Ariel Luckey is a 26 year old Oakland native whose community and performance work dances in the crossroads of education, art and activism. He attended his first workshop at the age of 2 with his father, Paul Kivel, a writer and political educator, and has been active in the community ever since. Ariel has developed a powerful approach to arts activism through his training with Wavy Gravy and Patch Adams at Camp Winnarainbow, June Jordan at UC Berkeley's Poetry for the People and Augusto Boal at Theatre of the Oppressed workshops. Ariel's lyrical language and political vision have inspired and transformed audiences from the streets of Seattle's WTO demonstration to Cafe Cantante in Havana, Cuba to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York.
In the Bay Area, Ariel has performed at the Intersection for the Arts, La Pena Cultural Center, Project Theatre Artaud, Ashkenaz, SomArts, the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, UC Berkeley, St. Mary's College, the Writers Corp and various local high schools and community centers. His work includes developing curriculum and facilitating workshops with the Todos Institute, GreenAction for Health and Environmental Justice, the Bioneers Conference, Y-Step, Jewish Youth for Community Action and the East Bay Institute for Urban Arts. He loves learning the journey of fatherhood with his new baby.
Topics covered
- Poetry for People Power: The Pen, The Mic and The Movement
- Acting Out Change: Theatre of the Oppressed for Collective Liberation
- ToxiCity: Art and Organizing for Environmental Justice (Part One)
- New World Water: Art and Organizing for Environmental Justice (Part Two)
- Ancestry in Progress: Connecting Our Family Histories to Our Global Future
- Free Land: Unearthing the Legacy of Manifest Destiny and White Privilege thru Hip Hop Theatre
