Quarantine
Performing Ceremony Amidst the “Yellow Peril”
ï»żï»żï»żï»żï»żï»ż In late April the Chinese Cultural Centre in Vancouverâs Chinatownâjust two blocks from where I liveâwas vandalized with anti-Asian racist graffiti, setting off a wave of anxiety and fear that caused many in the Asian community to withdraw and seek protection in physical, social and cultural isolation. There was,...
Second-Hand Normalities
Second-hand Normalities is an animated short film and podcast that recounts the first days of the coronavirus outbreak in Bilbao, Spain through the eyes of a nurse and doctor working in hospitals on the frontlines. Harrowing and globally relevant, the main characters lay bare the fears, isolation and despair they...
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Polity of Literature
Prison Books in the Time of Refugees
The eighth piece in our Polity of Literature series: Books cited in this essay: Plato, Crito and Phaedo Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy Ălvar NĂșñez Cabeza de Vaca, The Relation of Ălvar NĂșñez Cabeza de Vaca Mary White Rowlandson, Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Hugo Grotius, Commentary...
If They Come in the Morning â Writing from Prison with Angela Davis
The seventh piece in our Polity of Literature series: In 1970, at the height of violent conflict between the U.S. government and oppressed communities across the countryâmostly poor, mostly people of colourâthe FBI arrested Angela Davis on false charges of attempted murder. A student of Herbert Marcuse, Davis was an...
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Curse of Geography
The Curse of Geography: Kachin State
Chapter 1 – Holes in the Sky MYITKYINA, KACHIN STATE, NORTHERN MYANMAR The half-dozen works of art hanging on the bare wooden walls depict family scenesâthey are painted in bold primary colors with rudimentary strokes. Human figures hover ghostlike above the ground. They have no faces, nor do they reveal...
Curse of Geography: Boriquén
Text: Sidd Joag Video editing and camera: Karla Claudio-Betancourt Producer and director of video: Esteban Figueroa Additional footage: Saul Betancourt, Julio Fernandez A massive colonial figure made of steel and concrete lies twisted on its side, on a traffic island in the middle of a roundabout in Caguas. âIt looks...
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Ballroom Freedom School
Now We Know We Can Reclaim the World We Want: A Conversation with Pony Zion and Benji Hart
On the evening of Friday, April 19th, 2019, at the invitation of ArtsEverywhere, Pony Zion (Deâvon Webster) and Benji Hart (Benji Ninja) gathered in a conference room at The New School on 5th Avenue in New York City to discuss social justice and the contemporary Ballroom Scene. This two-hour conversation was...
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News & Events
Emergency Grants and Relief for Artists During COVID-19
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, North America has quickly emerged as the global epicenter of the crisis, with more than one million reported infections and over 60,000 coronavirus related deaths in the US alone. In the midst of gross federal mismanagement and negligence, gangster rule, civil unrest and protests, an overwhelmed health care system, xenophobia, racial violence and mas…
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A Template for Change in Guelph, Ontario
Guelph, Ontario is a small university town an hour west of Toronto known for its environmentalism, agriculture and veterinary studies, and its small vibrant arts scene. Itâs also the home...
Black and Blues: Encounters With the Police State
On the morning of February 21, 2012, I woke up around 3AM, hands and feet shackled to a gurney at Bellevue Hospital in NYC. Blood was pounding in my brain,...
After the Pandemic
The latest novel pandemic has highlighted the fragility of our consumptive practices in North America. We demand that all fruit be available at all times, that our furniture complements our...
Love in the Time of COVID-19
Thereâs fear in the air, pulsing through the fiberoptic veins of cyberspace. Uncertainty clings to every interaction, as restaurants, bars, cinemas and schools are shuttered in cities around the world...
Pulling Out
âWe showed them,â they croaked, spittle oozing down their sausage roll encrusted chins. Good old fashioned British drool mingling with cheap leftover lager. None of that continental rubbish. The drunken...
Brexit Through the Rift Shop
Banner image: “Union Jack vor dem Zerfall” by Tim Reckman and used under Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0). As the dust settles after the first December general election held in...
Tenuous Peace
Halloween in Derry is no small affair and is considered by some to be the best in the world. What started as a local traditionâfree punch for getting dressed upâwas...
Mediating Betrayal
Recent conversations at ArtsEverywhere with artists and journalists evoke perceptions of an imminent future marked by a further eradication of spaces for constructive civil discourse and disagreement. As social media...
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ArtsEverywhere Festival
A Festival of Ideas âą Come Alive in Guelph
The ArtsEverywhere Festival is the place where conversations, ideas, and artistic experiments presented on ArtsEverywhere.ca come alive in our home community of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Over four days, the festival offers lectures, conversations, music, artistic performances, circle gatherings, literary readings, exhibitions, and much more. As the publisher of ArtsEverywhere.ca, Musagetes co-presents the festival in partnership with the University of Guelph and the Eramosa Institute. Many other community partners collaborate with us to co-present specific events.