In the interest of slowing down, listening up, building space and binding community, let’s eat. Late August, we’ll be having the second annual Joe Strummer Memorial Barbecue, this time in Holly Groves, Mississippi. (Some great pix here.) We can get…
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ROOTS Lounge: ROOTS Week Preview!
On Wednesday, July 9 at 7:00p Eastern, a team of our core leadership for ROOTS Week 2014 will host a ROOTS Lounge just for you. Find out about: awesome new performances skill building, thought-proving learning exchanges how much time will…
EmcArts announcing new services for arts & culture organizations
Announcing new services for arts & culture organizations Limited space available for arts & culture organizations to benefit from unique EmcArts programs to support adaptive capacity Dear Arts Leader, For the last six years, EmcArts has successfully designed and facilitated programs…
Anne Braden Anti-Racist Organizing Training Program
We are excited to announce that applications are now available for our fifth Anne Braden Anti-Racist Organizing Training Program, which starts up in February 2015! Applications are due October 1, 2014 and can be found online here: http://collectiveliberation.org/our-work-2/the-anne-braden-anti-racist-organizing-training-program/ The last several programs were a tremendous success built upon…
Emerging Leadership Institute (ELI) – Apps due July 1
Now Accepting Applications: The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is now accepting applications for its Emerging Leadership Institute (ELI). ELI is an intensive three-day seminar that provides participants with many of the critical leadership skills they need now and in the future. A cohort…
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Awakening with Visual Artists
Article & Photos by Jessica Valoris, Alternate ROOTS Visual Arts Coordinator There is something magically awakening about being in nature, being with creative and compassionate people, and sharing of yourself. Two weekends ago, Alternate ROOTS hosted its 3rd annual pre-conference…
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9/50: A Southeast Arts Presenters Summit
9/50: A Southeast Arts Presenters Summit Fri-Sun, June 20–22 Atlanta Proximity does not always yield closeness: ACAC and co-organizers Seed Space (Nashville, TN) and Elsewhere (Greensboro, NC), have devised a three day weekend event called 9/50: A Southeast Arts…
Alternate ROOTS to Manifest at the Encuentro
Article by Nicole Gurgel, Photos by Carlton Turner This June, six ROOTS members will travel to Montreal to lead a week-long workshop at the Hemispheric Institute’s tenth biennial Encuentro. The workshop will be led by Ebony Noelle Golden of Betty’s…
Honoring Each Other Through Our Work
By Rasha Abdulhadi, ROOTS Week Work Co-op Coordinator As cultural organizers, ROOTS members can recognize that how we work together is part of our culture. This includes the culture of our work together at ROOTS Week. To live our values,…
FROM THE IDEA TO THE STAGE: PLAYWRITING AND DIRECTING WORKSHOP WITH STEVEN KENT AND LINDA PARRIS-BAILEY
Read more at highlandercenter.org. August 2-4, 2014 Click here to apply for the Playwriting and Directing Workshop Join award-winning playwrights and directors—as well as experienced activists and workshop leaders—Steven Kent and Linda Parris-Bailey for three days of workshops to hone…
Announcing New Webinars & Workshops on Digital Storytelling
Dear Friends, StoryCenter’s 2015 Public Workshop schedule will be posted on our website in the coming weeks, but we want to share a few exciting workshops and webinars taking place this summer. Please follow links below for more information or…
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South Arts Releases Reports Analyzing Access to and Quality of Arts Education in the South
Link to View and Download Reports: http://www.southarts.org/artseducation South Arts Releases Reports Analyzing Access to and Quality of Arts Education in the South Atlanta – South Arts, a Regional Arts Organization, has released the results of multi-year research investigating arts education in the…
EmcArts Innovation Lab: Deadline Approaching!
Deadline approaching! Innovation Lab applications due May 30 Applications to two more rounds of EmcArts‘ Innovation Labs, our 16-month-long immersion programs for performing arts and arts service organizations, are due on Friday, May 30. Selected organizations will form a core Innovation Team,…
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Innovation, Adaptation, and Invitation: Alternate ROOTS’ Journey Through the EmcArts Innovation Lab
Battles over immigration, privatized prisons, violence against people of color, stand your ground laws, the end of the Voting Rights Act, Moral Mondays and the Dream Defenders, concentration of wealth in an increasingly small group of people… This is an…
Talk to Us: A New Year Brings Fresh Opportunity to Renew Our “Highly Active Communications Culture” at ROOTS
Within the next month, Alternate ROOTS’ multi-year Communication Strategy will take a giant step forward, with the launch of our brand new website. We couldn’t be more excited, or more grateful, to the good folks at Social Impact Studios led by the…
Five Misconceptions about Documentation, Archiving, and Communication in the Field of Community Cultural Development
Article by Jamie Haft; Photos by Andrew Morikawa This article was originally posted on Roadside Theater’s blog. Virginia Tech recently hosted a small national meeting on documentation, archiving, and communication in the field of community cultural development. Articulated by convener Bob Leonard,…
Put Your Feet on the Ground and Breathe
Article by Sydette Harry; Photographs by Christine Jean Chambers “Here’s your CHANCE!” In Some Other Kid by A. Rey Pamatmat, the first play in Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege at the National Black Theatre, a young boy puts on…
“A Need to Make Something”: Opening Up a Year-long Exploration of Aesthetics
Article by Nicole Gurgel 2014 marks the beginning of Alternate ROOTS’ three-year initiative, A Call to Action, in which we will be deeply reflecting on our work as artists and cultural organizers. Each year of this initiative is focused on a…
Alternative Thinking: Presenting A Different View of the World
A Conversation on Aesthetics between Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier and D. Patton White This conversation took place at the Starbucks in the Emory University Bookstore. D. Patton White teaches social dance at Emory and visual artist Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier taught photography there.…
Talkin’ Revolution with Dr. Doris Derby
Article by Michael “Quess?” Moore Dr. Doris Derby is a small woman, a small woman who left a big imprint. Standing barely over 5 feet tall, the first thing that jumped out at me were her enthusiastic eyes. She’s got…