Join us for our in-gallery tour program, Local Views at PAMM, where select local artists will speak about a few works of art currently on view at the museum. This month, Combat Hippies will lead the tour. Local Views at PAMM gives visitors a first-hand interaction with local artists by creating conversations centered around art and the creative process. This casual 30-minute conversation is offered on the fourth Thursday of each month.

About Combat Hippies
Led by renowned theater artist and director Teo Castellanos, the Combat Hippies are an ensemble of Puerto Rican military veteran performing artists based out of Miami, Florida. They formed during a MDC Live Arts creative writing workshop in 2015. Their current production, AMAL, is a theater/spoken word piece that delves into the impact of war on both combatants and noncombatants as people of color, and shares experiences of veterans adjustment to life after war, as well as that of refugees and asylum seekers from war-torn countries. The piece also explores the search for meaning, purpose, and identity through enlisting in the military, as well as Puerto Rico’s cultural and military heritage. AMAL will premiere during MDC Live Arts upcoming 2018/19 season and will tour nationally beginning in April 2019. AMAL is funded through generous support from the Knight Foundation, National Performance Network (NPN), New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), National Ensemble of Theaters (NET), and the MAP Fund.