Making Light: A Conversation with Artists on Sustaining Creativity, Courage, and Connection in Difficult Times

I don’t have to tell you how frightening this time is. I’ve had to really force myself every day to move out of that fear and back into a space in which I can create. You may be experiencing something similar.
I felt that we as creatives needed to have some conversations about it. To support each other. To find ways to carry on. And so I created a program called Making Light—because in dark times, artists make light.

We meet monthly at the Provincetown Commons (46 Bradford St., Provincetown, MA) and have a conversation together—visual artists, musicians, writers, poets, performers—to support our own practices as well as those of everyone in our community. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Dates are as follows; the time is 6:00pm:

As I fill in topics and panelists, I’ll include that information here. I’m also updating this page regularly with resources; if there’s something you’d like to share, feel free to send it to me at jeannettedebeauvoir@gmail.com.

Resources:

Here’s a moving essay on the dangers of dehumanizing others by Jake Norton—I found it very helpful.
In 1995, Italian novelist and critic Umberto Eco perceived a “ghost stalking Europe (not to speak of other parts of the world).” That ghost was fascism. This is an important read.
Some suggestions for staying creative no matter what.
Anne Sebba chronicles how the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz survived the death camps and considers the role of music amidst genocide.