Community members have an opportunity to connect and interact with professional artists visiting the Carver Community Cultural Center. Whether a lecture-demonstration, in-school visit, panel discussion or workshop, these outreach activities deepen the relationship between the artist and the community and allow for opportunities for each to grow and learn from the other.
Dates and times are subject to change.
Please contact the Education Coordinator at (210) 207-2719 for schedule and reservations.
San Antonio darling Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson, spoken word artist, writer, vocalist and current (and first African American) San Antonio Poet Laureate, will be the Carver’s featured artist-in-residence for the 2020-2021 season. Throughout the course of her residency, Vocab will host a number of education and community engagement activities to include workshops, master classes, podcasts and performances drawing upon her many talents and deep love for our community.
Andrea Assaf is an acclaimed performer, writer and director, as well the founding Artistic Director of Art2Action, Inc. This residency is centered around Andrea’s original one-woman show, Eleven Reflections on September; a multidisciplinary work examining the experience of Muslim Americans in post 9/11 America. In addition to a performance of Eleven Reflections, Andrea will host a series of monthly online community conversations, as well as several workshops, auditions and rehearsals in which the artistic team will engage with local residents to develop a new performance piece entitled Eleven Reflections on San Antonio, which will premiere on the Carver stage in November 2021.
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CPRD) is a cultural ambassador harnessing the universal language of dance to infuse vitality, innovation and education into every community they touch. Internationally recognized as one of the country’s foremost modern dance companies, CPRD’s repertoire is inspired by the African American experience and rooted in ethnic and modern dance traditions and includes works by some of the most critically acclaimed choreographers. During the week-long residency CRPD will interact with residents of all ages through master classes, workshops and discussions…all leading up to a culminating public performance.
The two-week residency centers around the performance of Nine: a creative collaboration of choreographer Leah Glenn and visual artist Steve Prince celebrating the heraldic bravery and pioneering spirit of nine African American teenagers who history came to know as the “Little Rock Nine.” Drawing upon their talents as both artists and educators, Leah Glenn and Steve Prince will explore the intersections of the arts, social justice and community engagement through a series of community engagement experiences from master classes, open rehearsals, lectures, performances and community workshops both in dance and visual arts.
Due to the ongoing impact of the global health crisis, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all of the remaining mainstage shows in the current (2020-2021) season, except for Eleven Reflections on September, which will be presented in a virtual format. We look forward to welcoming each of these artists back to the Carver in 2021-2022 or the following season and will provide more details on this in the future. In the meantime, refunds will be issued from the point of purchase. Please click here to get more information on each of these performances.
Performances in the Little Carver Intimate Series will proceed. However, to allow for greater social distancing these performances will relocate to the Jo Long Theatre at the Carver. Please click here to get details about these performances and to purchase tickets.
