Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue [SEP] inception
Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue
The Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue (IACD) was founded in 1997 by actress, playwright, and professor Anna Deavere Smith. Its mission was to support the development of art that illuminates social conditions; to deepen the capacity of artists to communicate with their audiences; and to build an international community in which artists, students, activists, and scholars could work together to develop the artist as a voice in society.
From 1998 to 2000, Smith and The Ford Foundation
Phoebe Farris
Phoebe Farris (also published as Pheobe Farris-Dufrene) is an art therapist, author, editor, artist, academic"," photographer, free lance arts critic, and curator. Farris received Fulbright and National Endowment of the Humanities grants and was named a Rockefeller Scholar in Residence. She was a resident at Harvard University’s Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue and at the Women’s Leadership Institute at Mills College, she earned an international reputation in the field of women’s studies. She identifies as