Seattle Participatory Arts Network

This project will bring together a core group of academics and arts activists for a two-day planning session in November of 2023. A focal point for our planning will be a symposium, Seattle Participatory Arts Network, to be held in Autumn 2024 in tandem with a Community Artist Residency by Afro-Peruvian percussionist and dancer Miguel Ballumbrosio.

Public events will include a Friday afternoon round table presentation at UW in which we will share with a broader audience of UW students and faculty, and interested community members, the participatory arts work that is already being done in universities and its rationale. This project is part of a larger effort to create functional structures that support interdisciplinary and campus-community collaborations through participatory arts at the University of Washington.