Co-organizer Creative Community Summit

Written By Edgar Endress

CULTIVATE AMHERST!

AN INITIATIVE TO GROW A CREATIVE ECONOMY

APRIL  7  2016

This event, hosted by Second Stage Amherst, is to discuss opportunities and tools available to cultivate Amherst’s economy based on the region’s natural, creative, cultural and human assets, driving economic opportunities in our community. 

http://www.cultivateamherstva.org/

 

Edgar Endress
Edgar Endress, Founder of Floating Lab Collective. Edgar Endress is a George Mason University assistant professor teaching new media and public art. Born in Chile, he has exhibited extensively throughout the Americas, most recently in Medellin, Colombia. In 2007, in association with Provisions, he initiated the Floating Lab Collective, a team of interdisciplinary artists who deploy innovative art projects in collaboration with urban communities. His work focuses on syncretism in the Andes, displacement in the Caribbean, and mobile art-making practices. He received his MFA in Video Art from Syracuse University. He has received numerous grants and fellowships, including from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Creative Capital Fund.
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