New Urban Arts is excited to announce the Spring 2013 series of Conversation on Creative Practice, organized and curated by Arts Mentoring Fellows Rick Benjamin and Eli Nixon. The sixth annual series will be held at our art studio, located at 705 Westminster Street in Providence. All events take place from 7-9pm and are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Thurs, March 21: Imagination Ignition and Meaning Transmission: Films, Drawings, Prints, Puppets, Clown with Jo Dery and Eli Nixon.

Tues, March 26: Stories in Words and Paint, Murals and Songs with Valerie Tutson and Munir Mohammed

Tues, April 23: Poetry Infusion: Affirmation and Rebellion with NY performance poet Kahlil Almustafa and RI Poet Laureate Rick Benjamin

Mon, May 13: Dancing on Top of Dyslexia with Vermont choreographer Lida Winfield about balancing art, family and redefining notions of success.

Conversations are made possible through major funding support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.