PCA's Diversity & Inclusion Committee invites Prumsodun Ok for an Artist Talk
This week, students, faculty and staff are invited to attend an online artist talk with Prumsodun Ok, sponsored by the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, in conjunction with the Photography department and the course “Situating the Queer Image” taught by Maximiliano Battaglia
Prumsodun Ok is the proud child of Khmer refugees. Born in, of, and between many different cultures, languages, and worldviews, he is an outlier pioneering strategy and program design for art and education. Integrating the intense rigor of traditional master-apprentice training with ideas and approaches from youth development and community health, Ok founded Cambodia’s first gay dance company. Reflecting the intercultural, boundary-crossing nature of his work, he has been an artist in residence at Asia Discovers Asia Meeting (Taiwan), The Vann Molyvann Project (Cambodia), Baryshnikov Arts Center (United States), and CounterPulse (United States). He is the recipient of major grants and fellowships from TED, Hewlett Foundation, Dance/USA, Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, MAP Fund, and Surdna Foundation among others, and was honored with the Monette-Horwitz Trust Award and named an LGBT+ Leader of Tomorrow by The Dots and WeTransfer.