The Race Circus Project

The Race Circus Project 6 diverse circus artists collaborate with folks who attended public school in metro Atlanta to create an evocative street circus performance about race.

The Race Circus Project calls together a diverse group of social artists and collaborators that will utilize the inviting and exciting language of circus to explore and draw new participants into dialogue about race. Through this exploration we are asking ourselves and our community, fifty years after the 1960s peak of the Civil Rights Movement, where are we in terms of race relations? In what way

s are we an integrated city? What factors stand in the way of our being a more integrated nation? How do self segregation and institutional segregation intersect? In May and June of this year, we will hold various race specific and integrated dialogue sessions with and between individuals who have been a part of the Atlanta Public School System. It is our belief that the public school system is a place where many learn for the first time to interact across racial lines and that what is shared in the dialogue sessions will offer a sample that reflects many of the perspectives held by the residents of this city. Their stories and experiences will be the source material from which we create a circus performance to be shared free of charge over the course of a month in public spaces in Spring of 2016. Participants and the larger community will play a key role in the development of the pieces by guest directing, attending invited creative sessions, and showings. The showings and performances are aimed to create spaces for public group discussions about race, segregation and current relationships among diverse Atlanta residents.

Exciting annoucement!
02/27/2022

Exciting annoucement!

Announcing the dates for SPECTRUM: the Gender Project!
05/14/2019

Announcing the dates for SPECTRUM: the Gender Project!

This show is meant for universal audiences AND it does depict the real pain and struggles as well as joy and strategies that our communities members live through around gender. JUNE 1, Saturday, th…

This is the first segment questions that people in the dialogue sessions asked each other. So interesting to think thro...
01/17/2018

This is the first segment questions that people in the dialogue sessions asked each other. So interesting to think through answers to some of these! Second coming shortly!

Listen to Race Circus Project Audio by MakeShift Circus Collective on

Great news! The videos are finished!! We have our first Race Circus Project Film Series Workshop this Thursday at GA Tec...
10/22/2017

Great news! The videos are finished!! We have our first Race Circus Project Film Series Workshop this Thursday at GA Tech. If you know anyone who goes there please spread the word! We Want to pack this house!!

04/24/2017

On November 24, 2016, our dear Jacosa, founding member of MakeShift, left this earth.  She was a sister, best friend, source of joy and laughter, adventurer, agitator, sleeper, debater, dictionary,…

Beautiful photos by Alison Daye of Cinebot Video! Thank you Ali!!!
10/12/2016

Beautiful photos by Alison Daye of Cinebot Video! Thank you Ali!!!

Happy Indigenous People's Solidarity Day!We are still hard at work on the documentary coming soon :-) Here's a little cl...
10/10/2016

Happy Indigenous People's Solidarity Day!

We are still hard at work on the documentary coming soon :-) Here's a little clip to chew on in the meantime...

This is "MakeShift Circus Collective Presents: Race Circus Project-White Voices" by cinebotvideo on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…

Feeling so moved...
09/24/2016

Feeling so moved...

CineBot Video collaborated with MakeShift Circus Collective in 2015 to make two short videos, Our Struggles and Our Solutions. We are currently working together…

Check it out ya'lllllll! Alison Daye Himes of Cinebot Videos made this BEAUTIFUL Sneak Peak with some of the footage tha...
08/26/2016

Check it out ya'lllllll! Alison Daye Himes of Cinebot Videos made this BEAUTIFUL Sneak Peak with some of the footage that was taken of the Race Circus Project. Now we are working on a documentary!

The MakeShift Circus Collective Presents: Race Circus Project "In the seventies, just after the 1960s peak of the Civil Rights Movement in which Atlanta…

Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who made the Race Circus Project May -June 2016 Performance and Dialogue seaso...
06/26/2016

Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who made the Race Circus Project May -June 2016 Performance and Dialogue season possible. We are honored by your contributions!!!

06/26/2016

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