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News from the Front!
January 2010
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Happy New Year!
Now Let's Get to Work...
Shannon Turner, Manager of Programs & Services
Gym membership? - check!
New diet plan? - check!
Savings account opened? - check!
ROOTS committee work? - hmmmm....
We hope you had a very happy and restful holiday season. As we are now in the New Year and it's the time for resolutions, we wonder if you've renewed your commitment to ROOTS, not just in terms of finances (which we always value) but also in terms of time and talent.
In the spirit of newness, work ensembles have embraced a new moniker - Innovation Ensembles!
There are several such Innovation Ensembles that are interested in your new energy. Here they are, as well as their noble leaders. If you are interested, please get in touch with them right away, or should we say "write away!"...
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 ROOTS at the NEA
In December our very own Executive Director, Carlton Turner, was invited along with Helen De Michiel from the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture and Jesse Rosen from The League of American Orchestras to respond to the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts.
The survey was conducted in partnership with the United States Census
Bureau and asked more than 18,000 people 18 years of age and older
about their frequency of arts engagement. It has been conducted five
times since 1982.
Representatives from 40 service organizations participated in the convening, including the Association of Art Museum Directors, Dance/USA, the Future of Music Coalition, the National Association of Latino Art and Culture, the National Center for Creativity in Aging, the National Network for Folk Arts in Education, and the New England Foundation for the Arts.
The event was webcast live from the NEA. If you would like to see the full presentation please click here. If you are interested in Carlton's response, you can download it here.
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2010 C/APP Grant Awards Announced
The Community/Artist Partnership Program (C/APP) was initiated in 1984 by Alternate ROOTS. Since its inception,
the project has supported over 40 projects in eight states, convened a
national gathering of community cultural workers, and initiated a
training program for the advanced study of community arts practice.
Projects selected for funding focus on social issues in a variety of
community settings.
Alternate ROOTS is happy to announce the 2010 C/APP recipients.
Artist Partner -
Community Partner -
State
- Award Amount
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Teo Castellanos -
Tigertail Productions -
FL
- $3,500
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Leah Smith / ClancyWorks -
Watkins Mill High School, Patapsco High School and Center for
the Arts, West Potomac High School
- MD -
$3,500
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Gary L. Moore
- Miami-Dade Public Library System
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FL
- $2,500
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Robert Martin -
The Owens Family -
KY
- $2,500
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Paula Larke
- Clarkston Community Center
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GA
- $2,500
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Rebecca Williams
- Community Performance Inc, Homeward Bound of Asheville -
NC
- $2,500
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Jose Torres Tama
- Ashe Cultural Arts Center
- LA
- $2,500
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Maurice Turner -
Jackson Arts Collective
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MS
- $1,750
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April Turner -
Ife Cultural Arts Center -
NC -
$1,750
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Gwylene Gallimard -
Azule
- NC -
$1,000
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Trooper Houston D. Wedlock / Hope Clark -
St. George U. M. Church
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MD
- $1,000
For more information on C/APP please contact Carlton Turner.
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Artistic Assistance
Artistic Assistance enables individuals to enhance the artistic aspects
of their work within their discipline. All artistic disciplines are
eligible. These funds are designed to provide ROOTS members with a
source of critical funding to attend a workshop, study with a mentor,
develop new work, invest in equipment that is vital to their craft, or
simply explore their creativity.
Artistic Assistance Cycle XIII had a vibrant set of applicants in October 2009.
More than $12,000 was requested for the roughly $7500 we had to
distribute. If you'd like to read the full slate of Artistic
Assistance awards given for that round, please click here.
The deadline for applications for Cycle XIV of Artistic Assistance will be March 12, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. EST. The application is available now on the ROOTS website. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to Shannon or call 404-577-1079.
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 The Grey Hound Bus Tour
By Ken J. Martin,
Artistic Assistance Project
This tour was placed together right
at the heart of failure. The Pressure was killing me and I needed to
rest so I thought of an escape, a real escape lol. I was going to leave
Georgia for good, my whole family was having issues, I was having issues
and I felt we needed to start anew somewhere else.
The People I met along my journey filled
me up and passed me along. I was in need of inspiration and prayer.
Seeking God became my daily meditation I didn't know Jesus liked the
Greyhound. I guess he can spend more time with the people with the long
waits and all lol.
Two of the greatest things about this
trip were inspiration and action. The Brave New Voices Conference inspired
me the most. To see the teens get up and release their souls showed
me myself. I saw them speaking for a generation that no one is listening
to. They even gave me an example of my life in many of their pieces
I found myself walking off and just thinking about life and my decisions.
BNV was my charge I now had another goal to pave the way for the youth
to be truthful in their art, truthful about themselves and never having
to back down from their stance.
[read more]
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ANNUAL MEETING 2010August 10 - 15Lutheridge Conference Center
Arden, NC
Don't
forget to save the date for the 2010 Annual Meeting. August 10 - 15,
Arden, NC. This year Alternate ROOTS is partnering with National Association of Latino Arts and Culture to program the meeting. For more information and to find out how you get involved, please contact Shannon Turner at the ROOTS office. 2010 Annual Meeting - Call for Applications for AM Coordinator
Alternate ROOTS is currently seeking applications for coordinator for the 2010 Annual Meeting. Please read more on our website.
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Alternate ROOTS is supported by generous donations from the gracious members of Alternate ROOTS and the following: Nathan Cummings Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Leveraging Investment in Creativity, National Endowment for the Arts, Appalachian Community Fund, McMaster Carr, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs of Atlanta, Fulton County Arts Council, and Georgia Council on the Arts.
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