Congratulations to Ralph Lemon (DIAP visiting artist Spring 2016) for receiving a National Medal of the Arts for his contribution to dance and the visual arts by President Barack Obama.

Priyanka Dasgupta (2017 DIAP)
will be speaking on art and social change, as part of a panel of artists and writers in conversation with Mick Minard, on Saturday, October 8, at the Annual Indo American Arts Council Literary Festival, New York. The event is from 12.15 – 1.15pm, at NYU’s Kimmel Center, located on 60 Washington Square Park

Michelle Levy (2016 DIAP Alum):
DIAP Alumni Michelle Levy will be performing “Ruins of Achelach”
on October 15, 2016, @ Dixon Place (works in progress series)
161 A Christie Street, 10 pm.
Tickets on sale by September 15 dixonplace.org

Created and performed by Michelle Levy (DIAP Alum).
Developed with and directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde (DIAP Alum).
Intro performance by Leigh Davis and invited guests: “Mother Circle,” with choral compositions written by Annie Garretson for the Threshold Choir.

Lionel Cruet (2014 DIAP Alum):

Lionel Cruet presented his project “Intangible Sites”, an immersive environment in a mobile container unit that displays reflections through images and sounds collected with the participation of the immigrant community of New Mexico during the month of September and October of 2016 at PASEO Taos, NM.

And postmatter published a very good write-up about his piece here

William Tucci (2014 DIAP Alum):
Provided parts of the soundtrack for Wastedland 2, the new film by writer and director Andrew H. Shirley.

See him live with his band “Unstoppable Death Machines” 9/30/16 ☠ 8pm @ Aviv ☠ 496 Morgan Ave
Death is not the end

Sarah Cameron Sunde (2016 DIAP Alum)
has started her 9 month Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) workspace residency.