The Dinner Party Project and Orlando Artist LeAnn Siefferman present
“Making Conversations,” a unique series of dining and dialogue events.
ORLANDO – (June 9, 2017) Orlando ceramics artist LeAnn Siefferman, in partnership with The Dinner Party Project, will present Making Conversations, a new series of dining events where people will share a meal and share ideas on topics not often discussed around the dinner table.
Making Conversations, which will hold its first event on Thursday, June 29, is a unique opportunity for guests to talk about critical community issues while eating off handmade dinnerware with topical illustrations.
This six-month series will address six topics, with each dinner representing a different conversation:
-Mental Health
-Homelessness
-A Changing Climate
-Race and Privilege
-Aging and Staying Engaged
-and Gender & Identity.
Professional facilitators from the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College and select community leaders will moderate each Making Conversations dinner.
Siefferman, a longtime artist who works out of the City of Orlando Pottery Studio in Parramore, will create unique dinnerware for each dining event, featuring illustrations and designs meant to challenge people’s thinking and get guests talking about difficult topics.
Having started the Making Conversations project in January, Siefferman’s partnership with The Dinner Party Project creates a public space for her work to inspire story sharing, active listening and community building over fine food and drink.
“Social media has led many of us to surround ourselves with like-minded individuals,” Siefferman said. “Our aim in presenting Making Conversations is to create an environment for people to have a meaningful exchange of ideas.”
“It is our hope that these small, intimate events can contribute to the larger conversations going on in the Central Florida community,” said Dana Marie Roquemore, Founder of The Dinner Party Project, a weekly invitation-only dinner party that brings together strangers for a night of fine foods, incredible drinks and great conversation.
Making Conversations will be held at 6:30p at 1010 West Church Street in downtown Orlando. The monthly event will be held on the evenings of June 29, July 27, August 31, September 28, October 26 and November 16.
Tickets are $75 per person and includes Tito’s cocktails, a 4-course meal paired with wine, and Credo coffee. A portion of the proceeds collected from ticket sales will be donated to a local charity. 
For more information, please contact LeAnn Siefferman at LeAnn.Siefferman@Gmail.com or 256-665-5726
What: Making Conversations, presented by The Dinner Party Project and LeAnn Siefferman
When: 6:30 p.m. on June 29, July 27, August 31, September 28, October 26 and November 16
Where: 1010 West at 1010 West Church Street in downtown Orlando
Tickets: $75 per person, includes a Cocktail, 4-Courses, Wine and Credo coffee
Information: www.thedinnerpartyproject.co
Photos courtesy of LeAnna Siefferman and The Dinner Party Project
