2023 Dance Exchange OAC Climate Institute
Thursday, July 20 - Sunday, July 23, 2023
Applications due 11:59pm ET on May 10
Dance Exchange’s 2023 OAC Climate Institute will focus on the role of artmaking and creative engagement within the climate movement. Join movers, makers, artists, and leaders from across the country to explore, energize, and advance creative solutions for a life-giving future in the face of the climate crisis. As part of our Organizing with Artists for Change Initiative (OAC), the 2023 OAC Climate Institute will celebrate process and performance, dialogue and dancemaking, and the role of artists as changemakers.
The Institute is co-directed by Cassie Meador, Dance Exchange Executive Artistic Director, and Dr. Jamē McCray, Interdisciplinary Ecologist and Future Fields Co-Director, with additional support from Amanda Newman, Dance Exchange Associate Director of Programs.
No matter where you are on your creative or climate journey, the Institute will create a range of opportunities for you to:
Experience and help develop new tools and strategies for creative engagement around climate issues that you can take into your own work and communities
Build connections with others working at the intersection of artmaking and climate locally, nationally, and internationally
Deepen your understanding of what you have to offer to our shared work of shaping a just and livable future in the face of the climate crisis
The 2023 OAC Climate Institute will include:
Morning movement classes that ground us in our bodies and in community
Workshops that explore creative tools and practices for supporting climate education, building community across generations, cultural experiences, and disciplines, and engaging with existing and emerging climate solutions in creative, embodied ways
Reflection sessions that support you in integrating your explorations and discoveries and creating a vision for how you’ll carry your experience forward into your own life, work, and community.
Application Process
In an effort to gather a community of artists, climate workers, and community members diverse in lived experience, geographic location, expertise/discipline, and experience within the climate movement, we are requiring applications for this year's Institute. Applications are due by 11:59pm ET on May 10.
Acceptances will be sent out by the end of May at the latest.
Upon acceptance, participants will receive a form to submit their tuition payments and provide additional information about access needs and emergency contact information. Participants will also receive more information about the Institute, including recommendations for travel and housing, what to pack, and resources to explore in advance.
Schedule
Schedule subject to change.
Thursday, July 20
6:00 - 8:00pm: Institute Kick Off and Orientation
Friday, July 21
10:00 - 10:45am: Morning Movement Class
10:45 - 11:00am: Break
11:00am - 12:30pm: Creative Tools and Practices Workshop
12:30 - 2:00pm: Lunch
2:00 - 3:30pm: Creative Tools and Practices Workshop
3:30 - 4:30pm: Break
4:30 - 6:00pm: Online Event with American Society for Microbiology (via Zoom)
Saturday, July 22
10:00 - 10:45am: Morning Movement Class
10:45 - 11:00am: Break
11:00am - 12:30pm: Creative Tools and Practices Workshop
12:30 - 2:00pm: Lunch
2:00 - 3:30pm: Creative Tools and Practices Workshop
3:30-4:00pm: Reflection
TBD: Optional evening gathering
Sunday, July 23
10:00 - 10:45am: Morning Movement Class
10:45 - 11:00am: Break
11:00am - 12:30pm: Closing Session
Tuition: $400
Tuition does not cover travel, housing, or meals during the Institute.
Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available. Please indicate in your application that you would like to be considered for a scholarship.
Refund Policy: If you are unable to attend after paying in full, your payment can be credited to a future Organizing with Artists for Change Institute within one calendar year. Please email registration@danceexchange.org.
Covid Requirements and Protocols
Dance Exchange will update our In-Person Covid protocols soon based on the latest local and national guidance.
Accessibility at the Institute
Dance Exchange aims to make our programming as accessible as possible. If you would like to have a conversation with our team about your access needs and how we can make it possible for you to participate in meaningful ways, please reach out to us at registration@danceexchange.org or (301) 270-6700.
Questions?
Contact registration@danceexchange.org or (301) 270-6700 with questions or for registration assistance. We look forward to gathering, moving and making with you this summer.
