Creative Encounters

* Week 1 only | ** Week 2 only

Music, Poetry, Dance & Movement

American Fazl Mosque (D.C.), Mushairah poetry*
Jalees Ahmad
Waleed Ahmad
Muzamal Ahmed Gondal
Tariq Haroon Malik
Hiba Tur Rafiq
Bilal Raja

Bomba Yemayá, bomba music and dance
Jean Carlos Ayala
Mar Cruz
Maria Krystal Cruz
Carlos Calderon Paris
Jose Luis Elicier Pizarro
Maria Abril Rivera
Victor Quinones

Devi Dance Theatre, South Asian dance*
Nelimma Devi
Anila Kumari Ashby
Riya Devi Ashby
Ayaba Bey

Egbe Omo Alairá, Candomblé music and regalia*
Jorge Bezerra
Deborah Cogan
Richard Layne
Robert Louis Lopez Jr.
Rosa Machura
Anibal Mejia
Guy Oron
Donzi De Souza

Halau Na Kipu‘upu‘u, hula dance and chant*
Kumu Micah Kamohoali‘i
Stallone Chartrand
Micah Kamohoali‘i
Patricia Hodson
Laenette Hudgins
Jerneen Kauahi
Nauileiilima Murphy

Hampden Mennonite Church, four-part congregational hymn singing
Nathan Zook
Jonathan Dueck
Wilmer Gehman
Eric Hochstetler
Cynthia Lapp
Nolan Martin
Erin Roth
Faith Zook
Felix Zook

Lady Strings, sacred steel gospel*
Demetrius Beasley
Tressa Boles
Nicolle Brown
Fran Grace
Byron Harris
Angela Grace Russell
Delmarr Pope

Natya Dance Theatre, Indian classical dance*
Krithika Rajagopalan
Parvathi Vanamoorthy Achari
Vidya Govind
Prarthana Prashanth
Aditi Ram
Amuktha Malyada Samudrala

Raj Academy, Sikh kirtan**
Preetinder Singh Dhindsa
Saminder S. Dhindsa
Japji Kaur Matharu
Navjot Singh Sagoo
Ikjot Singh
Surinder Singh

Ukrainian Village Voices, Ukrainian folksong**
Ben Batchelder
Tirzah Brott
Laryssa Czebiniak
Ezra Halleck
Maria Kennedy
Hanna Kipnis King
James Kogan
Joanna Mieleszko
Natalie Oshukany
Katie Pawluk
Ulana Pryjmak
Zoya Shepko

YIVO Ensemble, Yiddish folk music**
Lorin Sklamberg
Yurie Mitsuhashi
Lucy Fitz Gibbon
Ryan McCullough

Indigenous Enterprise, powwow dance*

Minyo Dance Group, Seabrook Buddhist Temple, Obon festival dance*

Felipe Molina, Yoeme deer songs

Nen Daiko, taiko drumming*

Dal‘Suhu Not-Afraid, Hopi drumming and song*

Ramsay Taum, Hawaiian lua martial art
Bronson Kainoa Azama, Hawaiian lua martial art
Kaulana Fraser, Hawaiian lua martial art

Threshold Singers, hospice music ministry

Uptown Singerz, intertribal pow wow drumming*

Ni Made Wiratini, I Wayang Dibia, Balinese offerings and kecak**

Foodways & Plant Knowledge

BattleField Farms, community garden and food ministry
Christopher Battle
Lydia Brown
Kelly Sauskojus
Kayla Stuart

Gefilteria, Ashkenazi Jewish foodways*
Liz Alpern
Jeffrey Yoskowitz

Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, puja, art, and sacred foods

Wild Bearies, Ho-Chunk culture and foodways
Elena Terry
Julian Greendeer
Rita Kingswan
Josie Lee
Rita Peters
Kaylanah Shendo

Calvin Hoe, Hawaiian kalo (taro)
Charlene Hoe, Hawaiian kalo (taro)

Felicia Montes, Botanica del Barrio, herbal healing*

Sonia Pessoa, Afro-Brazilian foodways**

Aaron Rovan, Slovak Catholic foodways*

Visual Art & Craft

Esparza Family, ofrenda altars
Ofelia Esparza
Alec Esparza
Denise Esparza
Elena Esparza
Rosanna Esparza Ahrens

Ecclesiastical Art and Design, Orthodox icons
Ruslana Makarenko
Sviet Makarenko

Los Viajeros de las Americas, alfombra sawdust carpet*
Ubaldo Sanchez

Kevin Aspaas, Diné weaving**

Josh Berer, Arabic calligraphy
Mariam Lodin, Arabic calligraphy

Laryssa Czebiniak (Larysanky), pysanky eggs**

Nicolas Otero, santos
Ruben M. Gallegos, santos
Andrew Montoya, santos

Losang Samten, Tibetan Buddhist mandala
Soo Kyong Kim, Tibetan Buddhist mandala

Sylvia Stephens, quilting
Veronica Carter, quilting
Stefanie Freeman, quilting
Bushra Majeed, quilting
Kori Majeed, quilting
Cherry Washington, quilting

Uhuru Quilters Guild, quilting

Louis David Valenzuela, Yoeme pascola masks
Marilyn Cowboy, Yoeme sewa flowers
Tinnia Cowboy, Yoeme sewa flowers

Vilma Veronica Osorio Villaran, vejigantes masquerade

Traditional Knowledge, Storytelling & Research

GALACTIC and Navajo Technical University, Diné cultural knowledge**
Amy Horowitz
Kayla Jackson
Sharon Nelson
Nonabah Sam
Tyra Toledo
Wesley Thomas

Capital Jewish Museum, Sukkot traditions

FamilySearch Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, family history research

Iranian-American Community Center, Nowruz traditions and storytelling

Karen “Queen Nur” Abdul-Malik, storytelling

Kiran Singh Sirah, International Storytelling Center, story circles

Gene Tagaban, storytelling and Raven dance**

Martine de Souza, Jeanne Paule de Souza, vodun altars**

Filmmakers, Speakers, and Other Guests

AfroLatiné Theology Project, Faith in Blackness
Guesnerth Josue Perea
Michael Lopez, Jr.
Charles Reynoso

Quince Orchard Project, Finding Fellowship
Rev. Dr. Gerald Green, Jr.
Jason Green

Alexis Garcia, Daughter of the Sea

Sasa Aakil, Abdul Ali, Sophia Hall, Gabriella Orozco, Kae Osei, curated by Interfaith America, poetry

Mariachi Aztlán, Pueblo High School, mariachi

John Barry, Kathleen Flake, Kate Carté, Eric Williams, Steven Green, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Jennifer Snow, Ruthie Oberg, Melissa Borja, Christopher Stevenson, National Museum of American Religion

Estevan Gonzalez, Matt C. Martinez, rural radio partnership, New Mexico

Diana Chester, soundscape

ADAMS Center, Don Abrams, Najmieh Batmanglij, Brad Braxton, Julie Colton, Congregation Action Network, Aisha Imam, Interfaith Power and Light (DC.MD.NoVA), KC Slack, Beth Lockard, Darby Leigh, Bonni Leiserowitz, Tim Ma, Ellie Pierce, Yolanda Pierce, Anthony Pinn, Nathan Samayo, SevaTruck, Jim Wallis, Mohamed Zakariya

Presenters

Renee Anderson
Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal
Camila Bryce-Laporte
Rachel Cooper
Kālewa Correa
Zane Cupec
Jonathan Dueck
Julia Gutiérrez-Rivera
Healoha Johnston
Cathy Hiebert Kierst
Mark Puryear
Lisbeth Meléndez Rivera
Kathy Roberts
Erin Roth
Woodman Taylor
Alex Weiser

With apologies to those whose names we have missed, we express our deep appreciation for all participants. We are also grateful to their families and loved ones for helping to make their participation possible.