Creative Conversations: Activists, Artists, and Authors

Creative Conversations, our newest series, features inspiring activists, artists, and authors in an intimate setting, and addresses timely, top-of-mind social and environmental issues. Different from ordinary speaker series, the programs are conversation-driven, and incorporate a variety of creative elements, such as film and artistic performance, to increase impact and engage the audience in a multi-faceted way. At the core of the program is to inspire and explore new ideas, and to promote the importance of translating ideas into action.

Redford Center Leadership Retreat

In a world increasingly challenged with volatility, complexity, and ambiguity, today’s leaders are facing profound challenges in staying ahead, at the same time they are sitting on unparalleled opportunities for creating positive social change through their work.

Green Schools Summit

What if every child in America attended a green school? What if the idea of a green school extended beyond the building itself to enlightened education that takes the arts, creativity, and imagination seriously?

 

This summit will build on the momentum of the National Green Schools Campaign, which aims to have every child in America attending a green school within a generation, and will leverage the interest and opportunities created by the Mayors' Alliance for Green Schools.

2010 Tree Room Author Series

A way of engaging with some of the greatest writers and thinkers of today.

Since 2003, the award-winning Tree Room restaurant at the Sundance Resort has been host to an author series of national repute.

Sausalito Film Festival Waste Land Event

Waste Land Bay Area Premiere: Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There, he photographs an eclectic band of catadores, or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials.

Brave New Voices Speak Green

A project designed to bring the future into the room, through spoken word poetry and courage.

The Redford Center has teamed up with Youth Speaks since 2006 as partners in the Brave New Voices Speak Green project.

National Arts Policy Roundtable

Issues important to the arts are also important to society.

This is the premise on which the Redford Center co-convened the first National Arts Policy Roundtable with Americans for the Arts in October 2006.