Sarah Ashford Hart
participatory performance facilitator & scholar / facilitadora & investigadora de performance participativo
participatory performance facilitator & scholar / facilitadora & investigadora de performance participativo
IntegrArte was a new participatory arts project that I initiated in 2014 with the Maule Regional Theater, which aimed to enhance social inclusion by facilitating creative expression in vulnerable contexts. I spearheaded a team of four socially engaged arts practitioners to develop diverse Expressive Encounters: Radio Theater with incarcerated people in a center for social reintegration; Rhythmic Theater with disabled people from a disadvantaged urban area; Foto-Performance with the elderly people in a charitable care home; and Creative Writing with women who had experienced domestic violence. Each semester culminated with a multidisciplinary presentation of the artwork created by the participants, representing the reality of their social contexts and inviting the public to reflect on the multiple identities of Talca, Chile.
Sarah Ashford Hart 