[rsc] Re: Fwd: the forth request for assistance
- From: Carlton Turner <carlton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:09:34 -0500
Hey everyone,
I spoke with Ashley Milburn after he left the second message at the ROOTS
office via email. I think that his first request came through as Etta was
transitioning out of the office and I relayed to Mr. Milburn that this may
have been the reason that he didn¹t get an immediate response.
When I spoke with him in April, I asked him to send more information to us
regarding his request, as I wasn¹t quite sure what he was asking of RSC. He
promptly responded and I immediately sent the information to the RSC
listserv. I also sent him the name and contact information for our
representatives in his region as well as contact information for Hope Clark.
I am not sure if the email with the attachments came through the listserv,
but they were sent.
In short, Mr. Milburn has had a response. I just want to make sure that the
group knows that though we are always quite busy in the office, we have not
been unresponsive.
If you would like a copy of the information that Mr. Milburn sent to the
office in April email me and I will email the attachments to you directly.
They are quite large, which also may be the reason that the original email
didn¹t make it through.
Peace
Carlton Turner
On 6/10/08 1:52 PM, "Sheila Kerrigan" <kerrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear RSC folks,
> I know we¹re all busy with our learning exchanges, but? Ashley Milburn
> deserves a reply. Seems that Gwylene and other visual artists might be the
> people to talk with him.
> What do you think?
> Ashley Milburn (Bon Secours FoundationOperation ReachOut Southwest) holds a
> master in education with a focus in fine arts and classroom teaching with an
> emphasis in multiple intelligence from the University of Rio Grande in Ohio.
> In addition to sitting on the advisory board of MICA¹s Community Art
> Partnerships (CAP) program, he is a planning member for the upcoming Black
> Panther Party Exhibition at MICA, and has 10 years experience teaching art. At
> Operation ReachOut Southwest, he developed a public art project addressing the
> ³Highway to Nowhere,² Route 40 corridor, which included the reuse of open
> spaces for community cultural development initiatives.
>
> Fellows Profiles
> Fellows Profiles
> <http://www.soros.org/initiatives/baltimore/focus_areas/community_fellowship/c
> ase_studies/>
>
>
>
> Ashley Milburn
> Baltimore, Maryland
> 2007
> At 62, Ashley Milburn is an artist who specializes in "found objects," or
> objects that come from our culture. Milburn puts it even more bluntly: "I like
> junk," he says with a laugh.
>
> Milburn plans to use his fellowship?and his scavenger¹s skills?to pursue a
> community arts project called "Envisioning the ?Highway to Nowhere.¹" To
> Milburn, the stretch of Route 40 between Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., and
> the West Baltimore MARC station has become a metaphor for the cultural
> disenfranchisement of black urban communities. Before its completion in 1979,
> the highway displaced 5,000 residents and more than 700 homes, schools,
> hospitals and small businesses, disrupting life in the black community and
> leaving lasting pain on both sides of Franklin and Mulberry Streets. And for
> what? The original plan called for the highway to connect with Interstate 70
> but that never happened. Instead, it simply dead-ends after about a mile and
> quite literally goes nowhere. "If you ask anyone over 40 about the highway,
> they get a faraway look of something horrific that happened," he says.
>
> Milburn says the more he dug into the little-known highway story, the more he
> saw an opportunity to use art as a way to heal the heartache. "In my work as a
> community artist, it seems that the thing that hurts us will cure us," says
> Milburn, who recently completed a master¹s degree in the community arts
> program at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He envisions using
> storytelling, historical documentation, exhibitions, and celebrations to tell
> of the highway¹s decimation of the community. He sees the possibility for
> public art?perhaps a powerful mural?along a 3.5-mile wall and in 52 acres of
> open space in the highway corridor. The aim actually is to go beyond art and
> to organize the West Baltimore communities to imagine the highway as a
> cultural asset. "Perhaps this could become something that will help reunite
> the community," he says.
>
>
>
>
> Best,
> Sheila Kerrigan
> kerrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 2310 Stansbury Rd
> Chapel Hill NC 27516
> 919-929-1624
> Check out my book, The Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process:
> www.collaborativecreativity.com <http://www.collaborativecreativity.com>
> www.heinemanndrama.com/products/E00311.aspx
> <http://www.heinemanndrama.com/products/E00311.aspx>
>
>
>
> From: rsc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rsc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Hope Clark
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:08 AM
> To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: ashleysparkles Sparks; adrienne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [rsc] Fwd: the forth request for assistance
>
> Dear RSC,
>
>
>
> I received this message today.
>
> I did a mailing for the Gatherings at the Crossroad of Arts and Activism
> happening this month and next to the large group of participants I got in
> contact with through attending MICA.
>
> I have written Ashley back, but may I suggest that one of the lead RSC
> trainers also write her a note?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Hope
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: Ashley Milburn <milburn.ashley@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Date: June 10, 2008 1:57:35 AM EDT (CA)
>
> To: hopeclark@xxxxxxx
>
> Subject: the forth request for assistance
>
>
> Ms. Clark
>
> I have been trying to arrange to host Resources for Social Change Workshop in
> Baltimore, Maryland for some time with requests for information. The last time
> I had the opportunity to talk to someone in your organization, I was told that
> you were havomg problems with staffing.
>
> I have sent along, on two separte occasions, supportive documents concerning
> the social change project I had initiated centering around what residents
> call, The Highway to Nowhere. Again, I am requesting information and
> consideration to host a workshop. I am, again, including supportive material
> outlining our needs. I am hopeful that one day I will make contact with
> someone in your organization who will be able to assist us. This will be the
> forth time that I have made this request.
>
> Please, review the link below:
>
> http://www.motionbox.com/videos/7c9ad0be1117e1f4
>
>
> Ashley Milburn
> Cultural Activist, OSI Fellow,
> Fusion Partnership Member
>
>
>
> --
> Peace
> Carlton Turner
> Regional Director
> Alternate ROOTS
>
> "love is all around, take some for yourself, pass it round, when it comes back
> round you'll see what is real, by the way you feel, the things you say, the
> things you do, your backyard is calling you"
> -M.U.G.A.B.E.E. "Backyard Rituals" (unreleased)
> http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/399225
>
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