A new art initiative aimed at fostering peace will unfold in West Hollywood, California, with the upcoming ‘Art Against War’ Festival. This multifaceted project invites participants to reflect on and promote peace through a variety of visual and performing arts events.
The festival will feature an impressive lineup of artists, including Nadya Tolokolnikova, Aleksei Mokrousov, Nina Polunina, Alex Elkin, Vita Solzberg, Harry Clay, Misha Suvorov, Alina Konon, and Tonya Zemlyanskaya.
The festival is scheduled for several dates: October 5, October 12, November 15, and December 14, all starting at 6:00 PM, with a final performance on December 21.
Central themes of the festival will include:
- Reflecting on the historical mistakes that have strained relationships between Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus through visual documentary art.
- Exploring the generational gap between old and modern Russia, presented in the award-winning theater solo show, The Border.
- Showcasing a Belarusian-Japanese collaboration that aims to propose pathways to peace by reconnecting with cultural roots through visual art, cartoons, poetry, and theater.
- Satirizing propaganda’s absurdities in the award-winning solo performance, Brainwashed, which combines theater, stand-up, and clowning.
The festival will take place at Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park, located at 7377 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046. This event seeks to unite artists worldwide in a collective expression of peace, freedom, and love, encouraging attendees to engage with the crucial themes of our time.
The festival will be extensively covered online, featuring bios and illustrations of each artist and performer.
Application form: https://forms.gle/fs8bAC6LqDkZfq4v9
The City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division promotes the arts as the creative engine of the City through a diverse portfolio of art and cultural programs designed to engage and enrich the lives of residents and visitors.
On January 5, 1987, the City formed the Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission (originally called the Fine Arts Commission) to identify the arts needs of the community, analyze methods of fulfilling these needs, and promote activities to broaden the opportunities for citizen participation in the arts. The Commission is dedicated to providing accessible arts programs for residents and visitors to West Hollywood. Click here for additional information about the Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission.
For the first 20 years, the Commission was staffed by various members of the Economic Development Division. In 2007, the City hired its first full time arts administrator. Over the ensuing 10 years the City added a public art administrator, arts coordinator, grants coordinator and arts technician to its staff to support an expanding portfolio of arts programs including: a robust temporary public art program; a permanent public art collection through its Urban Art (percent for art) program; free concerts and theatre programming; literary programs; and a grant program.
On July 1, 2016, the City formally established the expanding art team and its programming into its own Arts Division, WeHo Arts. In August 2017, after an 18-month community-based planning process, the City adopted WeHo Arts: The Plan, to guide the Division’s programming for the next five to ten years. The Plan’s goals are to: celebrate the City’s distinctive artistic and cultural identities, identify and commemorate West Hollywood’s support and advancement of the arts and to articulate a shared vision for the future including securing the position of arts and culture at the heart of the Creative City.
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