Futures Without Guns Documentary Private Screening
Futures Without Guns Private Documentary Screening
Join us for a night of conversation and connection as we present a private screening of the Futures Without Guns short film documentary directed and produced by award-winning filmmaker Kyra Knox. This film explores the creative processes and inspirations of the artists in the Science Center’s 2024 Futures Without Guns multimedia speculative art exhibition, which investigated gun violence as a health equity issue.
Evening Agenda
5:00PM - 5:30PM
Check-in & Refreshments
5:40PM - 6:10PM
Private Film Screening
6:15PM - 6:45PM
Art as a Pathway to Healing Panel Discussion
Moderated by Noelle Diane Johnson of Artists Heal®, featuring filmmaker Kyra Knox, City of Philadelphia Poet Laureate 2020-2021 and founder of Healing Verse Philly & the Healing Verse Hotline Trapeta B. Mayson, and founder of Creative Mind Productions and Shoot Cameras Not Guns, Vernon Ray Jr.
6:45PM - 7:30PM
Arts For Action Mixer
This is time for creatives, leaders of funding institutions and community members to intentionally connect, discuss upcoming projects, and possible collaborations.