ANIMATING DEMOCRACY E-NEWS
July 2003
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Animating Democracy News and Updates |
National Exchange on Art and Civic DialogueDates: October 9-12, 2003 * Flint Cultural Center, Flint MI.
Additional Practitioners Exchange Preconference Topic Announced
Dialogue Consultants Tammy Bormann & David Campt will offer “The Arc of Dialogue: Designing Intentional Dialogue Processes” as one of the Practitioners Exchange preconference sessions, October 9, 1:00-5:00 p.m. This interactive learning session for pairs of artists and dialogue facilitators will explore the question: "Does an intentionally designed dialogue process enhance the impact of arts-based civic dialogue?” Preconference sessions are available to anyone registered to attend the National Exchange On Art And Civic Dialogue. Pre-registration and an additional fee of $75 is required for participation. Sessions announced previously include:
- Scapegoats: Metaphors, Methods, and Models
Gillian Eaton, Theatre Director and Consultant, Plymouth, Michigan
Maggie Herzig. Associate, Public Conversations Project, Watertown, Massachusetts
- Abundance/The Workshop: A Creative Dialogue About Money
Marty Pottenger, Playwright, Solo Performance Artist, and Director, New York City, New York
- Practicing the Story Circle and Discovering Its Users
Theresa Holden, Project Director, Color Line Project, Junebug Productions
Curtis Muhammad, Organizer, Color Line Project, Junebug Productions
For more information on these workshops, visit www.AmericansForTheArts.org/AnimatingDemocracy/programs/programs_007.asp.
Registration Informationwww.AmericansForTheArts.org/AnimatingDemocracy/programs/programs_007.asp
Limited spaces are still available for the National Exchange. Animating Democracy encourages individuals interested in attending the Exchange to submit a one-page letter of interest. Interested persons must be committed to attending the entire convening, Thursday, October 9, 5:00 p.m. to Sunday, October 12, 1:00 p.m. There is a registration fee of $200 and the hotel costs are approximately $80 per night for a single or double room.
Members of the Council for the Arts of Greater Lima participates in South American Cultural ExchangeMartie MacDonell, OAC Board Member and Common Threads Project Leader and Brian Keegan, Director of the Lima Civic Center, recently returned from a ten-day cultural exchange in Chile. Sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council, the exchange highlighted seminars featuring the concept of "Building Community Through the Arts," drawing arts and cultural managers from all areas of the country. Specifically, the seminars focused on Lima’s ADI Lab project as a case study in arts-based community building and civic dialogue processes. As an emerging democracy, the opportunity to discuss “Trust Among Leaders” was especially significant to participants just beginning to explore the usefulness of civic dialogue.
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Liz Lerman to be featured as part of Cigna’s “The Power of Caring” advertorial seriesAmericans for the Arts and Liz Lerman have been selected by Time-Warner publications and CIGNA to be featured in a full page advertorial in People, Time and Sports Illustrated magazines. As part of a public awareness campaign, the advertorial series titled “Cigna Presents The Power of Caring” aims to highlight “extraordinary individuals who help others through their personal commitment and dedication to charitable causes.” The advertorial will focus on Liz Lerman's community-based work and how she works with and exemplifies the work of Americans for the Arts (the featured charity). Past partners include Michelle Kwan & the Children’s Miracle Network, Jeff Bridges & The End Hunger Network, and Michael J. Fox & the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
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Animating Democracy Lab Projects featured in “Conservation and Maintenance of Contemporary Public Art”http://store.yahoo.com/americans4thearts/conandmainof.html
Glenn Wharton’s article on the restoration of the King Kamehameha I statue in Kohala, Hawaii was recently published in “Conservation and Maintenance of Contemporary Public Art.” The essay, one of 23 papers edited by Hafthor Yngvason, and presented at a conference on public art conservation sponsored by the Cambridge Art Council, features Wharton’s role in working with the Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education in restoring the bronze of the Hawaiian king. Judy Baca, working in conjunction with the Social and Public Art Resource Center to restore and continue the Great Wall Mural in Los Angeles, California, is also featured.
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Andrea Assaf featured on Radio TahirAnimating Democracy staff member, Andrea Assaf, was recently featured on Radio Tahrir: Voices of the Arab/Muslim CommunityAndrea performed "When Will They Announce the Death of the Arabs," by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, which she also performed at Animating Democracy’s Learning Exchanges in Los Angeles last November, and at the People's Poetry Gathering in New York in April. Andrea has been invited back on the program in late July for a longer interview to discuss her work with Animating Democracy and her work as an artist. Radio Tahrir broadcasts every Tuesday night, 7:00 pm - 8 :00 pm on WBAI in New York City. Listen live over the World Wide Web at www.wbai.org.
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The Working Theatre’s announces ABUNDANCE tour schedulewww.abundanceproject.net
Obie-award winner, Marty Pottenger will take America's economic temperature on the road beginning in October of 2003. In this multi-media theater work exploring the world of money, economics, consumption and generosity, Abundance asks How much do we have? and What is enough? The piece is written and directed by Marty Pottenger, with original music by Terry Dame and choreography by Jawole Zollar.
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Wintergreen Performing Arts composition to be performedOn October 4 and 5, 2003, The Charlottesville Symphony will perform Judith Shatin's composition, "Soundscapes," commissioned by Wintergreen Summer Arts Festival as part of their Animating Democracy Lab Project at Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia.
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News from the Field |
Ford Foundation Announces Finalists for 2003 Leadership for a Changing World Awardswww.leadershipforchange.org/finalists/
The Ford Foundation announced last week its 29 national finalists in the Leadership for a Changing World awards program. In partnership with the Advocacy Institute and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, the Ford Foundation’s awards recognize leaders or leadership teams across the United States who tackle the nation's most entrenched social problems, getting results and changing lives. This year’s finalists include: Ping Chong, Founder and Artistic Director of Ping Chong & Company, Nobuko Miyamoto, Director, Great Leap Inc., Lily Yeh, Executive Director of The Village of Arts & Humanities, and Arnold Aprill, Executive Director of the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education. Selected through a highly competitive process, the 29 finalists are eligible to become one of the seventeen national award winners who will individually receive $100,000 each to advance their work and an additional $15,000 for supporting activities. The final winners will be announced on October 7, 2003.
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Irvine Foundation Supports Documentary-based Dialoguewww.irvine.org
California-based James Irvine Foundation, which has recently begun phasing out it’s civic culture program as part of a strategic planning process, announced a $350,000 award to American Documentary, Inc., to support the strategic use of documentary film to enable Californians to engage in productive dialogue related to the state's rapidly changing demographics. The grant is made under a new program category called California Perspectives, which focuses on research and information about significant issues facing the state and its regions.
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Innovation Network announces its newly improved websitewww.innonet.org
Innovation Network, the Washington DC based organization dedicated to increasing and improving evaluation capacity among nonprofits, has announced its newly improved and redesigned website. The new site offers free and immediate help in designing a thorough evaluation program. Its new and updated features include an updated resources section, and ongoing evaluation and feedback capabilities.
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Articles and Publications |
Grace Lee Boggs & Lucy Lippard join up with the Critical Perspectives WritersAnimating Democracy is honored to announce that noted activist, writer, cultural worker, and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs and renowned cultural writer, critic, and activist Lucy Lippard will contribute introductory essays for the Critical Perspectives publication. As essayists, they will engage in challenges and ideas related to writing about civically engaged art,. They will reflect upon essays by nine writers about three selected Animating Democracy Lab projects. Critical Perspectives is exploring new approaches to capturing the multidimensional nature of arts-based civic dialogue efforts. We’re also excited to announce that Grace Lee Boggs will be a featured presenter at the National Exchange on Art & Civic Dialogue in Flint.
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CEC International Partners & Junebug Productions Case Studies postedwww.americansforthearts.org/AnimatingDemocracy/reading_room/reading_002.asp
Two new Animating Democracy Lab Case Studies have been posted in the Lab section of the Animating Democracy website. The CEC International Partners case study written by ADI Liaison Jeanne Pearlman documents the context, content, and unique circumstances of “go_HOME,” an international artist residency intended to generate dialogue about issues of exile and displacement. Junebug Productions’ case study, written by ADI liaison Cheryl Yuen, documents the pilot phase of Junebug Productions’ “Color Line Project,” a long-term national endeavor that combines performance and community story-collecting to revitalize Civil Rights Movement history as a valued and illuminating context for current issues of race.
Visit the Animating Democracy website for continued updates on projects and the National Exchange.
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Events on the Horizon |
Open Dialogue IXwww.taac.com/od9.html
Dates: July 18-20, 2003
The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) will host Open Dialogue IX, a symposium on cultural diversity in the arts in San Jose, CA. At this event, TAAC is seeking to revitalize and reenergize its work using the Open Space Technology analyzing the impact of the national arts policy on people of color. The organization was created by the participants in Open Dialogue II and is committed to the concept of cultural diversity as a distinct element in American arts policy, and recognizes the importance of all ethnic cultures.
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About Animating Democracy |
Animating Democracy is a four-year initiative of Americans for the Arts and is made possible with support from the Ford Foundation.
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