TIME: 4:40p-5:40p EST


On Thursday, June 27, from 4:40pm to 5:40pm EST, world-renowned cellist and 2013 Harman-Eisner artist in residence Yo-Yo Ma discusses his far-reaching vision for how artists can practice their citizenship, as individuals and through institutions with the director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program, Damian Woetzel. Learn how the arts fulfill a fundamental human need by forging and strengthening community.


For more information and a schedule of events for the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival, click here. For real time tweets from the festival, see below: