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ILI Year 5 alum Almeta Whitis is a storyteller, writer, poet and teaching artist, whose life work involves exploring, presenting and honoring cultural connections between
ILI Year 4 Alum Busi Peters-Maughan has been exploring the differences between religion and spirituality in this essay in progress. She recently shared her thoughts
ILI Alum Loren Waters reflects on her ILI Year 4 experience and draws connection and meaning to her own Indigenous peoples perspective.
A supply & donation drive has been organized by ILI alumni to support families on Maui & Hawai’i islands. Please help.
Marshall is noted in this new book about Afrodiasporic contemporary music and recently traveled to work with the International Music Institute in Darmstadt Germany.
Year 4 ILI alum Robin Garcia has co-created a new exhibition at USC in Los Angeles. Of Seed, Soil, and Stars – Mediations on Land,
Congratulations to ILI Year 2 Alum Noel Quiñones for winning an Emmy for his contribution to El legado de la Poesía Puertorriqueña (Legacy of Puerto
ILI Alumn Shin Yu Pai launches a new project with KUOW Public Radio in Seattle. In a world full of stuff, what is worth keeping?
Poet & Producer Shin Yu Pai & History Channel host Theo Wilson talk about their shared ILI leadership program journey and the power of poetry
See more in this series from shin Yu Pai’s new project Join the KUOW Shorts live event series featuring Year 2 ILI Alum Shin Yu
We recently caught up with Rani Pramesti to talk about their experience in ILI Year 3, interculturalism, and their current artistic work in the field.
Year 1 Participant Arturo Herrera recently interviewed and reflected on the work of artist Josué Emmanuel Fierro for the ILI Voices blog and his own
Open Call for Stories Phoning It In: Acts of Artist Activism Feat. Marlo De Lara/Carol Zou Livestream: Wednesday, August 25th on https://www.twitch.tv/coaxialarts 6PM PST As artists and cultural makers,
Pro Arts in partnership with AGENCY Oakland invites you to The LOOM, on August 21st, 2021, at 6:00PM for a public site-tuning event, entitled Ebonics Native
Check out the new work by #ILIAlumni Jonathan Clark! The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc. Re-Emerges from the Global Pandemic with an Original Virtual Production, COVID Stories:
“How does one make sense of their own participation in the world, taking into consideration pasts that have formed legacies of colonialism and disenfranchisement? This
SPECIAL ONLINE PRESENTATION: SUPER BLUES color Lux bath New work from ILI Alum muthi reed. Presented on this year’s Juneteenth celebration of freedom and resilience, Scribe
ILI Yr 2 Alum and Co-Facilitator Joe Tolbert Jr. organizes Circles & Strategy Clinics through Peoples Hub. How can we confront climate-related injustices while we
Suzy González and César Ramos – ILI Fellows from Year 2 – teamed up to lead the creation of zines from each of the three
Robert Martinez is an ILI Fellow Alum from 2018/19. We caught up with him to hear about what he’s doing now. What have you been working
Drawing the Ensō by Shin Yu Pai, ILI Fellow Alum I chose the title Ensō for my forthcoming book because it expresses both the practice of trying to
As the new year proceeds, and as I look towards a year of arts, culture, and all that those things encompass, I move forward knowing
Interview with Nijeul X. Porter, ILI Alum, Past Contributor Nijeul shared his thoughts about what he calls the “ILI Experience 2.0,” his personal
ILI Fellow liza garza and ILI Fellow Alum Eli Lakes form the mother/son musical duo GROW. In 2018/2019, they embarked on a tour of
These days, it seems easier to talk online than in person. ILI Alumni Fellow, Shey Rivera Ríos, is trying to change that. Shey Rivera Ríos
Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS) recently had their 21st Annual Funda Fest: A Celebration of Black Storytelling which took place from Westerly to Woonsocket, Peace Dale
Photo: Kyoung’s Pacific Beat’s PILLOWTALK (The Tank, Jan. 2018). Photo: Walter Wlodarczyk ILI Fellow Kyoung Park guest blogs on Arts Leadership and the future of
Photo: Pūnana Leo o Mānoa Hawaiian Medium Education Preschool students attending the “2017 Ke Au Hawaiʻi- Year of the Hawaiian” ceremony at Washington Place, Honolulu.
ILI Fellows, including Carol Zou (left) and Edyka Chilomé (right) during ILI Intensive #2 in Hawai’i. Photo: Melisa Cardona 2018 was the year I lovingly
ILI Fellow Joel Garciawas an integral part of the community effort to remove the Columbus statue from Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. Learn
ILI Fellow Tara Moses played a key role in decolonizing Tulsa’s Day of the Dead activities in Fall 2018. Here’s how her involvement and her
Photo by Shin Yu Pai ILI Fellow Shin Yu Pai visited Bhutan and Taiwan in 2018. Here are her reflections on those travels and experiences,
We want to take the time to celebrate our Fellows who just finished up their ILI year by sharing their stories of who they are, what
