About the Group: Beacon Dance is a professional, performance-focused organization. Our mission is to enrich the lives of those who intersect with our work, by presenting classes, workshops and performances to the general public. We design our projects to be…

About the Artist: Bailey Barash is an independent documentary maker with many years of experience in television news.   After 19 years producing medical and science news at CNN, she formed an independent production company to produce documentaries that reveal the…

About the Artist: Teaching artists Corey & LaQuita Marie Staten are storytellers that connect Africa to African-Americans in an engaging way.  Audiences interact in high energy, educational programs that entertain all age groups. Thanks to their rhythmic style of storytelling,…

About the Group: ArtSpot Productions is an ensemble of artists dedicated to creating meticulously live theater.  We are Louisiana’s most accomplished and awarded ensemble theatre company.  Our productions are a sincere blend of disciplines, developed through ensemble authorship, physically rigorous…

About the Artists: Anna Roberts-Gevalt & Elizabeth LaPrelle share the music & history of Appalachia through an innovative combination of song, storytelling, theater & scrolling illustrations called crankies—some quilted, others shadow papercuts. Anna, a fiddler and banjo player, and Elizabeth,…

About the Artist: Andrea Assaf is a writer, performer, director & cultural organizer. She’s the founding Artistic Director of Art2Action Inc. Formerly Artistic Director of New WORLD Theater (2004-09), and Program Associate for Animating Democracy (2001-04), she has a Masters…

About the Artist: Obakunle Akinlana is a storyteller who uses drums, shekeres, and other African musical instruments to present fun and exciting African folktales. Since 1985, he has performed as a storyteller, lecturer and percussionist throughout the U.S. and West…