2010-03-18T19:16:18Z News and information about community-based arts from the Community Arts Network and Art in the Public Interest. tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2010, Jamie Haft 2010-03-18T19:16:18Z 2010-03-18T19:10:48Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9298 2010-03-18T19:10:48Z

This spring, faculty and staff at Kennesaw State University are exploring the role of the arts and humanities in public scholarship through a leadership development series, “Going Public!” The series of seven workshops includes presentations from exemplar projects around the country to demonstrate how public scholarship can contribute to public debates, explore local issues and foster a rich civic life. Additionally, participants will identify ways to link engagement initiatives across campus and develop short and long-term action plans to set a course for building the public scholarship movement at KSU. The series is organized by LeeAnn Lands, and sponsored by KSU’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, Office of the Provost, Vice President for Research, Dean of the Graduate College, American Democracy Project, American Studies program and others. For updates, visit the ImaginingAmerica@KSU page on Facebook.

Jamie Haft jhaft@communityarts.net Education This spring, faculty and staff at Kennesaw State University are exploring the role of the arts and humanities in public scholarship through a leadership development series, “Going Public!” The series of seven workshops includes presentations from exemplar projects around the country to demonstrate how public scholarship can contribute to public debates, explore local issues and foster a rich civic life. Additionally, participants will identify ways to link engagement initiatives across campus and develop short and long-term action plans to set a course for building the public scholarship movement at KSU. The series is organized by LeeAnn Lands, and sponsored by KSU’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, Office of the Provost, Vice President for Research, Dean of the Graduate College, American Democracy Project, American Studies program and others. For updates, visit the ImaginingAmerica@KSU page on Facebook. 2010-03-18T17:10:45Z 2010-03-18T16:59:14Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9296 2010-03-18T16:59:14Z

Jim Doyle, an arts officer for Ireland's Dublin City Council, has launched an effort to scope out the potential for a future European Public Art Network (EPAN). His very interesting Web site for EPAN explores all the 21st Century issues around public art, raised in his paper for the European Diploma in Cultural Management, "From Cultural Tariffs To a Public Art Network," 2009. It discusses the re-definition of public art today and its potential for public engagement; the question of whether the growth of the field demands a network; international models for Percent for Art programs; existing public art organizations and networks; the effects of sponsorship on public art (who sponsors and why); the "four publics"; public art Links; and the launch of a Public Art Network Forum and possible meeting of interested parties.

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Infrastructure Jim Doyle, an arts officer for Ireland's Dublin City Council, has launched an effort to scope out the potential for a future European Public Art Network (EPAN). His very interesting Web site for EPAN explores all the 21st Century issues around public art, raised in his paper for the European Diploma in Cultural Management, "From Cultural Tariffs To a Public Art Network," 2009. It discusses the re-definition of public art today and its potential for public engagement; the question of whether the growth of the field demands a network; international models for Percent for Art programs; existing public art organizations and networks; the effects of sponsorship on public art (who sponsors and why); the "four publics"; public art Links; and the launch of a Public Art Network Forum and possible meeting of interested parties. 2010-03-18T19:24:30Z 2010-03-18T16:24:26Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9294 2010-03-18T16:24:26Z

A new platform for online journals has been developed by the Society of Architectural Historians, and it could impact digital publishing in many disciplines, including the arts, humanities and design. The platform, developed by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) with the University of California Press and JSTOR, seeks to close the gap between reading about important architectural examples and experiencing them. Funded by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the online journal will support video, virtual modeling and digital mapping. The journal “is intended to encourage scholars to explore the use of digital storytelling tools while nudging publishers to renovate their digital journals and e-textbooks to support those tools,” says Pauline Saliga, executive director of SAH. The journal is available to SAH members this year, and will sell independent subscriptions in 2011.

Jamie Haft jhaft@communityarts.net Infrastructure A new platform for online journals has been developed by the Society of Architectural Historians, and it could impact digital publishing in many disciplines, including the arts, humanities and design. The platform, developed by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) with the University of California Press and JSTOR, seeks to close the gap between reading about important architectural examples and experiencing them. Funded by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the online journal will support video, virtual modeling and digital mapping. The journal “is intended to encourage scholars to explore the use of digital storytelling tools while nudging publishers to renovate their digital journals and e-textbooks to support those tools,” says Pauline Saliga, executive director of SAH. The journal is available to SAH members this year, and will sell independent subscriptions in 2011. 2010-03-18T19:27:15Z 2010-03-18T16:18:11Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9293 2010-03-18T16:18:11Z

The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), themed “Whose Global Humanities?” will include workshops on designing and implementing programs involving arts organizations and artists. CHCI, established in 1988, is an arena for the discussion of issues germane to cross-disciplinary activity in the humanities. The 2010 Annual Meeting will take place June 13-15, 2010, at Brown University’s Cogut Center for the Humanities in Providence, R.I. The title, "Whose Global Humanities?" is intended to spur a collective interrogation of the idea of globalism in the context of academic research, publishing, programmatic activity, networking and organization building. Keynote speeches will be given by James Leach, chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Rajendra K. Pachauri, economist and environmentalist; and Mieke Bal, filmmaker and cultural theorist.

Jamie Haft jhaft@communityarts.net Literature/Narrative The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), themed “Whose Global Humanities?” will include workshops on designing and implementing programs involving arts organizations and artists. CHCI, established in 1988, is an arena for the discussion of issues germane to cross-disciplinary activity in the humanities. The 2010 Annual Meeting will take place June 13-15, 2010, at Brown University’s Cogut Center for the Humanities in Providence, R.I. The title, "Whose Global Humanities?" is intended to spur a collective interrogation of the idea of globalism in the context of academic research, publishing, programmatic activity, networking and organization building. Keynote speeches will be given by James Leach, chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Rajendra K. Pachauri, economist and environmentalist; and Mieke Bal, filmmaker and cultural theorist. 2010-03-18T16:50:31Z 2010-03-18T16:08:31Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9295 2010-03-18T16:08:31Z

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Criticism/Theory "Arts Engage! Arts for Community Engagement" is the first-ever training intensive and symposium on the subject in Nova Scotia, June 14-20, 2010. 2010-03-18T15:20:12Z 2010-03-18T15:05:42Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9291 2010-03-18T15:05:42Z

The U.K. publisher Intellect Ltd. and the public-art think tank ixia are calling for contributions to a new journal, Art & the Public Sphere, "a crucial examination of contemporary art's link to the public realm." "There exists," writes editor Mel Gordon, "a growing body of contemporary art practice and theory that by-passes the constraints of public art, public sector and public realm, in order to explore how the most ambitious and challenging art of the day intersects with its publics, not only via public spaces and public institutions, but also through a whole range of techniques and technologies of social engagement. Such engagements link specific questions about public art to broader questions about art’s role within the history of Western democracy and art’s active participation in opinion formation, free discussion and political action." Guidelines are online; first deadline is July 10, 2010.

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Criticism/Theory The U.K. publisher Intellect Ltd. and the public-art think tank ixia are calling for contributions to a new journal, Art & the Public Sphere, "a crucial examination of contemporary art's link to the public realm." "There exists," writes editor Mel Gordon, "a growing body of contemporary art practice and theory that by-passes the constraints of public art, public sector and public realm, in order to explore how the most ambitious and challenging art of the day intersects with its publics, not only via public spaces and public institutions, but also through a whole range of techniques and technologies of social engagement. Such engagements link specific questions about public art to broader questions about art’s role within the history of Western democracy and art’s active participation in opinion formation, free discussion and political action." Guidelines are online; first deadline is July 10, 2010. 2010-03-17T16:32:48Z 2010-03-17T16:12:59Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9286 2010-03-17T16:12:59Z

Participants at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital will learn how to build a carbon-neutral house today with filmmakers Jason Scadron and Liv Violette and builder Mark Turner. Premiering at the festival is "The Green House," a documentary that chronicles the building of the first carbon-neutral house and the designing of the first green show house in the Washington, D.C., area. The building of the house in McLean, Virginia, was captured from start to finish and the film imparts the engineering and technology that drives the house and the principles and methods of designing eco-friendly spaces. Other films showing today are Ana Sofia Joanes' "Fresh," exploring America's new sustainable food culture, and Eskil Hardt's "One Degree Matters," about the effects of climate change on society and the economy. The festival runs through March 28 at E Street Cinema.

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Media Arts Participants at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital will learn how to build a carbon-neutral house today with filmmakers Jason Scadron and Liv Violette and builder Mark Turner. Premiering at the festival is "The Green House," a documentary that chronicles the building of the first carbon-neutral house and the designing of the first green show house in the Washington, D.C., area. The building of the house in McLean, Virginia, was captured from start to finish and the film imparts the engineering and technology that drives the house and the principles and methods of designing eco-friendly spaces. Other films showing today are Ana Sofia Joanes' "Fresh," exploring America's new sustainable food culture, and Eskil Hardt's "One Degree Matters," about the effects of climate change on society and the economy. The festival runs through March 28 at E Street Cinema. 2010-03-16T16:22:05Z 2010-03-16T15:53:14Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9285 2010-03-16T15:53:14Z

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Dance Philadelphia's Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective has received a grant from philanthropist Betty Londergan for its work with children. Londergan is giving away $100 daily for 365 days. 2010-03-17T18:32:44Z 2010-03-15T22:31:59Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9282 2010-03-15T22:31:59Z

Today CAN brings you "Creative City Fever: The 2010 City, Culture and Society Conference, Munich" by Tom Borrup, with questions and answers about the Creative Economy movement around the globe. Formerly executive director of Intermedia Arts, a community artspace in MInneapolis, Borrup now specializes in consulting and writing and teaching about creative community building -- leveraging culture, creativity and other community assets to advance economic, social, civic and physical development of place-based communities. He attended the Munich conference to hear experts from Singapore, Tokyo, Auckland, Toronto, Rotterdam and other world-class cities talk about unfolding creative-economy development and its consequences. Scholars were drawn from at least a dozen fields including the arts, explored some vexing questions. Among them: Is the Creative City idea an opportune rationale for repositioning investment, or a smokescreen obscuring issues of social justice, environmental sustainability and real inclusion for all people?

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org CANnews Today CAN brings you "Creative City Fever: The 2010 City, Culture and Society Conference, Munich" by Tom Borrup, with questions and answers about the Creative Economy movement around the globe. Formerly executive director of Intermedia Arts, a community artspace in MInneapolis, Borrup now specializes in consulting and writing and teaching about creative community building -- leveraging culture, creativity and other community assets to advance economic, social, civic and physical development of place-based communities. He attended the Munich conference to hear experts from Singapore, Tokyo, Auckland, Toronto, Rotterdam and other world-class cities talk about unfolding creative-economy development and its consequences. Scholars were drawn from at least a dozen fields including the arts, explored some vexing questions. Among them: Is the Creative City idea an opportune rationale for repositioning investment, or a smokescreen obscuring issues of social justice, environmental sustainability and real inclusion for all people? 2010-03-15T16:17:44Z 2010-03-15T15:59:16Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9279 2010-03-15T15:59:16Z

At juvenile detention centers across the country, young offenders have an above-ground zine of their own: The Beat Within, a collection of youth-produced writing and art. It's published with the support of New America Media, a San Francisco–based association of ethnic media outlets, says Danielle Maestretti in Utne Reader (March-April 2010). The zine’s facilitators, who are sometimes former offenders themselves, conduct weekly workshops at a dozen juvenile halls. They encourage kids to write about what makes them happy or what choices they wish they’d made. Maestretti quotes cofounder and director David Inocencio, “I tell the kids what they’re helping create, by telling these stories, is a history book of the week. It’s an awesome platform when kids take it seriously and you’re able to watch them evolve as writers or as thinkers.” The Beat Within is here: http://www.thebeatwithin.org/news/.

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Corrections At juvenile detention centers across the country, young offenders have an above-ground zine of their own: The Beat Within, a collection of youth-produced writing and art. It's published with the support of New America Media, a San Francisco–based association of ethnic media outlets, says Danielle Maestretti in Utne Reader (March-April 2010). The zine’s facilitators, who are sometimes former offenders themselves, conduct weekly workshops at a dozen juvenile halls. They encourage kids to write about what makes them happy or what choices they wish they’d made. Maestretti quotes cofounder and director David Inocencio, “I tell the kids what they’re helping create, by telling these stories, is a history book of the week. It’s an awesome platform when kids take it seriously and you’re able to watch them evolve as writers or as thinkers.” The Beat Within is here: http://www.thebeatwithin.org/news/. 2010-03-12T16:41:29Z 2010-03-12T16:21:30Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9275 2010-03-12T16:21:30Z

Creative-economy specialists Richard Florida, Charles Landry and Bill Strickland are among speakers at the Creative Cities Summit in Lexington, Ky., April 7-9, 2010. Areas of focus include talent attraction & retention, innovation, developing entrepreneurship, community design and civic engagement. Keynoter Florida is director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, professor of business and creativity the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and author of "The Rise of the Creative Class." He will discuss his forthcoming book, "The Great Reset." Summit sessions include "The Black Creative Class," "Sparking Social Innovation Within Your City," "Growing Entrepreneurial Culture," "Using Art to Change Cities," and more, plus a panel featuring mayors of Lexington, Louisville and Bowling Green, Ohio, and a pecha kucha session on Midwest projects. There are also tours of various Lexington creative-economy projects and local highlights like bourbon distilleries and the Horse Park.

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Community Development Creative-economy specialists Richard Florida, Charles Landry and Bill Strickland are among speakers at the Creative Cities Summit in Lexington, Ky., April 7-9, 2010. Areas of focus include talent attraction & retention, innovation, developing entrepreneurship, community design and civic engagement. Keynoter Florida is director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, professor of business and creativity the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and author of "The Rise of the Creative Class." He will discuss his forthcoming book, "The Great Reset." Summit sessions include "The Black Creative Class," "Sparking Social Innovation Within Your City," "Growing Entrepreneurial Culture," "Using Art to Change Cities," and more, plus a panel featuring mayors of Lexington, Louisville and Bowling Green, Ohio, and a pecha kucha session on Midwest projects. There are also tours of various Lexington creative-economy projects and local highlights like bourbon distilleries and the Horse Park. 2010-03-12T17:43:50Z 2010-03-12T15:49:39Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9274 2010-03-12T15:49:39Z

Oakland's New Village Press has a new book out by two CAN writers: "By Heart, Poetry Prison and Two Lives" by Judith Tannenbaum and Spoon Jackson. Tannenbaum, author of "Disguised as a Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin," met Jackson at San Quentin State Prison in 1985, where he is serving life without parole. They have been collaborating ever since. Of "By Heart," part memoir, part essay, Gloria Steinem writes, "A boy with no one to listen becomes a man in prison for life and discovers his mind can be free. A woman enters prison to teach and becomes his first listener. And so begins a twenty-five year friendship between two gifted writers and poets. The result is 'By Heart' — a book that will anger you, give you hope, and break your heart."

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Literature/Narrative Oakland's New Village Press has a new book out by two CAN writers: "By Heart, Poetry Prison and Two Lives" by Judith Tannenbaum and Spoon Jackson. Tannenbaum, author of "Disguised as a Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin," met Jackson at San Quentin State Prison in 1985, where he is serving life without parole. They have been collaborating ever since. Of "By Heart," part memoir, part essay, Gloria Steinem writes, "A boy with no one to listen becomes a man in prison for life and discovers his mind can be free. A woman enters prison to teach and becomes his first listener. And so begins a twenty-five year friendship between two gifted writers and poets. The result is 'By Heart' — a book that will anger you, give you hope, and break your heart." 2010-03-12T17:44:33Z 2010-03-12T15:26:25Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9272 2010-03-12T15:26:25Z

The 12th annual Allied Media Conference will examine participatory media as a strategy for social-justice organizing, June 18-20, 2010, in Detroit. Conference tracks include "The Art and Practice of Disability Justice," "Communication Strategies for Ending the Prison Industrial Complex," "Indigenous Media and Technology," "Creating Safe Communities," "Medios Caminantes: Medios creando, fronteras derrumbando," "Do-It-Yourself Technology," "Radio Active: From the streets to the airwaves," "Rad Art: 2-D images for 3-D movements," "Trans & Queer Youth Media," "Eco-Justice Media Making for Sustainable Communities," "Media Policy for Social Justice," "INCITE! / To Tell You the Truth," "Pop Ed Intifada: teaching and learning for collective liberation" and "Kids." Participants include Thousand Kites, 7th Generation Indigenous Visionaries, Creative Interventions, Palabra Radio, The Beehive Collective, Justseeds Artists Cooperative, Media Action Grassroots Network, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, The Palestine Education Project and more.

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Media Arts The 12th annual Allied Media Conference will examine participatory media as a strategy for social-justice organizing, June 18-20, 2010, in Detroit. Conference tracks include "The Art and Practice of Disability Justice," "Communication Strategies for Ending the Prison Industrial Complex," "Indigenous Media and Technology," "Creating Safe Communities," "Medios Caminantes: Medios creando, fronteras derrumbando," "Do-It-Yourself Technology," "Radio Active: From the streets to the airwaves," "Rad Art: 2-D images for 3-D movements," "Trans & Queer Youth Media," "Eco-Justice Media Making for Sustainable Communities," "Media Policy for Social Justice," "INCITE! / To Tell You the Truth," "Pop Ed Intifada: teaching and learning for collective liberation" and "Kids." Participants include Thousand Kites, 7th Generation Indigenous Visionaries, Creative Interventions, Palabra Radio, The Beehive Collective, Justseeds Artists Cooperative, Media Action Grassroots Network, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, The Palestine Education Project and more. 2010-03-12T15:27:23Z 2010-03-12T15:02:53Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9271 2010-03-12T15:02:53Z

Appalshop's Thousand Kites initiative is working with the Virgin Islands Prison Project on a campaign to "Stop Prisoner Renting." Across the U.S., states are renting out their prisoners to other states as income sources for their department of corrections, says 1000K. The Virgin Islands and Virginia have such a contract, separating families across an ocean and keeping people in segregation for years. The VIPP works to end the practice and uses 1000K's film "Up the Ridge" and its radio program "Holler to the Hood" to inform the V.I. public about these Appalachian prisons and to keep families in touch. As a result of the campaign, 150 V.I. men were returned home after five years of solitary confinement in Virginia and V.I. activists launched a weekly radio program. Hear a "Holler" interview with VIPP's Kim Lyons here.

Linda Frye Burnham burnham@apionline.org Corrections Appalshop's Thousand Kites initiative is working with the Virgin Islands Prison Project on a campaign to "Stop Prisoner Renting." here.]]> 2010-03-10T18:24:11Z 2010-03-10T18:15:06Z tag:www.communityarts.net,2010:/apinews//7.9270 2010-03-10T18:15:06Z

This spring, Auburn University continues its annual interdisciplinary series, Art in Agriculture, which brings together artists, designers and scientists to examine a topic related to agriculture, food, the environment or natural resources. This semester’s series is titled, “Reclaiming Ground,” and includes two exhibitions, several workshops for kids and seven lectures. One exhibition combines agriculture and architecture, called “Agritecture,” and another features sustainable designs by students in the Landscape Architecture Program, Design Program and Art Department. The lectures investigate questions such as: What is the role of the artist and designer in society at large? Can ordinary citizens make a difference in their local ecologies? How can a university encourage its students to become involved in their community? Art in Agriculture is jointly hosted by AU’s College of Agriculture, College of Liberal Arts and Department of Art.

Jamie Haft jhaft@communityarts.net Environment This spring, Auburn University continues its annual interdisciplinary series, Art in Agriculture, which brings together artists, designers and scientists to examine a topic related to agriculture, food, the environment or natural resources. This semester’s series is titled, “Reclaiming Ground,” and includes two exhibitions, several workshops for kids and seven lectures. One exhibition combines agriculture and architecture, called “Agritecture,” and another features sustainable designs by students in the Landscape Architecture Program, Design Program and Art Department. The lectures investigate questions such as: What is the role of the artist and designer in society at large? Can ordinary citizens make a difference in their local ecologies? How can a university encourage its students to become involved in their community? Art in Agriculture is jointly hosted by AU’s College of Agriculture, College of Liberal Arts and Department of Art.