Photo: Carol Burch Brown. Design: Jessica Lily. Longtime ROOTS member and winner of the William L. Womack Creative Arts Award, Elise Witt, is excited to announce the release of her newest recording project We’re All BORN SINGING. Join Elise and a…
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Katrina 10: Our Hope Lies In Our Resistance
The Katrina Commemoration 2nd Line has been a site of resistance for the past nine years. Photo: Katina Parker.
ROOTS Lounge @ Lunch: Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Join us on September 15 for ROOTS Lounge @ Lunch — a virtual lunchtime conversation about topics that matter to ROOTS members. At this Lounge, we’ll be discussing Alternate ROOTS’ grant and partnership programs and asking for your input on…
Ferguson: One Year Later
Memorial to Mike Brown, one year later. Photo: Katina Parker, 2015. Article & Photos by Katina Parker (Durham, NC) Just over one year ago, on August 9th, an 18-year old boy affectionately known as “Mike Mike” was walking to his…
Cultural Equity: An Act of Remembering
Logan Murray, playing his saxophone at ROOTS Week Late Night. Photo: Peter Eversoll, 2015. Article by Tamiko Ambrose Murray (Asheville, NC); Liana Ambrose-Murray (New Haven, CT) & Logan “John Soultrane” Murray (Asheville, NC) Editor’s Note: One of the things Alternate…
“Lord knows we’ll never be the same again, but at least we started telling the truth.”* A Report Back from Environment & Economy Day at ROOTS Week 2015
Land, Water, Food, Story altar installed by Clear Creek folks, created from copies of deeds to the land and rusty farm implements found on the land over the years. Photo: Nicole Garneau, 2015. Article by Nicole Garneau (Chicago, IL) Editor’s Note: This…
Using Art to Undo Imperialism
Dora Arreola in “Telares (o el Olvido),” with Mujeres en Ritual Danza-Teatro at ROOTS Week. Photo: Melisa Cardona, 2015. Article by Anu Yadav (Washington D.C.) A woman silently gestures to me in the cafeteria, her face partially obscured by…
2015 Visual Arts Scholars Retreat
Alternate ROOTS Joan Mitchell Visual Arts Scholars getting silly at Azule. Article and photos by Lauren Hind (New Orleans, LA) I feel like a proud mother. Maybe that’s the residual effect of coming off the mountain from a weekend with…
ROOTS Week 2015: A Preview
We are pleased, proud, and excited to announce the incredible artists, culture-bearers, organizers, activists, and scholars who will share their work with us at ROOTS Week under the banner, A Call to Action: Transformation. Within this theme, we’ll be focusing…
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Symbols of Struggle: Black Lives Matter
Chen Lo in Soundtrack ’63 by Soul Science Lab. Originally commissioned and produced by 651 ARTS, Soundtrack ’63 will be presented by Junebug Productions and Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans in January 2016. Photo: Xy-Fy Fotography. Article by Kiyoko…
Artability Artist Spotlight: Amanda Levesque
This is the fourth and final installment of our Artability Artist Spotlight series, which highlights artists who are differently-abled, and runs throughout Alternate ROOTS’ Artability campaign. Artability provides scholarships for artists with disabilities to attend ROOTS Week. You can read…
Teatro Sin Fronteras: Shifting Narratives to Include Latina/os in the Rebirth of Post-Katrina New Orleans
A packed house at Teatro Sin Fronteras #3 at Old Marquer Theatre. Photo: Craig Morse, June 2015. Article by José Torres-Tama (New Orleans, LA) “The workers and families who helped rebuild New Orleans live in terror today … If they leave their…
Indigenous Artists Gathering 2015 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lumhe “Micco” Sampson presenting his workshop, “Hoop Dance Teaching: Indigenous Circles of Leadership” at the Indigenous Artists Gathering. Photo: Ashley Minner, 2015. Article by: Ashley Minner, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Alternate ROOTS Executive Committee Member (Baltimore, MD) Way back…
Artability Artist Spotlight: Nikki Brown
This is the third of our four-part Artability Artist Spotlight series that highlights artists who are differently-abled, and runs throughout Alternate ROOTS’ Artability campaign. Artability provides scholarships for artists with disabilities to attend ROOTS Week. You can read the first…
The Risk of Hopelessness
On June 2, 2015, Alternate ROOTS Executive Director, Carlton Turner, presented the following as a keynote address at the Grantmakers in the Arts Racial Equity Forum in Atlanta, Georgia. Introduction: Georgia Men “Black people did not come back from Georgia.” “A man…
Artability Artist Spotlight: Samuel Valdez
This is the second of our four-part Artability Artist Spotlight series that highlights differently-abled artists and runs throughout Alternate ROOTS’ Artability campaign. Artability provides scholarships for artists with disabilities to attend ROOTS Week. To read the first spotlight, featuring Camille…
In Solidarity with Charleston
Alternate ROOTS stands in solidarity with the community of Charleston, SC in the wake of this act of terrorism committed against the African American community. “It’s a tough one but it’s not unexpected in a culture like Charleston. This city…
Artability Artist Spotlight: Camille Shafer
Article by Nicole Gurgel, Alternate ROOTS Content Developer (Albuquerque, NM) This is the first in a four-part series that highlights differently-abled artists and runs throughout Alternate ROOTS’ Artability campaign, which provides scholarships for artists with disabilities to attend ROOTS Week.…
The Land Man & A Love For
Article by Carrie Brunk, Clear Creek Creative (Clear Creek, Rockcastle County, KY) Photos by Melisa Cardona (New Orleans, LA) Clear Creek Creative is a member of Alternate ROOTS’ 2014-15 Partners in Action cohort. It’s a bold move to drive off a rural…
A Terrifying Liberation: The Opportunity in Appalachia’s Uncertain Future
Article by Ben Spangler, Appalshop (Whitesburg, KY) Appalshop is a member of Alternate ROOTS’ 2014-15 Partners in Action cohort. Central Appalachia is presently in a strange place as the collapse of the coal industry leaves the region in an historical moment…