January 17, 2010 at 8:24 pm · Filed under uncategorized
Cultural Pluralism in the Performing Arts Movement Ontario (CPPAMO) invites you to a townhall-style meeting of presenters, artists and municipal staff to jointly develop strategies for change…
Location: U of T Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail
7pm, Fri Jan 29
Panel Discussion & Performance
9am, Sat Jan 30
All-day workshop with keynote address by Sara Diamond
CPPAMO’s mandate includes:
- providing opportunities for Aboriginal and ethnoracial performers to showcase their work to presenters across Ontario, and to build relationships with the presenters;
- providing opportunities for presenters to see and learn about diverse cultural values, histories and practices, and to develop relationships with diverse artists
- developing education and training programs on cultural pluralism with practical guidance on successfully integration culturally diverse values and principles into operations, planning, audience development, marketing, programming and decision-making processes
Please join CPPAMO at their first townhall and be part of the movement to change performing arts in Ontario.
Registration info: http://cppamo.eventbrite.com/
Facebook page: http://ja-jp.facebook.com/event.php?eid=267714561958&ref=mf
October 14, 2009 at 10:40 pm · Filed under notes
Met with Festival Acces Asie and Oboro today about them presenting me in May 2011 - I know! It’s practically 2 years away, but I’m being invited to show almost any art project I’d like to share. The only parameter is that it contains a networked element.
I put three ideas on the table. They were super encouraging and supportive. Seems like they’re favourable to any of the three; the decision is totally up to me based on whatever I want to pursue the most right now. So hard to decide - May 2011 is so far away! What will the world be like by then?
…now I just have to find the time somehow to apply for some grants to do this… argh. sigh. hmmm..
October 10, 2009 at 12:29 am · Filed under notes
@jeremycliu tweeted about what seems like a very cool initiative based in Cambridge, MA:
ARTISTS IN CONTEXT is a flexible organizational framework designed to assemble artists and other creative thinkers across disciplines to conceptualize new ways of representing and acting upon the critical issues of our time.
Structured as a 10-year initiative, AIC is a timely and relevant endeavor to cultivate the visions, concepts, plans and projects of contemporary creative practitioners at an historic moment of transition and necessary change. The project initially leverages the intellectual, creative and activist underpinnings of three New England metro areas — Boston, Providence and Portland – and organizes situations for conversation, research and artistic production among individuals involved in the arts, architecture, sciences, humanities, commerce and communications. AIC is a creative platform for the generation of ideas and real-world projects that move us closer to a sustainable future.
The first project of AIC is an Artists’ Prospectus for the Nation, a multimedia work that positions artists as active participants in society and documents their innovative plans for re-thinking issues of health, nature, shelter, learning, belief and justice, among others. Broadly accessible and widely distributed, the Prospectus aims to be a resource for public conversations as well as policy making.
http://www.artistsincontext.org/
September 30, 2009 at 10:08 pm · Filed under notes
Just received a new writing grant from the Toronto Arts Council!
It’s a modest grant, but the applications are assessed by a blind jury (meaning they read your writing samples and artistic statement without knowing who you are) and it’s my second one from the tac so i am super super thrilled.. a big vote of confidence is how I see it.
THANK YOU to everyone who has encouraged me to continue writing - especially to those of you who have been inspiration, readers, mentors, referees… your support is so key.
Folks who literally gave the writing and me shelter while this particular project was still finding its first legs: my sister Polly, Sevan, Kerry, Shannon and Tom…. thank you.
June 26, 2009 at 12:07 am · Filed under notes
my first iteration of String Theory, a low-tech, analog interactive installation
the outdoor portion @ iNiT ‘09
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