Embrace Ideas Festival: Day 3 @ Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA/Boston)

25 Harbor Shore Drive,Boston MA 02210

15 June, 2022

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Embrace Ideas Festival Day 3 ICA Boston EmbraceIdeasFestival.com On Day 3 of Embrace Ideas Festival, hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Art, we explore the role of culture in creating a radically equitable and inclusive city. King Boston’s Executive Director, Imari Paris Jeffries, moderates a once in lifetime conversation between conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas, creator of The Embrace monument, which will be unveiled on Boston Common MLK weekend 2023, and Rujeko Hockley, Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, about the particular power and symbolism of monuments. Following the keynote conversation, King Boston’s Director of Production and Digital Strategy, Greg Ball, facilitates a lively conversation with a few of Boston’s culture creators about the essential and vibrant role that culture plays in defining a city: Andrés Holder, Boston Children’s Chorus; Rob Gibbs, Pro Blak; Michael Bobbitt, Mass Cultural Council; Sheena Collier, Boston While Black; and Michael Bobbitt, Mass Cultural Council. Unwind, connect, and enjoy hor d'oeuvres and cocktails at our One Night in Boston Jazz Reception sponsored by Klaviyo: RSVP here *ADA accessible *ASL interpreters will be avaliable _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Embrace Ideas Festival is a yearly celebration of ideas grounded in arts, culture and public scholarship. This week-long gathering brings together local, state and national leaders to amplify anti-racism and a vision for a transformed Boston by 2030. Rooted in racial equity, healing, wellbeing, and joy, the theme of Embrace Ideas 2022, occurring June 13-17 of 2022, is “Building A New Boston Together”. Keynotes, panels, and live music will shine a light on how we can interrupt our zero sum game thinking when it comes to racial justice and realizing a democracy worthy of us all. In this inaugural celebration, King Boston will also introduce a community well-being dashboard that will be revisited annually to describe measurable transformation in Boston by 2030 toward radical inclusion and equity.