HIGHLIGHTS
Partner with us.
Join the Global “Acting Together” Campaign.
Learn about our new project:
"A Way Out of No Way"
with Jane Sapp
Read Cindy Cohen's article in the 2013 Olive Branch Teacher's Guide.
Acting Together at Community Arts Lab (CAL) Theatre Festival in Netherlands
View video: Presentation by the Ulafa’a Visual Artists of Bahrain
Read portrait of Cynthia Cohen in American Theatre magazine.
“Acting Together” Documentary receives the “Spirit of Place” Award
“Linking the Arts With Justice” by Cindy Cohen. Summer/Fall 2012 issue of Ethics Central Newsletter.
Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts featured in Brandeis Magazine: (Summer 2012 issue)
“Acting Together” Documentary selected to receive a 2012 Telly Award
Xchange Perspectives (XCP) is using a Peacebuilding and the Arts report to support their work in South Sudan. Read more and watch the video.
Read a Book Review
by Serge Loode of the
Acting Together Anthology
Vol. I & II
What's Happening
"Acting Together" Screening
September 4
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University
Theatre for Change in Ecuador
September 10
Brandeis University
Fall 2013 Course
PAX 250 – The Arts of Building Peace
Instructor: Cynthia Cohen
Time: Tuesdays, 2-4:50pm
Acting Together Documentary
Watch the preview!
Find out about "Acting Together" screenings near you.
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Exploring the contributions of arts and culture to peace
Welcome to Peacebuilding and the Arts, a program of the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis. This website is for artists, cultural workers, coexistence practitioners, peacebuilding scholars, and all who are interested in how the arts and cultural traditions can be crafted to bridge differences, mediate conflicts, and contribute to peace.
We collaborate with artists who work in divided communities, supporting them to reflect on, document, and strengthen their practice. The lessons from these collaborations are accessible through publications, trainings, courses, and this virtual resource center. Read more about why we need creative approaches to peacebuilding.
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We are currently partnering with ReCAST, Inc. on a Multilingual Global Campaign for "Acting Together on the World Stage."
Acting Together documentary: “Acting Together on the World Stage”
This remarkable 54 minutes documentary highlights courageous and creative artists and peacebuilders working in conflict regions, describes exemplary peacebuilding performances and offers tools for the creative transformation of violence. Order your copy now.
Acting Together anthology: “Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict” is a two-volume work describing peacebuilding performances in regions beset by violence and internal conflicts. Volume II focuses on the transformative power of performance in regions fractured by "subtler" forms of structural violence and social exclusion. Order your copy now.