American Arts Incubator — Colombia, entitled “Laboratorio en las Fronteras,” brought together a group of 28 visual artists, filmmakers, creative producers, musicians, educators, and social advocates to explore migration and identity in the context of the Colombia/Venezuela border crisis. Just as I was about to begin a journey to Barranquilla to lead the lab in person, the world went on lockdown…

I was really looking forward to spending time in Kyiv, Ukraine this past April, but instead my exchange turned into the COVID-19 pandemic exchange. With great assistance from ZERO1, I pivoted in the short space of two weeks to a fully online experience. . It was also fortunate that my incubator topic was art and artificial intelligence, which meant…

The recent global pandemic has disrupted all of our lives, while highlighting a myriad of “wicked problems” facing cities. In just a matter of months, cities look and feel different. For many, we are looking at them out our window or within the small perimeter in our neighborhood. The isolation during shelter-in-place has shed light on…