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Open Forum: Diversity in the Creative Economy

  • Opalka Gallery 140 New Scotland Avenue Albany, NY, 12208 United States (map)

This is the first Open Forum event hosted by the Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy. It will feature a discussion about diversity in the Capital Region's creative economy moderated by Ada Harper, creator of 518Blk.com. Confirmed panelists include Dale Davidson, owner of Umana Restaurant and Wine Bar,Ashleigh Kinsey, CEO of AK Design Digital Media Services & Consulting, Bhawin Suchak Executive Director of Youth FXDJ Trumastr, founder of Beat*Shot Productions, and Hana van der Kolk, Troy-based touring choreographer and performance artist. 

Presented in partnership with 518Blk.com, Mission Accomplished Transition Services, Inc. and the Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy. 

Free and open to the public.

Image credit: Eleazar Hernádez, "I Am Every Woman," 2016

Earlier Event: April 9
Planning Committee Meeting
Later Event: April 14
The Miseducation of the Black Womyn