The Utopia Project
Event: November 6, 2022 |
From the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum /
Through a series of experiential activities, visitors will first learn to tap into the issues they care about and then envision their own version of a utopia in an immersive “Dream Space.” Here, visitors will be asked to imagine, with all obstacles removed, a world beyond the problem at hand to the awe-inspiring end goal. With that image of success in mind, they discover the research-informed tactics that have most often led to measurable social change. Last is the "Maker Space" - where dreams become actions. With everything from cardboard and tape to Legos and whiteboards, visitors are invited to prototype their ideas for making a better world.
Objects, photos, and stories from the ACM collection will be featured throughout the gallery, turning abstract ideas into real-world examples of community members making a difference throughout history. Accounts of these everyday change-makers serve to remind us that the ingredients for change reside in each one of us. And The Utopia Project makes the process transparent and reachable so that the impossible becomes possible.
This special opening event will feature sketch artists draw visitors in their ideal future, as well as futuristic selfie stations. Attendees will have a chance to mix and mingle with some of the activists featured in The Utopia Project.
