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Saturday, August 24, 2024
7:00 PM- 8:40 PM. (Show itself is free to the public and begins around 7pm! No reservations, just come in.)
Kristina Wong will present a work-in-progress entitled, Kristina Wong: #FoodBankInfluencer at Catskill Art Space. In the week prior, she will immerse herself in a CAS-hosted artist residency allowing her time and space to further develop the performance and engage in several programs and activities in Livingston Manor and Sullivan County.
Through her latest project, Wong will be creatively exploring functional food banks and includes a commentary on food systems and distribution as well as a treatise on food insecurity. Peppered with Karaoke songs with her original lyrics, Wong provides a look at the future of emergency food and the role of food banks as a permanent part of the American food system.
Food Bank Influencer is presented in partnership with En Garde Arts and The Dr. David M. Milch Foundation. Her engagement will include leading a youth workshop with CAS Kids, a free community performance and a reception (including performance) to benefit the Sullivan County nonprofit A Single Bite and their mission to feed and educate children and their families with real, local food.
Ahead of the performance, there will be a cocktail reception in the ground floor galleries of CAS, with small bites and drinks served. Tickets to this event are $200 and include reserved seating for the performance to follow at 7pm. All proceeds benefit A Single Bite + Catskills Food Hub.
About Kristina Wong
Kristina is the recipient of the 2023 Joan D. Firestone Fund awarded by En Garde Arts, a five-year program that presents an unrestricted award to a theatre artist to support the development of a new work at the intersection of theatre and social change. Public sharing each year is part of the En Garde Arts Uncommon Voices series, a new work developmental residency program that gives artists working at the intersection of theatre and social change.
About En Garde Arts
En Garde Arts is a New York City-based theatre company, and a pioneer in site-specific theatre and serves as an incubator for dynamic experiences that encapsulate today’s most pressing issues and move the public into action.
About A Single Bite + Catskills Food Hub
A Single Bite is a Sullivan County non-profit that feeds and educates children and their families with real, local food. Since March 2020, the five-year old organization’s Free Meal Program has prepared and delivered more than 155,000 servings of scratch made food to local families struggling to put healthy food on the table. Working closely with educators, their Real Food Education Program is a four-part, immersive experience that teaches students about making healthy food choices.