Organizing with Artists for Change Institutes at DX

As part of our Organizing with Artists for Change (OAC) initiative, Dance Exchange’s OAC: Institutes embrace process and performance, dialogue and dancemaking, and the role of artists as changemakers. 

Both our Winter and Summer Institutes support reflection and response to important issues and opportunities of our time and build the capacities and connections for artists to ignite inquiry and inspire change in their own communities.

Seniors sit in a row of chairs in a gymnasium. They smile and laugh, each with one hand held out.

2025 Creative Aging Institute

January 17-19, 2025

Experience the power and potential of intergenerational artmaking during Dance Exchange’s 2025 Creative Aging Winter Institute.

Dancers in colorblocked clothing pose at the edge of an algae covered pond beneath a thicket of leafy green trees. Some stand passively looking down while others gesture dynamically.

2024 Climate Institute

July 25-28, 2024

The 2024 Climate Institute will focus on the role of artmaking and creative engagement within the climate movement.

This year’s Climate Institute will be held at the Dance Exchange Community and Creative Hub and local partner sites.

Interested in bringing an Institute experience to your organization, academic institution, or community?

Email partnerships@danceexchange.org or call 301-270-6700.

 

Photos on this page by Ben Carver and Liz Jelsomine.