PVDFest Ideas invites submissions that push existing systems of belief past the shoals where knowing is uncertain and experimentation and research unsteady. Take risks, be bold, and meet us in the deep end with your inquiry. All PVDFest Ideas programs will take place between mid-June 2022, and late October 2022.

Programs do not have to have a “scholarly” angle, per se, but they should consider humanities methods such as connection, bridge building, empathy, and understanding across differences.

While panel discussions are welcome, we encourage you to imagine how programs might take advantage of virtual, hybrid, socially distanced, and other adaptive platforms that blur lines between learning, practicing, performing, making and thinking collectively in public. We’re thinking audio walking tours, pop-up exhibitions, outdoor screenings and scavenger hunts, but the sky is the limit, as long as you are following the State of Rhode Island’s current public health guidelines.