AMPLIFY:

River of Amplified Voices

 

What is AMPLIFY?

The goal of AMPLIFY is to use Beechwood’s resources to support black artists and the black community by giving them control of the narrative and AMPLIFYING their artistic voices, while standing with them in solidarity. We have invited black visual artists and performers from our creative community, along with other artists they invite, to collaboratively create and share their voices through the lens of the arts.


AMPLIFY works through:

Visual Art: Artists create on black lawn signs that are placed in public spaces in the form of a River of AMPLIFIED Voices

Performance: Musicians, spoken word artists, dancers, actors were given the Beechwood space, both real and virtual, to bring their voice to the audience.

Community Conversation: through the power of to arts to connect and communicate, we facilitate community conversation around difficult subjects, in a way where every voice is heard and integrated.

The River of Amplified Voices

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After a successful 2 week festival in Westport during the tumultuous summer of 2020 to launch the initiative, AMPLIFY is now bringing the Performance, Art and Conversation to other communities.

  1. •Who: Arts Organizations, Libraries or or other community-driven organizations

  2. •What: Bring Amplify to their communities to further the impact, advance understanding and help end systemic racism