, Shirazette Tinnin, Uptown Boyz, Agnes Ugoji, Fay Victor, Earlonne Woods, Stephanie Ybarra

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