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Two pioneering artists spoke on their work, the symbiosis of art and social justice, and creativity amid the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual event hosted by Harvard’s Office for the Arts Wednesday. The event — titled “Creativity and Courage: Two Artists Speak to Our Moment” and moderated by Office of the Arts Associate Director for Programming Alicia Anstead — featured musician and music entrepreneur Aaron P. Dworkin and dancer and choreographer Claudia F. Schreier ’08, who described their journeys from childhood to career. “I spent my whole life in some way, shape, or form working in and around racial equity, diversity, inclusion in the arts,” Dworkin said, recounting how he was adopted by a white family at an early age and reunited with his birth parents 31 years later. “As a Black, white, Jewish, Irish, Catholic Jehovah’s Witness – you know, a kid with a big Afro growing up playing the violin since the age of five – n

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