Monday, August 25, 2008
COOPERATIVE ARTISTS INSTITUTE EVENTS/SCHEDULE - September 2008
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CAI NewsNotes is a quarterly e-communication to let CAI Core Community members and friends know about news, program successes, and upcoming activities. Please let us know if your e-mail address changes so we can keep you up-to-date on our list.
Phone: 617-524-6378 E-mail: cai@tribal-rhythms.org.
Fax: 617-522-7122 Website: http://www.tribal-rhythms.org.
CAI News Notes August/September, 2008
Upcoming meetings & Announcements:
• CAI Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser
Sat., Sept. 6 (Rain Date Sunday, Sept. 7) (Details below)
• Jamaica Plain Open Studios @ CAI
Sat. Sept. 27 and Sun. Sept. 28 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Details below)
• CAI Annual Board of Directors Meeting
Weds., October 15, 2008 7:00 PM at CAI
CAI Yard Sale Fundraiser Sat. September 6, 10 AM - 4 PM
CAI's annual YARD SALE helps to support our ongoing programs like Tribal Rhythms and The Peace Drum Project, AND, it's a way for members of the CAI community to support programs while cleaning out the cellar and the attic once a year! We need more volunteers and would love more STUFF for the sale this year, but here's what we have so far: clothing, gadgets, books, CDs, art stuff, knick knacks, clothing, frames, some drums, furniture, and — Siberian Iris and daylilies in pots! Call Susan if you can help, or if you have good stuff to donate. 617-524-6378.
Tribal Rhythms® Touring & Residency Programs:
The Tribal Rhythms Touring Company is starting off the year with a 'bang' this fall with programs already planned for much of the coming year. Both the Tribal Rhythms Celebration and The Story of The Weakest and The Strongest help schools and OST programs strengthen their sense of community and help children learn the values of caring, cooperation and respect. Activities use the Arts to help schools address issues such as bullying, with creative strategies for reducing cliques and other forms of isolation, and empowering children with critical thinking and problem-solving skills. TR is great fun, but it is also one of CAI's key tools for addressing some of today's most urgent problems created by family and community fragmentation. In the coming months, TR artists will be working with schools in Braintree, Cambridge, Chelsea, Norwood, Reading, Sterling, Tyngsboro, Weymouth and Woburn. To learn more, call CAI at 617-524-6378, or go to http:www.tribal-rhythms.org.
The Tribal Rhythms Community Partnership provides professional development, curriculum workshops, and residency programs to 16 Boston area after-school programs. The project helps after-school staff use the Tribal Rhythms curriculum as a thematic framework for organizing activities and techniques that help children develop positive behavior. The project provides an early intervention violence prevention strategy that helps children (ages 5-12) build self-esteem and confidence, resolve conflicts peacefully, develop leadership and critical-thinking skills, and learn to express themselves through performing and visual arts. For more information about TRCP, call CAI at 617-524-6378 or go to http:www.tribal-rhythms.org/trcp.html.
JP Open Studios:
CAI hasn't hosted Jamaica Plain Open Studios for a couple of years, but this year we are taking part again! Come by 311 Forest Hills Street to see Belinda Lyons' beautiful art dolls and books and collages by Susan Porter, or, just come by to visit. Open Studios happens Saturday and Sunday, September 27 and 28, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, rain or shine. Call Susan for more information at 617-524-6378.
The Peace Drum Project:
If you missed The Peace Drum Project Celebration and Awards Event in June, you missed a chance to meet the charming cast of elders and teens who took part in the project last year! But you can still see the photos and read the stories on CAI's website at http://www.tribal-rhythms.org/drum_exhibit.html. The website also gives you a chance to read all 70 stories about the lives of the elders we have worked with in The Peace Drum since 2000.
Each year, every teen who participates in Peace Drum gets recognition for their individual achievements, and five teens are selected to receive special leadership awards for their exceptional accomplishments. Last year the leadership awards went to: Katherine Colon who received the Artistic Achievement Award for her willingness to take artistic risks and for her overall ability to express a strong personal vision through her art. Jhonathan Garcia received the Personal Challenge Award for his ability to change his outlook and develop a more positive attitude about himself and peers. Jessica Harris received the Creative Leadership Award as the teen who showed the most imagination and initiative in bringing new ideas and enthusiasm to group activities. Marjourie Jimenez and Nancy Cardona split the Community Service Award for their compassion, understanding and enthusiasm in their work with the elders. And, Aboubakar "Rashied" Sheriff received the Group Leadership Award for his continued work to maintain a positive attitude himself, and to promote harmony and support among his peers in the group. The Charles M. Holley Memorial Scholarship went to Peace Drum graduate Bielka Liriano who is in her Sophomore year at Wheelock College.
We thank the elders who worked with the teens last year for their wonderful warmth and humor. Residents of Bromley Apartments, Farnsworth House and Julia Martin House all took part. Their character and stories had a powerful impact on the teens, and all kinds of friendships were launched as a result. Thanks to Susan Thompson, Belinda Lyons, Matt Meyers, Curtis Jones, Linda Cohen and other artists who worked with us last year. Thank you also to the foundations and others who supported the project last year. They include: Boston After-School and Beyond, the Foley-Hoag Foundation, The Janey Fund, Robbins-deBeaumont Foundation, and many generous individual donors.
In October we will begin another wonderful year of the project. It's always exciting to meet the new young people and elders, and all of the fabulous artists who will be working with us during the year. If you would like to volunteer or sponsor a youth in the project this year, please call Susan at 617-524-6378.
The Partnership to Achieve Whole School Change:
During FY '08, grants from the Boston Public Schools' Office of Student Support Services funded the Partnership's work with classroom teachers and their students at the Louis Agassiz, Charles Taylor, Denis C. Haley, and Charles Sumner Elementary Schools in Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, and Roslindale. Through in-classroom sessions, teachers and Partnership staff focused on implementing strategies to foster "Cognitive Affective Coupling — integrating what the child feels, enjoys, and knows — into his or her academic life. To accomplish this, classroom teachers teamed up with artist/educators to create engaging experiences connecting what students need to learn with their emotional world. One strategy for helping students constructively work with their emotions and learn empathy, was to have each team lead drum-making and music making lessons. As artist/educators modeled how to present activities that engage the students emotionally, teachers learned that they could simultaneously teach social skills, arts, science, and speaking and writing skills in one seamless lesson. Teachers also saw that the learning achieved by integrating subjects is superior to the learning achieved by teaching one disconnected subject at a time. For more information about the Partnership, call Curtis at 617-524-6378.
CommunityWorks
CAI is part of CommunityWorks, an independent partnership of 32 grass roots organizations working for social and economic justice in the Boston area. Supporting CommunityWorks through workplace payroll contributions is like investing in a whole portfolio of social justice and economic change. Check out the CW site www.communityworks.com to see if you are connected to
any of the work sites or universities that have CW campaigns this fall.
CAI Most Wanted List:
CAI still needs a Mac G4 laptop to use for programs, and someone who knows how to get our IBM Selectric typewriter going again. It's not broken, but we don't have a manual, and are stumped! If you have a Mac compatible Zip Drive that uses Iomega 100 or 250 zip discs, we'd love to take it off you hands. We would even trade the box of 750MB discs we bought by mistake for 100 or 250MB discs! If you have any of these and would like to make a tax-deductible donation, call CAI at 617-524-6378.
Volunteer Opportunities & Internships:
CAI needs volunteers to help with office work, grants development, and program support activities. If you have a few hours a week or a day, and you'd like to help out with short term tasks such as on-line research, data entry, promotional mailings, or program support call us at 617-524-6378. CAI Internships are still available for Fall semester to work in the Tribal Rhythms Touring program, Partnership for Whole School Change, Marketing & Public Relations, and Grants Development For more information check out CAI's website under Internships, or call Susan at 617-524-6378.
CAI NewsNotes is a quarterly e-communication to let CAI Core Community members and friends know about news, program successes, and upcoming activities. Please let us know if your e-mail address changes so we can keep you up-to-date on our list.
Phone: 617-524-6378 E-mail: cai@tribal-rhythms.org.
Fax: 617-522-7122 Website: http://www.tribal-rhythms.org.
CAI News Notes August/September, 2008
Upcoming meetings & Announcements:
• CAI Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser
Sat., Sept. 6 (Rain Date Sunday, Sept. 7) (Details below)
• Jamaica Plain Open Studios @ CAI
Sat. Sept. 27 and Sun. Sept. 28 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Details below)
• CAI Annual Board of Directors Meeting
Weds., October 15, 2008 7:00 PM at CAI
CAI Yard Sale Fundraiser Sat. September 6, 10 AM - 4 PM
CAI's annual YARD SALE helps to support our ongoing programs like Tribal Rhythms and The Peace Drum Project, AND, it's a way for members of the CAI community to support programs while cleaning out the cellar and the attic once a year! We need more volunteers and would love more STUFF for the sale this year, but here's what we have so far: clothing, gadgets, books, CDs, art stuff, knick knacks, clothing, frames, some drums, furniture, and — Siberian Iris and daylilies in pots! Call Susan if you can help, or if you have good stuff to donate. 617-524-6378.
Tribal Rhythms® Touring & Residency Programs:
The Tribal Rhythms Touring Company is starting off the year with a 'bang' this fall with programs already planned for much of the coming year. Both the Tribal Rhythms Celebration and The Story of The Weakest and The Strongest help schools and OST programs strengthen their sense of community and help children learn the values of caring, cooperation and respect. Activities use the Arts to help schools address issues such as bullying, with creative strategies for reducing cliques and other forms of isolation, and empowering children with critical thinking and problem-solving skills. TR is great fun, but it is also one of CAI's key tools for addressing some of today's most urgent problems created by family and community fragmentation. In the coming months, TR artists will be working with schools in Braintree, Cambridge, Chelsea, Norwood, Reading, Sterling, Tyngsboro, Weymouth and Woburn. To learn more, call CAI at 617-524-6378, or go to http:www.tribal-rhythms.org.
The Tribal Rhythms Community Partnership provides professional development, curriculum workshops, and residency programs to 16 Boston area after-school programs. The project helps after-school staff use the Tribal Rhythms curriculum as a thematic framework for organizing activities and techniques that help children develop positive behavior. The project provides an early intervention violence prevention strategy that helps children (ages 5-12) build self-esteem and confidence, resolve conflicts peacefully, develop leadership and critical-thinking skills, and learn to express themselves through performing and visual arts. For more information about TRCP, call CAI at 617-524-6378 or go to http:www.tribal-rhythms.org/trcp.html.
JP Open Studios:
CAI hasn't hosted Jamaica Plain Open Studios for a couple of years, but this year we are taking part again! Come by 311 Forest Hills Street to see Belinda Lyons' beautiful art dolls and books and collages by Susan Porter, or, just come by to visit. Open Studios happens Saturday and Sunday, September 27 and 28, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, rain or shine. Call Susan for more information at 617-524-6378.
The Peace Drum Project:
If you missed The Peace Drum Project Celebration and Awards Event in June, you missed a chance to meet the charming cast of elders and teens who took part in the project last year! But you can still see the photos and read the stories on CAI's website at http://www.tribal-rhythms.org/drum_exhibit.html. The website also gives you a chance to read all 70 stories about the lives of the elders we have worked with in The Peace Drum since 2000.
Each year, every teen who participates in Peace Drum gets recognition for their individual achievements, and five teens are selected to receive special leadership awards for their exceptional accomplishments. Last year the leadership awards went to: Katherine Colon who received the Artistic Achievement Award for her willingness to take artistic risks and for her overall ability to express a strong personal vision through her art. Jhonathan Garcia received the Personal Challenge Award for his ability to change his outlook and develop a more positive attitude about himself and peers. Jessica Harris received the Creative Leadership Award as the teen who showed the most imagination and initiative in bringing new ideas and enthusiasm to group activities. Marjourie Jimenez and Nancy Cardona split the Community Service Award for their compassion, understanding and enthusiasm in their work with the elders. And, Aboubakar "Rashied" Sheriff received the Group Leadership Award for his continued work to maintain a positive attitude himself, and to promote harmony and support among his peers in the group. The Charles M. Holley Memorial Scholarship went to Peace Drum graduate Bielka Liriano who is in her Sophomore year at Wheelock College.
We thank the elders who worked with the teens last year for their wonderful warmth and humor. Residents of Bromley Apartments, Farnsworth House and Julia Martin House all took part. Their character and stories had a powerful impact on the teens, and all kinds of friendships were launched as a result. Thanks to Susan Thompson, Belinda Lyons, Matt Meyers, Curtis Jones, Linda Cohen and other artists who worked with us last year. Thank you also to the foundations and others who supported the project last year. They include: Boston After-School and Beyond, the Foley-Hoag Foundation, The Janey Fund, Robbins-deBeaumont Foundation, and many generous individual donors.
In October we will begin another wonderful year of the project. It's always exciting to meet the new young people and elders, and all of the fabulous artists who will be working with us during the year. If you would like to volunteer or sponsor a youth in the project this year, please call Susan at 617-524-6378.
The Partnership to Achieve Whole School Change:
During FY '08, grants from the Boston Public Schools' Office of Student Support Services funded the Partnership's work with classroom teachers and their students at the Louis Agassiz, Charles Taylor, Denis C. Haley, and Charles Sumner Elementary Schools in Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, and Roslindale. Through in-classroom sessions, teachers and Partnership staff focused on implementing strategies to foster "Cognitive Affective Coupling — integrating what the child feels, enjoys, and knows — into his or her academic life. To accomplish this, classroom teachers teamed up with artist/educators to create engaging experiences connecting what students need to learn with their emotional world. One strategy for helping students constructively work with their emotions and learn empathy, was to have each team lead drum-making and music making lessons. As artist/educators modeled how to present activities that engage the students emotionally, teachers learned that they could simultaneously teach social skills, arts, science, and speaking and writing skills in one seamless lesson. Teachers also saw that the learning achieved by integrating subjects is superior to the learning achieved by teaching one disconnected subject at a time. For more information about the Partnership, call Curtis at 617-524-6378.
CommunityWorks
CAI is part of CommunityWorks, an independent partnership of 32 grass roots organizations working for social and economic justice in the Boston area. Supporting CommunityWorks through workplace payroll contributions is like investing in a whole portfolio of social justice and economic change. Check out the CW site www.communityworks.com to see if you are connected to
any of the work sites or universities that have CW campaigns this fall.
CAI Most Wanted List:
CAI still needs a Mac G4 laptop to use for programs, and someone who knows how to get our IBM Selectric typewriter going again. It's not broken, but we don't have a manual, and are stumped! If you have a Mac compatible Zip Drive that uses Iomega 100 or 250 zip discs, we'd love to take it off you hands. We would even trade the box of 750MB discs we bought by mistake for 100 or 250MB discs! If you have any of these and would like to make a tax-deductible donation, call CAI at 617-524-6378.
Volunteer Opportunities & Internships:
CAI needs volunteers to help with office work, grants development, and program support activities. If you have a few hours a week or a day, and you'd like to help out with short term tasks such as on-line research, data entry, promotional mailings, or program support call us at 617-524-6378. CAI Internships are still available for Fall semester to work in the Tribal Rhythms Touring program, Partnership for Whole School Change, Marketing & Public Relations, and Grants Development For more information check out CAI's website under Internships, or call Susan at 617-524-6378.
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