Interview: Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!) Cofounder Arthur Aviles ’87 Talks to PBS NewsHour about Finding New Ways to Continue Showcasing and Supporting Local Artists During the Pandemic
Arthur Aviles ’87 performing at the Fisher Center at Bard, 2016. Photo by China Jorrin ’86
“What's important to us is to make sure that we keep in touch with who it is that we are in these unfortunate times,” Aviles, tells PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. “We want to create a platform for the community to be a star on. That's really what we say. This is about boxes, and where we are confined to that. And art is all about pushing against the boundaries of those boxes, and helping all of us see the world.”
Post Date: 10-23-2020
Post Date: 10-23-2020