Creative Expression  Art, music and drama are another cornerstone of GIC work. In addition to personal expression, the Arts are powerful mediums for connection and discovery, especially when language and socio-economic barriers render expression and engagement more difficult. Workshops featuring the Arts helps us appreciate other forms of intercultural expression.

• Reading of Renae Angeroth’s “Palace of the Fields” – Narratives
• Exploring Drama for Intercultural Engagement – Agenda for workshop
• Chants Across Cultures – Agenda for a virtual workshop
• Play Reading – Agenda for a workshop
• Experience with Music as a tool for intercultural exploration – Narrative.

We are fortunate to have in our group accomplished artists and musicians. Our musicians gather music from diverse cultures and lead us in song. Feeling new rhythms that vary from those we are familiar with or pronouncing words from other languages and creating music is a form of intercultural work. Our visual artists lead us in creating simple but meaningful works of art, that express nature, observation, communication and cultural elements of the places we explore in our time together. 

Members have experimented with drama by acting out folk tales from a variety of cultures and by play readings, with each member taking a character role.  We appreciate how playwrights can give voice to a cultural group’s experience and showcase the intercultural dynamics that emerge as people from diverse cultures interact. Theatre includes climactic moments of dissonance and resolution. Through acting or reading a play, we can immerse in another person’s narrative and deepen our sensitivity to that narrative.