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Jared Mezzocchi

Jared Mezzocchi is an Obie Award-winning multimedia artist based out of Washington, DC who has directed and designed across the US. Currently, his multimedia designs are being used to bridge the gap between Zoom performances and design.

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Jeremy O. Harris

Harris is an American actor and playwright, known for his plays “Daddy” and "Slave Play," but is so much more.

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The World to Come

The serial [podcast] adventure is set in a semi-dystopian future and blends musical styles and pop culture genres brought to life by a cast of over 20 actors and more than a dozen creatives.

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Flint Repertory Theatre

A professional, not-for-profit theatre in the heart of Flint, Michigan. The Rep’s commitment is to provide the city of Flint and surrounding communities with highly imaginative, thought-provoking theatre that is challenging, entertaining, and inspiring for all ages.

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Austin James Smith

Known on Instagram for his adornment work and cutting-edge jewelry designs, Austin James Smith Smith launched an accessories line, Empty Jewels. You are in for a dark and whimsical treat!

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Kay Ulanday Barrett

A Campus Pride Hot List artist, Trans Justice Funding Project Panelist, and Trans 100 Honoree, Kay Ulanday Barrett aka @brownroundboi, is a poet, performer, and educator, navigating life as a disabled pin@y-amerikan transgender queer in the U.S. with struggle, resistance, and laughter.

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A.B.O. Comix

A.B.O. is a collective of creators and activists who work to amplify the voices of LGBTQ prisoners through art. By working closely with prison abolitionist and queer advocacy organizations, they aim to keep queer prisoners connected to outside community and help them in the fight toward liberation.

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The Conciliation Project

A non-profit Social Justice Arts Company based in Richmond, VA in residence at TheatreLAB, The Basement. Their engagements are geared toward businesses, organizations, schools, and communities to help in the process of eliminating racial and cultural stereotypes and the movement toward a more just and equal world.

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Reann Ballslee

Drag at it's finest and it's sassiest. Rejected Disney Princess. ✨ Part-Time Magician. 🎩 Mediocre Theme Park Dancing. 💃 With a dash of Golden Girls.

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Travis Hoser - "So Many People: The Sondheim Sessions"

Travis Hoser - “So Many People: The Sondheim Sessions”

“So Many People: The Sondheim Sessions,” will be out everywhere on Friday, 10/23! The selection of songs represents Hoser's feelings and emotions over the past 6 months through the lens of Stephen Sondheim.

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J. Knight

Jason Knight's artwork is an exploration of the male figure, natural objects, and their combination. He examines the boldness of the male figure, both in its sensual and sexual nature, using color, texture, and pattern as abstractions from the natural world to form backdrops that play between positive and negative space.

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Michael-Birch Pierce

Pierce interned for Diane von Furstenberg, designed and embroidered Christmas decorations for the Obama White House, and served as stylist for André Leon Talley's Little Black Dress costume exhibition. They completed artist residencies in Hong Kong and Lacoste, France and exhibited in numerous galleries and museums both domestically and abroad.

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Sonopera

Cutting-edge and innovative: New opera with integrated sound design.

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University Dancers

University Dancers is the audition-based dance company at the University of Richmond. Pieces are choreographed by accomplished faculty, students, and award-winning choreogrpahers from around the world.

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Norton Simon Museum

The Norton Simon Museum is known around the world as one of the most remarkable private art collections ever assembled.

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The Billie Holiday Theatre

The AUDELCO and Obie Award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre is artistic anchor to the largest African American community in the nation: Central Brooklyn and one of the last remaining theaters forged in the aesthetic and sociocultural kiln of America’s Civil Rights/Black Arts Movements.

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Richmond Triangle Players

Richmond Triangle Players changes the community conversation about diversity and inclusion through the production of LGBTQ works. RTP is the longest continuously-operating theater in the entire Mid-Atlantic with this mission. They aim to enlighten all audiences with theatre that warms the heart, educates the mind and entertains the spirit.

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Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

Go back in time at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire where history comes to life! The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire is located on the grounds of Mount Hope Estate and Winery.

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Mending Walls

Mending Walls is a public art project that brings together public artists from different cultures and backgrounds to create murals that address where we are now in society and how we can move forward through understanding and collaboration.

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S. Ross Browne

S. Ross Browne is a painter of figurative realism. His neo-classical compositions illustrate the collective narrative of the people of the diaspora.

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Chicken Soup for the White Boy's Soul

Your friendly podcasting white boy, Denver Crawford, and his many guests have those uncomfortable conversations on race and identity so we can all learn. The question is often more important than the answer. What will you bring to the table? Check out this podcast!

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Copeland Studio

An interdisciplinary design studio creating custom interiors, furniture, textiles, fabrication, and fine arts in Richmond, VA. Started by Kelsey Copeland Lane in 2020. Kelsey received a degree in Interior Design from New York School of Interior Design in 2014, and has been working in residential & commercial design projects in RVA and NY.

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True Harrigan

True is an interdisciplinary artist nterested in transparency, shadow, light reflection and refraction. Her work explores the intangible and invisible imprints that have been embedded into us; and how memories forgotten reveal themselves through the act of making.

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Connor Henzel

Art, Multimedia, and the Great Outdoors! Through multimedia and outdoor leadership, Connor hopes to inspire conservation for the natural world, and increase visibility for underrepresented groups in outdoor spaces. Sharing his passion for the wonders of the mountain west is one of his greatest joys.

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Lucy Dacus

Lucy Dacus is an American indie rock singer-songwriter from Richmond, Virginia. She has released two critically acclaimed albums: No Burden and Historian. In 2018, she formed Boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker.

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Post Secret

PostSecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by Frank Warren in 2005, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Selected secrets are then posted on the PostSecret website, or used for PostSecret's books or museum exhibits.

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Fine Acts

A nonprofit for socially engaged creative solutions, that operates across issues and borders. Fine Acts believes in the power of art and play. In their work, they think about ways to make people care and act, and create novel avenues to empower activism.

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Postcards from Forever

Through powerful archival and contemporary images of Black dignity and protest, Postcards from Forever highlight the timelessness and perpetuity of anti-Black racism and police brutality in the U.S., while also creating a space where people can demand that their legislators work toward a more accountable, equitable future.

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Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble

Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble generates innovative physical works of theatre while contributing educational and transformative experiences.

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AuMents Dansa Teatre

This physical theatre and dance company blurs the boundaries between different forms of performance, and so create something entirely new. The result was a visual and poetic body language style that involves you through the senses and not by rational understanding.

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Mosaic Theater

Mosaic Theater Company is committed to making transformational, socially-relevant art, to producing plays by authors on the front lines of conflict zones, and to building a fusion community to address some of the most pressing issues of our times. Dedicated to making our theater a model of diversity and inclusion at every strata, on stage and off.

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Jazzart Dance Theatre

Jazzart is the oldest contemporary dance company in the Cape, if not Africa. It has been at the forefront of contemporary dance development administratively and artistically, within the context of democratic practice, serving marginalised communities in particular.

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Revolution Dance Theatre

Revolution Dance Theatre, Cincinnati's ONLY African American Dance company in residence at the prestigious Aronoff Center for the Arts, is a non-profit organization dedicated to building cultural diversity in the world of dance. Intent on inclusion in ballet, RDT is committed to work that raises the level of access, visibility, and representation.

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Birds and Arrows

Southwest rock duo Birds and Arrows are Andrea and Pete Connolly. ROCKnROLL + ART in TUCSON, AZ

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Summer School

Summer School is a handmade line of homewares made by Karen D'Ambrosi.

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Joshua Espinoza

American jazz pianist Joshua Espinoza blends and bends genres into original compositions and arrangements that are immediately relatable, yet hard to define. The son of a Mexican immigrant father and rural Appalachian mother, navigating a fine line between distinct cultures has always been his reality.

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Blue Dot Studios

Blue Dot's goal is to create a space for artists and makers in the Swansboro neighborhood of Richmond, VA. We have studios in a variety of sizes ranging from 150 to 1150 square feet. All studios are climate controlled and include wifi and security system with access to restrooms and a community break room.

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Bread and Puppet Theater

Artist, theatre practionaers, puppets, and bread! They give you a piece of bread with the puppet show because their bread and theater belong together.

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The Outrage

Your hub for activism. Through apparel and community, The Outrage starts and sustains conversations. Donating with EVERY. SINGLE. PURCHASE.

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Proud Artist Co

A clothing company dedicated to embracing the unconventional journey of performance artists and uplifting Proud Stories.

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videometry visuals by Dustin Klein

Dustin Klein is normally a light designer for at music festivals, projecting psychedelic and upbeat lighting displays set to music. In June, he quickly became known for his protest projections on the Confederate monuments in Richmond, VA.

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Trinity Andrew

🌿 Food Artist Inspired by Nature 🥀 Fighting for Justice, Equality, & Self Love

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Mamie Young

Mamie Young is a filmmaker turned contemporary artist in LA. Her work focuses on the wacky wavy inflatable tube man as a pop culture icon and uses them as characters in her pieces. Her paintings tackle a wide range of social commentaries, as well as observations on the absurdities of life and modern culture.

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McLean Fletcher

McLean Creatives

McLean is an artist, actor, illustrator, teacher, and fitness and life coach. Visit her website for photographs of her artwork, previous performances, and information about her coaching offerings.

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Voices Unbarred

They create a platform f individuals who are currently or formerly incarcerated to have their voices heard. They use the ideology and techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed to guide participants in identifying needs, discussing issues, exploring solutions, and telling their stories--culminating in creating and performing an original play.

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BroadwayHD

Broadway your way from the comfort of your own home. Watch musicals, plays, and classics from anywhere you can access the internet!

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The Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD

The Metropolitan Opera is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world.

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MCT, Inc.

MCT, Inc. = Missoula Children's Theatre & Missoula Community Theatre. Offering local children's programming and community theatre performances as well as an international touring project.

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TheatreLAB

Richmond, Virginia's home for unexpected and evocative performance. Through artistry and imagination, TheatreLAB creates unique theatrical experiences that spark a collaborative exchange of ideas between artist and audience.