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Monday, April 5, 2010
Presenting: Public Performances by Renown Artist, Tim Miller
Groundbreaking performance artist, world renowned humorist, writer, social and political satirist, post-modern avant garde artist and gay rights activist, Tim Miller, will perform this week at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Co-founder of two of the most influential performance spaces in the United States: Performance Space 122 on Manhattan's Lower East Side and Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA, Miller is an internationally acclaimed performance artist whose frank and unabashed antics on stage and off have earned him the distinction of being one of the most controversial and sought after performers/artists/writers/political satirists and humorists of our day.
The San Diego Union Tribune says his latest performance piece, The Lay of the Land, "scores him points through humor, vivid personal anecdote and recurring sense of marvelously frank, poetic sensuality. It’s the kind of testimony and revelation that doesn’t deny his gay sexuality, yet its honesty and tenderness speak directly to any- and every- one."
You won’t want to miss this golden opportunity to see Tim Miller in Lay of the Land and to see the Student Project Performance that he has created at UNCSA.
The San Diego Union Tribune says his latest performance piece, The Lay of the Land, "scores him points through humor, vivid personal anecdote and recurring sense of marvelously frank, poetic sensuality. It’s the kind of testimony and revelation that doesn’t deny his gay sexuality, yet its honesty and tenderness speak directly to any- and every- one."
You won’t want to miss this golden opportunity to see Tim Miller in Lay of the Land and to see the Student Project Performance that he has created at UNCSA.
Public Performances
Thursday, April 8 - 8:00 PM - Agnes deMille Theater, UNCSA
Saturday, April 10 - 7:30 PM - Patrons Theatre, Performance Place, UNCSA
Limited free tickets are available for UNCSA Faculty, Staff and Students.
Tickets for the Public, $7; Seniors and Students, $5. Available through the Stevens Center and Watson Hall Box Offices.
Tickets for the Public, $7; Seniors and Students, $5. Available through the Stevens Center and Watson Hall Box Offices.
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**The material is of an adult nature and not recommended for children under 13 years of age.**
Catching Up with Kathy Ann
Last spring, the Piedmont Triad Initiative for Community Arts enlisted the help of then Salem College senior, Kathy Ann Canafax, to serve as an intern, researching social media and seeking out the best tools for online communication in the Triad. Kathy Ann was an impressively thorough, driven intern, bound for an interesting future. I checked in on her last week to see what she is up to now...
I am currently in my ninth month of AmeriCorps*VISTA service with Arts In Reach
in New Hampshire. VISTAs (Volunteers In Service To America), unlike other
AmeriCorps members, work in a not-for-profit organization to build capacity and
develop resources that increase sustainability. Although my primary tasks
are fundraising/grantwriting, strategic planning, and social media, I have also
gained experience in special event planning, Board governance, media relations,
and program
evaluation.
One of my biggest accomplishments has been assisting the Executive Director in
the creation of a short-term strategic plan. By combining her inner knowledge of
the organization with my academic understanding of planning structure, we were
able to create a working document that has helped us secure almost $20,000 in
grant funds. The greatest accomplishment of the organization this fiscal year
has been our most recent special event. Despite our feature performer
cancelling within two weeks of the event, our Board and staff cultivated a
lucrative guest list, and with the help of a charismatic presenter we have over
$37,000 in received and pledged donations from the
event.
My familiarity with nonprofit use of social media, especially through the
Piedmont Triad Initiative for Community Arts, has been particularly helpful
during my VISTA term. We have already taken a few steps toward greater
engagement of our participants through the internet, including Facebook and
YouTube, but I am hoping to create a persuasive report to be included in our
long-term strategic planning effort, which begins this month, that includes ways
to engage participants, donors, and community
members.
Ultimately, my year with Arts In Reach has been the perfect start to a career in
not-for-profit and arts management. Arts In Reach empowers teenage girls through
arts activity, and I have seen firsthand the transformation of a participant
from awkward and shy to confident and bold, through our group mentoring
activities and various means of artistic expression. Being able to
experience all aspects of a not-for-profit, from writing grants in the office to
assisting monologue practice in theatre class, is an invaluable beginning to
understanding my own strengths and interests in arts administration.
-Kathy Ann Canafax
I am currently in my ninth month of AmeriCorps*VISTA service with Arts In Reach
in New Hampshire. VISTAs (Volunteers In Service To America), unlike other
AmeriCorps members, work in a not-for-profit organization to build capacity and
develop resources that increase sustainability. Although my primary tasks
are fundraising/grantwriting, strategic planning, and social media, I have also
gained experience in special event planning, Board governance, media relations,
and program
evaluation.
One of my biggest accomplishments has been assisting the Executive Director in
the creation of a short-term strategic plan. By combining her inner knowledge of
the organization with my academic understanding of planning structure, we were
able to create a working document that has helped us secure almost $20,000 in
grant funds. The greatest accomplishment of the organization this fiscal year
has been our most recent special event. Despite our feature performer
cancelling within two weeks of the event, our Board and staff cultivated a
lucrative guest list, and with the help of a charismatic presenter we have over
$37,000 in received and pledged donations from the
event.
My familiarity with nonprofit use of social media, especially through the
Piedmont Triad Initiative for Community Arts, has been particularly helpful
during my VISTA term. We have already taken a few steps toward greater
engagement of our participants through the internet, including Facebook and
YouTube, but I am hoping to create a persuasive report to be included in our
long-term strategic planning effort, which begins this month, that includes ways
to engage participants, donors, and community
members.
Ultimately, my year with Arts In Reach has been the perfect start to a career in
not-for-profit and arts management. Arts In Reach empowers teenage girls through
arts activity, and I have seen firsthand the transformation of a participant
from awkward and shy to confident and bold, through our group mentoring
activities and various means of artistic expression. Being able to
experience all aspects of a not-for-profit, from writing grants in the office to
assisting monologue practice in theatre class, is an invaluable beginning to
understanding my own strengths and interests in arts administration.
-Kathy Ann Canafax
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Carolina Music Ways: Old Timey Radio Show
Before March is through, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention this March 17th Winston-Salem Journal article about Carolina Music Ways' elementary school program titled "The Carolina Music Ways Old Timey Radio Show."
Local musicians visited elementary schools to share with students their musical heritage. Musical selections ranged from traditional Moravian tunes to Doc Watson to John Coltrane. Visit the Winston-Salem journal for the in-depth article.
Local musicians visited elementary schools to share with students their musical heritage. Musical selections ranged from traditional Moravian tunes to Doc Watson to John Coltrane. Visit the Winston-Salem journal for the in-depth article.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wake Forest University Students Design Bottle Tower for Earth Day
Wake Forest University students are busy erecting a tower made of 2,000 plus bottles for Earth Day. This project, which reuses old plastic bottles, will serve as a "pledge collector" at the Annual Piedmont Earth Day Fair on Wake Forest's campus. Visitors to the fair will be invited to write down an environmental pledge and insert the piece of paper into the tower. To get an idea of what such a structure might look like, Wake Forest students have provided pictures from past examples of bottle towers, which you can check out on their facebook page for the project.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Esse Quam Videri
I have always thought that North Carolina's guiding slogan, "Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem)," is about the best state motto for which one could ask, one from which North Carolinians should draw pride. Now an enthralling photodocumentary project, Esse Quam Videri: Muslim Self Portraits has taken on the motto and its connotations to present the personal and varied stories of those who practice Islam in North Carolina.
The photographs are accompanied by a statement from the participants and sometimes an additional audio recording of why the participants posed as they did to present their "Muslimness" and how it has, in part, defined their identities. I've included a few of the photographs below.
Cyclones, Charlotte, NC, 2008
All images are reproduced from the Esse Quam Videri: Muslim Self Portraits website.
The photographs are accompanied by a statement from the participants and sometimes an additional audio recording of why the participants posed as they did to present their "Muslimness" and how it has, in part, defined their identities. I've included a few of the photographs below.
Cyclones, Charlotte, NC, 2008All images are reproduced from the Esse Quam Videri: Muslim Self Portraits website.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Making Sense Out of Garbage: Artist Sayaka Ganz
Every so often, green design blog Inhabitat features incredible examples of environmental art that I immediately can't help but repost here on the Piedmont Triad Initiative for Community Art's own blog. Visit Inhabitat for a short profile of artist Sayaka Ganz, who travels the world, absorbing different cultures and making art out of trash.
From Ganz's website:
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