The MESTC, a prominent arts institution, has announced its upcoming festival, “Down to Earth,” which aims to broaden access to cultural experiences and address socioeconomic exclusion through free programming for underserved communities. This initiative builds on the MESTC’s history of fostering international artistic exchange, including the founding of the World Voices Festival in 2004 and the presentation of over 100 international film works in 2022 through the Segal Center Film Festival.
The festival will feature collaborations with a diverse range of New York City cultural institutions, including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, brooklyn Art Space,New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, NYU Skirball, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NYU Department of Performance Studies, NYU Tisch Performing Arts, NYU Tisch Performing arts Department,
