Public talk: Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett, The Connection between Creativity and Civic Engagement

An exploration of the civic self, the performed self, and the dramaturgy of local government meetings, this talk will include slides and video from City Council Meeting performances in four US cities, as well as stories from the creative process in each. Our goal with the project is to put a performative frame around bureaucracy, and put adversaries into the same artistic space.

This talk is organized in conjunction with “City Council Meeting,” a free participatory theater performance on Oct. 29 presented by Keene State’s Redfern Arts Center at Keene Public Library's Heberton Hall, 60 Winter St., Keene