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Think OutWord is happy to announce
the third round of Credere grants!
For two years we've supported new initiative in the fields of Art and Social Change and this year we've teamed up with the Nature Institute to support new research in the field of Goethean Science.
Please check out our website for more information and apply today!
Also, Credere is a COMMUNITY FUND - a vehicle for the whole community to show its belief in the initiative of individual members. Even just giving $1 is a show of support and connects you to the important work that these individuals are doing. Please donate today!
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Friends who received support in 2009...
SOCIAL CHANGE + ANTHROPOSOPHY
Silas Beardslee ~ The Rimbi Farm ProjectThe vision of the Rimbi Farm Project is to start a community-based and supported biodynamic farm in eastern rural Zimbabwe. Through community engagement a new type of agriculture will be introduced that not only has potential to boost harvest quantity and quality, but also create jobs, a space for cultural exchange, and ultimately, a new source of hope. In the words of an active Rimbi Community Council member, "this is an opportunity for the community that should be upheld, maintained and carried by the community at large, inclusive, non-discriminating, and open for all." Silas Beardslee is a recent graduate of the Youth Initiative Program (YIP) in Järna, Sweden.
Bea Birch ~ Agawamuck Project for the Fine and Practical Arts
Bea Birch has been an artistic therapist for many years and has worked with individuals with various physical and psychological conditions, including addiction and incarceration. The Agawamuck Project in Philmont, NY will offer approaches to learning which honor not only the intellect but also the intelligence of the heart and hands. Agawamuck will provide a therapeutic, supportive environment for at-risk youth, and facilitate meetings, workshops, and apprenticeships with members of the local craft and trade community.
ART + ANTHROPOSOPHY
Benjamin-Jonas Meier ~ Marionette Performance of scenes 2 & 9 from Rudolf Steiner's first Mystery Drama
Why marionettes? Because marionettes have a real power to develop the faculty of imagination. To look at marionettes cultivates and reawakens our heart, as if it were again the heart of a child. These scenes from Rudolf Steiner's Mystery Drama were chosen because the characters in them are striving with their inner being. The language of the mystery dramas - the sounds and the rhythmic aspects of it - is composed in such a way that spiritual forces are revealed to the senses.
Seamus Maynard ~ Music for Everyday Life
Seamus is a young actor and musician who has studied with the Actor's Ensemble in the U.S. and at the Artemis and Guildhall schools in England. This project attempts to answer the questions: "How can the continuously developing work of the artist be brought to the people purely, given freely as a gift, unblocked by doubts, fears, and pride? And - "How can simply living and being become a perpetual act of creativity...fulfilling us both on an individual and on a communal level?" Seamus will explore these questions and offer his musical findings in a number of concerts in 2010. In order to keep the gift moving, proceeds from these concerts will be given to other worthy projects. |
