Artists-In-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020 is an art project directed by Constance Hockaday that recasts the presidency with a multi-vocal entourage. With the support from UCLA’s Center for the Art of performance, she has invited fifty artists to assume authority over our collective future. Alongside the 2020 presidential campaign, artists, including Lewis Hyde, Eiko Otake, Ishmael Reed, Miguel Gutierrez, Brontez Purnell, Toshi Reagon, Daniel Alexander Jones, Okwui Okpokwasili, Dynasty Handbag, Nao Bustamante, and many many more - will write and deliver national addresses that will roll out over radio, podcast, and social media. Like every American president, we have offered participating artists access to professional speechwriters and support in creating their presidential portraits. 

Artist In Presidents is produced in partnership with UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance and also with support from The Kenneth Rainin Foundation and TED.