Rumput @ Wilkins School Comm Ctr Pittsburgh w/ Katy Dement & Alex Rainey Ward

Premiering two newly commissioned artworks from central Java: wayang beber (scrolling panorama) by Dani Iswardana and musical compositions by Rumput’s sometime guest artistic director and master teacher Danis Sugiyanto.

Featuring stories and crankies by visual artist Katy Dement, including a collaboration with poet and novelist Alex Rainey Ward.

Java and the rest of Indonesia are suffering record high deaths from COVID-19. Performers are barred from their livelihood, many are sick, and all are grieving.  100% of proceeds from this show will go to Javanese artists.