Uganda: “Unseen Dreams” to Raise Awareness about Children with Disabilities

August 31, 2016By Gail Prensky No Comments

Congratulations to Tereka Kenneth Desire and collaborating performing artists who performed poetry, music, and dance in the production “Unseen Dreams” at the National Theatre in Uganda to raise awareness of children with disabilities.  They are working towards an inclusive Uganda! http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1432734/children-disabilities-dreams-talents    

DR Congo-Music album censored by the government resurfaced in 2015

August 23, 2016By Gail Prensky No Comments

Reporting to The JK Project today, Dieudonné Amisi Mutambala of ArtHum, the human rights organization in DR Congo, said that one of his group’s music albums mysteriously resurfaced. Since ArtHum’s formation in 1999, the government has kept an eye on the human rights groups’ activities.  Members of the group have been threatened to death, imprisoned, and forced … Read More

Gail Prensky is speaking at a conference about Freedom of Expression and Culture in Sweden!!!

August 11, 2016By Gail Prensky No Comments

CULTURE AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Region Värmland and the National Theatre of Värmland invite to the Commissioner briefing on 7-8 September in Karlstad, Sweden.   All regional and local consultants / developers / promoters in the performing arts, art and design, crafts, film and library and museum activities are welcome to attend this conference where … Read More

MUSIC AND ART: EXPLORING RESPONSES TO OPPRESSION

August 10, 2016By Gail Prensky No Comments

https://youtu.be/fd6yrH8ExQo We had a great time leading MUSIC AND ART: EXPLORING RESPONSES TO OPPRESSION, an education workshop at The Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore on August 3, 2016 Gail Prensky and Sarah Baumgarten of The Jüdische Kulturbund Project presented and led an education workshop for middle- and high-school teachers at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. … Read More