Episode 13: Eric Avery
We talk about: audience-determined structures, reparations as a culture-building project, Augusto Boal's "rehearsal for revolution," balancing audience choice with a desire to "get into the harder stuff," the "curb cut effect" (why reparations are for everyone), and much more…
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Eric Avery is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural organizer with over eighteen years of professional experience in theatre, interactive performance, and community-based projects. Since 2018, they have focused on applying a reparationist framework to their creative practice, organizing projects, and life. This dedication to relationship-centered process has put Avery in partnership with non-profit organizations, municipalities, social service agencies, universities, farms, community centers, prisons, art galleries, and private homes. In addition to collaborations, Avery has independently created over 25 original productions. They earned a Bachelor's in Theatre & Film from the University of Kansas and an MFA in Theatre Arts from Towson University. Honors/Awards, including a Bessie Award (Outstanding Visual Design), Lavender Magazine Best of List (Outstanding Performance), Elliot Norton Award (Outstanding Design), 2024 MAP Grant Awardee, Zellerbach: Community Arts, East Bay Fund for Artists, Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency, and a TBA CA$H Grant.
RESOURCES
Eric Avery, The Pla[y/n] for Reparation$
Eric Avery, 67 Simple Operations
ARTIST INSPIRATIONS
Theater of the Oppressed (Augusto Boal)
REPARATIONS RESOURCES
Reparations in California (KQED)
Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America
Center for Belonging (UC Berkeley)
SPECIFIC REPARATIONS PROJECTS
Bruce's Beach (Southern California)
Wildseed (New York)
Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (Universal Basic Income pilot program)
More on the Stockton UBI project
Land Back to Shasta Indian Nation
Virginia Policy regarding "Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program"
UBNC Chapel Hill tuition proposal
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