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Livestream: Exploring the art of belonging in the Dallas arts community

 Members of the Dallas Asian American Art Club chat around a table during a weekly meeting Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Civil Pour in Dallas. Club founder Christina Hahn said she created the club because she struggled to find people who shared the same cultural fluency to challenge her work in a nuanced way.
Emily Nava
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Members of the Dallas Asian American Art Club chat around a table during a weekly meeting Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Civil Pour in Dallas.

Who feels like they belong in the arts community, that they're welcome at arts performances? Who doesn't? How can that sense be created for people who may not feel like they belong in the arts.

Every year, the arts funding organization TACA gathers artists, arts professionals and enthusiasts together to discuss an issue in the arts community. This year's topic is "The Art of Belonging."

Tune in to KERA's livestream of the keynote conversation at the TACA Perforum at 4 p.m. Monday Sept. 18.

Maura Scheffler, TACA's executive director, will moderate the conversation with:

Martine Elyse Philippe, Director, City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture

Sixto A. Wagan, Jr., Project Director, Greater Houston BIPOC Arts Network and Fund

Jinelle Thompson, Research & Partnerships Manager, Museum Hue

Anne Bothwell is Vice President, Arts at KERA, the public radio and television station for North Texas. She oversees local arts, music and culture content on a variety of station platforms, including KERA FM, KERA TV, artandseek.org, kxt.org and keranews.org. KERA’s arts journalists have won numerous awards for their work, including a national Edward R. Murrow award for video. The television series Frame of Mind spotlights Texas’ independent filmmakers. The Art&Seek calendar connects you with arts events. And the State of the Arts conversation series in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton uses arts and culture as lens to frame community issues. Anne got her start as an arts editor in newspapers, with stints at The Dallas Morning News and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She has a journalism degree from Northwestern University.