Preview: WETA Arts October 2022

WETA Arts and host Felicia Curry are back! This month, experience the power of words at the Spoken Word to Go-Go finals, learn about Chelsea Ritter-Soronen’s transformative street art with ChalkR!ot in Silver Spring, and explore how Woolly Mammoth’s artistic director Maria Manuela Goyanes navigates the challenge of upholding the theater’s legacy while continuing to push artistic boundaries.

In May’s episode of WETA Arts, meet pianist, vocalist, and composer Amy K. Bormet, the founder of the Washington Women in Jazz Festival. Plus, explore the deep history of tap dance with the leaders of the Capitol Tap and District Tap dance companies. And, host Felicia Curry speaks with Douglas Yeuell, the executive director of the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast DC.

Tour and meet the founders of the Rubell Museum, a new contemporary art museum in Southwest D.C.; get to know aerialist, weaver, and installation artist Kirsty Little at her Mt. Rainier, MD studio; and hear from Molly Smith, the outgoing Artistic Director of Arena Stage, the first desegregated theater in Washington, D.C.