Sol & Soul

Contact: Quique Aviles  

916 G Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

Phone: (202) 315-1320

e-mail: weusih@solysoul.com

website: www.solysoul.org

Sol & Soul exists to use the power of art and the creative process to transform lives, create community, and build a more just society.  A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit arts organization, Sol & Soul brings together professional artists from all disciplines with activists, community organizations, schools, and individuals from varying ages and backgrounds to produce creative works with a social conscience.  Sol & Soul acts as an incubator for established and emerging artists with particular emphasis on nurturing the creative gifts of young people whose voices are too often

ignored in the mainstream. We have three main programs:

(1) Spoken Resistance: The cornerstone of our efforts to nurture new artistic voices of conscience, Spoken Resistance, a collaboration with GALA Theatre, provides emerging young artists with the long-term support and creative sustenance they need to develop as human beings, as artists and as

community assets.  In addition to regular performances, Spoken Resistance sponsors Second Sundays at DCAC, presenting experimental works, and is also available for workshops and readings.

(2) El Barrio Street Theater:  Made up of people of all ages, races, backgrounds and professions (including artists, students, construction workers, landscapers, child care workers, nonprofit consultants, youth workers, waiters, and policy analysts) with an itch to create and a belief

that art can address social wrongs, El Barrio Street Theater uses the creative process to create and mount street theater that uses puppetry, music, improv, and skits to address critical issues.

(3)  Artistic support and collaboration: Through its role as a producer and presenter, Sol & Soul brings audiences socially compelling artistic voices from DC and across the country.  In 2003, Sol & Soul is producing “Memory is a Body of Water” by Medusa Speaks members Lisa Biggs and Tanisha Brady

Christie, “Caminata” by Quique Aviles, as well as works by Lisa Pegram and Tory Sammartino, among others.