McGuffey Art Center invites you to participate in an artistic collaboration connecting two communities more than 8,000 miles apart!

Arts Beyond the Streets grew from long standing relationships between artists in Charlottesville, Virginia and Makhanda, South Africa. In a celebration of arts and inclusiveness, several artist-activists will be traveling from Makhanda, South Africa to collaborate with Charlottesville artists and cultural groups.

Increase your cultural competency; participate in a game and dialogue that helps one better understand structural inequality in America.  The University Library will participate in the University MLK Celebration through FACTUALITY, a facilitated dialogue and board game that simulates real-life stories in America. Participants will take on the role of one of the diverse group of characters that encounter limitations or advantages based on the intersection of their race, sexual orientation, faith, and gender. 

Jennifer Eberhardt, a social psychologist at Stanford University, will discuss her 2019 book "Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do."

She is a 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was named one of Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers. 

Join professor of Theatre Arts Brad Stoller, drama therapist Mecca Burns and artist/activist Matthew Slaats for a workshop series that explores Theatre of the Oppressed practices, taking on issues of power, privilege and oppression through improvised games and exercises intended to promote democracy and spur social change. The series is part of the Imagining a New Democracy Summit.