[rsc] Re: ROOTS at Community Built Association
- From: priscilla smith <priscillagaysmith@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:03:02 -0400
Now THAT sounds like a fun, illustrative, inspiring, eddifying workshop. CBA
sound fun in general. I'd once harbored fantasies of attending in NOLA. Two
years from now in . . . . where?
Friday.
xox
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Kathie de Nobriga <
kdenobriga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello dear ROOTer friends,
>
> I understand that each of you have expressed interest in participating in
> RSC's session at the upcoming Community Built Association Conference, to be
> held at the Renaissance Arts Hotel in NOLA. [Papa O'Neal, I'm including you
> in this because I saw you left a note on the conference website that you
> would be around, and I thought you might be interested too. We'd love to
> have you.] * The workshop is on Friday - May 7, from 10:45 am -12:00 pm.*
>
> In this session, RSC facilitators will attempt to introduce new audiences
> to Alternate ROOTS and to the Principles of Community Engagement as RSC has
> (is/will be) articulated them and to encourage people to think about the
> values and principles that infuse their own work. Please see page 4 of the
> attached workbook for the graphic of Principles; we will be handing out this
> page at the workshop (along with ROOTS brochure, of course!)
>
> Below are both the official description as it appears in the CBA program
> descriptions and the rough outline of the session --- Jeff and I have talked
> about the session* in principle* and we may refine it next week, but I
> think the bones are solid.That said, if you have suggestions, I'd love to
> hear them.
> *If you are able to attend, we'll ask you to share ONE story of how ONE of
> the Principles plays out in your work....please choose your stories with
> your audience in mind -*- in this case, playground builders, public art
> makers & installers, concrete/stone/brick wizards, muralists,
> garden-scapers, etc. * Stories must take NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES!!!!
> CHOOSE ONE and e-mail me which Principle you want...first come, first
> served! Jeff and I will pick up the orphans....)*
>
> *OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION*
> 1. "Alternate Roots - Resources for Social Change" - Kathie deNobriga, Jeff
> Mather, Meg Anderson http://alternateroots.org/
> How we do our work in community is as important as what we do. Join
> members of Alternate ROOTS as they talk about the principles, tenets,
> guidelines, approaches - the values - that shape and support our work in
> community. For 35 years, ROOTS and its members have been exploring the
> theories and practices of community-based art-making: as part of ROOTS,
> Resources for Social Change has been creating spaces for creative learning
> exchanges throughout the South. Consider this a learning exchange designed
> especially for CBA and its members: we'll kick off the session with a quick
> overview of our principles, then open up a dialogue - an interactive,
> hands-on discovery and sharing of the values and principles drive your
> process of community engagement.
>
>
> *WORKSHOP OUTLINE*
> 5 minutes Welcome, context, overview (Jeff & Kathie)
> 10 minutes Introductions, mapping, who's in the room (Kathie et al)
> [NOTE: we have no idea how many to expect]
> 2 minutes Quick Introduction of the Principles (Jeff) --
> handout
> 15 minutes FIVE Stories of THREE Minutes each, illustrating one of the
> Principles -- I will be sitting stopwatch and wielding Stop sign
>
> 10 minutes Individual art-making: "Illustrate one of your own core
> principles in working with community. You may make a visual representation,
> create a short dance, or write something to share." We will have a ton of
> art supplies (with tables) for folks to use. If folks want to work in teams
> or otherwise collaborate, that's cool. As people finish, they'll be invited
> to hang their work in the "gallery" (or to establish a "stage" for
> themselves).
>
> 20-30 minutes Group Gallery Walk -- talk about what we see, look for
> connections/intersections/challenges; general discussion
>
> If we have time, in the last 5 minutes, we'll do a quick plus/delta
> evaluation or other type of closing.
>
>
> After you share your THREE MINUTE STORY, it would be fun if you'd create
> something for the Gallery too!
>
> Write me back with Q? and stake a claim on YOUR Favorite Principle!!!!
>
> love to all, in gratitude for your interest,
> Kathie
>
> --
>
> Kathie deNobriga
> PO Box 1087 * Pine Lake * GA 30072
> 404-299-9498 (home, office & fax)
> 678-427-9673 (cell)
>
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