Ruth Waters shares how to create a community art center. This change agent is also know for her sculptures. …enriching the lives of people in their homes and offices. … creations with names like: Transcendence, Sea Change, Heat Wave, Connections and Intimacy.
Duration : 0:7:22
Artist of different spiritual paths transcend the walls of religious conflict and ignorance, using their personal stories to explore avenues of healing, wholeness and peace.
Artists: George Abe, Deema Dabis, Cesar Domingues Guizar, Saria Idana, Danielle Licht, Ameena Mirza, Jason Park, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Carla Vega
Performed January 10, 2009 at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Leaps of Faith is presented by Great Leap Inc., as part of their Collaboratory VI project.
Leaps of Faith and Great Leap are supported in part by the California Arts Council, California Community Foundation, Cecilia Nakamura Arts Fund, Frances E. Williams’ Artist Grants, LA Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Northrup Grumman Corporation and Southern California Edison. Additional funding was provided by the City of West Hollywood, the Culver City Performance Arts Grant Program with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment, and individual donors.
Co-Sponsors: Japanese American National Museum, Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Group, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Metivta, Three Cousins, Muslim Public Affairs Council, and the Progressive Jewish Alliance.
Duration : 0:8:52
A Special Recognition Award was presented to The Community Foundation in Jacksonville which is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Art Ventures Fund. The fund was developed through a matching grant challenge with the National Endowment for the Arts. The fund, to date, has made grants totaling more than one million dollars to individual artists and small and mid-sized arts organizations. In all 53 grants have been made to emerging arts organizations and 106 grants have been awarded to individual artists.
Duration : 0:3:50
Our old people are special and precious. Warakurna Artists staff and artists travel 100kms to Wanarn community to conduct art workshops with the old people and their families.
The joyous communal activity has a myriad of positive benefits such as reliving boredom and frustration. The workshops are fun and there is a lot of laughter. Nursing staff report that this diversional therapy helps to reduce patient’s drug intake and the old people rejoice in sharing and passing on their important Tjukurrpa with their families who visit them when the workshops are conducted.
Warakurna Artists also takes the old people on bush trips to paint with family and friends. The return to country projects facilitate and promote intergenerational learning and cultural maintenance. This is vital to keeping culture strong.
Very special thanks to the wonderful staff of the Wanarn Aged Care facility and to Margot Howard from NPY Women’s council Aged Advocacy for their generous support.
We hope you enjoy our film.
Duration : 0:2:7