Education & Public Programs
Ava Locks’ approach to programming leverages existing organizational resources and relationships to engage the community through a wide array of educational offerings. Her practice focuses on developing accessible and equitable programs that demystify the artistic process through hands-on experiences that reach diverse and multi-generational audiences.
During her recent engagement with The Watermill Center, an artist residency program based in Water Mill, NY, Locks developed an extensive array of programming that took full use of The Center’s rotating roster of international artists-in-residence, extensive art collection, and existing ties with the community.
The resulting programs increased opportunities for disabled and neurodivergent audiences, empowered high-school students to use art as a tool for social change, engaged the community through new and creative avenues, established new partnerships, and provided artists with the tools to share their practices with the public in an engaging format.
Featured Artists
Martine Abitbol, Anthony Acciavatti, Adedayo Agarau, Joshua Allen, Ville Andersson. Katerina Andreou, Afua Ansong, Mikki Baloy, Adam Baranello, Chloe Bellemere, Eli Berman, Lea Bertucci, Helen Betya Rubinstein, Brian Block, Scott Bluedorn, Morgan Bobrow-Williams, Sarah Brahim, Autumn Breon, Zoe Buckamn, D.Graham Burnett, David Chaffin (DJ Bio Dynamic), Sylvia Channing, Catherine Chen, Philiipe Cheng, Georgios Cherouvim, Andrea Cote, Pipi Deer, Alessandro Di Pietro, Rachel Dickstein, East End Special Players, Sabra Moon Elliot, ESTAR(SER), Tamar Ettun, Roger Ferris, Carly Fischer, For Freedoms, Vinson Fraley, Fana Fraser, Saskia Friedrich, Samara Gaev, Catherine Galasso, Inga Galinyte, Tyler Givens, Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre, Kimberly Goff, Catherine L. Hansen, Nile Harris, Brianna L. Hernández Baurichter, Zoe Hitzig, Joyce Ho, Sylvia Hommert, Erica-Lynn Huberty, Corinne Idzal, Amanda Johnston, Chris Jones, Regina Jose Galindo, Molly Joyce, Stephanie Joyce, Coby Kennedy, Noah Khoshbin, Christopher Knowles, Carina Kohn, Heidi Lee Komaromi, KOR’SIA, Laurie Krupp, Laurie Lambrecht, Susan Lazarus-Reiman, Matthew Leifheit, Adam Lenz, Pontus Lidberg, Jerome Liggon, Maria Louizou, Ola Maciejewska, Karen Meyer, Robert Nava, Miki Orihara, Passepartout Duo, Pe Mellado Dance Company, Princess Lockeroo, Monica Ramon Rios, Matthew Randle-Bent, Alvaro Restrepo, AM Ringwalt, Enric Ruiz-Gelli, Hugh Ryan, Bastienne Schmidt, Denise Silva-Dennis, Cody Simons, Christopher Spaide, Angela Stepan, Sara Stern, Asia Stewart, John Elizabeth Stinzi, STUDIOTASSY, Robert Taylor, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Tassy Ellen Thompson, Tela Troge, Ogemdi Ude, James Ulmer, Anthony Vine, Shane Weeks, The Wide Awakes, Robert Wilson, Tuce Yasak, Netta Yerushalmy
Featured Partnerships
Bay Street Theatre (Sag Harbor, NY), Bridgehampton Childcare and Recreation Center (Bridgehampton, NY), Buddhaberry (East Hampton, NY), East End Explorers (Southampton, NY), East End Food Institute (Southampton, NY), Eastville Community Historical Society (Sag Harbor, NY), Flying Point for Autism (Southampton, NY), For Freedoms (New York, NY), Guggenheim Works & Process (New York, NY), Guild Hall (East Hampton NY), Hampton Bays High School (Hampton Bays, NY). Hampton Coffee Company (Water Mill, NY), Hamptons Arts Network. Hamptons PRIDE (Hampton Bays, NY), LUV Michael (Southampton, NY), Ma’s House & BIPOC Artist Studio (Southampton, NY). Niamuck Land Trust (Southampton, NY), Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island (East Hampton, NY), Parrish Art Museum (Water Mill, NY), Peconic Community School (Cutchogue, NY), Pitch Your Peers, Shinnecock Nation Graves Protection Warrior Society (Southampton, NY), South Fork Bakery (Amagansett, NY), Southampton Arts Studio (Southampton, NY), Southampton Cultural Center (Southampton, NY), Southampton Town Youth Bureau’s Youth Advisory Council (Southampton, NY), The Hayground School (Bridgehampton, NY), The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), The Retreat (East Hampton, NY), The Shine Studio (Bridgehampton, NY), US Autism Homes (Southampton, NY), Wing It Project (Southampton, NY)
photos copyright Ava Locks, Jessica Dalene