By Joe T. (Knoxville, TN) The Carpetbag Theatre recently took their new play, Speed Killed My Cousin, and the Creative Arts Reintegration project (C.A.R), on a three-week tour of Texas that included stops in Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. Speed…
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Music Changes Everything at the Global Village Project
By Elise Witt (Atlanta, GA) The first bone to develop in a baby is the Earbone. The last sense we lose before passing from this life is the sense of sound. Babies are born with all sounds, and to learn…
Upon News of Plea Deal, Activists Vow to Organize Until Marissa Alexander is Free
NEWS RELEASE Monday, November 24, 2014 From: Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign FreeMarissaNow@gmail.com; www.FreeMarissaNow.org Upon News of Plea Deal, Activists Vow to Organize Until Marissa Alexander is Free Today, Marissa Alexander chose to accept a plea deal with the State of Florida. The plea…
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Aesthetics is a Verb: The Aesthetics and Documentation Learning Exchange, Transcribed
By Nicole Gurgel (Albuquerque, NM) This past ROOTS Week, several members facilitated a Learning Exchange on Aesthetics and Documentation, extending AlternateROOTS’ yearlong investigation into aesthetics as a concept and a practice. The panel was facilitated by Bob Leonard and Jan…
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Exploring the American Dream Mythology through Performance Art Workshops
Article by José Torres-Tama I see performance art as the bastard child from a drunken one-night stand between the visual arts and theater, and neither wants to claim this hybrid offspring at times. For the past twenty years, I have employed…
Immigrant Dreams & Alien Nightmares: 25 Years of Performance Poems and Other Verse
By José Torres-Tama (New Orleans, LA) Alternate ROOTS congratulates member and Partner in Action José Torres-Tama, on the release of his first collection of poetry, Immigrant Dreams & Alien Nightmares. If you’re in New Orleans this week, you can attend…
Driving Sustainable Change from Our Cultural Roots
By Carlton Turner, Executive Director, Alternate ROOTS (Utica, MS) The following statements were prepared for and delivered at the Activating Networks: Changing Culture Through the Arts convening at the Ford Foundation on July 29, 2014. This program was made possible by…
The Aesthetics of Valuing Difference: Art & Movement Building in the 21st Century
By Collette Carter, Operations Director, Project South (Atlanta, GA) Alternate ROOTS is proud to be collaborating with Project South through our Partners in Action Program. Founded in 1986, Project South has developed thousands of leaders within communities directly affected by…
Living in the Call & Response
Article by Cristal Chanelle Truscott (Houston, TX); Photo by Melisa Cardona (New Orleans, LA) Weeks later…the pulse of ROOTS Week still tenaciously lingers, the healing of ROOTS Space still soothes, the hope of ROOTS Souls still promising something more, the call…
A New Slate: Welcoming New and A Fond Farewell to Outgoing ExCom Members
By Nicole Gurgel (Albuquerque, NM) & Dan Brawley (Wilmington, NC) At ROOTS Week 2014, we voted in a new slate of Executive Committee (or ExCom) members who will meet throughout the year to address organizational areas, governance, and strategic direction.…
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Seven Tracks: A Conversation Between Dudley Cocke and John O’Neal
This article was originally published on Roadside Theater’s blog and is reprinted with permission. You can keep up with Roadside by liking their Facebook page. In this podcast, Roadside’s artistic director Dudley Cocke and John O’Neal, co-founder of the Free Southern Theater…
A Culture of Belonging
Article by Rebecca Mwase (New Orleans, LA); Photos by Melisa Cardona (New Orleans, LA) This article was originally published in September 2014. Since the time of its writing, Cry You One has been presented by Sandglass Theatre and Vermont Performance Laboratory in…
The Role of Artists: A Call to Action
By Carlton Turner, Executive Director, Alternate ROOTS (Utica, MS) This presentation was first given on August 6, 2014 at ROOTS Week Annual Meeting and Artists’ Retreat, held in Arden, North Carolina. The photos throughout are of Katina Parker’s photographic installation, One…
Bring Your Mother to ROOTS: A Testimonial
Article & Photo by Nicole Garneau (Chicago, IL) My mother, Bonnie, came with me to ROOTS Week for the second time this year. She had a great time singing in the Impromptu Glorious Chorus, watching performances, taking swims, reading books,…
Healing, Endowed by Those Who Seek It or, Little Altars Everywhere
By Shannon M. Turner (Atlanta, GA) They say the best stories are made up of a whole bunch of truths that sound like lies. –Words spoken from the Clear Creek stage Do you believe in the concept of energetic…
Documentation and Communication for Ending Oppression: Claiming Aesthetics
By Mark W. Kidd (Whitesburg, KY) At ROOTS Week 2014, I had the good fortune of helping conduct a learning exchange to explore Aesthetics in documentation and communication. From my own experience, I believe in the power and efficacy of documentation…
Alternate ROOTS Encuentro with the Hemispheric Institute: Values, Practices & Interventions
By Andrea Assaf (Tampa, FL) Setting the Stage: Alternate ROOTS Workshop on Principles of Community Engagement At the Hemispheric Institute’s 2014 Encuentro in Montreal, I participated as a member of the Alternate ROOTS co-facilitation team leading a five day workshop…
A First Hand Encuentro Manifestation In Written & Visual Statement
Article and Photos by Ariston Jacks As I boarded the plane, I knew this experience was off to an interesting start. I have not had run to catch a flight in a long, long time. When I arrived on the…
Route and Wing: Urban Interventions in Montreal
Article by Ebony Noelle Golden interruptions ripples migrations re-configurations this land is my home this concrete my ocean i am working a magic only the mothers’ of the dirt will know when i find myself home I must admit, I…
Last Stop on the Railroad
Article by Keryl McCord. Alternate ROOTS’ Managing Director (Atlanta, GA) NYU’s Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics’ 2014 Encuentro got off to an incredible start with a welcome by Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, a leader of the People of the Flint, or Mohawk, who were members…