Tuesday, January 17, 2006
2006 E-Digest No 148
*Art4Development Network*: Share, Exchange, Inspire, Collaborate! Digest Number 148
There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Seeking Partnerships
From: ARTS 4 SURVIVAL
2. looking for some practical books on using theatre in a development context
From: "Joe"
3. opportunity, awards, grants
From: Network
4. NEW DISCUSSION FORUM on HEALTH
From: "Gloria "
5. Arts, Culture and Development News, Announcements,...(excerpts)
From: Development Gateway, Antonio Puri, Omma Center of Contemporary Art
6. RE: SEASON'S GREETINGS
From: "Manijeh Azin"
7. Publication: Orchestrating Collaboration at Work
From: Linda Naiman fwd by Art4Development.Net
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 1
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:22:51 -0000
From: ARTS 4 SURVIVAL
Subject: Seeking Partnerships
ARTS 4 SURVIVAL AFRICA ORGANISATION IN CAMEROON IS SEEKING SURPORT
AND PARTNERSHIP FROM ALL TO ATTAIN ITS PROPOSED OBJECTIVES.
This group is an art group which is out to value and nurture the
voices, hearts and minds of the under privileged Cameroonians and
help them transform their lives through the creative work of Arts.
We hope to use a multi-disciplined approach to use arts to survive.
Arts 4 Survival will instil in our youths good communication skills,
creativity skills, confidendence to ask important questions, make
self decisions, and pursue meaningful opportunities to share their
ideas and dreams. Our program is a challenge to all Cameroonians to
develop their inner gifts and acquire tools to succeed in life AIMS
*Identify and address - in a non-threatening, non-confrontational
way – the social attitudes, issues and morés that contribute to
ignorance, oppression and mis-information, and thus encourage and
enhance the development of knowledge, responsibility, and life- skills in our Cameroonian community;
*Provide the seeds of empowerment, to individuals and our
Cameroonian community, to initiate the processes of personal self- growth, self-awareness and understanding around the issues presented.
*Allow disabled and able people to enjoy, experience and create
theatre together.
*Create career opportunities for and AIDS patients, disabled/able
people in the performing arts in Cameroon.
*Maintain a focus on education for youth, previously disadvantages
communities, women and teachers.
*Create and perform at least two new piece of theatre per year. In
this way the organisation can include more people in the experience
of working as professionals within the theatre world in Cameroon.
* Establish Cameroon first Integrated Arts organization
Our vision
Cameroon arts: excellent, distinctive and essential in the lives of
all Cameroonian
Our purpose
To encourage, promote and support the arts(creative writing,
theatre, photograpy and filming) in Cameroon for the benefit of all
Cameroonian Objectives.
The objectives of the Charity shall be to use arts as a tool to; · To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger in Africa. · To ensure that all children receive primary education
· To promote gender equality and empower women and give women a
stronger voice.
· To encourage Africans at home and abroad to get involve in arts. · To eradicate corruption, child abuse and slavery · To reduce child death rates
· To improve the health of mothers
· To combat HIV & AIDS, malaria and other diseases
· To make sure the environment is protected
· To Develop a global partnership for development
· To build a global partnership for those working in development of
communities
·To combat Conflict and natural disasters effects
Please contact Esther Arrey Tabot: arts4survival@yahoo.com
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:09:28 -0000
From: "Joe"
Subject: looking for some practical books on using theatre in a development context
Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum, but would like your help. I am looking for some practical books I can use in theatre for development. I am looking for outlines of techniques, such as theatre of the opressed, and also good books which serve as a guide of theatre games that can be played in a development context.
Thanks very much.
Joe R, Australia
raf.joe@gmail.com
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:44:30 -0000
From: Network
Subject: opportunity, awards, grants
The Ph.D. Program in Design and Planning in the College of
Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado will provide
full funding, including tuition, to a qualified applicant seeking to
undertake research on some aspect of children, youth and
environments. The College hosts the journal Children, Youth and
Environments <http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/> and houses the
Children, Youth and Environments Center for Design and Research, in
whose activities the applicant will be expected to be involved.
For more information, contact:
Willem van Vliet-
Director, PhD Program
College of Architecture and Planning
University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO 80309-0314
USA
Tel: 303 492-5015
Fax: 303 492-6163
Email: Willem.vanvliet@colorado.edu
- GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR NONPROFIT
ARTS & HUMANITIES GROUPS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) is pleased to announce that the following grants are available for 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanities groups in Montgomery County based on a competitive application process.
Attendance at a grant preparation workshop is recommended to assist organizations in preparing a successful application.
PROGRAM GRANTS
Program Grants provide funds for arts and/or humanities programs presented to an audience in Montgomery County between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. A match of $1 for every $3 of grant dollars is required. Maximum award is $5,000.
Workshop: Wed., January 18, 7 pm, Aspen Hill Library, Rockville
Deadline: Tues., March 7, 6 pm
MANAGEMENT GRANTS
Management Grants provide funds for projects that strengthen the organization's professional, administrative and/or management capabilities. No match is required. Maximum award is $5,000.
Workshop: Mon., January 18, 8 pm, Aspen Hill Library, Rockville
Deadline: Tues., March 7, 6 pm
QUESTIONS?
For questions, directions, and to register for the workshop(s), or if you cannot attend a workshop and would like to schedule an appointment, please call the Arts & Humanities Council at 301-565-3805 or send an e-mail to grants@creativemoco.com.
-
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:55:09 -0800
From: "Gloria "
Subject: NEW DISCUSSION FORUM on HEALTH
http://www.hw-forum.com/
NEW HEALTH & WELLNESS FORUM
This is the place where the word ADVICE become stronger and more powerful – let you stay center, live your life with passion, maximize your potential, help you overcoming challenges, figure out problems, learn new skills, self-discovered – your true identity. Without positive inspiration and humor, it is easy to lose balance and get sucked into that negative world of depression
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE - vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, oils, enzymes, foods, diet, juicing etc. We discuss also how to deal with cancer, stroke, AIDS, HIV, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, arthritis, heart, liver, kidney, osteoporosis, immune system problems, hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, depression, mental illness and many others…
Children'sThis is the place where parents or minder can find needed information about their CHILDREN – our topic’s range is very wide. We talk about: mildly affected children of varying syndromes/disorders, children cancer – updates, progress, accomplishments, cancer hospitals, children with speech and language delays and disorders
BEAUTY – we based on practical samples, health tips, beauty advice and more free useful stuff. In this area we swap recipes and helpful info for hair care, skin care, body care, nails care, condition care, cosmetics – all compositions of our beautiful body. You can post feedback, find interesting links, finds news about beauty
DRUGS and MEDICATIONS – we discuss: Drug Awareness, Pharmacy Techs, The Low Dose Naltrexone, Lexapro
FITNESS and NUTRITION – it will help you keep up to date with the latest trends in health and fitness, information on training, nutrition and sports supplementation. This place is talking especially about: Aerobics, Healthy Cooking, Stretching, Teens, Professional – general discussion about sports science, biomechanics, physiology, medicine and psychology in sport, fitness and general health
PROFESSIONAL information, advice, help about Health and Wellness. We covers such topics as Alternative, Community Action For Your Turf, Dental Schools, Emergency Services, Fitness and Nutrition, Health Administration, Medical Schools, Medical Transcription, Mental Health, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacists, Physical Therapy and many others
REPRODUCTIVE - reflects some of the basic inequalities in our societies, the inequalities of wealth and gender. It’s about: Adolescence, Ageing, Cancers, Family planning, FGM/Harmful practices, Infertility, Maternal and newborn health, Prevention of unsafe abortion, RTIs, STIs, HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Birth Control, Infertility
Stress Management This area helps you deal with job-related stress and learn you how to manage it. You will receive information and advice about: Understanding Stress, Causes of Stress, Overload, Problem Jobs, Problem People, Your Environment, Building Defense, Performance Stress, Think Stress Away, Relaxation Techniques, Avoid Burnout, References
SUPPORT in such areas like: Abortion Recovery, Abuse Survivors, Addiction and Recovery, Care Giving, Diseases and Conditions, Domestic Violence, Hospice, Mourning and Loss, Procedures and Therapies, Rape, Suicide, Weight Issues, Infertility, Teens. Share the LIFE, LOVE and LAUGHTER that is Your Life Support System
OFF-Topic Great place for everyone who don’t want to be under rules, who want to be free and write about everything what he want to. I can just say FEEL FREE…
http://www.hw-forum.com/
email: forum_800_1@yahoo.com
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 5
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:43:10 -0000
From: Development Gateway, Antonio Puri, Omma Center of Contemporary Art
Subject: Arts, Culture and Development News, Announcements,...(excerpts)
- Basketballs for Bows and Arrows: Deforestation and Agta Culture
Change - Philippines
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1054387
?intcmp=p0
This concise case study, from the Cultural Survival Quarterly,
describes traumatic cultural transformation in the Philippines, due
to massive deforestation and other acculturative forces. Until the
1970s, all Agta boys knew how to shoot small bows and arrows by ...
Contributed by Charles Kleymeyer on 29 December, 2005
- Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural
Property
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1054389
?intcmp=p0
The Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural
Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of
Illicit Appropriation, made up of 22 Member States, is responsible
for seeking ways and means of facilitating bilateral
negotiations ... Contributed by Charles Kleymeyer on 29 December,
2005
- World Monuments Fund (WMF) Announces the 2006 WMF Watch List of
100 Most Endangered Sites
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1054390
?intcmp=p0
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced its biennial Watch List of
100 most endangered sites. Assembled by an international panel of
experts, the list identifies the worlds most imperiled historic
architectural and cultural sites, bringing them to international ...
Contributed by Charles Kleymeyer on 29 December, 2005
- Antonio Puri: Outside the Mandala (Exhibition)
Contact: Melissa Caldwell
Philadelphia Art Alliance
251 South 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215 545 4302
mcaldwell@philartallliance.org
The Philadelphia Art Alliance presents:
Antonio Puri: Outside the Mandala
December 16, 2005 to January 29, 2006
First Floor Galleries
Reception: Friday December 16th, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
When viewing the work of Antonio Puri, his large scale canvases, can only be described as a fully encompassing experience of color, texture, and form. Puri’s paintings depict a delicate balance of sharp and concise circular forms, combined with a more improvisational and spontaneous application of paint and wax. His paintings are an unprecedented hybrid. He has taken the ancient Eastern technique of batik and applied it to mixed media and oil paints on canvas, creating a new form, the batik canvas. By using this modified process, Puri is able to capture the very essence of his gestures as he attacks the canvas. Through this process, layers once covered, are exposed after the wax is removed, thus revealing the evolution of the work over time. However at times, Puri uses strings as a resist, instead of wax.
Ultimately, Puri's art form engages the viewer in an active level of deciphering and imagining the works in various stages of completion. As Puri writes in his artist statement, "by contrasting highly textured surfaces with flat surfaces, vertical and horizontal drips, circles of different proportions… a tension develops. This tension is the force that keeps the paintings alive." Many of the paintings on view in Outside the Mandala were created while Puri was a part of the chashama artist-in-residence subsidized space grant in New York.
Puri was born in Chandigarh, India, and spent the first 17 years of his life in international boarding schools in the Himalayas. He came to the United States to attend Coe College in Iowa, where he majored in art. Puri also studied at the San Francisco Academy of Art and attended the University of Iowa School of Law where he earned his JD. Puri has had several solo exhibitions including Weiss Pollack Gallery, New York; chashama, New York; Holland Art House, West Chester, PA; Gloucester County College, NJ; Cumberland County College, NJ; and Planet Art Museum, South Africa. He has also exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including the Susquehanna Art Museum, PA; Bergen Museum of Art and Science, NJ; The Noyes Museum of Art, NJ; Sharadin Art Gallery at Kutztown University, PA; Rowan University, NJ; and Som Arts Cultural Center, San Francisco, among many others. His work is also represented in museum and corporate collections and he is currently planning for two large-scale exhibitions in 2006 at West Chester University, West Chester, PA and the Noyes Museum of Art in Oceanville, NJ.
- 4th INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL "CHANIA 2006"
UNDER THE AIGIS OF THE PREFECTURE OF CHANIA,
PAINTING, MIXED MEDIA, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL ART, INSTALLATIONS
GALLERIES CAN PARTICIPATE WITH A GROUPS OF ARTISTS
Omma Center of Contemporary Art is organizing the 4rth International Art Festival from June 15 until June 30,
2006 at the NEORIA public exhibition center in the Old Town of Chania, Crete, Greece. The exhibition space, a converted 15th century vaulted Venetian shipyard, is over 4000 square meters in area. It will be the largest art exhibition ever held in Hania and one of the largest ever held in Greece, and will be covered accordingly by the local and national media.
Artists from all over the world can participate. Each artist will participate with two works (no size limit)
Participation fee for artists 350 Euros
Participation fee for galleries 1300 Euros (group of 4 artists)
Apply by sending at least 5 to 10 images in JPG or Gif format (no more than 250 kb each) to: omma@omma.gr
Only artists who received an email for acceptance can submit the application form to confirm their interest.
One of the works and a short biography of each artist will be included in a full color catalogue which we will publish for the exhibition Each artist will get two copies of the catalogue for free.
Slides or photos of the selected works - for the catalogue - must have been received by March 30, 2006.
Post address:
Omma Center
43 E. Venizelou
731 32 Chania
Crete - Greece or
1221 State Street
Santa Barbara CA 93101
USA
If we receive materials later than the above date, we can not guarantee inclusion in the catalogue
DEADLINE FOR PARTICIPATION MARCH 15, 2006
Email: omma@omma.gr
Tel & Fax (+30) 2821042100 (Chania Crete - Greece)
+805 963 4606 Santa Barbara - California
Despina Tunberg - curator
1221 State street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tel & Fax (805) 963-4606
http://www.omma.gr/
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 14:21:34 +0330
From: "Manijeh Azin"
Subject: RE: SEASON'S GREETINGS
Dear sirs/ Madam,
WARMEST GREETINGS OF THE SEASON AND EVERY GOOD WISH FOR THE COMING YEAR.
MANIJEH
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:43:44 -0000
From: Linda Naiman fwd by Art4Development.Net
Subject: Publication: Orchestrating Collaboration at Work
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improv,
Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork, by Arthur B
VanGundy & Linda Naiman (Wiley, 2003)
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work is an activity book for
trainers, coaches, mediators and facilitators, who want to use the
arts to create transformative learning experiences in organizations.
For more info. visit http://www.creativityatwork.com/CWStore/OCAWe-book.htm .
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There are 7 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Seeking Partnerships
From: ARTS 4 SURVIVAL
2. looking for some practical books on using theatre in a development context
From: "Joe"
3. opportunity, awards, grants
From: Network
4. NEW DISCUSSION FORUM on HEALTH
From: "Gloria "
5. Arts, Culture and Development News, Announcements,...(excerpts)
From: Development Gateway, Antonio Puri, Omma Center of Contemporary Art
6. RE: SEASON'S GREETINGS
From: "Manijeh Azin"
7. Publication: Orchestrating Collaboration at Work
From: Linda Naiman fwd by Art4Development.Net
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 1
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:22:51 -0000
From: ARTS 4 SURVIVAL
Subject: Seeking Partnerships
ARTS 4 SURVIVAL AFRICA ORGANISATION IN CAMEROON IS SEEKING SURPORT
AND PARTNERSHIP FROM ALL TO ATTAIN ITS PROPOSED OBJECTIVES.
This group is an art group which is out to value and nurture the
voices, hearts and minds of the under privileged Cameroonians and
help them transform their lives through the creative work of Arts.
We hope to use a multi-disciplined approach to use arts to survive.
Arts 4 Survival will instil in our youths good communication skills,
creativity skills, confidendence to ask important questions, make
self decisions, and pursue meaningful opportunities to share their
ideas and dreams. Our program is a challenge to all Cameroonians to
develop their inner gifts and acquire tools to succeed in life AIMS
*Identify and address - in a non-threatening, non-confrontational
way – the social attitudes, issues and morés that contribute to
ignorance, oppression and mis-information, and thus encourage and
enhance the development of knowledge, responsibility, and life- skills in our Cameroonian community;
*Provide the seeds of empowerment, to individuals and our
Cameroonian community, to initiate the processes of personal self- growth, self-awareness and understanding around the issues presented.
*Allow disabled and able people to enjoy, experience and create
theatre together.
*Create career opportunities for and AIDS patients, disabled/able
people in the performing arts in Cameroon.
*Maintain a focus on education for youth, previously disadvantages
communities, women and teachers.
*Create and perform at least two new piece of theatre per year. In
this way the organisation can include more people in the experience
of working as professionals within the theatre world in Cameroon.
* Establish Cameroon first Integrated Arts organization
Our vision
Cameroon arts: excellent, distinctive and essential in the lives of
all Cameroonian
Our purpose
To encourage, promote and support the arts(creative writing,
theatre, photograpy and filming) in Cameroon for the benefit of all
Cameroonian Objectives.
The objectives of the Charity shall be to use arts as a tool to; · To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger in Africa. · To ensure that all children receive primary education
· To promote gender equality and empower women and give women a
stronger voice.
· To encourage Africans at home and abroad to get involve in arts. · To eradicate corruption, child abuse and slavery · To reduce child death rates
· To improve the health of mothers
· To combat HIV & AIDS, malaria and other diseases
· To make sure the environment is protected
· To Develop a global partnership for development
· To build a global partnership for those working in development of
communities
·To combat Conflict and natural disasters effects
Please contact Esther Arrey Tabot: arts4survival@yahoo.com
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:09:28 -0000
From: "Joe"
Subject: looking for some practical books on using theatre in a development context
Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum, but would like your help. I am looking for some practical books I can use in theatre for development. I am looking for outlines of techniques, such as theatre of the opressed, and also good books which serve as a guide of theatre games that can be played in a development context.
Thanks very much.
Joe R, Australia
raf.joe@gmail.com
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:44:30 -0000
From: Network
Subject: opportunity, awards, grants
The Ph.D. Program in Design and Planning in the College of
Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado will provide
full funding, including tuition, to a qualified applicant seeking to
undertake research on some aspect of children, youth and
environments. The College hosts the journal Children, Youth and
Environments <http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/> and houses the
Children, Youth and Environments Center for Design and Research, in
whose activities the applicant will be expected to be involved.
For more information, contact:
Willem van Vliet-
Director, PhD Program
College of Architecture and Planning
University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO 80309-0314
USA
Tel: 303 492-5015
Fax: 303 492-6163
Email: Willem.vanvliet@colorado.edu
- GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR NONPROFIT
ARTS & HUMANITIES GROUPS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) is pleased to announce that the following grants are available for 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanities groups in Montgomery County based on a competitive application process.
Attendance at a grant preparation workshop is recommended to assist organizations in preparing a successful application.
PROGRAM GRANTS
Program Grants provide funds for arts and/or humanities programs presented to an audience in Montgomery County between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. A match of $1 for every $3 of grant dollars is required. Maximum award is $5,000.
Workshop: Wed., January 18, 7 pm, Aspen Hill Library, Rockville
Deadline: Tues., March 7, 6 pm
MANAGEMENT GRANTS
Management Grants provide funds for projects that strengthen the organization's professional, administrative and/or management capabilities. No match is required. Maximum award is $5,000.
Workshop: Mon., January 18, 8 pm, Aspen Hill Library, Rockville
Deadline: Tues., March 7, 6 pm
QUESTIONS?
For questions, directions, and to register for the workshop(s), or if you cannot attend a workshop and would like to schedule an appointment, please call the Arts & Humanities Council at 301-565-3805 or send an e-mail to grants@creativemoco.com.
-
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:55:09 -0800
From: "Gloria "
Subject: NEW DISCUSSION FORUM on HEALTH
http://www.hw-forum.com/
NEW HEALTH & WELLNESS FORUM
This is the place where the word ADVICE become stronger and more powerful – let you stay center, live your life with passion, maximize your potential, help you overcoming challenges, figure out problems, learn new skills, self-discovered – your true identity. Without positive inspiration and humor, it is easy to lose balance and get sucked into that negative world of depression
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE - vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, oils, enzymes, foods, diet, juicing etc. We discuss also how to deal with cancer, stroke, AIDS, HIV, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, arthritis, heart, liver, kidney, osteoporosis, immune system problems, hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, depression, mental illness and many others…
Children'sThis is the place where parents or minder can find needed information about their CHILDREN – our topic’s range is very wide. We talk about: mildly affected children of varying syndromes/disorders, children cancer – updates, progress, accomplishments, cancer hospitals, children with speech and language delays and disorders
BEAUTY – we based on practical samples, health tips, beauty advice and more free useful stuff. In this area we swap recipes and helpful info for hair care, skin care, body care, nails care, condition care, cosmetics – all compositions of our beautiful body. You can post feedback, find interesting links, finds news about beauty
DRUGS and MEDICATIONS – we discuss: Drug Awareness, Pharmacy Techs, The Low Dose Naltrexone, Lexapro
FITNESS and NUTRITION – it will help you keep up to date with the latest trends in health and fitness, information on training, nutrition and sports supplementation. This place is talking especially about: Aerobics, Healthy Cooking, Stretching, Teens, Professional – general discussion about sports science, biomechanics, physiology, medicine and psychology in sport, fitness and general health
PROFESSIONAL information, advice, help about Health and Wellness. We covers such topics as Alternative, Community Action For Your Turf, Dental Schools, Emergency Services, Fitness and Nutrition, Health Administration, Medical Schools, Medical Transcription, Mental Health, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacists, Physical Therapy and many others
REPRODUCTIVE - reflects some of the basic inequalities in our societies, the inequalities of wealth and gender. It’s about: Adolescence, Ageing, Cancers, Family planning, FGM/Harmful practices, Infertility, Maternal and newborn health, Prevention of unsafe abortion, RTIs, STIs, HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Birth Control, Infertility
Stress Management This area helps you deal with job-related stress and learn you how to manage it. You will receive information and advice about: Understanding Stress, Causes of Stress, Overload, Problem Jobs, Problem People, Your Environment, Building Defense, Performance Stress, Think Stress Away, Relaxation Techniques, Avoid Burnout, References
SUPPORT in such areas like: Abortion Recovery, Abuse Survivors, Addiction and Recovery, Care Giving, Diseases and Conditions, Domestic Violence, Hospice, Mourning and Loss, Procedures and Therapies, Rape, Suicide, Weight Issues, Infertility, Teens. Share the LIFE, LOVE and LAUGHTER that is Your Life Support System
OFF-Topic Great place for everyone who don’t want to be under rules, who want to be free and write about everything what he want to. I can just say FEEL FREE…
http://www.hw-forum.com/
email: forum_800_1@yahoo.com
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 5
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:43:10 -0000
From: Development Gateway, Antonio Puri, Omma Center of Contemporary Art
Subject: Arts, Culture and Development News, Announcements,...(excerpts)
- Basketballs for Bows and Arrows: Deforestation and Agta Culture
Change - Philippines
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1054387
?intcmp=p0
This concise case study, from the Cultural Survival Quarterly,
describes traumatic cultural transformation in the Philippines, due
to massive deforestation and other acculturative forces. Until the
1970s, all Agta boys knew how to shoot small bows and arrows by ...
Contributed by Charles Kleymeyer on 29 December, 2005
- Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural
Property
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1054389
?intcmp=p0
The Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural
Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of
Illicit Appropriation, made up of 22 Member States, is responsible
for seeking ways and means of facilitating bilateral
negotiations ... Contributed by Charles Kleymeyer on 29 December,
2005
- World Monuments Fund (WMF) Announces the 2006 WMF Watch List of
100 Most Endangered Sites
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1054390
?intcmp=p0
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced its biennial Watch List of
100 most endangered sites. Assembled by an international panel of
experts, the list identifies the worlds most imperiled historic
architectural and cultural sites, bringing them to international ...
Contributed by Charles Kleymeyer on 29 December, 2005
- Antonio Puri: Outside the Mandala (Exhibition)
Contact: Melissa Caldwell
Philadelphia Art Alliance
251 South 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215 545 4302
mcaldwell@philartallliance.org
The Philadelphia Art Alliance presents:
Antonio Puri: Outside the Mandala
December 16, 2005 to January 29, 2006
First Floor Galleries
Reception: Friday December 16th, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
When viewing the work of Antonio Puri, his large scale canvases, can only be described as a fully encompassing experience of color, texture, and form. Puri’s paintings depict a delicate balance of sharp and concise circular forms, combined with a more improvisational and spontaneous application of paint and wax. His paintings are an unprecedented hybrid. He has taken the ancient Eastern technique of batik and applied it to mixed media and oil paints on canvas, creating a new form, the batik canvas. By using this modified process, Puri is able to capture the very essence of his gestures as he attacks the canvas. Through this process, layers once covered, are exposed after the wax is removed, thus revealing the evolution of the work over time. However at times, Puri uses strings as a resist, instead of wax.
Ultimately, Puri's art form engages the viewer in an active level of deciphering and imagining the works in various stages of completion. As Puri writes in his artist statement, "by contrasting highly textured surfaces with flat surfaces, vertical and horizontal drips, circles of different proportions… a tension develops. This tension is the force that keeps the paintings alive." Many of the paintings on view in Outside the Mandala were created while Puri was a part of the chashama artist-in-residence subsidized space grant in New York.
Puri was born in Chandigarh, India, and spent the first 17 years of his life in international boarding schools in the Himalayas. He came to the United States to attend Coe College in Iowa, where he majored in art. Puri also studied at the San Francisco Academy of Art and attended the University of Iowa School of Law where he earned his JD. Puri has had several solo exhibitions including Weiss Pollack Gallery, New York; chashama, New York; Holland Art House, West Chester, PA; Gloucester County College, NJ; Cumberland County College, NJ; and Planet Art Museum, South Africa. He has also exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including the Susquehanna Art Museum, PA; Bergen Museum of Art and Science, NJ; The Noyes Museum of Art, NJ; Sharadin Art Gallery at Kutztown University, PA; Rowan University, NJ; and Som Arts Cultural Center, San Francisco, among many others. His work is also represented in museum and corporate collections and he is currently planning for two large-scale exhibitions in 2006 at West Chester University, West Chester, PA and the Noyes Museum of Art in Oceanville, NJ.
- 4th INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL "CHANIA 2006"
UNDER THE AIGIS OF THE PREFECTURE OF CHANIA,
PAINTING, MIXED MEDIA, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL ART, INSTALLATIONS
GALLERIES CAN PARTICIPATE WITH A GROUPS OF ARTISTS
Omma Center of Contemporary Art is organizing the 4rth International Art Festival from June 15 until June 30,
2006 at the NEORIA public exhibition center in the Old Town of Chania, Crete, Greece. The exhibition space, a converted 15th century vaulted Venetian shipyard, is over 4000 square meters in area. It will be the largest art exhibition ever held in Hania and one of the largest ever held in Greece, and will be covered accordingly by the local and national media.
Artists from all over the world can participate. Each artist will participate with two works (no size limit)
Participation fee for artists 350 Euros
Participation fee for galleries 1300 Euros (group of 4 artists)
Apply by sending at least 5 to 10 images in JPG or Gif format (no more than 250 kb each) to: omma@omma.gr
Only artists who received an email for acceptance can submit the application form to confirm their interest.
One of the works and a short biography of each artist will be included in a full color catalogue which we will publish for the exhibition Each artist will get two copies of the catalogue for free.
Slides or photos of the selected works - for the catalogue - must have been received by March 30, 2006.
Post address:
Omma Center
43 E. Venizelou
731 32 Chania
Crete - Greece or
1221 State Street
Santa Barbara CA 93101
USA
If we receive materials later than the above date, we can not guarantee inclusion in the catalogue
DEADLINE FOR PARTICIPATION MARCH 15, 2006
Email: omma@omma.gr
Tel & Fax (+30) 2821042100 (Chania Crete - Greece)
+805 963 4606 Santa Barbara - California
Despina Tunberg - curator
1221 State street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tel & Fax (805) 963-4606
http://www.omma.gr/
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