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MCA Workshop Kansas City Feb 2024
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MCA Workshop Kansas City Opening Presentation Feb 2024
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Wheel It Studios Performance Photo By Esco
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MCA Workshop Huntsville Group Sharing Oct 2023 Photo by Binx
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MCA Workshop Huntsville Oct 2023 Photo by Binx
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Founders Liz and Noel at Imagine Solutions Conference, March 2024
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Music to Life Fall 2024 MCA Academy Screenshot
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Baraboo by Rosalynn Gingerich, 2022 Farm/Art DTour, photo courtesy of Wormfarm Institute
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CarbonEra Cafe by Brenda Baker and Beth Persche, 2022 Farm/Art DTour, photo courtesy of Wormfarm Institute
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Curious Erratic of the Driftless by W. Scott Trimble, 2022 Farm/Art DTour, photo: Katrin Talbot
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Get to the Pie by Brent Houzenga, 2020 Farm/Art DTour, photo courtesy of Wormfarm Institute
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Courtesy of Department of Transportation
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Courtesy of Department of Transportation
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Courtesy of Department of Transportation
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Courtesy of Department of Transportation
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Alt Space, Project Stamp: Via this project, we offer free family and individual portraits centered around Austin community residents. We then used these photographs for the public beautification of the community by stamping them all over Austin. Stamping our neighborhood with our own narrative, our own brand, our own legacy: together.
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Courtesy of Mandala South Asian Performing Arts
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Courtesy of Musical Arts Institute
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Courtesy of Playmakers Laboratory
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Courtesy of Muntu Dance Theater
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Courtesy of Water People Theater
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Courtesy of Teatro Vista
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Courtesy of True Star Media
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BandWith Chicago on NBC Nightly News 10.12.20 at 5pm
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Jazz Institute of Chicago
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Courtesy of South Side Community Art Center
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(L to R) Cave Canem Fellows Anacaona Rocio Milagro, Sacha Marvin Hodges, and Gustavo Adolfo Aybar make conversation at Cave Canem’s AWP 2024 booth. Photo courtesy: Morgan Maben
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The graduating class of fellows at the 2023 Cave Canem Retreat. Photo courtesy: Morgan Maben
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Cave Canem Prize Reading by Ariana Benson and Colette Benson. 2023 Cave Canem Prize Winner, Ariana Benson (left) with her mother, Colette Benson (right), are standing in front of a Schomburg Center for Black Research step and repeat while holding Ariana’s newly published book, “Black Pastoral.” Photo courtesy: Morgan Maben Photo courtesy: Morgan Maben
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(L to R) Bettina Judd, Patricia Smith, Courtney Faye Taylor, Remica Bingham-Risher being introduced by KenYatta Rogers and Darrel Alejandro Holnes at the “Black Women As (Keepers of) the Archive” panel at AWP 2024. Photo courtesy: Morgan Maben Photo courtesy: Morgan Maben
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Cave Canem Prize Winner, Courtney Faye Taylor, signing published copies of her winning manuscript, “Concentrate” after the 2022 Cave Canem Prize Reading. Photo courtesy: Nicholas Nichols
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Robin Coste Lewis, a National Book Awardee and Cave Canem Fellow (2010, 2011), reading work from her recently published book, “To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness,” while showcasing a visual presentation that includes a photo of Lewis’ great-grandmother. Photo courtesy: Nicholas Nichols
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Cave Canem fellows, faculty, and staff at the annual Cave Canem Retreat in 2023. Photo courtesy: Morgan Maben
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(L to R) Bettina Judd, Patricia Smith, Courtney Faye Taylor, Remica Bingham-Risher being introduced by KenYatta Rogers and Darrel Alejandro Holnes at the “Black Women As (Keepers of) the Archive” panel at AWP 2024. Photo courtesy: Morgan Maben |
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The Spring 2023 Regional Workshop | NYC poets are happily huddled together in a circle. Photo courtesy: Nicholas Nichols
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Spring 2023 Regional Workshop | NYC instructor Jennifer Falú shares her work at the culminating workshop reading. Photo courtesy: Nicholas Nichols
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CEA grantee National Museum of Mexican Art. Photo courtesy: Michael Tropea
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CEA grantee Sweet Water Foundation’s Thought Barn. Photo courtesy: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Young people interact with wildlife at CEA grantee Lincoln Park Zoo. Photo courtesy: Lincoln Park Zoo
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ART grantee Silk Road Rising's "Christmas Mubarak" theater production. Photo courtesy: Silk Road Rising, Airan Wright
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Children visit the "Facing Freedom" exhibition at Chicago History Museum, a CEA grantee. Photo courtesy: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Horticultural therapy programs at Chicago Botanic Garden, a CEA grantee. Photo courtesy: Chicago Botanic Garden
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ART grantee Natya Dance Theatre company performs "Shakti Chakra." Photo courtesy: Ravi Ganapathy
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Hyde Park Jazz Festival, an ART grantee. Photo courtesy: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Cave Canem Prize Winner, Courtney Faye Taylor, signing published copies of her winning manuscript, “Concentrate” after the 2022 Cave Canem Prize Reading. Photo courtesy: Nicholas Nichols
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Robin Coste Lewis, a National Book Awardee and Cave Canem Fellow (2010, 2011), reading work from her recently published book, “To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness,” while showcasing a visual presentation that includes a photo of Lewis’ great-grandmother. Photo courtesy: Nicholas Nichols
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Musical instruments donation to the Luis Muñoz Rivera School in Utuado, as part of the Revive la Música program
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Musical instruments donation to the Escuela Libre de Música de Arecibo, as part of the Revive la Música program
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Puerto Rican güiro (güícharo) workshop with Candido Reyes on our visit to La Casa de la Plena in Taller Comunidad La Goyco, as part of our summer residential internship Aceleración Musical.
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After our Plena Puertorriqueña workshop at Taller Comunidad La Goyco, as part of our residential summer internship Aceleración Musical.
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Student practicing the repertoire of the new musical production of Puerto Rican saxophonist Jonathan Suazo, Ricano.
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The Puerto Rican saxophonist Jonathan Suazo was the resident artist of our summer internship Aceleración Musical and shared the repertoire of Ricano, his new musical production that was subsidized by the mini grants for graduates of the musical programs of the Fundación Banco Popular who continue professional careers in music.
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Flavia Marichal, curator of FPH sponsored exhibit on political art posters at the Museum of the univeristy of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras PHOTO- G. LOPEZ ALBARRAN
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Latin percussion worshop offered by master drummer Fidel Morales duirng cultural visit to Guánica PHOTO JULIO RODRIGUEZ ORTIZ_ROL MARKETING
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Story Hour at La Goyco's Reading Hall Photo- Gabriel López Albarrán
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Para volvernos a ver PHOTO- Ricardo Alcaraz
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Arte y Maña Community Workshop, Loiza Photo- Arte y Maña
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Filmmaker Kike Cubero during Q&A in ADocPR film festival
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Photo courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center
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Photo courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center
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Photo courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center
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Photo courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center
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Photo courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center
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Photo courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center
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Photo courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center
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Photo courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center
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Social Impact Theatre Grant Awardee Pasadena Playhouse’s production of Ann. Photo credit: Jenny Graham/Pasadena Playhouse
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Social Impact Theatre Grant Awardee Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ production of Choir Boy. Photo credit: Adams VisCom/Denver Center for the Performing Arts
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The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Rising Start Project performance of Into the Woods. Photo credit: Cesar Cabrera/5th Avenue Theatre
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Social Impact Theatre Grant Awardee The Old Globe Theatre’s production of Mala. Photo credit: Rich Soublet II/The Old Globe Theatre
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Social Impact Theatre Grant Awardee Seattle Repertory Theatre’s production of Selling Kabul. Photo credit: Nate Watters/Seattle Repertory Theatre
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Social Impact Theatre Grant Awardee Seattle Children’s Theatre’s production of The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963. Photo credit: Angela Sterling/Seattle Children’s Theatre
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Anna Crusis Feminist Choir/Photo Credit: Lori Waselchuck
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Artistas y Músicos Latinos Americanos
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Berks Youth Chorus
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Choir School of Delaware/Photo Credit: Choir School Staff
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Piffaro – The Renaissance Band/Photo Credit: Bill DeCecca
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Piffaro – The Renaissance Band/Photo Credit: David Lowe
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Big Horn Brass holiday concert presented at The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.
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The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts Gallery show.
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ISing Choir concert held in the theater of The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.
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The Immigrant Story Live event during National Welcoming Week 2022.
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The Immigrant Story Live event during National Welcoming Week 2022.
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The Immigrant Story Live event during National Welcoming Week 2022.
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The Immigrant Story Live event during National Welcoming Week 2022.
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Alejandro Cruz
Curator and Artist
Serves as mentor to Artist Apprentice at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
(Photo courtesy of the artist)
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Gary Burnley
Visual artist, 2022 Darryl Chappell Foundation Artist-in-Residence at Light Work;
Darryl Chappell Foundation Community of Mentors
(Photo courtesy of the artist)
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Aaron Turner
Photographer, 2022 Darryl Chappell Foundation
Photographer-in-Resident at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Photo courtesy of Ogden Museum)
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Earlie Hudnall, Jr
Photographer, Darryl Chappell Foundation Community of Mentors
(Photo courtesy of the artist)
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Lola Flash
Photographer, Darryl Chappell Foundation Community of Mentors
(Photo by Ryan Pflunger)
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Jasmine Clarke
Photographer, 2022 Darryl Chappell Foundation
Artist-in-Residence at Light Work
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Gadiel Rivera in his studio
2022-2023 Darryl Chappell Foundation Artist
Apprentice at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
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Gadiel Rivera in his studio
2022-2023 Darryl Chappell Foundation Artist
Apprentice at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
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The Music Hall, one of the spaces that Dramatists Guild Foundation provides free of charge for dramatists to rehearse, meet, collaborate, and write.
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The Composers Corner, one of the spaces that Dramatists Guild Foundation provides free of charge for dramatists to rehearse, meet, collaborate, and write. |
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The Writers Den, one of the spaces that Dramatists Guild Foundation provides free of charge for dramatists to rehearse, meet, collaborate, and write. |
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A testimonial from a recipient of a Dramatists Guild Foundation Housing Assistance Grant, aimed to prevent evictions and displacement of dramatists by providing financial assistance for housing expenses, including sudden rent increases, moving costs, and service expenses. |
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A testimonial from a recipient of a Dramatists Guild Foundation Housing Assistance Grant, aimed to prevent evictions and displacement of dramatists by providing financial assistance for housing expenses, including sudden rent increases, moving costs, and service expenses. |
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A testimonial from a recipient of a Dramatists Guild Foundation Emergency Grant, providing immediate financial support for dramatists in need during crises, such as natural disasters and the ongoing pandemic. |
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A testimonial from a recipient of a Dramatists Guild Foundation Emergency Grant, providing immediate financial support for dramatists in need during crises, such as natural disasters and the ongoing pandemic. |
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Composer Heather Christian performs with the cast of her original musical, Oratorio For Living Things. Christian received the 2022 Stephen Schwartz Award from the Dramatists Guild Foundation.
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Zeniba Now, former DGF Musical Theatre Fellow, performs the song "Some Vampires" from her musical The Thirst Trap.
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Paula Vogel teaching in Minneapolis, MN as part of Dramatists Guild Foundation’s Roe Green Visiting Voices program, which brings dramatists to theater institutions and organizations across the United States to guide writing workshops and other educational sessions. |
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RaD Lab+Outside the Walls Fellow Salvador Jiménez-Flores leading a tile making engagement with young people and their families at Eli Whitney Elementary School in Little Village. The engagement was part of his research and presentation project Clay.Culture.Craft, which documented the stories of Little Village residents in partnership with ENLACE Chicago and Arcilla Arte Cultura.
Photo credit: Sophie Lopez
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Detail image of clay tiles made by students at Eli Whitney Elementary School during RaD Lab+Outside the Walls Fellow Salvador Jiménez-Flores’ engagemen.
Photo credit: Sophie Lopez
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RaD Lab+Outside the Walls Fellow Nia Easley’s public art installation for her research project addressing the gentrification of Avondale. The billboard, it’s just ok, was installed at the intersection of Kedzie and Troy in the heart of Avondale.
Photo credit: Milo Bosh
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With her billboard it's just ok in the background, RaD Lab+Outside the Walls Fellow Nia Easley leads a walking tour of Avondale with interested Chicagoans. During the tour, Easley offered an overview of her research project, sharing specific nuggets of information about how the neighborhood changed, in particular the change in racial and ethnic demographics.
Photo credit: Regina Martinez
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RaD Lab+Outside the Walls Fellow Norman Long captures the sound of the sprinkler during a sound walk class in partnership with youth art organization SkyArt. Long’s research and development project centered on disinvestment and ecological impacts on his South Deering neighborhood in Far South Chicago.
Photo credit: Milo Bosh
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As part of a residency with The Frontera Project, artists from New York and Mexico conducted workshops with over 80 students in the UNCSA High School, School of Drama, and Division of Liberal Arts. The workshops explored the use of devised theater and the Company’s process of creating The Frontera Project. The Company also presented its interactive, bilingual production in partnership with The Hispanic League of Winston-Salem.
Photo Courtesy: Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts | Credit: Owens Daniels Photography
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Ellen Rosenberg, who teaches humanities, creative writing and theater history in the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Division of Liberal Arts, has been studying the practice of Narrative Medicine for five years and has seen a profound shift in her personal relationships and across all of her teaching roles. With support from a Faculty Leadership Grant from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, she recently completed her Narrative Medicine Certificate from Columbia University. Her certificate work has allowed her to deepen her practice, broaden the range of tools she uses and influenced her work with UNCSA students in courses like "Narrative Medicine as Performance/The Body," which incorporates her own theater background with this relatively new discipline.
Photo Courtesy: Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts
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Visual artist Karen Archia served as a Fellow for Creative Greensboro where she managed their Neighborhood Arts Residency Program. Her goal was to broaden and diversify arts opportunities through artist-led and community informed participatory programming that occurs close to home. Additional support for this Fellowship was provided by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
Photo Courtesy: University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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Fellow Yosimar Gutierrez is an artist who works within many mediums including traditional and digital art, graphic design and wearable art influenced by his Mexican-Indigenous background. Working as the Community Outreach Coordinator for Mixxer Makerspace, Yosimar engaged local residents in Mixxer programs and helped to reduce the barriers to entry for creative entrepreneurship. Additional support for this Fellowship was provided by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
Photo Courtesy: University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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In the bi-weekly Art Restart podcast, the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts explores how creatives around the world are reinventing their fields and building a new landscape for the arts. Recent guests include sibling artists Crystal and Rico Worl of the indigenous owned design shop Trickster Company, bassoonist and activist Midori Samson, and theatre-makers Mallory Catlett & Aaron Landsman, to name just a few.
Photo Courtesy: Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts; Mural in Anchorage by Crystal Worl | Credit: Ant Johnston
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A Fellowship in Art and Community Engagement at Reynolda House, supported in partnership with the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, allowed photographer Owens Daniels to experience up-close the inner workings of the museum, while bringing his knowledge as a portrait photographer and community member to the team. As part of his role, Daniels led gallery talks and tours of the museum and exhibits, assisted with programming and helped foster relationships with partners in the local area.
Photo Courtesy: University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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The Kenan Institute’s Faculty Enrichment Grants support real-world art and cultural experiences for UNCSA students. John Coyne, Director of the Scene Design program in the UNCSA School of Design & Production took his students to Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. to learn firsthand about architectural styles and historical details they studied in class. To document their trip, students were asked to draw the aspects of the estate they found most personally interesting. The Faculty Enrichment Grant, Coyne says, expands what he's able to offer to his students. "It is so valuable for the students to have a shared experience in a new and enriching place."
Photo Courtesy: University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Artwork: Nathan Bowden
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BronxNet Media Educator and Producer, Estefanía Chaves, works with Fresh Air Fund Students at South Bronx Studio. Through CRNY's Artist Employment Program, Bronx Community Cable Programming is collaborating with artists Kobina de Graft Johnson, Alba Garcia, Kervin Peralta, Paola Poucel, Jasmine White, Willie Roberts, Marthalicia Matarrita, Jon Frier, Trish Gianakis, and Ana 'Rokafella' Garcia to encourage exploration into artistic, creative careers.
Photo by Michael Palma Mir
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Peniel Guerrier with dancers getting ready for a performance Fall 2020. Through CRNY's Artist Employment Program, dancer Peniel Guerrier and drummer Jean Mary Brignol join Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project in Brooklyn, New York to enhance the lives of Haitian immigrant youth through a rigorous program in traditional Haitian dance and wrap-around social and educational support services.
Image courtesy of Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project
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Through CRNY's Artist Employment Program, artists X Rance, L Tuthall, and Audre Wirtanen will work to sustain and expand Hyp-ACCESS’s programs to increase community access to Hypermobile art, disability culture, and care resources. Audre kneels in a kiddie pool at the center of an outdoor pavilion, looking emotively at the ceiling with her arms gesturing wide. She is a thin, white, hypermobile person wearing a yellow leotard over leggings with a black puffy jacket and a face mask. A rolling stool, an easel with paper, and a big orange cooler surround the kiddie pool.
Image courtesy of Hyp-ACCESS
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Two EMERGE125 dancers performing a duet choreographed by Tiffany Rea-Fisher at Memorial Field at John Brown Farm State Historic Site. Through CRNY's Artist Employment Program, Rea-Fisher and graphic artist Karen Davidson will work with John Brown Lives!—the Friends Group of the John Brown Farm State Historic Site—to illuminate the history of Black freedom and human rights in the Adirondacks.
Photo credit Naj Wikoff
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Young people participating in a Sadie Nash Leadership Project program. Through CRNY's Artist Employment Program, poet Karla Robinson will join Sadie Nash to pilot a collective boutique printmaking press to disseminate a press for young women and gender-expansive youth of color in the Bronx.
Photo credit: Sadie Nash Leadership Project
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Title: “Bang Bang, You Dead!” (From the Not Crazy Series) Artist: Ellen M. Blalock.
Image courtesy of Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY, who through CRNY's Artist Employment Program will collaborate with Blalock to document African American family stories using video, quilt making, photography, and mixed media.
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“Jocelyn Jones,” taken at the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum in 2019 at the annual Heritage Day festival. Choreographed dance performance, “Iroquois Creation Story.”
Photo courtesy of Seneca Media & Communications Center. Through CRNY's Artist Employment Program, artists and culture bearers Patrick Redeye, Maurice John, Jr., Tami Watt, Penny Minner, Jocelyn J. Jones, Leeora S. White, Brett Maybee, Olivia Sanford, Hilton Johnny-John, and Cliff Redeye will join the Seneca Nation of Indians to create a heritage corridor in Salamanca, New York at the Seneca Nation’s Allegany Territory.
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Down Town Art Festival for BIPOC artists and community in Central Islip, led by artists Segundo Orellana and Daniel Jimenez in collaboration Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja. With CRNY Artist Employment Program support, Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja will hire Orellana and Jimenez, as well as Mariana Lima, Jonathan Romero, and Margarita Espada to deepen creative collaboration and social dialogues with communties on the South Shore of Long Island.
Image courtesy of Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja Inc.
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Nestor "Panama" Eversley performing during The Fortune Society's Pennants & Poets program. Through CRNY's Artist Employment Program, artists Laura Cerón Melo, Russell Craig, and Jenny Polak will join The Fortune Society to provide opportunities for healing and community building for formerly incarcerated people across the five boroughs of New York City.
Photo courtesy of Jenny Polak
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Through CRNY's Artist Employment Program, Vong Pak, a pungmul master and instructor who has experience teaching traditional Korean percussive music and dance for over 20 years, will join the MinKwon Center for Community Action to reconstitute the original pungmul drumming troupe and facilitate community and cultural events in Flushing, Queens to address rising anti-Asian violence.
Image courtesy of MinKwon Center for Community Action
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Students performing onstage at a jazz festival with the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Image: courtesy of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
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Final image from Eleven Reflections on September, written and directed by Andrea Assaf. This photo includes (clockwise): Andrea Assaf, Eylem Basaldi, Natalia Perlaza, Aida Shahghasemi, and Donna Mejia. Courtesy of La Mama ETC, 2015. This photo was featured in American Theatre, in the article “Bringing It All Back Home” as part of their Theatre of War series (March 2017).
Image: courtesy of Art2Action.
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Asia Institute – Crane House’s collaboration with their local Fund for the Arts and Louisville Free Public Library. AICH opened its doors every Friday through the summer months (June, July and August 2021) sharing Asian arts (specifically origami, Chinese calligraphy, Beijing Opera Mask painting, and Rivers of Asia Exhibit.
Image: courtesy of Asia Institute.
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Collage Dance Collective. Photo by Raphael Baker / Collage Dance Collective.
Photo by Raphael Baker / Collage Dance Collective.
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Ashé Cultural Arts Center’s Maafa Commemoration.
Photo by Gason Ayisyin / Ashé Cultural Arts Center.
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The cast of Gomela.
Photo by Mariana Sheppard / Junebug Productions.
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Photo of a Mississippi Center for Cultural Production Pop Up Café.
Photo by Griff Griffin / Mississippi Center for Cultural Production.
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MARTA, Atlanta’s transit authority, supports arts organizations in bringing live performances to its train stations through a program called Artbound. This photo features the stars of True Color’s holiday production (Marie and Rosetta by George Brant) which celebrated the life and music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and her protégé Marie Knight - performing at the MARTA Five Points Station.
Image: courtesy SouthArts.
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Communal Kaleidoscope by artists Alecia Buckles and Briah Gober, a large-scale exterior mural at the Kinley Chattanooga Southside hotel. This project was funded by the Artists Work Grants program, an initiative of ArtsBuild, Public Art Chattanooga, and Southeast Tennessee Development District, to boost the recovery of Chattanooga’s creative economy from negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Image: Jaime Smialek.
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The artist SEVEN with his mural that transformed the Martin Amphitheater near the Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga. This project was funded by the Artists Work Grants program, an initiative of ArtsBuild, Public Art Chattanooga, and Southeast Tennessee Development District, to boost the recovery of Chattanooga’s creative economy from negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Image: Courtesy of SoundCorps.
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Grant recipients of ArtsBuild’s Racial Equity Grant for Individual Artists. The second round of grants in this program awarded $10,000 each to five local Latine artists in January 2022.
Image: Courtesy of ArtsBuild.
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One of the paintings in the traveling exhibit “The Black Bible” by Chattanooga artist Charlie Newton. Charlie was a grant recipient in ArtsBuild’s first round of Racial Equity Grants for Individual Artists awarded to five local African American artists. The exhibit was on display at Stove Works, an ArtsBuild Mission Support grantee, whose mission is to serve the Chattanooga community by providing local, national, and international artists a venue for the production of, exhibition of and education through contemporary works of art.
Image: Courtesy of ArtsBuild.
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Bigger Than Me is a short documentary film by Pablo Mazariegos that tells the story of Clark Brewer, an African American music artist from Chattanooga who introduces his community to the outdoors despite the fact that they're the most underrepresented group in these spaces. Pablo (far right), originally from Guatemala, was a 2022 grant recipient of ArtsBuild’s Racial Equity Grants for Individual Artists.
Image: Courtesy of ArtsBuild.
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Reflection Flyway is a mural completed in April 2022 on the building that houses the Motus Wildlife Tracking System at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center in Chattanooga. This project was funded by the Artists Work Grants program, an initiative of ArtsBuild, Public Art Chattanooga, and Southeast Tennessee Development District, to boost the recovery of Chattanooga’s creative economy from negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Image: Courtesy of Costa Media Advisors.
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Fifth graders in Chattanooga visit Sculpture Fields at Montague Park as part of ArtsBuild’s Imagine! Arts education initiative. Imagine! provides a systematic introduction to the arts for Hamilton County Schools elementary students in grades K-5 through performances and exhibits presented by local arts partner organizations. Sculpture Fields has received Mission Support grants from ArtsBuild.
Image: Courtesy of ArtsBuild.
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As part of ArtsBuild’s Imagine! program, first graders in Chattanooga had the opportunity to attend the Chattanooga Theatre Centre’s Youth Theatre production of Aladdin, Jr. in April. Imagine! provides a systematic introduction to the arts for Hamilton County Schools elementary students in grades K-5 through performances and exhibits presented by local arts partner organizations. Chattanooga Theatre Centre is an ArtsBuild Mission Support grantee.
Image: Courtesy of ArtsBuild.
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Bene Medina, musician and master teacher at Conjunto Heritage Taller.
Image: courtesy San Antonio Area Foundation.
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San Anto Cultural Arts, restoration of Comprando y Prestando. Original artist: Mary Helen Herrera.
Image: by Wendi Poole, image courtesy the San Antonio Area Foundation.
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Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice, Esperanza Buena Gente finish their Tapete de Aserrín (sawdust carpet) workshop. A new one will be created for future Día de los Muertos celebration.
Image: courtesy of Esperanza Buena Gente.
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Urban-15 Group, Día de los Muertos Performance at Plaza México, Instituto Cultural de México.
Image: courtesy Urban-15 Group.
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Magik Theatre. Charlotte’s Web cast.
Image: courtesy Magik Theatre.
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Blue Star Contemporary. First Friday guests take a deeper look at Ethel Shipton’s site-specific installation Beauty in Time, inspired by her time as a Blue Star Contemporary Berlin Residency Program artist. Each year, BSC sends four San Antonio artists to the renowned international residency program at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, where they are often the sole American artist.
Image: by Francisco Cortes, courtesy of Blue Star Contemporary.
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Artpace. Guests viewing Michael Menchaca’s exhibition, The 1836 Project (Extended Widescreen Edition), at the Summer 2021 International Artist-in-Residence opening reception.
Image: courtesy Artpace San Antonio.
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Gemini Ink. #PartnerClasses students at Montgomery Elementary in 2019, reading from their published anthology Where I’m From.
Image: courtesy Gemini Ink.
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Ashley Mireles, Youth Leadership Development Artist Fellow, working with high school students at Lanier High School. Students made linoleum prints from drawings they made during walks around their neighborhood.
Image: courtesy San Antonio Area Foundation.
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Qais Assali, Dawoud, Ya Yonathai, 2021, video still. Performative video with an embodiment of Palestinian educator and Arab nationalist, Khalil Al Sakakini; produced as part of the “People through Time” workshop, organized by the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit in 2020. Full video viewable online at Hauser & Wirth.
Image: Courtesy of the artist.
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Felicita Felli Maynard, Vueltiao, 2017, tintype & ambrotype combine. The series, Ole Dandy, The Tribute, follows the lives of drag kings Jean Loren Feliz and Angelo Lwazi Owenzayo. Due to its relation to a specific period of history, the artist uses wet plate photography to reimagine aspects of the past, challenging the idea that time is linear especially when related to the experiences of descendants of the African Diaspora. By creating a revised and inclusive archive, they re-imagine queer life in the early 20th century.
Image: Courtesy of the artist.
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Aísha Noir aka Randy Ford, QUEEN STREET, 2019, live performance of WORSHIP. QUEEN STREET is a physicalized experience through the lens of queer, trans, non binary, and gender nonconforming people of color. This full length evening dance show highlights the importance of centering intersectionality by giving audiences a peek inside the physical, mental, and spiritual transitions of its performers. Performed at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, (Performers from left to right) with Chip Sherman, Keelan Johnson, Randy Ford, and Saira Barbaric. Photo: Kat Young Designs.
Image: Kat Young Designs, Courtesy of the artist.
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traci kato-kiriyama, +LAB Little Tokyo Artist-in-Residence, 2019, residency documentation. A writer, performer, cultural producer, and community organizer; traci is the director/co-founder of Tuesday Night Project, the oldest Asian American public art series in the United States, rooted in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA. Photo: Mike Denni.
Image: Mike Denni, Courtesy of the artist.
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jackie sumell, Solitary Gardens, 2021, social practice documentation. Solitary Gardens, organized by jackie sumell, is a correspondence between a volunteer and a currently incarcerated “gardener.” In this image, the correspondence reads: “I pray that all is well with you and your family both mentally and physically. As far as myself, I’m okay. I’m sorry I didn’t write sooner but I had to wait to get indigent supplies to write. Now, the flower I choose is ‘forget-me-not’ (cynoglossum amabiles) the reason I choose that flower because of what it symbolizes. I’m poor and I’m in need and an indigent offender. But no matter how many years I’ve gone please don’t forget me.” Photo: Maiwenn Raoult.
Image: Courtesy of the artist.
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Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Black Barbie, Austin, Chicago, 2019, photograph. Phyars-Burgess is interested in using photography and education as community empowerment for the African diaspora, particularly in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the US.
Image: Courtesy of the artist.
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Nastassja Swift, Passage, when momma lets my braids flow down my back, 2021, detail. Inspired by West African masks and Yoruba ritual practices, Swift’s sculptural fiber work explores the ways in which identity is defined and disrupted by reimagining non-western spirituality, challenging archived history and questioning language around racialized bodies. Photo: David Hunter Hale.
Image: David Hunter Hale, Courtesy of the artist.
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John W. Love, Jr., Articulating Up, 2019, installation. Hand of mystic, The Perpetually Pregnant Man, rendered in black salt with red fleur as offerings - PETAL BOY.
Image: Jonathan Cooper, Courtesy of the artist.
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Corpuscule Danse is the very first dance company in Quebec to offer integrated dance. It was cofounded in 2000 by France Geoffroy (1974-2021). The Canada Council for the Arts recognized France’s remarkable work with a totally unique award. The history of this award is directly linked to renowned Canadian actor and author Michael J. Fox. When Mr. Fox received his Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award – and a cheque for $25,000 – at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards in 2017, he immediately chose to give the cheque back to the Canada Council with the suggestion that they make good use of it. The Canada Council recognized France Geoffroy’s career of more than 20 choreographic productions as dancer, choreographer, artistic director or various combinations of these roles, and the relentless campaigns so that her discipline receives the attention it deserves.
Image: Frédérick Duchesne.
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As one of the few low-barrier exhibition spaces openly available to residents of Vancouver’s historically disadvantaged Downtown Eastside, Gallery Gachet is a neighborhood fixture. An artist-run centre, it aims to empower participants as artists, administrators and curators, and offers its members workshops, training and support. It uses artistic means to demystify and challenge issues related to mental health and social marginalization. Since many of its participants live in poverty, the gallery also serves as a drop-in space where they can access water, food, telephone, Internet and washrooms.
Image: Tom Quirk.
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Trained by her mother and other Inuit elders, Laakkuluk, an Iqaluit-based performance artist, has been a Greenlandic mask dancing performer since her teens. In 2017, Laakkuluk, travelled to perform at the Berlin Nordwind Festival. Her Berlin performance explored the nature of the relationship between Europeans and Inuit, and pushed audiences to rethink their assumptions about Inuit. The festival was also a chance to create new understanding about Inuit and racism and perform for a community that may have lacked a thorough understanding of Inuit realities.
Image: Jamie Griffiths and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory.
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The Pinnguaq Association in Iqaluit aims to improve the situation and careers of Inuit artists. Many of these artists currently receive a low proportion of the proceeds from the sale of their works by distributors, and their own websites generate little traffic or income. That’s why Pinnguaq is developing new infrastructure to increase the discoverability and sale of Inuit art.
Image: Pinnguaq Association.
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SOUND OFF made its debut in 2017 as the first Deaf theatre festival of its kind in Canada in response to a lack of opportunities for performing Canadian Deaf artists and the need for greater public awareness of the Deaf arts. Since then, it has become an annual event and is presented every February in Edmonton. It features staged readings, workshops, talk-backs, and salon panels. It continues to increase its mainstage shows, with attendance growing every year. The event helps hearing audiences gain a better understanding of Deaf performers’ lived experiences.
Image: Marc J. Chalifoux.
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Tangled Art + Disability is a Toronto not-for-profit organization that connects artists, the arts community and a diverse public by championing inclusivity in art. In 2017, it developed and piloted an accessibility consulting platform to test how effective it might be in improving accessibility and inclusion among art presenters. The goal was to better serve artists, audiences and administrators from various disability communities.
Image: Tangled Art + Disability.
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Urban Shaman Gallery is an educational arts resource for local and national galleries, arts organizations, educational institutions, community-based organizations, businesses and the general arts community. It works diligently to provide thought-provoking programming while supporting Manitoba’s Indigenous artists. It also invites national and international artists, and supports work by emerging artists.
Image: Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art Gallery.
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A number of British Columbia artists explore the potential of using virtual and augmented reality to represent Indigenous realities. By organizing roundtables, discussions and trial runs, IM4 Lab helps transmit valuable knowledge to Indigenous artists in B.C. and encourages dialogue about the artistic potential of virtual and augmented reality. In the process, the needs of the education, healthcare, community organization and tourist industry sectors are also identified.
Image: Wendy D.
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Ayanna Bennett performs at Alumni Theater Company (ATC) in Pittsburgh, PA. ATC operates a year-round program providing talented Black youth in grades 6-12 with high quality performing arts training and a platform to express their ideas. We are in our 14th season of creating bold theatrical work that gives fresh voice to the experience of young Black artists and highlights their rich contribution to our community. Addressing racism is integral to the work of ATC. The members are passionate about using their art to be heard. They have strong opinions - about our country and its embedded racism, about the inequities they experience in their schools, about the heavy policing in many of their communities. They inspire their audience to take deliberate action and make a change.
Image: Mark Simpson. Courtesy of Alumni Theater Company and Opportunity Fund.
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STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos (SPdp&SS) perform their dance production of CIRCLES: going in at August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh, PA in 2021. SPdp&SS Dancers (Left to right): Jessica Marino Mitcham, Chandler Maria Bingham, Raven Marsh, Linsday McGivern, & LaTrea Derome Rembert.
Image: Lindsay B. Garvin. Courtesy of STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos and Opportunity Fund.
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Hill Dance Academy Theatre (HDAT) students perform, Spirituals in White choreographed by Jeraldyne Blunden, Founder of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, during their annual Spring Dance Concert. HDAT’s mission is to provide professional level training in Black Dance traditions, history, culture, and aesthetics that engages and empowers students to pursue careers in Black dance.
Image: Eric A. Smith. Courtesy of Hill Dance Academy Theatre and Opportunity Fund.
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Contemporary Craft’s exhibition – The Heart Lives Through the Hands – was the first in its new, permanent facility and featured internationally-acclaimed artist Caledonia Curry’s (a.k.a. Swoon) large-scale paper and mixed media artworks. Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA has presented contemporary art in craft materials by international, national, and regional artists since 1971, and offers innovative exhibitions often focused on justice and community-centered issues, as well as a range of hands-on workshops, community outreach programs, and a store.
Image: Courtesy of Contemporary Craft and Opportunity Fund.
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Carolina Campos as Evelyn in The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by playwright Tlaloc Rivas, based on Sonia Manzano’s 2012 novel of the same name. The piece was first workshopped at The New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh in June 2021 as part of the CSA (Community Supported Art) series. The recording of the workshop production was subsequently streamed as part of the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and RE:Encuentro 2021: National Virtual Latina/o/x Theatre Festival presented by Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Image: Renee Rosensteel. Courtesy of the New Hazlett Theater and Opportunity Fund.
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Joseph Hall hosting Hotline Ring, a virtual fundraiser led by the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in collaboration with 1Hood Media, BOOM Concepts, Braddock Carnegie Library Association, Dreams of Hope, The Legacy Arts Project, and PearlArts. The collaborators envision a future of abundance and shared resources fueled by inclusive arts experiences through affordability, multiple forms of access, a range of aesthetics, outreach, and education. As organizations in community with or led by queer, Black, people of color, unity draws them together to create systemic change, divest in state-sanctioned violence, and build space for healing. In 2020, Hotline Ring raised $130,000 in 2020 and over $215,000 in 2021 for the collaborating organizations. It featured an online show of live musical performances, interactive games, dance performances, interviews and guest appearances from community members in a variety show format.
Image: Joshua Franzos, Treehouse Media. Courtesy of Kelly Strayhorn Theater and Opportunity Fund.
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Max Pavel and Danielle Obisie-Orlu in The Rivers Don't Know by James McManus at City Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. The Allegheny Regional Asset District awarded City Theatre a RADical ImPAct Grant in 2019 to support this commission and world premiere produced at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in September 2021, marking the region’s return to indoor professional theater after 18 months of the pandemic. The show explored the experiences of refugees and immigrants in Pittsburgh and featured a cast of local immigrants and refugees.
Image: Kristi Jan Hoover. Courtesy of City Theatre and Opportunity Fund.
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In the picture, a piece made of wood in the making at The School of Design and Functional Art Workshop. This non-profit is dedicated to training students at a professional level in woodworking crafts, including the design and construction of artistic furniture and jewelry, upholstery, and framing.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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Structure that houses the organization Casa Histórica de la Música Cayeyana (CHMC). The CHMC is situated in a historic building in the municipality of Cayey, Puerto Rico, from where they provide free music lessons, concerts and compile and preserve the musical heritage of exponents born in the municipality.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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Every year ACirc summons dozens of street and circus artists to present the CircoFest in Puerto Rico: a two-day event that occupies various public spaces in the city for their performances. In the photo, one of the presentations taking place in the emblematic Plaza del Quinto Centenario in Old San Juan.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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Several participants in the literature workshops carried out by the organization Instituto de Formación Literaria in the Bayamón penitentiary unit. Participants experience writing, reading, discussion, and criticism of assigned texts. This allows them to develop their creativity, communication skills, and critical thinking.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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ACirc serves children as part of its aerobatics workshops at its local and historic building, "El Bastión" in Old San Juan.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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Danzactiva presents educational and artistic works emphasizing dance and music, integrating classical and popular forms and highlighting the Puerto Rican culture with diverse influences. In the photo, a few participants at a Bomba Dance Special.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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In the photo, a San Juan School of Plastic Arts and Design sculpture is on display. The School is dedicated to training professionals in plastic arts, design, and art education, through a curriculum that promotes creativity, humanistic development, and visual culture.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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The mission of Coro de niños de Ponce is to fully educate the children of the Southern Area of Puerto Rico through choral, vocal, and instrumental music; and, through concerts and presentations, educate the public, promoting choral music of excellence, especially Puerto Rican music.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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A member of the Corporación Piñones Se Integra (COPI) in Loíza teaches Bomba to its visitors and students. COPI leads an anti-racist education work by promoting the island's Afro-Caribbean culture and heritage.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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In the photo, students from the Theater School are in a play. Since 2010, the School of Theater has bet on creativity as a tool to build a new and better world. Through their courses, workshops, and community programs, they provide skills that students can use to creatively transform experiences in their lives and provide solutions to the problems within their environment.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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Students and dancers of Mauro Ballet in a presentation. The organization promotes creating and producing experiences and scenic works to provide new life opportunities, involving the less fortunate and the general public in art and culture.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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In the photo, actors from the theatrical group Agua, Sol y Sereno, staging one of their plays at an outdoor plaza. Agua, Sol y Sereno creates and stages new, experimental theater and offers workshops to public housing complexes and school communities.
Image: Courtesy of Flamboyan Foundation.
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Cedar bark headband, Yakutat Culture camp.
Image: Bethany Goodrich, Sustainable Southeast Partnership.
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Grace Anevar Weaving a Yup_ik issran.
Image: Courtesy - Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center.
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Grass dance fans with Loulare Moore.
Image: Courtesy - The CIRI Foundation.
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Jamie Brendible and Delores Churchill-cedar-harvesting.
Image: Wayde Carroll and provided courtesy of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center.
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Lily Hope weaving a Chilkat face
Image: Courtesy - Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center.
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Looking at historical masks, Quinhagak.
Image: Courtesy - The CIRI Foundation.
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Our Voices Will Be Heard.
Image: David Bedard.
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On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, The Studio Museum in Harlem established a set of collaborative programs throughout its neighborhood under the title inHarlem, which included the installation of Sentra, by Kori Newkirk, in St. Nicholas Park.
Image: Alani Bass. Courtesy of The Studio Museum in Harlem.
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Children at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling turn the gears and wheels of Damien Davis’s “In Orbit (Blackamoors Collage #510),” from the exhibition “But No Elephants!”.
Image: Michael Palma Mir.
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People’s Theatre Project, a UMEZ Arts Engagement grantee, has been creating a three-part epic that explores the immigrant experience in the U.S. Somos Más, at the center of the series, followed six immigrants who have arrived in a dystopian nation where assimilation is required.
Image: Emmanuel Abreu. Courtesy of People's Theatre Project.
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In 2020, the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), in partnership with HBO, called for submissions from local artists to create works that reflect the history of Latine immigration to Washington Heights. The result, Latine Diaspora: Stories from Upper Manhattan, presented murals by Danny Peguero (at right), Dister Rondon (at left), Carla Torres, and Carlos J. Martinez.
Image: Michelle Orsi Gordon.
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During the pandemic shutdown, audience members sat outside of Maysles Documentary Center’s storefront on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem for a Sidewalk Cinema screening.
Image: Chris Zapata. Courtesy of Maysles Documentary Center.
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Los Pleneros de la 21, a UMEZ Arts Engagement grantee, is pictured during the live recording of their milestone album, Live at Pregones: 35 years of Bomba & Plena.
Image: Andres Rodríguez.
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Harlem Stage ‘WaterWorks’ commissioned a year-long celebration of Sun Ra and his legacy in 2020; as shown here, Nona Hendryx created and performed a multisensory work conceived specifically for the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Image: Paula Lobo.
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EMERGE125 performs Tilted Arc, choreographed by Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher for their 2019 New York Season.
Image: Steven Pisano.
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The Classical Theatre of Harlem presents an annual Uptown Shakespeare in the Park series at no charge to an outdoor, summer-time audience, as shown here in a performance of Macbeth.
Image: Richard Termine.
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A dance troupe competes at Amateur Night at the Apollo.
Image: Courtesy of Shahar Azran Photography.
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Jeremiah Picket, aka Baang, performs at CACHE's Art Party, a celebration for artists & community.
Image: Corey Lamb.
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Ballet Folklorico performs at CACHE's Art Party, a celebration for artists & community.
Image: Corey Lamb.
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Honey Collective performs at CACHE's Art Party, a celebration for artists & community.
Image: Corey Lamb.
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Kasey Hodges creates digital art and is interviewed for an Artist Conversation for Season 1 of OZCast, an online creative variety show by CACHE.
Image: Evan Alvarado.
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Megha Rao performs Bharatanatyam, a revered Indian classical dance form, for Season 1 of OZCast, an online creative variety show by CACHE.
Image: Vidya Venkatasubramanya.
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Hip-hop legend Murs mentors an artist as part of Groundwaves, a monthly community open mic and mentorship program through CACHE.
Image: Evan Alvarado.
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Artist, OG Danny, performs during an open mic night as part of Groundwaves, a monthly community open mic and mentorship program through CACHE.
Image: Evan Alvarado.
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Percussionist Al "Papa Rap" performs for Season 1 of OZCast, an online creative variety show by CACHE.
Image: Evan Alvarado.
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Dancers, Al’Nicx A.K.A. Allen Harrison, Robyn Jordan and Kamree Clark perform for OZCast, an online creative variety show by CACHE.
Image: CACHE.
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Artist Yatika Fields creates a mural for his feature in OZCast, an online creative variety show by CACHE.
Image: Anna Victoria.
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Project Creosote grantee, BBDanceur artists performing original choreography at the Bination Arts Residency, Shared Spaces program, a binational event that took place on both sides of the US/Mexico border fence in Douglas, AZ and Agua Prieta, SON in 2018.
Image: Ammi Robles.
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Project Creosote grantee, Jonathan Rodriguez performing Panyiotis Kokoras’ T-Totum. Written for snare drum, various implements and electronics.
Image: Courtesy of the artist.
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Project Creosote grantee, HONOR Collective pictured in front of their Murder, Missing Indigenous Relatives awareness mural in Tucson, Arizona.
Image: Courtesy of the collective.
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Project Creosote grantee, Wagon Burner Arts member, Sawaki seated in front of the Sonoran Sunset Mural located in Sahuarita, AZ. The mural features a mandala-influenced design surrounded by a Sonoran sunset.
Image: Courtesy of the collective.
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Project Creosote grantee Priscilla Nefftys, photographer and rapper from Nogales, founder of Nogaleria.
Image: Startup Unidos at Shilo Fest.
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Project Creosote grantee Avenidas Arts & Culture Collective presenting a large-scale painting in celebration of United States Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland.
Image: Courtesy of the collective.
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Infographic presenting 75% BIPOC applicants and grantees through the implementation of the Arts Foundation’s equity framework.
Image: Courtesy of The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona.
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Project Creosote grantee Apache Skateboards Collective pictured in their most recent series titled, Future Intercept, a project that presents Native Futurism and how it affects Native communities.
Image: Douglas Miles Sr.
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Paul Michael Wright Forgotten, charcoal/edited digitally, 17 x 11 inches. Paul Michael Wright is a grantee and scholarship recipient. He graduated with a BA from Parsons School of Design and an MFA in Visual Storytelling from the School of Visual Arts in 2021.
Image: courtesy of Paul Michael Wright.
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Derroles Taylor is a grantee. Her collection, Beyond the Canvas, was presented at New Orleans Fashion Week in 2019. She designed and created the dresses which were hand painted by collaborating artists; from left to right, Derroles Taylor -modeling her own creation; Ronnie; Journey Allen; and Gerard Caliste, who is a YAYA alumnus.
Image: Donald Taylor.
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Kara Crowley, Exertion, acrylic on wood, 38 x 17.5 inches. Kara Crowley is a scholarship recipient and grantee. She graduated from Xavier University of New Orleans with a BA in studio art. She is a current YAYA Board member, member of 912 Julia Studio and an art instructor at St. Augustine High School.
Image: Kara Crowley.
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Gerard Caliste, Innercityindacity exhibition, Mid Main Gallery, Houston, TX. Gerard Caliste, a mixed media artist and fine arts educator, is a grantee. He has a delayed award to go to Sweden for a large scale installation when it is safe to travel again..
Image: Jason Williams.
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Jourdan Barnes, Union, 2021 Photography, digital collage. Jourdan Barnes is a scholarship recipient and grantee. He studied Fine Art and Psychology at Xavier University where he received his BA. He is an alumnus of the Joan Mitchell Center AIR program and has work that has been a part of Photoville Festival. Jourdan Barnes's work aims to amplify the voices of Black people and their experiences. He is showing at Stella Jones Gallery in New Orleans and is a Content Creator for Cultura Creative.
Image: Jourdan Barnes.
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YAYA apprentice and guild artists on a field trip to Studio Be on a guided tour by New Orleans artist and YAYA board member, Brandan B-Mike Odums.
Image: Averi Matthews, YAYA Program Coordinator (and YAYA alumna).
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Rontherin Ratliff, Revolve, Mattress springs, metal paint, wood and wooden toys, 32 inches x 9 feet x 16 feet. Rontherin Ratliff is a grantee and mixed media sculptor. He is the co-founder of Level Artist Collective.
Image: courtesy of Rontherin Ratliff.
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YAYA apprentice and guild artists visiting the Sculpture Garden in Chattanooga, Tennessee during their Sketchbook Journey hosted by YAYA alumnus, Rondell Crier.
Image: courtesy of Rondell Crier.
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Quinton Gilmore, Through the Spirit of Music acrylic on canvas, 24x30 inches. Also known as Quinton Hakeem, Quinton Gilmore is a grantee and multi-disciplinary artist. His 2019 album Play is on Spotify. Quinton is also an art instructor at YAYA.
Image: Quinton Gilmore.
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Milteri Tucker Concepcion/Bombazo Dance Co., 2018 NALAC Fund for the Arts and 2020 Catalyst for Change Grantee. NALAC Catalyst for Change Grantee Milteri Tucker Concepcion of Bombazo Dance Co. in a performance moment in Crowns uniting and sharing the Afro Latina voices, their experiences wearing the "turbante" head-wrap.
Image: R. Muniz.
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Jesus CIMI Alvarado, 2020 NFA Catalyst for Change Grantee. NALAC Catalyst for Change grantee Cimi Alvarado is creating a community-informed mural project between El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juarez, MX.
Image: Cimi Alvarado.
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Michelle Angela Ortiz, 2020 NFA Catalyst for Change Grantee. NALAC Catalyst for Change Grantee Michelle Angela Ortiz works with her community in Philadelphia and pushes for new collective histories, tackling issues of gentrification, racism and erasure.
Image: Michelle Angela Ortiz.
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Paul S. Flores, 2020 NFA Catalyst for Change Grantee. NALAC Catalyst for Change Grantee Paul Flores, whose play “We Have Iré” is pictured here, is exploring the impact of COVID-19 on Latine workers in San Francisco’s Mission District.
Image: Michael Palma.
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Bobby LeFebre, 2020 NFA Catalyst for Change Grantee. In Denver, Colorado, NALAC Catalyst for Change grantee Bobby LeFebre is organizing the Sobremesa project engaging BIPOC artists and cultural workers to plan and imagine a liberated future.
Image: Melanie McLean Brooks.
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Karla Aguilar, 2020 NFA Catalyst for Change Grantee. NALAC Catalyst for Change Grantee Karla Aguilar’s project Ollin Movement Assembly: An Ofrenda for Unity, seeks to engineer a model for community dialogue for high school youth of color and their families in San Antonio.
Image: Karla Aguilar.
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Border Arts Corridor, 2020 NFA Border Narrative Change Grantee. In Douglas, Arizona, NALAC Border Narrative Change grantee Border Arts Corridor produced the Shared Spaces event by Ana Maria Alvarez.
Image: Ammi Robles.
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Pansy Pachanga, 2020 NFA Border Narrative Change Grantee. NALAC Border Narrative Change Grantee, Pansy Pachanga is a documentary film facilitating conversations around the LGBTQ+ community within South Texas and the borderlands.
Image: Jonathan Torres.
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Amalia Mondragón, 2020 NFA Border Narrative Change Grantee. Based in Anthony, New Mexico, musician Amalia Mondragón is producing a conceptual, musical album amplifying the Transfronterizx queer community.
Image: Christ Chavez.
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Mass Center for Native American Awareness: MCNAA Intertribal Pow Wows, celebrating indigenous culture, educating and inspiring participants from across Essex County.
Image: Creative Collective.
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Punto Urban Art Museum/Harbor Voices: The IMigration project brought recorded immigration stories and community connections to light in the Point neighborhood, Salem MA.
Image: Creative Collective.
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RidetheSwitch: A “rideable Artscape” featuring public art and performance space created through a collaboration of the Town of Ipswich, local businesses, and young creative makers.
Image: Daniel W. Bates.
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Co-Creating Culture: Lawrence past, present, future provided community-generated mural images and text for public library.
Image: Creative Collective.
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Cabot/BeyondWalls: Cross-sector collaboration resulted in Helen Bur mural that evokes the power of the arts uplifting community.
Image: Creative Collective.
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CuriousCity: Popup children’s museum of art and industry built public commitment for permanent museum.
Image: Creative Collective.
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Iluminacion Lawrence: Beginning with clock tower and bridge, a city-wide lighting project aims to create a warm, safe, and inviting public realm experience at night using the dynamic medium of LED lighting and projections.
Image: Creative Collective.
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Mural of Honour at the Military Museum comprised of 240 paintings representing Canada’s military history from 1812 to Afghanistan.
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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Calgary Animated Objects Society Mask Workshop.
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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Honens International piano Competition wild piano installation and activation at cSPACE.
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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Quest Theatre presentation of “We Are All Treaty People.”
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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Cantare Children’s Choir performance of Arnesen’s Magnificat.
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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Nick Cave Exhibition at the Glenbow Museum.
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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Tap to Donate kiosk at the Glenbow Museum.
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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New West Theatre performance of Million Dollar Quartet.
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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Kiwanis Music Festival School Outreach Performance.
Image: Rozsa Foundation.
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Grantee: CodeVA and Performing Statistics Project: Defining Healthy Communities from a Youth Justice Lens. The creative team behind Freedom Constellations: Dreaming of a World Without Youth Prisons stands in front of their mural on the premiere day. From left to right: Natasha Kovacs (CodeVA instructor), Jakson (youth technologist), Zach Mulcahey (CodeVA instructor), Iyana (youth muralist), Ta'Dreama (youth muralist), Valerie Slater (RISE for Youth), Khai (youth muralist), Cory Jones (RISE for Youth), Kayla (youth muralist), Gina Lyles (Performing Statistics), Maggie Smith (CodeVA), Mark Strandquist (Performing Statistics). The mural was funded, in part, by RMHF.
Image: Courtesy / Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
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Grantee: Virginia Community Voice and Alfonso Perez Acosta and Hamilton Glass. Project: Art, Reconciliation, and Civic Advocacy (ARCA). Art, Reconciliation, and Civic Advocacy (ARCA) promotes equity for Latine and Black youth by equipping them with civic advocacy training and an artistic platform to highlight inequities in Richmond and in their Southside community.
Image: Courtesy / Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
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Grantee: Elegba Folklore Society and Janine Bell. Project: Cultural Retention As A Key to Health Equity Among African Americans Purpose: Expands Elegba Folklore Society’s year-round cultural arts, education and enrichment programs to improve content quality, service delivery and access.
Image: Courtesy / Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
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Grantee: Sacred Heart Center and Alfonso Perez Acosta. Project: Casa Lapiz Art Program increases access to art classes for Latino youth, gives space for conversations on housing, health challenges, and other issues impacting the social determinants of health, and allows students to explore issues of identity, equity, and their role in their community.
Image: Courtesy / Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
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Grantee: Girls For A Change and Hamilton Glass at a community event, “Creative Placemaking: Building Healthy Communities” hosted by Richmond Memorial Health Foundation at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture with guest speaker Jamie Bennett.
Image: Courtesy / Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
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Grantee: Family Lifeline and Penelope Carrington and Gigi Amateau presenting to RMHF’s Board of Trustees and Staff. Project: Dare to Care: Women in Direct Care, a photo-narrative project to uplift the voices of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and personal care aides (PCAs), whose care allows older adults and people with disabilities to live independently.
Image: Courtesy / Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
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Grantee: Girls For A Change and Hamilton Glass and Austin Miles. Project: Girl’s Stories-Our Voices- Trauma and Triumph supports girls of color from the Richmond area, to develop art and creative expression projects addressing their unique voices and personal narratives including stories reflecting both their trauma and their triumphs.
Image: Courtesy / Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
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Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the s'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ Longhouse at The Evergreen State College was the first building of its kind on a public campus in the US. The Longhouse’s grantmaking focuses on promoting Native arts and cultures in the broader Pacific Northwest.
Image: Martin Kane.
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The Longhouse’s Fiber Arts Studio “Paimārire” (a Māori term for peace) honors the Longhouse’s extended relationships along the Pacific Rim and hosts a myriad of classes, workshops, and artist residencies. Eastern Entrance.
Image: Mario A. Caro.
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Fiber Arts Western Entrance features Northwest Makah and Salish art.
Image: Laura VerMeulen.
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“Pay3q’ali” is a Twana term for “A Place to Carve” and is one of three anchors of the Longhouse’s Indigenous Arts Campus at The Evergreen State College.
Image: Laura VerMeulen.
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The Longhouse’s Northwest Heritage Program provides grants and residencies throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Pictured here are participants in a Blackfeet Willow Teepee Backrest workshop in Montana.
Image: Linley Logan.
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Master carver Greg Colfax (Makah) and Evergreen student Bunni Peterson Haitwas (Skokomish) at the dedication ceremony for the Welcome Woman at the main campus entrance at Evergreen.
Image: Laura VerMeulen.
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Alaska Native dance group “Git Hoan”, led by Tsimshian carver David A. Boxley, celebrates the opening of the Tears of Duk’wibahl Art Gallery Exhibition in 2017.
Image: Melissa Ponder.
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Artists explored the medium of glass during the "Tears of Duk'wibahl" Gathering of Indigenous Visual Artists of the Pacific Rim, hosted by the Longhouse in 2017.
Image: Melissa Ponder.
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Artist Danielle Morrissette (Sto:lo, Suquamish), “Lady of High Rank”, 2019 recipient of a Native Creative Development grant.
Image: Danielle Morrissette.
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Participants of the Gathering of Indigenous Visual Artists of the Pacific Rim Gathering, hosted by the Longhouse in 2017, participate in a mini “Canoe Journey” at the Squaxin Island Tribe.
Image: Melissa Ponder.
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Weavers receive custom-designed blankets and “weavers tool boxes” by Eighth Generation at the opening of the Longhouse’s Fiber Arts Studio in October 2018.
Image: Melissa Ponder.
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Hollerin Space's work advocates for just and equitable policies for Black people regarding housing, land, human rights, and food and waterways.
Image: Melissa Cardona.
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A still shot of Hollerin Space's work Hold On, inspired by migration, both forced and voluntary, of Black people.
Image: Screenshot.
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Built out of the success of ROOTS' Partners in Action program, Partners for Change deepens ROOTS investment in BIPOC artist and organizations. In this picture, PIA participant Ahmané Glover.
Image: Toni Smailagic.
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Through art, ROOTS' intergenerational, diverse members explore new ways to break through systems of oppression and existing barriers to access.
Image: Melissa Cardona.
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ROOTS members jamming together at the organization’s annual ROOTS Week Meeting & Retreat.
Image: Melissa Cardona.
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Alternate ROOTS helps sustain the artistic development, increased visibility, and stability of artist-activists and cultural organizers throughout its region. In this picture, Sage Crump.
Image: Melissa Cardona.
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The power of the work of Alternate ROOTS and the organization’s members is Collective Power.
Image: Melissa Cardona.
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Erin Washington sharing about Soul Center at ROOTS Week 2020 Virtual Convening. Soul Center a cultural arts development center for youth and adult creatives of color in the Atlanta, GA /Montgomery, AL areas.
Image: Screenshot.
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Ballet Austin rehearsal.
Image: Amitava Sarkar, Ballet Austin.
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Ballet-O-Mania!, Ballet Austin.
Image: Amitava Sarkar, Ballet Austin.
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Music Director Ludovic Morlot conducts an Untuxed concert at Benaroya Hall.
Image: Brandon Patoc.
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Dutch-Japanese pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama joins Seattle Symphony’s Pablo Rus Broseta for a Sonic Evolution concert.
Image: Brandon Patoc.
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Audience members become key players in the improvisational Travelers of the Lost Dimension. The more lighthearted Travelers of the Lost Dimension became popular with families.
Image: Sam Adams/Adams Visual Communications.
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New York City’s first all-female mariachi band, Flor de Toloache, kicks off festivities on the CRASHfest mainstage.
Image: Sarosh Syed and Eric Antoniou.
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CRASHfest 2018’s audience gets younger and looser as the evening wears on and Zimbabwean Afropop sextet Mokoomba takes stage.
Image: Sarosh Syed and Eric Antoniou.
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Sing for your supper: Robert Mellon (left) and Joshua Blue (right) perform at an Opera Tastings event.
Image: Eric Woolsey.
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Opera Tastings in and around St. Louis have become a primary means of engagement for Opera Theatre of St. Louis (OTSL).
Image: Eric Woolsey.
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A Dakota youth plays lacrosse in the Enemy Swim district of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in South Dakota. September 2018.
Image: Photo by Sarah Manning.
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Toka Nuwan singers at the Enemy Swim powwow on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation. September 2018.
Image: Photo by Sarah Manning.
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A Dakota grandmother, Barb Jens, speaks to her grandchildren during the Enemy Swim district powwow on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation. September 2018.
Image: Photo by Sarah Manning.
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An elder joins in prayer at Standing Rock during the 2016 resistance against the Dakota Access pipeline. November 2016.
Image: Photo by Josue Rivas.
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An artist speaks in front of a mural dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Minneapolis. November 2018.
Image: Photo by Sarah Manning.
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A Shoshone-Paiute, Dakota baby girl watches the powwow from her cradleboard. September 2018.
Image: Photo by Sarah Manning.
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The 2019 USA Fellows at Assembly, USA’s annual 3-day retreat designed to help artists care for themselves and their practices.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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USA Trustee Susan V. Berresford at the keynote speech of 2019 Berresford Prize winner, Kristy Edmunds.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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2019 Berresford Prize winner, Kristy Edmunds, delivering her keynote speech.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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2019 Berresford Prize winner, Kristy Edmunds, with USA President & CEO Deana Haggag.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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2019 Berresford Prize winner, Kristy Edmunds, with USA trustee and Fellow Ann Hamilton.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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2019 USA Fellow in Music Juan Diaz’s band performing at the 2019 Assembly.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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2019 USA Fellow in Writing Tarfia Faizullah reading at the 2019 Assembly.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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2019 USA Fellow in Music Jen Shyu performing at the 2019 Assembly.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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2019 USA Fellows celebrating at the 2019 Assembly.
Image: The BMP Film Co.
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Public Art Comes to Your Front Yard is a public art initiative. The artwork “Stay Together” is from Vikram Madam.
Image: Courtesy / Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
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Public Art Comes to Your Front Yard is a public art initiative. The artwork is from Asia Tail and Hailey Tayathy.
Image: Courtesy / Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
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Totem Star artists support Kiddus Fecto during Winter Magic. Totem Star is a Seattle Office of Arts & Culture grantee.
Image: Avi Loud
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An image of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Mural Projects at the Ballard Business Improvement Area.
Image: Ballard BIA
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An image of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Mural Projects at the Ballard Business Improvement Area.
Image: Ballard BIA
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An image of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Mural Projects at the Ballard Business Improvement Area.
Image: Ballard BIA
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An image of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Mural Projects at the Ballard Business Improvement Area.
Image: Ballard BIA
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One of First Nations’ community partners is the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project (ZYEP). In part of their work to keep Native Art alive, ZYEP developed the Ho’n A:wan Park to be a vehicle for physical wellness, art, and culture for Zuni youth. Here is one of the many murals featured in the community center. This mural was a Zuni father-daughter effort, created to highlight Zuni clans and the sacred Dowa Yalanne ("Corn Mountain").
Image: Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
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This is another of the many murals featured on the inside and outside of the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project community center and created collectively by members of the Artists Committee and other Zuni artists.
Image: Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
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The perimeter of the Ho’n A:wan Park and Community Center at the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project provides for an ever-evolving canvas for local artists.
Image: Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
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At Zuni Youth Enrichment Project, art brings kids together in ceremony and play to strengthen and sustain Zuni traditions.
Image: Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
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A focal point of the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project community center is the showcase of pottery shards and part of the Zuni emergent story. A well-known Zuni artist, Noreen Simplicio, worked with Zuni youth during weekly art classes to create this piece in which Zuni youth learned about Zuni symbols, painting techniques, and how to paint their Zuni clans on pottery shards that they helped collect. This piece hangs in the community center to highlight Zuni culture for youth to see every day as they practice sports, learn about traditional gardening and foods, and create art.
Image: Catherine Bryan
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A focal point of the Zuni Youth Enrichment Project community center is the showcase of pottery shards and part of the Zuni emergent story. A well-known Zuni artist, Noreen Simplicio, worked with Zuni youth during weekly art classes to create this piece in which Zuni youth learned about Zuni symbols, painting techniques, and how to paint their Zuni clans on pottery shards that they helped collect. This piece hangs in the community center to highlight Zuni culture for youth to see every day as they practice sports, learn about traditional gardening and foods, and create art.
Image: Catherine Bryan
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First Nations community partner Diné Be’ Iiná teaches and shares textile fiber arts as part of their mission to restore the balance between Navajo culture, life, and land and to preserve, protect and promote the Navajo way of life, with enormous valued placed on the Navajo-churro sheep.
Image: Diné Be’ Iiná
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Another community partner Dakota Wicohan, a Native-led nonprofit serving the Lower Sioux Indian Community and Upper Sioux Community in Minnesota, uses the art of horse regalia, including this mask titled Wokiksuye, to honor and celebrate horses as part of the Dakota culture.
Image: Dakota Wicohan
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With support of First Nations, another community partner, the Tulalip Tribes’ Hibulb Cultural Center, convenes Tulalip artists to teach art classes, including cradleboard making, an important tradition that continues at Tulalip. Pictured here is a student finishing her cradleboard after a series of workshops.
Image: Hibulb Cultural Center and Tulalip Foundation
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The inaugural AmbitioUS convening brought together grantees, allies, funders, and friends of the national initiative together at Oakstop17 in Oakland, CA on October 23, 2019. The convening emphasized connecting with one another, sharing work and progress, and encouraging the kinds of ideas that can make a difference in this moment of change.
Image: Bethanie Hines Photography
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The inaugural AmbitioUS convening hosted conversations among grantees, allies, and funders. The “Disrupting the Status Quo” panel was moderated by CCI’s President and CEO, Angie Kim. Panel speakers included Esteban Kelly (Executive Director, United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives), Deborah Frieze (Co-Founder and President, Boston Impact Initiative Fund), and Lauren Ruffin (Co-Founder, Crux).
Image: Bethanie Hines Photography
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Throughout the convening, funders were able to cultivate connections with AmbitioUS grantees and discuss their work in the alternative economy. Co-Founder of Crux Lauren Ruffin and Director of Arts, Strategy & Venture, Shelley Trott, listen to William Penn Foundation’s Program Director, Judilee Reed.
Image: Bethanie Hines Photography
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In the “Role of Culture in Societal Transformation” panel, Jessica Norwood (Founder, The Runway Project) addresses participants as Noni Session (Director, East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative) and Loren Harris (Chief Program and Strategy Officer, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation) look on.
Image: Bethanie Hines Photography
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CCI’s President and CEO, Angie Kim, gives final remarks at the inaugural AmbitioUS convening.
Image: Bethanie Hines Photography
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Participants were able to engage with others during the panel sessions. United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives Executive Director, Esteban Kelly, provides comments to the room after the panelists provide insights.
Image: Bethanie Hines Photography
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Amoke Kubat, Founder of Yo Mama’s House!, an art and healing space cooperative for mothers of all ages, peruses the inaugural convening’s program book designed by Studio Fuse. The Program Book outlines the convening’s agenda, maps out Oakland, and provides biographies of all the convening participants.
Image: Bethanie Hines Photography
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The Runway Project’s Oakland Project Director, Nina Robinson, provided sounds and ambiance throughout the convening’s dinner on October 22, 2019.
Image: Bethanie Hines Photography
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Bank of America ACTivate Awards Program Launch on November 7th in Bank of America Tower.
Image: Russ Rowland
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Image from member theatre, Center Theatre Group.
Image: Courtesy of Center Theatre Group
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Image from member theatre, Center Theatre Group.
Image: Courtesy of Center Theatre Group
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Guthrie Theater’s “Stories From the Drum” culminating performance featuring Lini Wilkins (Diné) and Trisha Begay (Diné Nation).
Image: Jessica Kray Martin
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Guthrie Theater’s “Stories From the Drum” culminating performance featuring Inez DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) and Rhonda DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe).
Image: Jessica Kray Martin
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Image from member theatre, Center Theatre Group.
Image: Courtesy of Center Theatre Group
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Shaunyce Omar and the cast of Public Works’ “As You Like It” at Seattle Rep, supported by Advancing Strong Theatre.
Image: Bronwen Houck
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Falstaff (Steve Peebles) weaves his way through the crowd at a Montana Shakespeare in the Parks performance in Bozeman. Since 1973, Shakespeare in the Parks has brought free, professional productions of works by Shakespeare and other classics to mostly rural and underserved communities, offered at no cost in local parks and public spaces.
Image: Adrian Sanchez Gonzalez
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The Shakespeare in the Parks cast gathers for pre-show well wishes before a performance of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” The unique experience of touring with Montana SIP draws actors nationally.
Image: Adrian Sanchez Gonzalez
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Past Artist in Residence Tip Toland gives a demonstration during a two-week workshop at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, co-taught with Past Resident Beth Cavener in the Education and Research Facility classroom.
Image: Courtesy of the Montana Arts Council
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The Alpine Theatre Project in Whitefish, Montana, founded in 2004 by three Broadway veterans, has been bringing Broadway talent, production, and education to Flathead Valley, MT residents since 2004. Shown here: student actors in the ATP Kids program, performing in “The Lion King Jr.”
Image: Courtesy of the Montana Arts Council
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Plumbs (2009) by Jennifer Reifsneider, a MAC 2019 Artist Innovation Award Winner. Example of work using fiber processes and ephemeral materials - dictionaries, knotted rubber bands. Exhibited in Tubular!, curated by Doug Harvey, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Image: Courtesy of the Montana Arts Council
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Quarry Tile Gateway (2006) by Robert Harrison, a MAC 2019 Artist Innovation Award Winner. Robert Harrison met the challenge of creating a sculptural work - made from ceramic tile produced at the factory-designed to welcome visitors and highlight Quarry Tile’s product; the work provided insights into the ceramic tile industry that continues to inform Harrison’s work.
Image: Courtesy of the Montana Arts Council
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Works in process by Jane Deschner, a MAC 2019 Artist Innovation Award Winner. A longtime photo montage artist, Deschner’s current work combines vintage found portraits with themes developed from collected anecdotes found in obituaries.
Image: Courtesy of the Montana Arts Council
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Two students with their work during a Zootown Arts Community Center’s “Missoula Monster Project” exhibit. The annual show features the work of youth artists paired with response works by adult artists in the Missoula community.
Image: Courtesy of the Montana Arts Council
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4Culture staff in front of Sentinels, 2008 by Gloria Bornstein. Catalytic enamel painted steel. City of Seattle Fleets and Facilities Department, Fire Facilities and Emergency Response Levy 1% for Art funds.
Image: Sunita Martini
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4Culture 2019 Arc Artist Fellows.
Image: Sunita Martini
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Naomi Wachira performing at the Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA.
Image: Jason Tang
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Gallery 4Culture October exhibit by Cicelia Ross-Gotta. Feel Just Like Home, 2019. Internet reviews of the motel where a family member has lived since 2016, used bed linens and towels, embroidery floss, and towel racks.
Image: Ruth Kazmerzak
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Light Vessel Number 83 (LV-83) “SWIFTSURE” deck restoration, Lake Union, Seattle, WA.
Image: Naomi Ishisaka, courtesy of Northwest Seaport
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Al Price. Still Spinning, 2017. Stainless steel. Factoria Recycling & Transfer Station, Bellevue, WA. King County Public Art Collection.
Image: Wiseknave
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The People’s Wall mural was designed and painted by Dion Henderson in 1970 at the former site of the Black Panther Party Headquarters in Seattle. The Black Heritage Society is leading an effort to landmark the wall, and the project is supported by Beyond Integrity, a coalition of advocates for racial equity in historic preservation.
Image: 4Culture staff
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King Street Station restoration project initiated by 4Culture’s Vest Restore program. King Street Station, Seattle, WA.
Image: John Stamets
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Alessandra and Roberto from Vessel Consulting lead a 4Culture Strategic Planning staff breakout group.
Image: Sunita Martini
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“The Film Lounge: Student Challenge” hands-on Film Lounge Academy for Iowa high school students.
Image: Iowa Arts Council
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The annual World Food & Music Festival hosted by Downtown Community Alliance, an Iowa Arts Council Cultural Heritage Project Grant recipient.
Image: Courtesy of Downtown Community Alliance
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“Teaching Ukulele Through Popular Music Education” session for Iowa’s K-12 arts educators led by Little Kids Rock at the biannual Iowa Fine Arts Education Summit.
Image: Iowa Arts Council
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The Children’s Literature Festival in Davenport, Iowa, an Iowa Arts Council Art Project Grant recipient.
Image: Ford Photography
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A scene from “DIS/UNITY,” an interdisciplinary performance in which artists united to create a safe and healing space for the community. Organized by Heidi Bartlett, an Iowa Arts Council Art Project Grant recipient.
Image: Karla Conrad
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Circa artist residency at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital hosted by Hancher Auditorium, an Iowa Arts Council Art Project Grant recipient.
Image: Courtesy of Hancher Auditorium
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Table topic discussions during a working lunch at the Iowa Great Places Annual Meeting, a day-long professional development and networking opportunity for designated Iowa Great Places.
Image: Iowa Arts Council
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Nonprofit organization ArtForce Iowa’s mobile screen printing station at the Iowa Arts Council’s Iowa Arts Summit, a biannual networking and professional development event for Iowa’s arts and culture leaders.
Image: Iowa Arts Council
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Performance by students of the Spectrum Project at the University of Northern Iowa, an Iowa Arts Council Art Project Grant recipient.
Image: Courtesy of Spectrum Project
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The Arts Learning in Libraries Initiative organizes free creative aging classes for Iowans age 55 and older in small town public libraries across Iowa.
Image: Iowa Arts Council
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A group of Little Kids Rock participants performs at their elementary school in Fort Collins. With support from Bohemian Foundation, Little Kids Rock and Denver-based nonprofit Take Note Colorado have served 34,000 students across Colorado and 7,400 students in Fort Collins’ Poudre School District.
Image: Bohemian Foundation
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Local artist Ren Burke paints a piano titled "The Song of Summer Stars" in Old Town Square Fort Collins for Bohemian Foundation's Pianos About Town Program.
Image: Bohemian Foundation
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Little Kids Rock participants perform at Kids’ Music Adventure as part of Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest, an annual community music festival supported by Bohemian Foundation.
Image: Bohemian Foundation
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Little Kids Rock participants perform at Kids’ Music Adventure as part of Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest, an annual community music festival supported by Bohemian Foundation.
Image: Bohemian Foundation
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Bohemian Foundation's Pianos About Town program celebrated 100 painted pianos with a specially commissioned piano by local artist Karina Branson. To create the piece, Branson interviewed groups of all ages and interests and walks of life about what makes Fort Collins unique.
Image: Bohemian Foundation
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Little Kids Rock participant Julia Kirkwood performs as a special guest ahead of Grammy-winning headliner Bonnie Raitt at Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest.
Image: Bohemian Foundation
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Take Note Colorado’s co-founder, Isaac Slade, headlines the Fifth Annual Sing It To Me Santa benefit concert with his band, The Fray, raising funds to provide musical instruments and instruction to K-12 students in Colorado. Bohemian Foundation is a supporter of Take Note Colorado.
Image: Courtesy of Steve Peterson
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Take Note Colorado and Bohemian Foundation sent the music program DeTour to Carbondale to create a new way for students to access music. Partnering with the Carbondale Arts District, DeTour outfitted the District's mobile arts classroom, Rosybelle Maker Bus, with turntables and other music equipment and sent professional musicians to teach students about DJ'ing and hip hop.
Image: Courtesy of The Music District
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Bohemian Foundation hosts the annual Little Kids Rock Modern Band Summit. This year, 600 educators and art administrators came together in Fort Collins, Colorado. Sessions inspire participants to unlock the music makers within their students.
Image: Bohemian Foundation
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Take Note Colorado and Bohemian Foundation partnered with cellist Yo-Yo Ma to support the musician's Day of Action program in Denver. Ma performed with students in a Little Kids Rock program in Civic Center Park that included Governor Hickenlooper and Isaac Slade of The Fray.
Image: Courtesy of Linda Strand
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Supported by the Arts in Society program, the Latino Folk Art Garden gives voice to the history and lore of Latinos in the Roaring Fork Valley through a creative place-making project. This photo shows the first community workday.
Image: Courtesy of Brian Colley and Amy Kimberly
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Supported by the Arts in Society program, the Latino Folk Art Garden gives voice to the history and lore of Latinos in the Roaring Fork Valley through a creative place-making project.
Image: Courtesy of Brian Colley and Amy Kimberly
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Certified Colorado Change Leader, Suzi Q. Smith pictured with Margaret Hunt, executive director of Colorado Creative Industries. Suzi’s certification project, Writing in Color, supports the creation of new creative works from writers of color whose narratives have been largely underrepresented in literature, connecting the artists and their voices to larger audiences and movements to advance equity.
Image: Courtesy Catherine Eichel Photography
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Hands-on experience The Moving Voice at the Colorado Creative Industries’ Creative Forces Summit.
Image: Courtesy of Mike Pach of 3 Peaks Photography and Design
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Colorado Change Leader Annual Convening.
Image: Courtesy of Joe Kusomoto Photography
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Colorado Change Leader Annual Convening.
Image: Courtesy of Joe Kusomoto Photography
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Solider artwork from the Fort Carson Warrior Recovery Center and the Bemis School of Art at Colorado College at the Creative Forces Summit.
Image: Courtesy of Mike Pach of 3 Peaks Photography and Design
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Trinidad Space to Create will transform an entire block of downtown Main Street into a dynamic complex with three historic structures, linking the second stories of all three with 13 affordable, live/work apartments.
Image: Courtesy of Colorado Creative Industries
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2019 Creation & Development Fund Artist - A Host of People
Image: “Cleopatra Boy,” courtesy of A Host of People
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2019 Creation & Development Fund Artist - Will Rawls
Image: “Planet Eaters” by Brian Rogers (2013)
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2019 CDF Artist - Leyla McCalla
Image: Courtesy McCalla
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2019 Creation & Development Fund Artist - Tim Smith Stewart & Jeffrey Azevedo
Image: “Less Then Red, More Than Violet,” courtesy of Smith and Azevedo
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2018 Creation & Development Fund Artist - Combat Hippies, “AMAL”
Image: Romain Maurice
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2018 Creation & Development Fund Artist - Ananya Dance Theatre, “Shymali: Sprouting Words”
Image: Courtesy of Ananya Dance Theatre
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At the 2018 NPN Conference in Pittsburgh, guests exchange ideas at the Opening Reception, hosted at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center.
Image: NPN
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Conference “newbies” get a special welcome to the 2018 NPN Conference in Pittsburgh.
Image: NPN
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Janera Solomon, executive director of 2018 Host Partner Kelly Strayhorn Theater, gives a tour of Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood during the 2018 NPN Conference in Pittsburgh.
Image: NPN
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Representatives from partner organizations tour Rootwork Gallery as part of NPN’s 2019 Midyear Meeting in Chicago.
Image: NPN
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Thomas Allen Harris, host of Family Pictures USA, on set with sisters Satori Shakoor and Doreen Bethel sharing their family photo collection in Detroit. Satori Shakoor is best known for having performed and recorded with P-Funk as well as The Brides of Funkenstein. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Thomas Allen Harris, host of Family Pictures USA, visits the former site of the Packard Plant in Detroit with Arthur Kirsh, whose father worked at Packard in the 1950s. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Thomas Allen Harris, host of Family Pictures USA, with Paul Wasserman, the owner of Detroit’s (and America’s) oldest hat retailer - Henry the Hatter. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Thomas Allen Harris, host of Family Pictures USA, facilitated a live interactive Community Photo Sharing event at the Schomburg Center in Harlem with local community members. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Family Pictures USA holds interactive exhibits to tell the stories of the community they are visiting. This video installation was held at the Hunter East Harlem Gallery and featured photo archives and stories from Harlem. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Thomas Allen Harris, host of Family Pictures USA, visits the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation at their tribal grounds in North Carolina to share stories from their family photo albums. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Thomas Allen Harris, host of Family Pictures USA, visits the House of Coxx, an all-inclusive space for LGBTQ+ drag queens and kings in Durham, North Carolina. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Family Pictures USA held a Community Photo Sharing event in Immokalee, Florida where four generations of the Gonzalez family shared their photos to tell the story of their farming community. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Family Pictures USA held a Community Photo Sharing event in Immokalee, Florida. Phong Ho and his mother shared their photos and migrant stories coming from Vietnam. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Wyncote Foundation grantee Family Pictures USA held a Community Photo Sharing event in Durham, North Carolina. Participants Ellen Cavitt and Mary Peterson share a cherished photo of their family, which was one of the early entrepreneurs in Durham's tobacco industry. Family Pictures USA is an innovative new PBS TV show that uses its production process to build community, highlight local history, and illuminate unique stories found in family photo archives.
Image: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion LLC
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Peter Kiewit Foundation grantee Amplify Arts, in partnership with local arts nonprofits, offers Summer School – a series of free workshops for local artists.
Image: Amplify Arts
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Peter Kiewit Foundation grantee Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts opens up artists-in-residence studios for public tours and conversation with visiting artists.
Image: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
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Peter Kiewit Foundation grantee El Museo Latino hosts a group of Omaha students to participate in mask-making art activity.
Image: El Museo Latino
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Peter Kiewit Foundation grantee Film Streams recently hosted the grand opening of their second theater location, Dundee Theater, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Image: Courtesy Peter Kiewit Foundation
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Peter Kiewit Foundation supported Nebraska Arts Council to host regional Art Chats, including one in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Pictured is participant Billy Estes, executive director of the Midwest Theater.
Image: Nebraska Arts Council
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Peter Kiewit Foundation grantee Omaha Performing Arts regularly hosts student matinee performers, including this Musical Explorers bus field trip to the Holland Center in downtown Omaha.
Image: Omaha Performing Arts
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Peter Kiewit Foundation grantee Opera Omaha takes the stage during Opera Outdoors, the free open-air concert at Turner Park in midtown Omaha.
Image: Opera Omaha
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Peter Kiewit Foundation grantee Pottawattamie Arts Culture & Entertainment recently celebrated a groundbreaking for the Hoff Family Arts and Culture Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Image: Pottawattamie Arts Culture & Entertainment
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Peter Kiewit Foundation grantee The Union for Contemporary Art continues to offer arts experiences for youth and adults throughout the Omaha metro.
Image: Nightingale Photography & The Union for Contemporary Art
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PBS President Paula Kerger with artist Wayne Brezinka standing beside his piece “Mister Rogers: Just The Way You Are.”
Image: Courtesy of PBS
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Still image from State of the Art, aired on PBS on April 26, 2019.
Image: Courtesy of PBS
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Carlo Bosi as the Abbé and Anita Rachvelishvili as the Princess of Bouillon in Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur." Image: Ken Howard / Met Opera from Great Performances at the Met: Adriana Lecouvreur, premiering Sunday, May 12, at 12pm. |
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Peter, Robotta, and Pinkalicious in Pinkalicious & Peterrific. "Pinkabotta & Peterbotta” is a PBS Kids animated series focusing on the adventures of Pinkalicious and her brother Peter. Image: 2017 WGBH. Underlying TM/© Victoria Kann.
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Host Sarah Green at their Utah shoot from PBS Digital Studio’s Art Assignment.
Image: Courtesy of PBS
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PBS Digital Studio’s Sound Field hosts LA Buckner and Nahre Sol.
Image: Courtesy of PBS
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Aisinna’kiiks was a gathering of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, leaders, Elders, and youth who shared meals, knowledge, and stories as part of Canada’s reconciliation journey.
Image: Amy Jo Espetveidt, Calgary Arts Development
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Artsdance was a gathering of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and arts organizations to celebrate the arts as a positive force in our lives. Supported by Calgary Arts Development.
Image: Amy Jo Espetveidt, Calgary Arts Development
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Beakerhead brings people together at the crossroads of art, science and engineering. Year-round programming culminates in a five-day citywide spectacle with more than 60 events centered around delightfully bizarre engineered installations and artworks. Beakerhead received funding through the Remarkable Experience Accelerator Program.
Image: Denise Kitagawa, courtesy of Beakerhead
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Supported by Calgary Arts Development’s Cornerstone Program, the Calgary Folk Music Festival attracts thousands of people to enjoy music over a three-day summer festival.
Image: James Stangroom, courtesy of the Calgary Folk Music Festival
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Glenbow Museum engages community members of all ages with its permanent and visiting collections. Supported by Calgary Arts Development’s Cornerstone Program.
Image: Courtesy of Glenbow
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Calgary’s MoMo Movement Dance Theatre shapes how disability is felt, perceived, understood, experienced, hailed and resounded through performance and community classes. Supported by Calgary Arts Development’s Operating Grant Program.
Image: Chantal Wall, courtesy of MoMo Movement Dance Theatre
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Calgary Arts Development supports individual artists through Artist Opportunity and Project Grant Programs.
Image: Oriana Pagnotta
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Alberta Ballet has become well known for its Portrait Ballets, set to the music of Canadian music icons. Pictured here is Our Canada, based on the music of Gordon Lightfoot. Supported by Calgary Arts Development’s Cornerstone Program.
Image: Paul McGrath, courtesy of Alberta Ballet
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Quest Theatre for Young Audiences tours to schools throughout Alberta. We Are All Treaty People shared the history of Treaty 7. Supported by Calgary Arts Development’s Operating Grant Program.
Image: Andy Wright, courtesy of Quest Theatre
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The Field Foundation’s Arts Program officer, Tempestt Hazel, answers questions for organizations about the evolving definition of “art” and the community-based projects they fund.
Image: Ally Almore
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Mark Murray, vice president of Field Foundation, answering questions about their grantmaking model at their last info session at Lawndale Christian Health Center Skyline Conference Center.
Image: Ally Almore
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Boxville, a business incubator in Bronzeville, in the South Side of Chicago, provides a space for games, yoga, and other activities that add a sense of playfulness to the market and help community members connect.
Image: Nolis Anderson
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Boxville, a business incubator in Bronzeville, in the South Side of Chicago, provides a space for games, yoga, and other activities that add a sense of playfulness to the market and help community members connect.
Image: Nolis Anderson
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The Field Foundation’s grantee, Crusher’s Club, actively engages youth in their own creative expression through the music studio Field Foundation supported.
Image: Nolis Anderson
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The Field Foundation’s grantee, Crusher’s Club, actively engages youth in their own creative expression through the music studio Field Foundation supported.
Image: Nolis Anderson
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The Field Foundation’s grantee, Crusher’s Club, actively engages youth in their own creative expression through the music studio Field Foundation supported.
Image: Nolis Anderson
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The Field Foundation’s grantee, Crusher’s Club, actively engages youth in their own creative expression through the music studio Field Foundation supported.
Image: Nolis Anderson
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Students performing with Leerorkest, a Dutch nonprofit that provides instruments and lessons to children.
Credit: Leerorkest
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Staff at Leerorkest repairing donated instruments at its instrument depot. Instruments will then be provided to students for lessons free-of-charge.
Credit: Jean van Lingen
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A student performs in the Nashville studio of Notes for Notes.
Credit: Anthony Ross Tyler
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A student records a vocal track in the Nashville studio of Notes for Notes.
Credit: Anthony Ross Tyler
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United Borders founder, Justin Finlayson, aboard the double-decker bus in London he outfitted to help youth learn music production and life skills.
Credit: Brunel Johnson
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United Borders founder, Justin Finlayson, aboard the double-decker bus in London he outfitted to help youth learn music production and life skills.
Credit: Brunel Johnson
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Wild Painting performs at their EP release party at Zumix, a Boston nonprofit.
Credit: Zumix
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Bronx Concert Singers, under the direction of Robert René Galván, presented two choral concerts with professional soloists and orchestra for their 36th Season, which was funded by a 2017 BCA Arts Fund Grant.
Image: The Bronx Concert Singers, Inc.
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The Friends of Pelham Bay Park hosted the 2018 Bronx Native American Festival, funded by a 2018 Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) Community Arts Grant, featuring singers, dancers, musicians, and storytellers from cultures throughout the Americas. These performance artists celebrated the harvest season, teaching about the spirit and culture of Native traditions.
Image: The Friends of Pelham Bay Park
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Following in the Footsteps of Bomba, funded by a 2018 BCA Arts Fund Grant, engaged local artists and the community in a series of workshops, a panel discussion, and public presentations to create a choreographic piece that denotes different styles of Bomba dance.
Image: Hilda Rivera-Pantojas
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As part of BCA’s year-long exploration of immigration, displacement, exile and related themes, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos presented the group exhibition Swing Forward While Swaying Back in 2018. In Domino Slop, artist Francheska Alcantara connects gesture, ritual, and myth by utilizing Hispano Cuaba Soap to re-interpret the game of dominoes, a cultural staple in the Caribbean and the diaspora.
Image: Joe Conzo, Jr.
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Aerial view of BCA Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos’ Swing Forward While Swaying Back exhibition presented in collaboration with Hostos College Center for the Arts and Culture and the Bronx Arts Alliance.
Image: Joe Conzo, Jr.
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Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos’ Swing Forward While Swaying Back exhibition. Walter Cruz’s, The Only Way Out Is Through – a site specific wall mural and installation – invites audience members to wear his jackets. It is intended as a way to inject positivity into the public spaces he frequents, inhabited by Black and Brown people, and reminds us to hold ourselves in light.
Image: Joe Conzo, Jr.
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BCA Youth Engagement Program participants at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. This spring, the Bronx Council on the Arts launched its much-awaited Youth Arts Engagement Program, an initiative that seeks to increase Bronx youth’s awareness of local arts, while encouraging youth to embark on a life of ongoing culture engagement they can relate to.
Image: Juanita Lanzo
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The Natural Knitting Project, funded by a 2018 BCA Arts Fund Grant, was a collaborative Bronx arts exhibit focusing on the process of everyday products created in an eco-friendly way. The project consisted of 14 workshops, where Bronx residents grew dye plants, knitted a product from natural fibers, and explored mass consumption of products.
Image: Sajata Epps
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BCA Youth Engagement Program at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. Visiting youth participate in program activities.
Image: Juanita Lanzo
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Memphis Music Initiative's grantee PRIZM Ensemble student recital performance.
Image: David Roseberry
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Memphis Music Initiative's grantee PRIZM Ensemble student recital performance.
Image: David Roseberry
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Memphis Music Initiative grantee Stax Music Academy students performance rehearsal.
Image: David Roseberry
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Memphis Music Initiative's In-Schools student recognition of the 1968 Sanitation Worker Strike.
Image: David Roseberry
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Memphis Music Initiative grantee PRIZM Ensemble performance.
Image: David Roseberry
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Memphis Music Initiative's MMI Works students taking a break from externship production activities on a trip to South Africa this past summer.
Image: Memphis Music Initiative
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Professional Development session offered by Memphis Music Initiative to creative youth development leaders on practices to enhance their program quality.
Image: Memphis Music Initiative
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Memphis Music Initiative grantee Raising the Bar's after school music production program with middle school students at Geeter Middle School.
Image: Raising the Bar
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Lxs Hociconxs Theater Lab is one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Rizal Adanza
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Boomshake is one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Boomshake
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Urban Peace Movement is one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Urban Peace Movement
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Peacock Rebellion’s Tenderfest is one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Peacock Rebellion’s Tenderfest
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Regina’s Door is one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Regina’s Door
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The Pan African Reunion is hosted by Afrocentric Oakland, one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees. Afrocentric Oakland’s Pan African Reunion
Image: Idris Hassan
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Jax Band performs at the “Under Oakland Skies” series hosted by Studio Grand, one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Jean Melesaine
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BAY-Peace is one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Timothy Beaver
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Youth leaders of Intertribal Friendship House, one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Javier Patty
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Somos Familia is one of Akonadi Foundation's grantees.
Image: Pendarvis Harshaw
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Rendering of how the City of Mesa is embedding arts and culture, the i.d.e.a. Museum, as an example, into the urban development. The i.d.e.a. Museum is a children’s museum of fine arts, science, engineering, and design-thinking located in Mesa, Arizona. AGILE supported the Museum’s ability to position itself as valued partner in Mesa’s burgeoning urban development, chiefly through support for facilities site planning to assist the Museum’s inclusion in an upcoming bond issue.
Image: i.d.e.a. Museum; Mesa, Arizona
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Image of the new exhibit “Make a Mega Mess” at The Children’s Museum of Phoenix. This museum is devoted to engaging children in learning through play—sought support to design novel exhibits that would intentionally drive more earned revenue and memberships.
Image: Children’s Museum of Phoenix; Phoenix, Arizona
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“Wonderland” performance at Childsplay, a nationally recognized professional theater for young audiences—delved deeply into data-driven approaches to maximize ticket sales for performances and local and national touring.
Image: Tim Trumble Courtesy of Childsplay; Tempe, Arizona
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Audience at Childsplay, a nationally recognized professional theater for young audiences—delved deeply into data-driven approaches to maximize ticket sales for performances and local and national touring.
Image: Tim Trumble Courtesy of Childsplay; Tempe, Arizona
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“Candide” performance at Arizona Opera. The Arizona Opera one of only a few companies in the U.S. that performs in more than one city—developed marketing and branding of a new artistic model designed for year-round residents in the fall and also, for winter residents who comprise a significant portion of the opera’s audience after January.
Image: Arizona Opera; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
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Joseph Specter, Arizona Opera president and general director, reading The Magic Flute to children. Arizona Opera, one of only a few companies in the U.S. that performs in more than one city—developed marketing and branding of a new artistic model designed for year-round residents in the fall and also, for winter residents who comprise a significant portion of the opera’s audience after January.
Image: Arizona Opera; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
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A five-day intimate, urban music and food festival in Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville Roots Festival is a showcase of the elements that make the region a beloved cultural destination.
Image: Clayton Taylor
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LatinX Youth Theatre encourages Northwest Arkansas’ growing Hispanic population to tell its story on stage and throughout the community.
Image: EagleView/Edward Matthews
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The Walton Family Foundation is supporting Northwest Arkansas’ future artistic growth by working with Artspace to create and sustain affordable creative spaces. The community-embedded process has included a series of public meetings with local artists.
Image: Artspace
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Buckyball, by Leo Villareal, sits outside of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas where the Walton Family Foundation supports efforts that strengthen arts and cultural programming for all members of the community.
Image: Walton Family Foundation
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Nestled in the enchantment of an Ozark forest, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was founded on the belief that art should be accessible to everyone.
Image: Walton Family Foundation
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Artist’s Laboratory Theatre stages La Gran Posada, a site-specific promenade performance through the streets of downtown Springdale, Arkansas that is culturally significant to the city’s growing Hispanic population.
Image: Artist’s Laboratory Theatre
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The Momentary, a new contemporary arts venue planned for downtown Bentonville, Arkansas, will be a cultural hub bringing together musicians, visual artists, and the entire community.
Image: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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The Wheel Mobile is a mobile pottery studio that eliminates barriers to art for underserved schools and rural communities by traveling across Northwest Arkansas.
Image: Walton Family Foundation
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A project of the Walton Family Foundation’s Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program, TheatreSquared’s new 50,000-square-foot home will improve access by blending performance and community spaces.
Image: TheatreSquared
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Potluck Arts staged a new kind of circus production that transcends language barriers in Springdale, Arkansas, a city with a large immigrant population.
Image: Walton Family Foundation
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Members having an open dialogue with key staff and program officers from a variety of foundations and governmental funders at a Fractured Atlas member event at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn in October 2015.
Image: Tom Starkweather
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Member Mark Travis Rivera participating in a discussion with program officers from a variety of foundations and governmental funders at a Fractured Atlas member event at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn in October 2015.
Image: Tom Starkweather
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Fractured Atlas members enjoy a performance by member artists and fiscally sponsored organization ChristinaNoel & The Creature at a Fractured Atlas member event at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn in October 2015.
Image: Tom Starkweather
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Fractured Atlas member artists at a panel on arts entrepreneurship at the WNYC Greene Space in May 2016.
Image: Samantha Kelly
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Fractured Atlas member artists participating in a panel on arts entrepreneurship at the WNYC Greene Space in May 2016.
Image: Samantha Kelly
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Violinist Tianyang Gao of fiscally sponsored project Groupmuse performing at a Fractured Atlas member celebration in November 2014.
Image: Tom Starkweather
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Fractured Atlas’s first Artist Campaign School cohort in Detroit in October 2017.
Image: Fractured Atlas
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In celebration of the City of New Orleans tricentennial, the city undertook the restoration of Gallier Hall, its first City Hall. The full interior preservation included the restoration of 41 historic paintings and frames funded by The Helis Foundation. These works were restored and returned to their rightful place throughout the building.
Image: Crista Rock
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Following the 1984 New Orleans World’s Fair, a fountain sculpture created by renowned avant-garde artist Lynda Benglis sat hidden for decades in a former sewage treatment plant in City of Kenner outside of New Orleans. Benglis personally undertook and supervised the complete restoration of the work in the summer of 2014. In October of 2015, The Wave of the World (The Wave) returned to public view in City Park’s “Big Lake,” underwritten entirely by The Helis Foundation.
Image: Crista Rock
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Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection, presented by The Helis Foundation tells the history of art by African-American artists from the 1940s to the present moment. The exhibition was organized in 2017 by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art. It was visited by 24,000 people in New Orleans including over 2,000 students who received free admission courtesy of The Helis Foundation. The exhibition is currently open at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and will continue to travel to venues throughout the country through 2021.
Image: Crista Rock
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With the support of The Helis Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation purchased and commissioned over 60 works of art that reflect the rich musical and cultural heritage of Louisiana. All works are by Louisiana artists and are on exhibition in The Helis Foundation Galleries at the George & Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center in New Orleans.
Image: Crista Rock
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The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden, in the New Orleans Botanical Garden, celebrates the history, influence, and work of Mexican-American New Orleans artist Enrique Alférez (1901-1999). The garden is 8000 sq. ft. and features 15 sculptures set within sweeping footpaths surrounded by greenery and an oak tree. Louisiana residents can visit the garden for free every Wednesday, courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Image: Crista Rock
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Basquiat and the Bayou Presented by The Helis Foundation was an exhibition of ten paintings and drawings by Jean‐Michel Basquiat that considered the work of this important artist in light of his relationship to the American South. It was shown as part of the international triennial “Prospect.3: Notes for Now,” October 25, 2014 through January 25, 2015 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
Image: Courtesy of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
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The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation was founded in 2013 as an initiative of non-profit organization, Sculpture for New Orleans, and has become the South’s leading rotating public sculpture exhibition. Thirty-five sculptures by artists of local and international acclaim have been installed on Poydras Street, most recently Ashley Pridmore’s St. Kampos, pictured here.
Image: Crista Rock
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History and contemporary art will interact to refresh perceptions of the city in the inaugural exhibition at The Historic New Orleans Collection’s new Seignouret-Brulatour Building. Art of the City: Postmodern to Post-Katrina, presented by The Helis Foundation, is set to open in fall 2018. (Burning Orchid Night Club; 1984; oil on linen by Douglas Bourgeois; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Dr. Jerah Johnson, 2012.0299; image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection) |
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Visual and media artist Clement Goldberg collaborated with CounterPulse to create Our Future Ends, a multi-media performance and exhibit set in mythical Lemuria and featuring live performers, documentary film, and animation. The piece wove together the plight of lemurs, who are among the most endangered mammals on the planet, with the loss of LGBTQ community members in the 1970s at the height of the AIDS crisis (the same time as when the lemur population began its precipitous decline).
Photo: Clement Goldberg
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Seth Eisen collaborated with Shaping San Francisco to create, “Out of Site,” a deeply researched, performance-filled walking tour of LGBTQ history in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood. Pictured is a re-enactment of “Blabbermouth Nights,” freewheeling poetry performances hosted by Jack Spicer and Madeline Gleason, who were key figures in the San Francisco Renaissance of the 1950s.
Photo: Chani Bockwinkel
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Liberian choreographer, dancer, director, and master craftsman Nimely Napla collaborated with Diamano Coura West African Dance to create The Forbidden Bush – The Ancestors Still Teach, an evening-length work in two acts. The work combined instrumental and vocal music that reflected the culture of endangered Liberian ethnic groups and traditional dances. In this image, Napla performs at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
Photo: RJ Muna
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Muisi-Kongo Malonga, a traditional Congolese dancer, is collaborating with One East Palo Alto to create Congo Danced a Nairobi Blues, a multidisciplinary work that explores the intersecting stories of traditional Congolese dance in the United States and the community of “Little Nairobi” as East Palo Alto was known in the 1960s and 1970s. In this photo, Malonga performs with Fua Dia Congo at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
Photo: RJ Muna
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In his Creative Work Fund project, Jeremy Rourke collaborated by steeping himself in the archives and community surrounding Artists Television Access (ATA), a small but influential media arts collective and gallery in San Francisco’s Mission District. From his research, Rourke created, “I’ll Be Around,” an expanded cinema work featuring original songs, narration, found footage, and Claymation.
Photo courtesy: Jeremy Rourke
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Malcolm Margolin is collaborating with the Archaeological Research Facility at the University of California to write a book featuring images from the West Berkeley Shellmound, a 5,000-year-old site of Ohlone culture. Artifacts found at the site have long been held at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum on the University of California campus, unavailable to the public and – most egregiously – to members of the Ohlone tribe. Margolin is guided by his collaborators at the research facility and by Ohlone artists and culture bearers.
Photo: Kim Bancroft
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Chinese master artist Zhaoxin Chen is collaborating with Chinese Performing Arts Foundation to create the Jing-Kun Project, which is designed to introduce new audiences to traditions of classical Chinese drama in the Beijing (“Jing”) and Kunqu (“Kun”) styles. Hoping to reach a younger generation, the work, which will be composed of classical scenes from multiple dramas, will include supertitles in English and an original scene in English by playwright John Lowe. This image depicts a Kunqu opera dance from the project “Blocking the Horse’s Path” performed by students of the Academy of Chinese Performing Arts with instructor Zhaoxin Chen.
Photo permission: John Lowe / Photo: Dan Ma
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Performer Rhodessa Jones collaborated with clients and staff of Planned Parenthood Northern California to gather stories of women accessing reproductive health services and shape them into the original work Birthright.
Photo: David Wilson
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Kathak dancer Farah Yasmeen Shaikh and EnActe Arts created The Partition Project, highlighting stories from the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition, a political act that set in motion forced migration and a mass refugee crisis.
Photo: Brooke Duthie
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Composer and musician Van-Anh Vo collaborated with Asian Americans for Community Involvement to collect stories from Vietnamese boat people that she shaped into the multimedia work, The Odyssey: From Vietnam to America. Pictured is Van-Anh Vo performing in The Odyseey.
Photo: Christine Jade
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A panel focused on advancing cultural equity in the arts explored critical elements in developing a more equitable arts ecosystem. For this discussion, moderated by Patrice Walker Powell, former deputy director of the National Endowment of the Arts, Rhode Island Foundation partnered with the Alliance of Artist Communities, the RI Council for Humanities, the RI State Council on the Arts, and the City of Providence.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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This 100-foot public art installation in South Providence was created by community artists along with 120 South Side youth, local families, and others to pay tribute to the community's rich cultural history. The project by Providence City Arts for Youth was funded by the Rhode Island Foundation Centennial Grant.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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Rhode Island Foundation supports Community MusicWorks’ mission of strengthening the community through music education and performance in some of the most economically challenged neighborhoods of Providence.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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O&G Studio, a furniture-maker in RI, during a Design Week Studio Tour. DESIGNxRI, through its annual Design Week, aims to build networks among the vast pool of design talent and make the broader community aware that design-driven businesses play a key role in Rhode Island’s economy.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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Supported by collaboration between the Rhode Island Foundation, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, the Expansion Arts Program offers funding and organizational assistance to community-based, arts and cultural ALAANA organizations.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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Girls Rock! Rhode Island, a recipient of Rhode Island Foundation’s Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence Best Practices Award, is a volunteer-based nonprofit that uses music creation and critical thinking to foster empowerment for, collaborative relationships among, and the development of healthy identities in girls and women.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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Rhode Island Foundation and Rhode Island Monthly present the latest edition in the Rhode Island PBS Community Conversations series, The Future of Arts Education: What's at Stake? Host Mario Hilario moderates a discussion with a panel of guests and the live studio audience, as they explore the issues, options, and innovative responses from schools, parents, students, and the greater arts community.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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Rhode Island’s only museum dedicated to telling the story of the state’s indigenous people, has received more than a quarter of a million dollars in grants from the Rhode Island Foundation. The Native-led nonprofit museum was honored in a ceremony at the RI State House for receiving the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries for service to the community.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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The Rhode Island Foundation supports the equity, diversity, and inclusion mission and work of Trinity Repertory Company. As part of their centennial celebration, the Rhode Island Foundation supported the Company’s free outdoor performance of a bilingual English-Spanish adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Roger Williams Park.
Photo courtesy: Rhode Island Foundation
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McNichols Building Cultural Partner Program (Funding Program) Inside the Orchestra (grantee).
Photo courtesy: Denver Arts & Venues.
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McNichols Building Cultural Partner Program (Funding Program).
Photo courtesy: Denver Arts & Venues.
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McNichols Building Cultural Partner Program (Funding Program) Inside the Orchestra (grantee).
Photo courtesy: Denver Arts & Venues.
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McNichols Building Cultural Partner Program (Funding Program) Boogaloo (grantee).
Photo courtesy: Denver Arts & Venues.
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P.S. You Are Here (Funding Program) Sound Totems (grantee).
Photo courtesy: Denver Arts & Venues.
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McNichols Building Cultural Partner Program (Funding Program) Inside the Orchestra (grantee).
Photo courtesy: Denver Arts & Venues.
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McNichols Building Cultural Partner Program (Funding Program) Inside the Orchestra (grantee).
Photo courtesy: Denver Arts & Venues.
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Activist Dolores Huerta and actor Edward James Olmos at the Americas Latino Eco Festival.
Photo courtesy: Denver Arts & Venues.
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Arts Education at Broadway Center for the Performance Arts, Tacoma, WA. Photo credit: Lisa Monet. |
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Seussical at Broadway Center for the Performance Arts, Tacoma, WA. Photo credit: Lisa Monet. |
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Summer acting camp at Broadway Center for the Performance Arts - Tacoma, WA. Photo credit: Lisa Monet. |
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Seattle Symphony Link-Up Concert, 2016. Photo credit: Brandon Patoc. |
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Seattle Symphony Link-Up Concert, 2016. Photo credit: Brandon Patoc. |
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The 5th Avenue Theatre, Adventure Musical Theater performance of Free Boy. Photo credit: Jeff Carpenter. |
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The 5th Avenue Theatre, Rising Star Project Performance of The Pajama Game. Photo credit: Jeff Carpenter. |
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The 5th Avenue Theatre, Rising Star Project Performance of The Pajama Game. Photo credit: Jeff Carpenter. |
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"Arts Day at the Capitol", a statewide advocacy event hosted by Mississippi Arts Commission |
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Dancers at "Arts Day at the Capitol" |
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Mississippi Folk Artist |
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Link Up Program, North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra |
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Quilter at SEW (Sewing Every Wednesday) quilting group |
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Mississippi Roster artist Antoinette Badenhorst |
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Mississippi Roster artist group Front Porch Dance |
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Mississippi Roster artist Leo "Bud" Welch |
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Mississippi Roster artist Amy Lott |
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St Paul Dragon Dancers - Photo Credit: Annie O'Neill |
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LISC, Philadelphia - Photo Credit: Annie O'Neill |
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The Truth Booth - Photo Credit: Juxtaposition Arts, Minneapolis, MN |
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Photo Credit: Mural Arts Philadelphia |
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Photo Credit: ReBuild, Chicago, IL |
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Photo Credit: Springboard for the Arts, St. Paul, MN |
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Benito Juarez Park in City of Maywood, CA - Photo Credit: The Trust for Public Land |
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Photo Credit: Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific Islander American Experience, Seattle, WA |
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Photo by Marko Kovacevic, Makeup by Charm Torres. |
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Photo by Marko Kovacevic, Makeup by Charm Torres. |
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Photo by Peter Andrew Lusztyk. |
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Photo by Joanna Akyol. |
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Photo by Joanna Akyol. |
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Photo by Joanna Akyol. |
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Photo by Jeremy Mimnag. |
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Quilting with Taller Puertorriqueño, one of the inaugural Seeding Vitality Arts cohort members. |
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Songwriting with Teachers & Writers Collaborative, one of the inaugural Seeding Vitality Arts cohort members. |
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Silicon Valley Creates, one of the inaugural Seeding Vitality Arts cohort members. |
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Arts Workshop at Johnson City Public Library, one of the inaugural Seeding Vitality Arts cohort members. |
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A man finalizes his painting of a sleepy beach town with guidance from a skilled teaching artist. © A Dose of Creativity, Aroha Philanthropies Production. |
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Vitality Arts in action. © A Dose of Creativity, Aroha Philanthropies Production. |
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A painting class at an EngAGE Senior Arts Colony. © A Dose of Creativity, Aroha Philanthropies Production. |
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Ethel discusses her artwork with a teaching artist. © A Dose of Creativity, Aroha Philanthropies Production. |
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Community Music Center’s Solera Singers perform in San Francisco. © Marc Hors. |
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Ygnacio La Concha, a participant of Fine Art Digital Photography program at Arcola Lakes Branch Library of the Miami-Dade Public Library System in 2015, produly signs his name to his artwork. Photo supplied by Lifetime Arts, © Jeremiah Jenner. |
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LED, This Way to the Egress Dance Project. Photo Credit: Zilla Photography. |
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LED, This Way to the Egress Dance Project. Photo Credit: Zilla Photography. |
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Thomas Mapfumo at World Village Festival. |
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Boise Mens Chorus at Idaho Botanical Garden. |
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World Refugee Day. Photo Credit: Idaho Office for Refugees. |
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Stronger Shines the Light Inside Storytelling and Photography Exhibition. Photo Credit: Angie Smith. |
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Stronger Shines the Light Inside Storytelling and Photography Exhibition. Photo Credit: Angie Smith. |
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Stronger Shines the Light Inside Storytelling and Photography Exhibition. Photo Credit: Angie Smith. |
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Brite Winter Festival |
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Cleveland International Piano Competition |
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Cleveland Public Theatre Danceworks |
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Edna Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble |
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Karamu House Theatre |
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Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre Lobby |
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Spaces Gallery |
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TAP Advisory Board holding up pie charts showing their recommendations for how to allocate the TAP budget Credit: Germaine Williams |
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TAP Advisory Board laughing during a meeting break. From left to right Maria Searcy, Celeste Smith, Justin Laing, Darrel Kinsel, Adil Mansoor and Delante Murphy. Credit Germaine Williams |
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Majestic Lane and Tracie Yorke reviewing data on Heinz spending on youth and arts in distressed neighborhoods in phase I of the TAP process. Credit: Celeste Smith |
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TAP Advisory Board member, Delante Murphy, speaking during the strategic planning process led by Lisa Yancey. Credit: Germaine Williams |
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1Hood Media Academy CEO, Celeste Smith with TAP Advisory Board member Jermelle Johns. Credit: Njaimeh Nije |
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Spring Creek Project |
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
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Rainbow Dance Theatre |
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Katharine Kimball |
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Todd Moen |
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Kamala Kingsley |
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Art Camp City of Boynton Beach Recreation Department - Credit Charlie Crawford |
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Arts in My Backyard - Cultural Council of Palm Beach County |
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Arts in My Backyard Exhibit - Cultural Council of Palm Beach County |
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Dance Trends recital at Boynton Beach - Credit Charlie Crawford |
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Maltz Jupiter Theatre Through the Looking Glass, Credit Tim Pereira |
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Maltz Jupiter Theatre_Billy Elliot - Credit Jen Vasbinder |
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Norton Museum of art |
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The Cast of the National Touring Production of PIPPIN. Credit Terry Shapira |
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Maria Molteni (Artist Organizer @ NCAA + Midway Artist Studios / Boston) reviews the Common Field Convening program, designed by Dimensions Variable. |
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Lee Heinemann (Education Director, The Contemporary / Baltimore) and Martina Dodd (Independent Curator, Washington DC) at the Convening Welcome Desk. |
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Lightning Talk: Nomadic Spaces with Erin Colleen Johnson (artist + curator, A Long Wait, Portland, ME) and Domingo Castillo (Aritst + Co-Director, Spring Break/ The End + Noguchi Breton / Miami, FL). |
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Breakout: Beyond the Fair: Aesthetics and Socially Engaged Art led by Rosa Naday-Garmendia (Artist, Miami FL), Ebony Golden (CEO/ Principal Engagement Strategist) and Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative (New York, NY) with breakout participants. |
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Children Enjoying School Tours at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Photo courtesy of MIA. |
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Family Days Picture-Perfect Portraits at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Photo courtesy of MIA. |
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Dance to Learn Evergreen. Photo courtesy of Shelley Quiala. |
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Visitors in the Walker Art Center galleries. Photo courtesy of Courtney Perry. |
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La Muerte Niña: Day of the Dead, 2015 exhibition at the National Museum of Mexican Art. |
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Community Day at the Seattle Art Museum. Photo courtesy of Robert Wade. |
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Children’s Theatre Company’s 2015-16 production of The Jungle Book. Photo courtesy of Dan Norman. |
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Children’s Theatre Company’s 2015-16 production of The Wizard of Oz. Photo courtesy of Dan Norman. |
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Art in the Schools museum-based arts program at the Harwood Museum, Taos NM: Child pulling his first print at the Harwood Museum, Taos. |
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Body Traffic, New Mexico School for the Arts. |
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Albuquerque Youth Symphony – Youth Guitar Orchestra. |
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Albuquerque Youth Symphony – Youth Guitar Orchestra. |
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Alice in Wonderland, Los Niños del Teatro, Taos, New Mexico. |
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National Dance Institute – New Mexico, End of Year Performance by northern New Mexico schools in Española and Pojoaque Valley. |
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National Dance Institute – New Mexico, End of Year Performance by northern New Mexico schools in Española and Pojoaque Valley. |
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One, Stepsister and Prince from New Mexico Young Actors performance of Cinderella’s Glass Slipper. |
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The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservatory brings innovative, public art to Boston. |
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Artists for Humanity employs and mentors Boston’s underserved, creative youth. |
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The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy brings innovative, public art to Boston. |
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ArtPlace America invests in art’s ability to connect, inspire, and transform people and places. Photo by Keith Pattison. |
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ArtPlace America invests in art’s ability to connect, inspire, and transform people and places. Photo by Mark Saperstein. |
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Xu Bing’s Phoenix in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Photo by Michelle Aldredge. |
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Wilco Solid Sound Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Photo by Michelle Aldredge. |
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Zumix empowers youth who use music to make strong positive change in their lives, their communities, and the world. |
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Amanda Williams, visual artist (3Arts/Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin Awardee, 2014). Photo by Shane Collins. |
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Chris Silva, teaching artist (3Arts/Chandler Family Awardee, 2015). Photo by Lauren Fleece. |
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Darrell Jones, dancer (3Arts/Denise & Gary Gardner Awardee, 2014). Photo by Dan Merlo. |
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Frank Waln, vocalist (3Arts/Reva & David Logan Foundation Awardee, 2015) performing with the Samson Bros in 2016. Photo by Sokz Photography. |
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Mural by Miguel Aguilar, teaching artist (3Arts/Siragusa Foundation Awardee, 2012). Courtesy of the artist. |
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Nejla Yatkin, choreographer (3Arts Awardee, 2012). Courtesy of the artist. |
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“66 Degrees” by Riva Lehrer, visual artist (3Arts Awardee, 2008). Courtesy of the artist. |
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The Story of Everything performance by Kealoha Wong and ensemble. September 2105, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Photo by James Kimo Garrett. |
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The Story of Everything performance by Kealoha Wong and ensemble. September 2105, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Photo by James Kimo Garrett. |
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This is not a silent movie by Da-Ka-Xeen Mehner. Photo courtesy of the artist. |
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Jeremy Frey weaving basket. Photo courtesy of the artist. |
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Basket by Jeremy Frey. Photo courtesy of the artist. |
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Repellent Fence installation by Postcommodity. US/Mexico border – October 2015. Photo by David Taylor. |
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Eagle Masks by David Boxley. Photo by Allan Ogilvie. |
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Hanau Ke Aliʻi (Born Is The Chief Hula Drama) by Micah Kamohoaliʻi. Photo courtesy of the artist. |
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Figure 8, performed by the Trisha Brown Dance Company. Photo © Thibault Gregoire, 2013. |
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Lauren Mabry, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd. |
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Katharina Grosse, psychylustro, 2014, site 6 (Warehouse). Benjamin Moore acrylic indoor paint. Photo by Steve Weinik for Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. |
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Opera Philadelphia presents Verdi’s La Traviata. The Marchese (Jarrett Ott, seated) and Flora (Katherine Pracht) at Flora’s ball in Act II. Photo by Kelly & Massa. |
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Will Steacy and Layla Perea photographed each other in November, 2015, for the Philly Block Project. Photo by Jordan Baumgarten/Philly Block Project. |
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Nouvelle Histoire collection, 2011, by Vlisco. Photograph by Carmen Kemmink. |
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Chopin Without Piano, produced by Centrala, Warsaw. Chopin performed by Barbara Wysocka. Photo by Natalia Kabanow. Courtesy of Swarthmore College. |
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Installation view of Temple Contemporary's reFORM by Pepón Osorio, 2015. Photo by Constance Mensh. |
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Yolanda Wisher, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd. |
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Murry Lab – UW Medicine |
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Photographer: Caption: Kirk Hirota; Whitworth University students in the Lied Center for Visual Arts hone their skills and practice drawing still-life pieces. |
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Photo Credit: Casey Madison. Caption: Artists working with students - one on one and in an all-school setting - Elements of Education in partnership with Tacoma School of the Arts |
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Photo Credit: Casey Madison. Caption: Artists working with students - one on one and in an all-school setting - Elements of Education in partnership with Tacoma School of the Arts |
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Photo Credit: Courtesy of Sanctuary Art Center |
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Photo Credit: Marcia Trader; Caption: Centaur Midwife entertaining the community during the pop-up picnic – ConFab Event hosted by Gallery One Visual Art Center |
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Photo Credit: None; Caption: artEAST offers a number of free, family-friendly visual arts activities to the community each year |
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Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Puget Sound |
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Colorado Ballet (Photo: Mike Watson) |
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Baroque Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Amanda Tipton) |
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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (Photo: Jerry Metellus) |
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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (Photo: Jerry Metellus) |
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Clyfford Still Museum (Photo: James Florio) |
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Photo courtesy of Denver Brass |
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Photo courtesy of Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center |
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Wonderbound (Photo: Amanda Tipton) |
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Youth on Record (Photo: Jennifer Cohen) |
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The Saddlemakers’ Summit in Salmon, Idaho. |
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Master dancer Norma Pintar and apprentice Aydee Gonzales rehearse before performing. |
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Dia De Los Muertos at the Idaho Historical Museum. |
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Beadwork by Philomena Nomee, of the Coeur d’Alene tribe. |
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Workshop projects at the Artspowered Schools teacher training program. |
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An Arts Education project in Salmon, Idaho. |
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Fellowship recipient Lauren Edson of LED. |
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A contemporary Torah pointer by Anika Smulovitz. Embroidery needles, antique buttons, sterling silver. |
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New Visual Arts Building on the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith campus |
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Ribbon Cutting Event, September 3, 2015 - New Visual Arts Building Gallery, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith |
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Ribbon Cutting Event, September 3, 2015 - New Visual Arts Building Gallery, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith |
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New Visual Arts Building Studio, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith |
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Simple Sights by Rus Huffstutler, Acrylic, 16x20, 2015 "Illinois River Salon" Art Exhibition-Illinois River Water Shed Partnership |
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Wedington Water Lilies by Diane Stinebaugh, Watercolor, 11x14, 2015 "Illinois River Salon" Art Exhibition-Illinois River Water Shed Partnership |
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Man and Water ~ Cave Springs by Elizabeth Smith, Acrylic, 18x24, 2015 "Illinois River Salon" Art Exhibition-Illinois River Water Shed Partnership |
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Among the Willows by Anne Spoon, Oil, 17x17, 2015 "Illinois River Salon" Art Exhibition-Illinois River Water Shed Partnership |
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With a JUMP StArts grant from the California Arts Council, the Armory Center for the Arts in Los Angeles County provided standards-based arts education through Learning Works at Homeboy Industries, led by Master Armory Teaching Artists who have a passion for educating and mentoring at-risk and in-crisis youth. |
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With a Creative California Communities grant from the California Arts Council, Arts Council Napa Valley partnered with three Napa Valley arts and tourism organizations to raise awareness for the region as a cultural destination by collaboratively producing and promoting events, activities, and programs as part of the 2015 Napa Valley Arts in April celebration. The festival activities were strategically aimed at enhancing economic vitality, innovation, and artistic standards of this rural community. |
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Through the California Arts Council's Arts in Corrections program, Marin Shakespeare Company provides rehabilitative theater and arts programs in two of California's state prison facilities. |
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With an Artists in Schools grant from the California Arts Council, the City of San Fernando's Mariachi Master Apprentice Program connects Grammy Award winning music masters with underserved youth in an afterschool learning experience focusing on beginner/advanced instrument instruction, arrangement, and performance skills. The program incorporates artistic and historical accuracy to preserve traditional mariachi music with curriculum that empowers self-confidence, instills pride and positive identity while celebrating the Mexican heritage. |
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With an Artists in Schools grant from the California Arts Council, Education Through Music-Los Angeles assists local district schools to fill the gaps to create sequential, comprehensive music instruction. Students at El Dorado, Foster, and Norwood Elementary receive free music classes taught by professional music teachers and teaching artists, and perform throughout the year. |
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As a part of the California Arts Council's State-Local Partnership Program, the El Dorado Arts Council provides programs and services to rural El Dorado County. |
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With a Creative California Communities grant from the California Arts Council, First Voice curated and produced Suite J-Town, a multicultural, inter-generational series of events, performances and exhibits created to revitalize the San Francisco Japantown neighborhood, celebrate its 100-year history, and commission young artists to contribute their voice for future generations. |
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With a Creative California Communities grant from the California Arts Council, Gamelan Sekar Jaya will partner with the City of Berkeley’s Civic Arts Commission and WorldOne Radio + Festival to produce a series of performances and activities that will highlight the profound beauty and stunning artistry of Balinese gamelan and dance. The series will leverage the collective power of the arts, local government, small businesses and public radio to nurture a sense of community, support local business and create a deeper understanding of the diversity of cultures in California. |
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With a Creative California Communities grant from the California Arts Council, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles visited Kern, Fresno, and Riverside Counties on the first California tour of It Gets Better, a new stage work blending music, theater and multimedia, with a message of hope and tolerance. Each performance was part of a week of community dialogue and art-making addressing prevention of high-school bullying. |
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With an Artists in Schools grant from the California Arts Council, Performing Arts Workshop conducts 10 in-school artist residencies in dance and music with two long-time partner Title I schools in San Francisco. Each residency will consist of a 30-week series of sequential, standards aligned one-hour classes taught by the Workshop’s skilled, experienced teaching artists. |
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Le Corbusier, Couvent de La Tourette, 1953, Eveux, France. Courtesy of Richard Pare. From the 2015 Graham Foundation grant to Richard Pare for the publication Le Corbusier, The Built Work. Learn more. |
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Noritaka Minami, Façade 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan. Courtesy of the artist. From the 2015 Graham Foundation grant to Noritaka Minami and Ken Yoshida for the publication 1972–Nakagin Capsule Tower. Learn more. |
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Armenian plaster caster Garabet Cezayirliyan's atelier at the Palace of St. Eugene in Tophane, Istanbul, as it is operated today by his former apprentice, Kemal Cimbiz. From the 2015 Graham Foundation grant to Michael Rakowitz for the exhibition The Flesh Is Yours, The Bones Are Ours. Learn more. |
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Candacy Taylor, DeAnza Motel entrance, 2014, Albuquerque, NM. From the 2015 Graham Foundation grant to Candacy Taylor for the new media project The Negro Motorist Green Book: Documenting Sites of Sanctuary. Learn more. |
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Edi Hirose, Expansión 1, 2013. Courtesy of the artist. From the 2015 Graham Foundation grant Fabrizio Gallanti for the research project Las Ciudades del Boom. Learn more. |
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selgascano, Serpentine Pavilion 2015. Photo: John Offenbach. From the 2015 Graham Foundation grant to Serpentine Gallery for the Serpentine Pavilion 2015 by selgascano. Learn more. |
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P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S (Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich), digital image, Keelung Crystal, 2013, Taiwan. Courtesy of James Vincent and Karim Moussa. From the 2015 Graham Foundation grant to Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) for the exhibition Close Up. Learn more. |
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Madlener House, Graham Foundation, Chicago. View of Judy Ledgerwood: Chromatic Patterns for the Graham Foundation, 2014. Photo Thomas Rossiter. Learn more |
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Ultramoderne, Chicago Horizon, BP Prize Winner of the Chicago Lakefront Kiosk competition, 2015. Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Biennial. Learn more |
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Photo courtesy A Studio in the Woods. |
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Wild Woman Karen-kaia "Kahina" Livers of the Guardians of the Flame tribe by photographer Lisa Dubois. |
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New Orleans Airlift’s Music Box Opening by M. Sasser Photo. |
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Roy Staab installation photo by Neil Alexander. |
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Students in Haitian Dance Class at Lyons New Orleans Recreation Department Center by New Orleans Ballet Association. |
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Grantee: Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center
Location of Grantee: Haines, AK
Project Title: “Cultural Landscape Exhibit”
Image: The JKCHC building design by the Portico Group
Credit: The Portico Group |
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Grantee: Richard Montoya, Sean San Jose and Joan Osato
Fiscal Sponsor: Arizona State University
Location of Grantee: Phoenix, AZ
Project Title: “Nogales”
Image: Interviewing residents at the Bella Vista dump, Mexico.
Credit: Joan Osato |
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Grantee: Junebug Productions
Location of Grantee: New Orleans, LA
Project Title: “Homecoming”
Image: Image from a 2014 Junebug Production, Gomela.
Credit: Melisa Cardona |
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Grantee: Paloma McGregor
Fiscal Sponsor: Brooklyn Arts Exchange
Location of Grantee: Brooklyn, NY
Project Title: “Dancing While Black”
Image: Fish Trap Feedman 2012
Credit: Whitey Browne |
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Grantee: Matika Wilbur
Fiscal Sponsor: Tacoma Art Museum
Location of Grantee: LaConner, WA
Project Title: “Project 562”
Image: Sky and Talon Duncan
Credit: Matika Wilbur |
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Grantee: Temple Contemporary
Location of Grantee: Philadelphia, PA
Project Title: “Pepón Osorio Installation"
Credit: Tony Rocco |
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Grantee: Michèle Stephenson
Fiscal Sponsor: Women Make Movies
Location of Grantee: Brooklyn, NY
Project Title: “Hispaniola”
Credit: Alfredo Alcantara |
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Grantee: David Weissman
Fiscal Sponsor: Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society (GLBT)
Location of Grantee: San Francisco, CA
Project Title: “Conversations with Gay Elders” |
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Patrick Makuakane and Na Lei Hulu I Ka Weiku collaborated with World Arts West to create “Maui, Turning Back the Sky,” a dance piece inspired by ancient Hawaiian astronomy and stories. Photo by: RJ Muna. |
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Joti Singh collaborated with Zenon Barron and Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco to create “Half and Halves” about the Punjabi-Mexican community in California’s Imperial Valley. |
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Kim Epifano collaborated with Creativity Explored to create “Fears of Your Life,” a performance based on writings by Michael Bernard Loggins. |
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Composer Marcus Shelby collaborated with Intersection for the Arts, Val Hendrickson, and Reginald Ray Savage to adapt Howard Korder’s “The Lights”. |
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Sam Ball collaborated with The Jewish Theater San Francisco and Corey Fischer to create “In the Maze of Our Own Lives “ about the history of Group Theater. |
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Sam Ball collaborated with The Jewish Theater San Francisco and Corey Fischer to create “In the Maze of Our Own Lives “ about the history of Group Theater. |
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Taraneh Hemami collaborated with The Persian Center to create “Hall of Reflections,” a permanent installation at the Center. |
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(L to R) Victor Ryan Robertson as Benny “The Kid” Paret, Robert Orth as Howie Albert, Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith, Denyce Graves as Emelda Griffith, and Arthur Woodley as Emile Griffith (above) in Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2013 world premiere of Champion. Photo © Ken Howard, 2013. |
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(Front to Back) Denyce Graves as Emelda Griffith, Jordan Jones as Little Emile Griffith, and Arthur Woodley as Emile Griffith in Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2013 world premiere of Champion. Photo © Ken Howard, 2013. |
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(L to R) Meredith Arwady as Kathy Hagan, Christopher Hutchinson as the Announcer, Robert Orth as Howie Albert, Aubrey Allicock as Young Emile Griffith, Chabrelle Williams as Sadie Griffith, and members of the company of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2013 world premiere of Champion. Photo © Ken Howard, 2013. |
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(L to R) Brian Mulligan as Leon Klinghoffer and Nancy Maultsby as Marilyn Klinghoffer in Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’s 2011 production of The Death of Klinghoffer. Photo © Ken Howard, 2011. |
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The cast of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’s 2011 production of The Death of Klinghoffer. Photo © Ken Howard, 2011. |
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Photo © Jenny Bagert. |
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Rosie's House Violin students rehearse. Photo by Jen Rogers. |
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Caught in the Act performing at Mesa Urban Garden. |
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Center Dance Ensemble. Photo by Tim Fuller. |
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Super Cowgirl and Mighty Miracle. Tim Trumble Photography. |
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Heard Museum. |
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Movement Source Dance Company. Photo by Adam Marr. |
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Musical Instrument Museum. |
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Teenagers visit Hopscotch House for their schools’ annual Phenomenal Woman Retreat; a day of activities designed to increase self-esteem. |
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Human Rights Gallery at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. |
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Looking for Lilith’s production of Luz. |
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A KFW supported production of Josephine Sculpture Park’s SummerStage all female production of Macbeth. |
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Artwork by Lindsey Windland. |
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Artwork by Arwen Donahue, depicting writer Nikky Finney. |
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KFW community member Linda Erzinger works on a fiber art piece. |
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KFW Day 2014. |
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Asha Bandele reading at Kentucky Women Writers Conference. |
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Anna Brown Ehlers, Lani Hotch, Delores Churchill, Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Alaska CSA recipients. |
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Lauren Good Day Giago, photo by Steve Wewerka |
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Dyani White Hawk Polk, photo by Steve Wewerka |
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Scatter Their Own, photo by Larry Price |
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Theresa Secord baskets |
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Ryan Lee Smith, photo by Steve Wewerka |
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Frank Waln |
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Frank Waln performs with Wade Fernandez at Community Spirit Awards in 2014, photo by Ronnie Farley |
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Kathy Whitman, photo by Steve Wewerka |
January 2015: McKnight Foundation
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Rural America Contemporary Art (RACA) exhibit. Photo by Howard Christopherson. |
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Rural America Contemporary Art (RACA) exhibit. Photo by Howard Christopherson. |
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Home Sweet Home exhibition. Photo by Howard Christopherson. |
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Rural America Contemporary Art (RACA) exhibit. Photo by Howard Christopherson. |
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Minnesota Somali Weavers Collective. |
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Minnesota Somali Weavers Collective. |
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Arts Data Visualization Project exhibition: Emily Johnson’s Star. |
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Arts Data Visualization Project exhibition: Emily Johnson’s Star (detail). |
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Neuroscience exhibition: Fly Synapse. Photo by Van Vactor. |
November & December 2014: Rasmuson Foundation
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Perseverance Theater, Juneau—“Warriors.” Photo by Michael Dinneen. |
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Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer. Photo by Michael Dinneen. |
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Rasmuson Foundation Distinguished Artist, Ray Troll (2011), with avatar. Photo by Frank Flavin. |
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Museum of the Aleutians, Unalaska—permanent exhibition, 2013. |
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Artist in residence, Marek Ranis, Anchorage Museum (2013). Photo by Tim Remick. |
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Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Awards celebration; Performance of The Light Brigade (2014). Photo by Frank Flavin. |
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2013 Individual Artist Award recipient Ahna Iredale—“Sea Urchin Jars.” |
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2013 Individual Artist Award recipient John Whittier—“Portrait.” |
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Alutiiq Musuem art acquisition—Basket by Coral Chernof. |
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Alutiiq Musuem art acquisition—Traditional Headdresses, by Lalla Williams. |
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2013 Individual Artist Award recipient Constance Baltuck—“MainStreet.” |
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2013 Individual Artist Award recipient Maria Shell—“Deep Blue Sea.” |
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2013 Individual Artist Award recipient Sharon Kay—“Four Attu Baskets.” |
October 2014: Houston Endowment
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Students perform in the 2013 Alley Senior Conservatory program. Photo by Cressandra Thibodeaux. |
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“Michael” Onyebuchi Nwachukwu performs in the Slam Poets @ Alley Theatre’s Teenpalooza event. Photo by Cressandra Thibodeaux. |
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Imani Winds. Photo by Matthew Murphy. |
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Karen Stokes Dance. Photo by Lynn Lane. |
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HAATX, Altar as part of Anointed and Adorned: Indian Weddings in Houston, 2013, Alliance Gallery. |
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Volunteer Action Day and installation of The Blue Trees, 2013, Konstantin Dimopoulos, Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive at Waugh Drive. Photo: Rainee Arguelle. |
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Rathna Kumar with dancers representing the seven different Indian bridal traditions as part of Anointed and Adorned: Indian Weddings in Houston, 2013, Alliance Gallery. Photo: Alexander’s Fine Portrait Design. |
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SLAB as part of the first-ever official Houston SLAB Parade + Family Festival, 2013, McGregor Park. Photo: Marc Newsome |
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Mercury Orchestra class at Yes Prep, 2013. Photo is by Ben Doyle, Runaway Productions. |
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Karen Stokes Dance. Photo by David Holmes. |
September 2014: Anonymous Was a Woman
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Artist: Antoni, Janine. Slumber, 2013. I recorded my rapid eye movement, producing a chart of my dream activity, and used it to weave a blanket on a loom under a canopy of threads. By day, I wove shreds of my nightgown into the blanket to cover myself as I slept at night. |
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Artist: Eisenman, Nicole. Inhaling Object Symbol Guy, 2013. |
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Artist: Hammon, Harmony. Rib, 2013. This was reproduced on cover of exhibition catalog “Harmony Hammond”, Alexander Gray Associates, NYC, 2013 |
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Artist: Harris, Kira. Prism, Mirror, Lens, 2013. A revisiting and — elaboration — of an earlier installation titled, like this one, after the first chapter of Samuel Delany’s Dhalgren (a sci-fi novel whose unnamed hero lives in Bellona, a city unmoored from time and space), the wood, plexiglass and mylar create an abstracted city skyline. |
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Artist: Hershaman Leeson, Lisa. Dina, 2006. This artificial intelligence robot can talk to you at length about what you ask her. Original programming, voice synthesis, speech recognition and video animated projection add to her charm. |
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Artist: Keading, Hilja. The Bonkers Devotional, interior; 2013. |
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Artist: King, Elizabeth. Barlett’s Hand, Pose 9". Photo was provided from a photographic edition of 14 poses of the sculpture “Bartlett’s Hand” |
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Artist: Semmes, Beverly. Purple Hand, 2013. |
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Artist: Siegel, Elise. Ceramic Portrait Busts, 2010-2014. |
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Artist: Weems, Marianne. HOUSE/DIVIDED, 2010. This is a production still from HOUSE/DIVIDED (2010). The scene incorporates Alan Greenspan’s testimony before Congress during the mortgage crisis. |
July-August 2014: Arts & Science Council
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Children's Theatre of Charlotte. Photo: Donna Bise. |
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Knight Theater. Photo courtesy of Knight Theater. |
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Levine Center for the Arts at night. |
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Love and Train on Path. John W. Love Jr. Photo: James Martin. |
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McColl Center for Visual Art. |
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Mint Museum. Photo: James Martin. |
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NC Dance Theatre. Photo: Peter Zay. |
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Random Act of Culture. |
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Rent at Theatre Charlotte. |
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Shirley Wang, Carolina Voices. Photo: Lorayn DeLuca. |
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Symphony Crowd. Photo: Jeff Cravotta. |
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Triptych Collective, Cultural Innovation Grantee. Photo: Devin Kelley. |
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Triptych Collective, Cultural Innovation Grantee. Photo: Devin Kelley. |
June 2014: Joyce Foundation
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Prolific choreographer Camille A. Brown performs in her own work, “Mr. Tol E. Rance.” Her new piece has the working title of, “Black Girl” and was the 2014 recipient of a Joyce Award. Photo by Grant Halverson. |
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Camille A. Brown in conjunction with DANCECLeveland are one of four recipients of the 2014 Joyce Awards, given annually by the Joyce Foundation to recognize artists of color who collaborate with nonprofit institutions. Photo by Grant Halverson. |
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Informed by her music background as a clarinetist, Camille A. Brown creates choreography that utilizes musical composition as storytelling. Photo by Christopher Duggan. |
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Jessie Montgomery and Detroit’s Sphinx Organization earned a Joyce Award for their re-imagination of the Star Spangled Banner, a tribute to the anthem’s 200th anniversary. With the goal of reflecting diversity in American society and culture, the composer will draw influence from rock, jazz and folk music. Photo by Jiyang Chen. |
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Because of $50,000 Joyce Award grant, Jessie Montgomery will compose, produce and perform, “Banner!” a tribute to the 200th anniversary of the “Star Spangled Banner.” Montgomery will expand the reach of “Banner!” through special performances for schools, community centers and churches in underserved areas of Detroit. Photo by Jiyang Chen. |
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After Lynn Nottage interviewed the people of Reading, PA, named the poorest city in America in 2011, she earned a prestigious Joyce Award for the 2015 premiere of the play at the Guthrie Theater. Nottage’s engagement with the community will include classes and public Q&A sessions with places of workshop, diversity groups, nonprofits and Minneapolis schools. Photo by Bebeto Matthews. |
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Camille A. Brown and company perform “Mr. Tol E. Rance,” a work inspired by Mel Watkins’ book, On the Real Side: From Slavery to Chris Rock, Spike Lee’s movie, “Bamboozled,” and Dave Chappelle’s “dancing vs. shuffling” analogy. Photo by Grant Halverson. |
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Tracey Scott Wilson earned a prestigious Joyce Award for her work with the Pillsbury House Theatre to write Prep. Prep is a play about a group of teachers changing their students’ test scores to receive yearly bonuses. Racial and sexual tensions arise as the teachers try to cover their transgressions. Minneapolis’s own racial tensions were the inspiration for her play. |
May 2014: Staten Island Arts
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Harbor Lights Theatre Company, Dodger And Fagin from Oliver!. Photo courtesy of Tamara Jenkins |
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Izzi Ramkissoon. Photo courtesy of Mike Shane Photography |
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Living Through Movement Dance Company. Photo courtesy Myk Jones |
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LUMEN 2012. Image courtesy of Mike Shane Photography |
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LUMEN 2013. Image courtesy of Glen DiCrocco |
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TECTalk @SIMakerspace. Image courtesy of Monica Valenzuela |
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The National Womens Dance Troupe of Sri Lanka. Photo courtesy of Christopher Mulé |
April 2014: Sustainable Arts Foundation
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Chris Crossen
Color Theory #1
Watercolor on paper |
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Jenny Robinson
Off Third Street
Monoprint |
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Joshua Meyer
And the Love that Loves to Love
Oil on canvas |
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Kim Curtis
Thirty-seven: Seven
Oil on panels |
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Maria Shell
M-Eye Perspective
Photo © Chris Arend |
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Mary Corey March
Identity Tapestry
Installation |
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Matthew Scheatzle
Conflagration
Acacia, resin |
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Scott Conary
From the Clouds
Oil on Canvas |
March 2014: The Herb Alpert Foundation
February 2014: Historic & Cultural Affairs Division - City of Roswell, GA
January 2014: Sacatar Foundation
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Circus performance by Solange Lima, 2005. Photo courtesy the artist. |
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Claudia Joskowicz video shoot, 2012. |
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Dance performance for video by Amy Campion, 2012. Photo: Isis Gledhill. |
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Installation on palm trees by Ana Teixeira, 2011. Photo courtesy the artist. |
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Ivan Juarez installation, 2012. |
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Performance by Pat Oleszco, 2008. Photo: Ivania Kunzler. |
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Sculptures by Fred Martin, 2013. Photo: Alex Esquivel. |
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Soumer Daghistani's workshop, Theater of Shadows, 2007. Photo by Collete Fu. |
November & December 2013: Illinois Arts Council Agency
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Dia de los Muertos community procession, Elevarte Community Studio, Chicago. Photo: Kyle La Mere Photography. |
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Free Spirit Media, Free Spirit Media Productions, Chicago. |
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Preston Jackson working as students look on, Arts & Science in the Woods summer program, Sun Foundation, Washburn, IL. Photo: Bob Ericksen. |
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Balante, Muntu Dance Theatre, Chicago. Photo: Marc Monaghan. |
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Paint the Town Red, Chicago Children’s Choir. Photo: Shane Welch. |
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The Nutcracker, Springfield Ballet Company, Springfield, IL. Photo: Donna Lounsberry. |
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago. From left to right: Madison Dirks, Tracy Letts, Amy Morton. Photo: Michael Brosilow. |
October 2013: William Penn Foundation
September 2013: New York Community Trust
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, ca. 1976-77, oil on canvas, by Alec Montroy (1918-2006) of the Delaware and Cree Nations. A New York Community Trust grant to AMERINDA is supporting a new online gallery of work by Native American artists in New York. Photo: Troy Paul. |
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Visual Understanding in Education
With a New York Community Trust grant, Visual Understanding in Education trained teachers in elementary and middle schools to use art to teach critical thinking skills. |
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Trisha Brown Dance Company
Roof Piece, originally created in 1970, was performed on rooftops around the High Line forty-one years later. The New York Community Trust made a grant to the company to plan its future as its choreographer retired and to digitize video and film recordings. Photo: Kevin Vast. |
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Spaceworks
A nonprofit started by the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, Spaceworks is creating affordable artist workspaces in the Brooklyn Army Terminal (shown here) and on Governors Island. A Trust grant is helping start this program and will support management and marketing of the new facilities. |
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Pregones
A Trust grant is supporting the merger of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and Pregones Theater, shown here performing Fly-Babies/Piojos by Rosalba Rolón. Photo: Erika Rojas. |
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Hive Digital Media Learning Fund
Teens participate in a historical scavenger hunt using iPads to track a girl who worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911. The Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust funds this and other projects that connect digital learning, social media, and cultural and community groups. Photo: Angela Jimenez. |
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With New York Community Trust funding, Cool Culture will help museums better serve low-income families with very young children. Families get free passes to attend kid-friendly programs at dozens of museums throughout the City. Photo: Margarita Corporan. |
July 2013: Colburn Foundation
June 2013: Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
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Hospice Art Therapy. Photo: Bob Perkoski. Courtesy Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. |
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The Music Settlement, Cleveland. Photo: Bob Perkoski. Courtesy Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. |
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The Music Settlement, Cleveland. Photo: Bob Perkoski. Courtesy Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. |
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Progressive Arts Alliance, Cleveland. Photo: Amy Corman. Courtesy Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. |
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Cleveland Public Theatre, Brick City Theatre educational program. Photo: Steve Wagner. Courtesy Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. |
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University Circle Inc., WOW! Wade Oval Wednesdays. Photo: Downie Photography. Courtesy Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. |
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Zygote Press. Photo: Jen Craun. Courtesy Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. |
May 2013: Alliance for California Traditional Arts
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Apprentice Djenane Saint Juste (left) singing a Haitian folk song with her mother, master artist Florencia Pierre. Photo: R. Rodriguez, 2012. |
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Participants improvise during a weekly community jam or Bombazo, organized by the Bomba y Pena Workshop, an ACTA grantee through the Living Cultures Grants Program. Photo: L. Kharrazi, 2007. |
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Afro-Cuban batá master drummer Juan Carlos Blanco Riera (right) works with apprentice Menelike Turner. Photo: S. Chen, 2010. |
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The annual Fiesta de la Virgen de Fatima in Selma, California is celebrated by the indigenous Mixteco farmworker community from Mexico with a music and dance procession that covers several miles. Photo: A. Kitchener, 2011. |
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Master artist Jenny Bawer Young (left) adjusts the thread on the middle section of the Kalinga backstrap loom for her apprentice Holly Calica. Photo: R. Rodriguez, 2012. |
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Apprentice Yafonne Chen (right) studies traditional Chinese Wushu (sword dance) with master artist Ling Mei Zhang. Photo: S. Chen, 2007. |
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Apprentice Sruti Sarathy (right) studies South Indian classical Carnatic violin with master artist Sridhar. Photo: S. Chen, 2007. |
April 2013: Coby Foundation
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Group of shirts worn by Francis J. Carolan, ca. 1900. T. Hodgkinson, shirtmaker, London. Monogrammed cotton plain weave, cotton novelty weave, and silk novelty weave. Anonymous gift. Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. To be exhibited in Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion, opening at the RISD Museum in April 2013. |
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Quilt by Fraser Smith, “30,” 36 x 53 x 3 inches, 2002. Made in St. Pete Beach, Florida, of wood and silk dyes. Lent by Sandra and George Weiksner. Photograph courtesy of Fraser Smith. Currently on view in Beyond the Bed: The American Quilt Evolution at The Katonah Museum in Westchester County, NY. |
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Rendering of “Yellow” from Orly Genger's forthcoming site-specific installation, Red, Yellow and Blue (2013), with 1.4 million feet of layered, painted, and knotted rope, at Madison Square Park in New York City this coming spring. Courtesy of the artist. |
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The Rape of Helen from a set of The Story of Troy, Chinese, late 16th century. Silk and gilt paper thread on cloth. Overall: 142 3/4 x 189 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Louis E. Seley, 1979 (1979.282), Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A tapestry made in China made for the Portuguese market to be shown in The Interwoven Globe: Worldwide Textile Trade 1500-1800, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this coming fall. |
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Marking sampler by Sarah Jane Patch (1819-1847), 1827. Probably worked in Otisfield, Maine, silk thread on linen, 7 x 17.5 in., Courtesy of Natalie Larson. This sampler, which memorializes George Washington, is currently on view in I My Needle Ply with Skill: Maine Schoolgirl Needlework of the Federal Era at the Saco Museum in Saco, Maine. |
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Embroidered cover, Istanbul, 16th/early 17th century. Collection of the Textile Museum. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers. From The Sultan’s Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art, which was on view at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. from September 2012 to March 2013. |
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Master Bedroom with “Best Bed,” 1827. Courtesy of Woodlawn Museum, Gardens & Park Ellsworth, Maine. In 1827, Colonel John Black purchased the bedstead and the English cotton dimity curtains and silk fringe in Boston, Massachusetts, for his new house in Ellsworth. Conservation currently underway, with reinstallation scheduled for fall 2013. |
March 2013: Los Angeles County Arts Commission
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Fifth grade students at McKinley Elementary School in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District learn the swing and other ballroom dances as part of Arts for All’s Residency Grant Program. Partnered with arts provider, Ballroom Madness, the students worked on patterns and counting as well as navigating respect for one another. Photo Gary Leonard. |
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Third graders at Sierra Madre Elementary School in the Pasadena Unified School District (Pasadena, CA) danced their way through the Impressionist period as part of Arts for All’s Residency Grant Award Program. Teaching artists Aman Dance Educators worked with classroom teachers to incorporate the theme of impressionism into their daily lessons. Photo Gary Leonard. |
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The Civic Art Program partnered with the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors and artist team MobileMuralLab to tackle the graffiti problem at Dockweiler Beach. A popular location within Los Angeles County because of the fire pits and late hours, the beach faces the ongoing challenge of illegal graffiti tagging. The artist team held two public events at the beach to get to know the Dockweiler beachgoers. The resulting mural was a major collaboration with the public. By improving the appearance of the buildings and incorporating a contemporary style (including some glow-in-the-dark magic) that appeals to the public, tagging on the buildings has decreased and feedback from the public—all ages and backgrounds—has been positive. Photo Damon Young. |
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Dance Camera West, still from the Lombard Twins performance, Free Expression. Photo Lombard Twins. |
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Sixth grade students from McKinley School in Pasadena Unified School District participated in Arts for All’s Residency Grant Program and worked with teachers from the Armory Center for the Arts on this intricate origami book sculpture. Photo Gary Leonard. |
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Pacifico Dance Company, Danza de los Quetzales, James R. Armstrong Theatre, Torrance, CA, October 2011. Photo Paul Mckee. |
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Taiko Project performance of Omiyage. Photo Steven Nguyen. |
February 2013: Rozsa
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Balinese Gender Wayang Ensemble. Courtesy Rozsa Foundation. |
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Acres of Dreams, 2011 High Performance Rodeo, produced by One Yellow Rabbit. Courtesy Rozsa Foundation. |
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The Calgary Fiddlers. Courtesy Rozsa Foundation. |
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Wagonstage Children’s Theatre. Courtesy Rozsa Foundation. |
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Photo: Monique de la Croix. Courtesy Rozsa Foundation. |
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Les Siemieniuk, recipient of the 2008 Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management. Award created by Tyler Rock. Photo: Monique de la Croix. Courtesy Rozsa Foundation. |
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Trickster Theatre. Photo: David Chantler. Courtesy Rozsa Foundation. |
January 2013: Artist Trust
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Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects recipient Julie Alpert, Folding Screen, liquid acrylics, house paint, duct tape, wrapping paper, and marker on maple, 13x3x6 ft., 2012. Photo: Steve Miller. |
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Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects recipient Mike Attie, In Country, film still, 2012. |
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Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects recipient Rosalynn De Roos with Choroloco, 2012. Photo: John Cornicello. |
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Artist Trust Fellowship, Grants for Artist Projects and Arts Innovator Award recipient Mandy Greer, The Golden Temple, archival ink jet, 35x14 in., 2011. |
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Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects recipient Mary Iverson, Shipbreaking, Yosemite Valley, acrylic, ink, magazine photo on panel, 11x26 in., 2012. |
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Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program graduate and Grants for Artist Projects recipient Dorothy McGuinness, Citrus, watercolor paper, acrylic paint, waxed linen, 6x13x13 in., 2010. Photo: Ken Rowe. |
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Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects recipient Scott Travis, Triumph At Great Cost, intaglio etching, 18x24 in., 2010. |
November/December 2012: Creative Capital
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Bill Morrison (Creative Capital Grantee, 2001 Film/Video), still from Decasia, 2002. Courtesy Creative Capital. |
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Cauleen Smith (Creative Capital Grantee, 2008 Film/Video), Remote Viewing, 2011. Courtesy Creative Capital. |
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Deke Weaver (Creative Capital Grantee, 2009 Performing Arts), Elephant, from The Unreliable Bestiary, 2010. Photo by Valerie Oliviero. Courtesy Creative Capital. |
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George Legrady (Creative Capital Grantee, 2002 Emerging Fields), still from Speaking/Sensing Space installation, 2002. Courtesy Creative Capital. |
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Ken Gonzales-Day (Creative Capital Grantee, 2012 Visual Arts), untitled photo from Profiled series, 2011. (Pierre-Jean David d’Angers, Bust of Ann Buchan Robinson, Museum of the City of New York; Joseph Nollekens, Venus, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.; Malvina Hoffman, Japanese Woman [337087]. Courtesy Creative Capital. |
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Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman (Creative Capital Grantees, 2008 Film/Video), still from If a Tree Falls, 2011. Courtesy Creative Capital. |
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Shih Chieh Huang (Creative Capital Grantee, 2009 Emerging Fields), EX-DD-06 at Smithsonian Natural History Museum, 2011. Courtesy Creative Capital. |
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Young Jean Lee (Creative Capital Grantee, 2006 Performing Arts), Lear. Photo by Blaine Davis. Courtesy Creative Capital. |
October 2012: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Photo courtesy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
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Photo courtesy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
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Photo courtesy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
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Photo courtesy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
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Photo courtesy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
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Photo courtesy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
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Photo courtesy John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
September 2012: Cleveland Foundation
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Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland baroque orchestra, is one of a dozen organizations helped by the Cleveland Foundation’s Engaging the Future arts initiative. The three-year, $5-million program aims to help arts organizations attract younger and more diverse audiences while maintaining artistic excellence. Music director Jeannette Sorrell founded Apollo’s Fire in 1992. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) |
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Art House, Inc., a nonprofit arts center in Cleveland, was among several arts groups that received summer programming grants through MyCom, a youth program funded by the Cleveland Foundation. ArtHouse used its MyCom grant to fund summer classes for area youth. (Photo by Janet Century) |
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The Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program brings accomplished artists from around the world to Cleveland for extended periods of time. These artists are embedded within the city’s cultural institutions to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences. During her residency, Sevi Bayraktar, a Turkish “Roma,” or gypsy, dancer and choreographer, led more than 80 workshops and performances at elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Greater Cleveland. She also spent a significant part of her stay collaborating with MorrisonDance, a local modern dance company. |
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The Cleveland Metropolitan School District All-City Drum Line is part of the All-City Arts Program, an after-school and weekend program for district students designed to build on and extend the arts curriculum taught in the classroom. Here, students perform at the groundbreaking for Green City Growers, which will supply healthy lettuce and herbs from a large inner-city greenhouse. Green City Growers is one of the Evergreen Cooperatives, for-profit companies that hire low-income residents who then get the opportunity to become employee-owners. The cooperatives are the result of a unique collaboration among the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland Foundation, and large institutions that anchor University Circle. The companies are created to meet the procurement needs of these institutions – and keep a portion of their annual spending in the local economy. |
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Cleveland has a rich heritage in the performing arts, and the Cleveland Foundation has long supported arts and cultural organizations, large and small – from the Cleveland Play House and Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland to Rabbit Run Theater and Lakeland Civic Theater in Lake and Geauga counties. |
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For more than 20 years, Parade the Circle – a colorful pageant of music, arts, and fun for all ages – kicks off summer in Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art sponsors the annual parade, a free event that incorporates the drama and artistry of colorful floats, puppets, costumes, dancers, and musicians and draws about 70,000 people to the streets of University Circle. The Cleveland Foundation has supported the art museum’s recent efforts to extend the popular event to surrounding neighborhoods. |
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Duffy Liturgical Dance participates in Project Access, a Cleveland Foundation program that helps small nonprofits strengthen business skills. Duffy preserves and performs American Negro Spirituals, songs and dances created hundreds of years ago by African slaves in America, and includes dancers and singers of all ages. (Photo by Janet Century) |
July/August 2012: Emily Hall Tremaine
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Opening of paperless, April 27, 2012, at 2010 Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award winner, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Photo: Austin Joffee. Courtesy of SECCA. |
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Guests at a ritual dinner at Theaster Gates' Soul Food Pavilion, March 11, 2012, at 2010 Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award winner, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago (exhibition: Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art, curated by Stephanie Smith). Courtesy of Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago. |
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Lee Mingwei, The Dining Project, February 2012, at 2010 Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award winner, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago (exhibition: Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art, curated by Stephanie Smith). Courtesy of Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago. |
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Fellows in the Spring 2012 Artist INC Live workshop explore lessons in branding their art; Marketplace Empowerment for Artists grantee, The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, Artist INC program. Photo: Sabrina Staires. |
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A Spring 2012 Artist INC fellow takes notes during the marketing vs. branding workshop session; Marketplace Empowerment for Artists grantee, The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, Artist INC program. Photo: Sabrina Staires. |
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Springboard for the Arts’ workshops for artists; Marketplace Empowerment for Artists grantee Springboard for the Arts. Photo: Springboard for the Arts. |
June 2012: Mertz Gilmore Foundation
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Gina Gibney Dance; Lily Ockwell in Thrown. Photo: Samantha Siegel |
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Ronald K. Brown/Evidence: 25 Years, presented by 651 ARTS at the BAM Harvey Theater, December 17, 2010. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. |
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STREB, The 2011 River To River Festival. Photo: GODLIS for LMCC 2011. |
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Electric Midwife by Beth Gill, The Chocolate Factory. Photo: Steven Schreiber. |
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Fly by Night Dance Theater. Photo: Joey Liu. |
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Works & Process at the Guggenheim: Steve Reich Interpreted – New Choreography by Larry Keigwin and Peter Quanz, September 2009. Photo: Richard Termine. |
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La MaMa in association with John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Fall and Recover, Ellen Stewart Theatre, March 25-April 9, 2011. Photo: Chris Nash. Dancer: Francis Akello. |
May 2012: Leeway Foundation
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Ama Schley & Payin Schley
Art and Change Grant, 2008
Photo credit: Gabriel Bienczycki |
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Barbara L. Gregson
Art and Change Grant, 2007
Photo credit: Hannan Saleh |
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Beth Pulcinella
Leeway Transformation 2009
Art and Change Grant, 2008
Photo credit: Mariel Waloff |
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Camae Dennis
Art and Change Grant, 2007
Photo credit: Geoff Hall |
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Kinyozi-Yvette Smalls
Leeway Transformation Award, 2008
Photo credit: Lauren Giffin |
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MegHann Williams & Gigi Naglak
Art and Change Grant, 2008
Photo credit: Rana Sindikara |
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Michelle Angela Ortiz
Leeway Transformation Award, 2008
Art and Change Grant, 2007
Photo credit: Unknown |
April 2012: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
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Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, Echad (One) |
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DANCE POWER, a program of American Repertory Ballet, 2010 final performance. Photo George Jones. |
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George Street Playhouse, The Subject Was Roses, February 8-March 6, 2011. |
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Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. |
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Paper Mill Playhouse, Milborn, NJ. |
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WheatonArts and Cultural Center, Millville, NJ |
March 2012: Manitoba Arts Council
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Avatar, Choreographed and performed by Freya Bjorg Olafson
Photo: Hugh Conacher |
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Human Hybrid 7, paintings by Wanda Koop, performance choreographed by Jolene Bailie; detail of installation; Winnipeg Art Gallery
Photo: Hugh Conacher |
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Matrix, Ione Thorkelsson
Photo: David Barbour |
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Production still from Danishka Esterhazy's The Red Hood
Photo: Rebecca Sandulak |
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Underwater, Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers
Photo: Martin Gavica |
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Ffionn and the Three Sisters Meet Chaos, shadow puppet show made and performed by Carolyn Gray and Nadin Gilroy
Photo: Erika MacPherson |
February 2012: ArtWorks
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Surprise Art Bus. Photo courtesy ArtsWave. |
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Classical Roots Concert, 2011. Photo Mark Lyons. Courtesy Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. |
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Sampler Weekend: Artworks Mural Tour. Photo Mikki Schaffner. |
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Paint the Street, September 2010. Photo Scott Beseler. |
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Paint the Street, September 2010. Photo Scott Beseler. |
January 2012: 3Arts
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3Arts Awardee Kareem Bandealy, Actor |
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3Arts Awardee Juan Angel Chavez, Sculptor |
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3Arts Awardee Norman Long, Sound Artist |
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3Arts Awardee Cecil McDonald Jr., Teaching Artist |
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3Arts Awardee Luis Romero, Works on Paper |
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3Arts Awardee Alison Siple, Costume Designer |
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Mountain View Garden Art Park, courtesy Rasmuson Foundation. |
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University of Alaska Southeast, Auke Lake Trail, courtesy Rasmuson Foundation. |
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Terry Adkins in Nome, Alaska, courtesy of the artist. |
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Eccentric Theater Company production, courtesy Eccentric Theater Company. |
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Git Hoan dance performance, Auke Bay Elementary School, courtesy Sealaska Heritage Institute. |
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Dr. Sven Haakanson Jr., Executive Director, Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository. |
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Turandot: Perseverance Theater, courtesy Perseverance Theater. |
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Day of the Dead Festival
Courtesy of Marigold Project |
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Overview of "One Day: A Collective Narrative of Tehran" Pictured, on the wall left to right: Abbas Kowsari, Ghazaleh Hedayat, Mehran Mohajer, Taraneh Hemami (on floor)
Photo: Scott Chernis |
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Diaspora Tale #2: 1969 produced by Asian Improv aRts
Credit: Andy Nozaka |
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CONTRA-TIEMPO
Photo: Jenn Tamera |
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From "Ecdisis" Untitled
BROKEN GLASS SHARDS, RESIN, HOT GLUE
3′X5′X8′
Photo: John Wilson White |
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Black Choreographers Festival, Dancer: L.Ellis
Photo: Andy Mogg |
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Grupo Jaranero Mayab
Courtesy of Asociacion Mayab |
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Dancers (clockwise from bottom left): Rachael Lincoln, Mark Stuver, Damara Ganley, Melecio Estrella, Roel Seeber, Anje Lockhart
Photo: Todd Laby |
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From Sleeper Cells
Courtesy of the artist |
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Robin Burke and Marcel Cabrera, From the Garden, 2007, still from video, (13 minutes).
This video celebrates the interactions of students and the community with the first school garden and farmer's market at Louisville, Kentucky‚s Meyzeek Middle School.
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Robin Burke and Marcel Cabrera, From the Garden, 2007, still from video, (13 minutes).
This video celebrates the interactions of students and the community with the first school garden and farmer's market at Louisville, Kentucky‚s Meyzeek Middle School.
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Robin Burke and Marcel Cabrera, From the Garden, 2007, still from video, (13 minutes).
This video celebrates the interactions of students and the community with the first school garden and farmer's market at Louisville, Kentucky‚s Meyzeek Middle School.
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Robin Burke and Marcel Cabrera, From the Garden, 2007, still from video, (13 minutes).
This video celebrates the interactions of students and the community with the first school garden and farmer's market at Louisville, Kentucky‚s Meyzeek Middle School.
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Mari Mujica, El Miedo (The Fear), from the series "Latina Immigrants," 2011, digital photograph.
El miedo es que al buscar un trabajo no sabes si esa persona te va a ayudar o te va a entregar a migración. Otro es el miedo porque no sabes leer ni escribir. Entonces ese es el miedo que tenemos.
The fear is that in looking for a job one doesn't know if the person is going to help you or give you to immigration. The other fear is because you do not know how to read or write. Those are the fears that we have.
XXXXXX. Emigré de Guatemala a los 24 años.
Me encanta ayudar a las personas. Mi plan es lograr traer a mis otros hijos para tener a mi familia completa y salir adelante con las niñas y seguir trabajando y seguir ayudando a las personas. Estoy contenta de salir adelante con mis hijos. Me cuesta que soy mama y papá pero sé que puedo trabajar y salir adelante. Estoy contenta por eso.
Lo más dificil de ser una madre immigrante es que no puedes trabajar por no tener papeles y hablar ingles y no saber ni leer ni escribir. Estoy contenta de vivir en este pais porque la ayuda que recibí yo ahora se la puedo dar a las personas. Antes no sabía que yo podia ayudar. Ahora sí.
XXXXXX. Emigrated from Guatemala when I was 24.
Something I love to do is helping people. My dream is to be able to bring my other children to this country so that my family will be complete and I can come out ahead with my daughters. Although I am happy to have the opportunities provided to me and my family in this country, it is still difficult being a single parent and being both mother and father to my children.
The hardest thing about being an immigrant mother is not being able to work because you don't have documents, nor can you read, write, or speak English. I am happy that I live in this country because I have received lots of help and now I am able to help others. Before, I did not know this, that I could make a difference by helping others.
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Mari Mujica, Candy, from the series "Latina Immigrants," 2011, digital photograph.
Jeraldin A. González (Candy), 28. Soy ama de casa.
Emigré de San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, México a los 18 años.
Me encanta platicar. Mi mayor sueno es aprender el inglés. Mi familia, tengo dos princesas una de ocho anos y otra de cinco y son mi mayor felicidad.
Lo más difícil de ser una madre inmigrante es la diferencia de idioma, cultura que nuestros hijos reciben y es difícil comunicarse con ellas.
Lo que me mas me gusta de vivir en este país es que los niños pueden tener mejores oportunidades gracias a saber dos idiomas. Es contradictorio pero lo que es difícil creo que es una oportunidad para ellos.
Jeraldin A. González, 28. Housewife. Emigrated from San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, México when I was 18.
Something I love to do is to chat with friends. Mi dream is to learn English. My family, I have two princesses one who is eight and another who is five. They are the source of my happiness.
The hardest thing about being an immigrant mother is the difference in language and the culture taught to our children, which makes it difficult for us to communicate with them. What I like the most about living in this country is that my children can have better opportunities since they are bilingual.
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Mari Mujica, Para Ti Yo No Existo (For You I Don't Exist), from the series "Latina Immigrants," 2011, digital photograph.
I'm a woman. I'm an immigrant like you I have dreams, but you don't see them because for you I don't exist.
Soy una mujer. Soy una emigrante como tú tengo sueños pero tu no los vez porque para tí yo no existo.
XXXXXX, 40
Algo que me encanta hacer es comer, caminar en el parque, y bailar.
Algo que me gustaría decir acerca de mi y mi familia es que me gustaría tenerlos a todos juntos.
Lo más difícil de ser inmigrante es que tienes que trabajar el doble de duro para mostrar que eres capaz y que se puede depender de ti. Lo que más me gusta de vivir en este país es que aquí descubrí que soy una mujer fuerte, independiente, e inteligente.
XXXXXX, 40
I love to eat, to walk in the park, and to dance.
Something I'd like to say about my family and me is that I'd like to have them all together.
The hardest thing about being an immigrant woman is that you have to work twice as hard to show that you are capable and dependable. What I like the most about living in this country is that here I discovered the strong independent, and intelligent woman that I am.
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Mary Carothers, The Butterfly Sanctuary, 2011, installation, still from video by Marcel Cabrera and Robin Burke, (2.5 minutes). |
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Mary Carothers, The Butterfly Sanctuary, 2011, detail from installation, Acu-stone castings, mesquite tree pods, hand cut paper. |
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Mary Carothers, At the End of the Tunnel, 2011, view of entryway of installation, hand cut paper. |
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Ambreen Butt, Artadia Awardee 2009 Boston
Untitled (detail) (from the series "Dirty Pretty"), 2008, water-based pigments, white gouache, thread, and gold leaf on layers of Mylar and tea-stained paper, 28 x 20 inches, courtesy of Carroll and Sons, Boston |
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Theaster Gates, Artadia Awardee 2008 Chicago
Temple Exercises, 2009, performance and installation at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; courtesy Kavi Gupta Gallery Chicago | Berlin. |
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Karyn Olivier, Artadia Awardee 2004 Houston
ACA Foods Free Library
2010–ongoing.
In conjunction with the exhibition "Rockstone and Boothell: Contemporary West India Art," Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT. March |
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Miller & Shellabarger, Artadia Awardees 2008 Chicago
Untitled (Graves)
2010
Time-Based Art performance festival
Portland, Oregon
Courtesy Western Exhibitions, Chicago |
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Miller & Shellabarger, Artadia Awardees 2008 Chicago
Untitled (Pink Tube)
begun in 2003
Courtesy Western Exhibitions, Chicago |
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Robyn O'Neil Artadia Awardee Houston 2003
These final hours embrace at last; this is our ending, this is our past (detail),
graphite on paper, courtesy Susan Inglett Gallery, New York.
83" x 166 3/4" |
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Memphis Symphony Orchestra
supported by ArtsMemphis
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The Wiz
Hattiloo Theatre
supported by ArtsMemphis
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Ballet Memphis
supported by ArtsMemphis
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The Blues Foundation
supported by ArtsMemphis
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Voices of the South
supported by ArtsMemphis
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The Metal Museum
supported by ArtsMemphis
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Beale Street Caravan
supported by ArtsMemphis
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Linda Yamane, Ohlone basket, in collaboration with the Big Sur Land Trust. Supported by the Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, generously supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation. |
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Ricardo Richey. Supported by the Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, generously supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation, in collaboration with Intersection for the Arts. |
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Joti Singh with Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco, Half and Halves. Supported by the Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, generously supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation. |
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Marcus Shelby with Yerba Buena Arts and Events, Harriet Tubman, Bound for the Promised Land, jazz oratorio. Supported by the Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, generously supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation. |
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Photo © Camilo Gonzalez, courtesy of Aurora Picture Show. Event #1 "Media Archeology 2011: E/X by Luke Savisky" #2 "Media Archeology 2010: The Joshua Light Show". |
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Photo © Lori Teague, CORE Performance Company, from Three. |
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Photo © James Wiseman, Dance of Asian America in Dance Houston. |
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Express Children's Theatre: Fall 2009 production of "Alice in Wonderland" featuring Vincent Victoria as "Rabba-Cat" |
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Photo © 2008 Daniel Sheehan danielsheehan.com
Wayne Horvitz photographed at a sound check during the 2008 Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Washington
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Photo © 2009 Daniel Sheehan danielsheehan.com
2009 Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Washington
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Photo © 2008 Grantmakers in the Arts
Freedom Singers perform at opening plenary of 2008 GIA conference,
Arts and the New American City, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Greer Grimsley as Wotan in the 2009 production of Die Walküre at Seattle Opera.
Photo: Chris Bennion |
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Urban Bush Women in Walking with Pearl...Southern Diaries.
Photo: Rose Eichenbaum. |
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Making Visible the Invisible, 2004
George Legrady
Seattle Public Library, main branch, City of Seattle 1% for Art Collection
Courtesy of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
The installation consists of six large liquid crystal display (LCD) screens that run horizontally in a glass wall above a librarian reference desk. Three omputers power the six screens. Like a stock exchange ticker – but using Library data received each hour from the Information Technology department – four electronically animated "visualizations" float across the six screens. Each visualization lasts between one to six minutes.
The second visualization is called "Floating Titles" and consists of the titles of books and other items patrons have checked out in the past hour. The titles enter the screens from the far right and slowly move toward the left until an entire hour's worth of materials have passed by. Book titles are red and DVDs, CDs and videos are green. Items checked out at the same time are close to each other. The vertical location of an item on the screen is determined by its Dewey Decimal number, with low Dewey Decimal numbers near the top and high Dewey Decimal numbers at the bottom.
Read more here.
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Adjacent, Against, Upon, 1976
Michael Heizer
City of Seattle 1% for Art Collection, Myrtle Edwards Park
Courtesy of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
Photo: Michael Heizer |
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Augriturismo, 2009
Allison Collins
oil on canvas
16"x20"
Photo: Ken Wagner
Courtesy Foster White Gallery |
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Cascade Foothills, 2009
Allison Collins
oil on canvas
30"x40"
Photo: Ken Wagner
Courtesy Foster White Gallery |
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Galukw'amhl (Mask of the Crooked Beak), ca. 1940
Red cedar, paint, red cedar bark, mahogany plywood, leather, cord
Willie Seaweed (Hilamas)
Kwakwaka'wakw, 'Nak'waxda'xw, Blunden Harbour, 1873-1967
33 7/8 x 11 x 9 1/2 in. (86 x 27.9 x 24.1 cm)
Seattle Art Museum, Gift of John H. Hauberg, 91.1.1 |
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Naaxein (Chilkat robe), ca.1880
Mountain goat wool, yellow cedar bark, natural dyes
Tlingit
66 15/16 x 51 9/16 in. (170 x 131cm)
Seattle Art Museum, Gift of John H. Hauberg, 83.229 |
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Kente Cloth: (Mmaaban, "unity is strength")
Cloth (strip weave), Ghanaian
Asante
W. 45 3/4 in. (194CM) L. 76 3/8 in. (116.2CM)
Seattle Art Museum, Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company, 81.17.459 |
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Lionel Popkin performing There Is An Elephant In This Dance, 2009
photo: Carolina Kroon |
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Photo © 2008 Daniel Sheehan danielsheehan.com
Toumani Diabaté performs at 2008 Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, Washington |
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Knotted Gun, 1998
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd
United Nationa Art Collection
photo © Brad Calkins | Dreamstime.com |
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Graffiti at the Rhode Island Avenue shopping center in Washington, DC, 2009.
Photo © Richard Gunion | Dreamstime.com |
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Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis. MN.
© Aliaksandr Nikitsin | Dreamstime.com |
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Photo © 2008, Grantmakers in the Arts
Samina Quraeshi, keynote speaker at the 2008 GIA conference,
Arts and the New American City, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Photo © 2008 Grantmakers in the Arts
Jeremy Nowak, keynote speaker at the 2008 GIA conference,
Arts and the New American City, Atlanta, Georgia.
Photo: Michael Reese
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Photo © 2009 Grantmakers in the Arts
Wynton Marsalis, keynote speaker at the 2009 GIA Conference,
Navigating the Art of Change, Brooklyn, New York.
Photo: Larry Brown
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Photo © 2009 Grantmakers in the Arts
GIA President, Vickie Benson at the 2009 GIA Conference,
Navigating the Art of Change, Brooklyn, New York.
Photo: Larry Brown
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Photo © 2009 Grantmakers in the Arts
Clifford Jones performing at the 2009 GIA Conference,
Navigating the Art of Change, Brooklyn, New York.
Photo: Larry Brown
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Photo © 2007 Grantmakers in the Arts
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
Photo: Tommer Peterson
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R. Hamilton Wright as George W. Bush in the A Contemporary Theater (ACT) Seattle, WA, 2007 production of Stuff Happens. |
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Photo ©iStockphoto.com/Francisco Romero |
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Newspaper rock State Historical Monument, Utah.
© iStockphoto.com/Gary Whitton |
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