Events Take Action

Presenter(s): Caitlin Love Crowell
Date: October 8, 2024, 11:30 am-12 pm
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This week on The Public Good, our guest is Keiah Shauku, Director of Community Engagement at the ⁠⁠Buffalo AKG Art Museum. ⁠⁠

Over the last six months, AKG has hosted "⁠⁠Before and After Again,"⁠⁠ an artwork, pose, and poetry exhibition featuring Buffalo-based artists and cultural producers Julia Bottoms, Jillian Hanesworth, and Tiffany Gaines. In dialogue with the community, their work responds to the 5/14 tragedy. To mark the exhibition's closing, on October 11, performer Drea D'Nur will present ⁠⁠"A Requiem for Our Suffering,"⁠⁠ a testament to remembrance, grief, and healing, in an event free and open to the public. 

Keiah discusses the exhibit, this upcoming event, the role of museums in gatekeeping and community-building, and how we can use art and science to point the way to a more humane future.

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