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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
AAAWD Meeting Notice for May
Calling All Artists With Disabilities in the Twin Ports and the Arrowhead region of Minnesota! You are cordially invited to attend the next meeting of AAAWD:
When: Wednesday, May 12 from 5-6:30 pm.
Where: DRCC - Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you need directions, call Todd at 728-4621. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside.
What: Come prepared to discuss and plan some events, outings, projects, etc. for the next 12 months.
Remember to bring a friend with you, if possible - someone you feel may be interested in joining our group.
Please feel free to bring a snack or beverage to share with the group.
When: Wednesday, May 12 from 5-6:30 pm.
Where: DRCC - Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you need directions, call Todd at 728-4621. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside.
What: Come prepared to discuss and plan some events, outings, projects, etc. for the next 12 months.
Remember to bring a friend with you, if possible - someone you feel may be interested in joining our group.
Please feel free to bring a snack or beverage to share with the group.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Strategic Planning Meeting (Phase I) Notes
We completed the first phase of our strategic planning on March 24, 2010.
Our goals for the next few years are:
Growing - gaining new members and creating more opportunities
Connecting - utilizing state and regional resources like VSA arts of Minnesota
Representing - artists with disabilities in our region
Funding - securing grants and other funding sources to help us achieve our goals.
Thanks to all our members who were able to participate in this phase of the planning!
Be sure to join us for phase two at our next meeting:
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 5 - 6:30 pm at Soft Hands, 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth, Minnesota
All artists with disabilities in the Arrowhead, as well as the people who support them, are invited!
Contact us at: aaawdmail@gmail.com
Growing - gaining new members and creating more opportunities
Connecting - utilizing state and regional resources like VSA arts of Minnesota
Representing - artists with disabilities in our region
Funding - securing grants and other funding sources to help us achieve our goals.
Thanks to all our members who were able to participate in this phase of the planning!
Be sure to join us for phase two at our next meeting:
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 5 - 6:30 pm at Soft Hands, 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth, Minnesota
All artists with disabilities in the Arrowhead, as well as the people who support them, are invited!
Contact us at: aaawdmail@gmail.com
Monday, March 1, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Meeting Notice
When: Wednesday, March 24 from 5-6:30 pm.
Where: DRCC - Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you need directions, call Todd Reed at 728-4621. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside.
What: Strategic Planning: Our group has been meeting for over two years and we've had five successful group exhibitions, so now we'd like to do some visualizing and planning to help guide us over the next few years.
Please come prepared to discuss the following (thank you to Christina for providing the following structure and input, with a few minor additions by Bridget and Roald):
1. Who are we and what do we want to become?
2. What type of organization do we wish to be? A membership? A nonprofit organization with officers? A part of another organization who will support, house and manage us?
3. What are our funding goals for the next 3 years, which would involve: Members, Community Presence and Networking, Revenue and Grants, Expenditures, Equipment, Publicity...
4. What group activities and benefits of membership should we plan and strive for?
Tips to guide us through the process:
We will take at least 1 1/2 hours to sketch an outline and set the next steps. The outline then should be taken by a committee or person(s) to follow-up in each to get more input from, not only our current members, but also the community and other organizations that could be interested. Then we'll follow up in another month at another all-member strategic planning session to go over information gathered and set our goals.
Since we are such a new group, we should keep it simple acknowledging that with more community recognition we will grow, and these 4 general areas could revise into something quite different over time. We need to know what we want to be, and this could be changed as members come and go - so item #1 is vital for any group as it defines and brings in members, opportunities and funding.
We don't have to organize as a non profit with all of its requirements. A 3-year strategic plan could be just growth and opportunity - not buying and storing equipment and such. Duluth has many resources of opportunities for us on some calendar/event websites.
Please feel free to bring a snack or beverage to share with the group.
Where: DRCC - Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you need directions, call Todd Reed at 728-4621. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside.
What: Strategic Planning: Our group has been meeting for over two years and we've had five successful group exhibitions, so now we'd like to do some visualizing and planning to help guide us over the next few years.
Please come prepared to discuss the following (thank you to Christina for providing the following structure and input, with a few minor additions by Bridget and Roald):
1. Who are we and what do we want to become?
2. What type of organization do we wish to be? A membership? A nonprofit organization with officers? A part of another organization who will support, house and manage us?
3. What are our funding goals for the next 3 years, which would involve: Members, Community Presence and Networking, Revenue and Grants, Expenditures, Equipment, Publicity...
4. What group activities and benefits of membership should we plan and strive for?
Tips to guide us through the process:
We will take at least 1 1/2 hours to sketch an outline and set the next steps. The outline then should be taken by a committee or person(s) to follow-up in each to get more input from, not only our current members, but also the community and other organizations that could be interested. Then we'll follow up in another month at another all-member strategic planning session to go over information gathered and set our goals.
Since we are such a new group, we should keep it simple acknowledging that with more community recognition we will grow, and these 4 general areas could revise into something quite different over time. We need to know what we want to be, and this could be changed as members come and go - so item #1 is vital for any group as it defines and brings in members, opportunities and funding.
We don't have to organize as a non profit with all of its requirements. A 3-year strategic plan could be just growth and opportunity - not buying and storing equipment and such. Duluth has many resources of opportunities for us on some calendar/event websites.
Please feel free to bring a snack or beverage to share with the group.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
A.A.A.W.D is now on Facebook
Join A.A.A.W.D. on Facebook. See videos from A.A.A.W.D. as well as discussions and much more.
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More stuff to come!
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More stuff to come!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
New AAAWD Art Exhibit at UMD
We've been invited by the Access For All student organization to exhibit our artwork in the Multicultural Center at UMD. Hope you'll stop by to see our work and learn more about AAAWD. Be sure to join us at our opening reception!
Bloom Under the Snow
“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” ~William Blake
Come enjoy vivid expressions of the resilience that lies beneath the snow in winter – a diverse collection of work by the Arrowhead Alliance of Artists With Disabilities (AAAWD). This inaugural art exhibit is sponsored by Access for All, a student organization dedicated to promoting disability awareness on campus and around the community.
February 15 – March 15, 2010
The Multicultural Center
Kirby Student Union, University of Minnesota, Duluth
270 Kirby Student Center
1120 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN
Opening Reception:
Wednesday, February 17: 4 – 6 p.m.
For more information, contact:
Penny Cragun
Director
Office of Disability Resources
241 Kirby Student Center
1120 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812-3085
(218) 726-8727
(218) 726-6706 FAX
Director
Office of Disability Resources
241 Kirby Student Center
1120 Kirby Drive
Duluth, MN 55812-3085
(218) 726-8727
(218) 726-6706 FAX
What’s AAAWD about…
The underlying inspiration for AAAWD (and their logo) is the stone soup fable wherein a few stones placed in a pot of boiling water become both pretext and catalyst for creating something from nothing, and revealing nothing to be something after all. Our acronym, AAAWD, sounds like “odd” and “awed” – words that echo what it’s like being an artist with a disability in America. The trajectory of our group is from odd to awed via artwork, humor, friendship and open minds.
The current core membership includes these visual artists, actors, writers, directors, musicians and filmmakers: Peter Barnett, Christina Cotruvo, Ben Giesen, David Hoffman, Ryan Iallonardo, Julie Jeatran, Cecilia Lieder, Bill Lyth, Roald Molberg (co-founder), Karl Mulligan, Justin Powers, Todd Reed, Bridget Riversmith (co-founder) Annie Roseen, Mark Schuman, and Jim VanDruten.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
January 13, 2010 AAAWD Meeting Notice
When: Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 5 pm
Where: DRCC - Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you have any questions, email Todd Reed. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside.
What: UMD Art Exhibit Discussion and Preparation. Other topics to be discussed as time allows: PACT-TV show planning, Empty Bowl participation, Strategic Planning and Fundraising, etc. Please feel free to bring a snack or beverage to share with the group.
Hope to see you there,
Bridget & Roald, AAAWD Co-leaders
What: UMD Art Exhibit Discussion and Preparation. Other topics to be discussed as time allows: PACT-TV show planning, Empty Bowl participation, Strategic Planning and Fundraising, etc. Please feel free to bring a snack or beverage to share with the group.
Hope to see you there,
Bridget & Roald, AAAWD Co-leaders
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
October 13, 2009 AAAWD Meeting Notice
Calling All Artists With Disabilities in the Twin Ports and the Arrowhead region of Minnesota! You are cordially invited to attend the next meeting of AAAWD:
When: Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 5 pm
Where: DRCC - Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you have any questions, email Todd Reed. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside.
What: Art Pickup - be on hand to pick up your artwork from our exhibits at the Depot and the DECC. Also, we will watch a PBS TV series called "EGG" - a TV show about people making art across America. There'll be popcorn and pop, and the opportunity to brainstorm about creating our own version of "EGG" for PACT.
When: Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 5 pm
What: Art Pickup - be on hand to pick up your artwork from our exhibits at the Depot and the DECC. Also, we will watch a PBS TV series called "EGG" - a TV show about people making art across America. There'll be popcorn and pop, and the opportunity to brainstorm about creating our own version of "EGG" for PACT.
AAAWD Art Exhibit Oct. 12 & 13, 2009
AAAWD has been invited by VSA arts of Minnesota to display our artwork as part of National Disability Mentoring Day 10th Anniversary Celebration and Launch:
To learn more about the DMD 10th Anniversary Celebration and National Launch, contact the Disability Mentoring Day team at 1-800-840-8844 or via email at dmd@aapd.com, or visit the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) website.
Anniversary Celebration: October 12, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Located at Duluth’s Historical Center: The Depot
An evening reception at Duluth’s Historical Center: The Depot, welcoming national corporate sponsors, industry executives, local employers and community supporters of individuals with disabilities.
&
National Launch & Career Fair: October 13, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Located at The Duluth Convention Center (DECC)
A national career fair featuring national speakers and national employer exhibits. The event will welcome an estimated 1,000 students with disabilities, job seekers with disabilities, as well as national and local employers.
An evening reception at Duluth’s Historical Center: The Depot, welcoming national corporate sponsors, industry executives, local employers and community supporters of individuals with disabilities.
&
National Launch & Career Fair: October 13, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Located at The Duluth Convention Center (DECC)
A national career fair featuring national speakers and national employer exhibits. The event will welcome an estimated 1,000 students with disabilities, job seekers with disabilities, as well as national and local employers.
To learn more about the DMD 10th Anniversary Celebration and National Launch, contact the Disability Mentoring Day team at 1-800-840-8844 or via email at dmd@aapd.com, or visit the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) website.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
October 2009 AAAWD Meeting Notice
Calling All Artists With Disabilities in the Twin Ports and the Arrowhead region of Minnesota! You are cordially invited to attend the next meeting of AAAWD:
Where: DRCC - Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you have any questions, email Todd Reed. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside.
What: We will be discussing the following questions (see below). Craig Dunn from VSA arts of Minnesota will be up to facilitate and videotape our discussion of these questions. The videotape will be included as part of “Changing Landscapes: Symposium on the Arts & Disability” an engaging symposium focusing on strengthening opportunities for children, youth and adults with disabilities to participate in the arts to be held at the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum on October 30. Craig will bring light refreshments and also fill us in about an upcoming opportunity for us to exhibit our artwork at the DECC in October.
Here are the questions:
When: Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 5 pm
What: We will be discussing the following questions (see below). Craig Dunn from VSA arts of Minnesota will be up to facilitate and videotape our discussion of these questions. The videotape will be included as part of “Changing Landscapes: Symposium on the Arts & Disability” an engaging symposium focusing on strengthening opportunities for children, youth and adults with disabilities to participate in the arts to be held at the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum on October 30. Craig will bring light refreshments and also fill us in about an upcoming opportunity for us to exhibit our artwork at the DECC in October.
Here are the questions:
1. How did you get started in making art? (suggestions: on your own, parent or sibling got me started, took a class after school, took art class in school)
2. Has your disability shaped your art? Do you see it as separate from your art? Is it part of the art work that you create?
3. In terms of marketing your art, do you want people to know that you are an artist with a disability or doesn’t it matter? Why or why not.
4. What does success as an artist mean to you? What keeps you going?
5. When you were a child, did you get to make art or take art classes? What kinds of opportunities did you have? (suggestions: make art on own, take classes, go to galleries)
6. What role does your art have in your life? How has your life changed on account of creating art now, as opposed to before when you did not create art?
7. Think about experiences you have had. Have these experiences influenced your art?
8. Who would you like to see your art?
9. What kind of supports do you find helpful in creating and/or promoting your art? And what kinds of supports are not so helpful to you?
10. What other opportunities out in the world (to exhibit and/or sell your work, to learn new artistic techniques and/or new approaches to the creative process, etc.) would you like to see available to you to grow as an artist?
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
September 2009 AAAWD Meeting Notice
Calling All Artists With Disabilities in the Twin Ports and the Arrowhead region of Minnesota! You are cordially invited to attend the next meeting of AAAWD:
Where: DRCC - Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you have any questions, email Todd Reed. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside.
What: We will be discussing some questions (see below) in preparation for our upcoming October 6 meeting when Craig Dunn from VSA arts of Minnesota will be up to facilitate and videotape our discussion of these questions. The videotape will be included as part of “Changing Landscapes: Symposium on the Arts & Disability” an engaging symposium focusing on strengthening opportunities for children, youth and adults with disabilities to participate in the arts to be held at the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum on October 30. Craig will bring light refreshments and also fill us in about an upcoming opportunity for us to exhibit our artwork at the DECC in October.
Here are the questions:
When: Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 pm
What: We will be discussing some questions (see below) in preparation for our upcoming October 6 meeting when Craig Dunn from VSA arts of Minnesota will be up to facilitate and videotape our discussion of these questions. The videotape will be included as part of “Changing Landscapes: Symposium on the Arts & Disability” an engaging symposium focusing on strengthening opportunities for children, youth and adults with disabilities to participate in the arts to be held at the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum on October 30. Craig will bring light refreshments and also fill us in about an upcoming opportunity for us to exhibit our artwork at the DECC in October.
Here are the questions:
1. How did you get started in making art? (suggestions: on your own, parent or sibling got me started, took a class after school, took art class in school)
2. Has your disability shaped your art? Do you see it as separate from your art? Is it part of the art work that you create?
3. In terms of marketing your art, do you want people to know that you are an artist with a disability or doesn’t it matter? Why or why not.
4. What does success as an artist mean to you? What keeps you going?
5. When you were a child, did you get to make art or take art classes? What kinds of opportunities did you have? (suggestions: make art on own, take classes, go to galleries)
6. What role does your art have in your life? How has your life changed on account of creating art now, as opposed to before when you did not create art?
7. Think about experiences you have had. Have these experiences influenced your art?
8. Who would you like to see your art?
9. What kind of supports do you find helpful in creating and/or promoting your art? And what kinds of supports are not so helpful to you?
10. What other opportunities out in the world (to exhibit and/or sell your work, to learn new artistic techniques and/or new approaches to the creative process, etc.) would you like to see available to you to grow as an artist?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Thought For The Day
"We all have handicaps. The difference is that some of us must reveal ours, while others must conceal theirs, to be treated with mercy."
-Yahia Lababidi, author (b. 1973)
-Yahia Lababidi, author (b. 1973)
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Prepare to be AAAWD...at Cinema Lounge Duluth!
Indie Film Night in Duluth
Friday December 5, 2008
Friday December 5, 2008
If you're a filmmaker and live in MN, you might want to catch
this informational session about the McKnight Artist Fellowships
worth $25,000.
this informational session about the McKnight Artist Fellowships
worth $25,000.
7pm - Cinema Lounge!
Intro - Paul/Lu/Zeppa Foundation "Return to Duluth" intro by Mark Ryan
• Paul Creager "Resonance" project description
• Bridget Riversmith, Todd Reed, and Ben Giesen – "Prepare To Be AAAWD..."
• Tim Massett – "Waiting for Akiko," "The Fruit Man," "It Could Be Anything"
• Tim Massett – "Waiting for Akiko," "The Fruit Man," "It Could Be Anything"
• Chani Becker – "Early Adopter" Doc Trailer
• Mike Scholtz - "The Jig Is Up"
• Mark Ryan – "North Shore November", "Harbor Fog", "Day at the Deeps"
• Jason Page – "White Man’s World" trailer
• Jason Page – "White Man’s World" trailer
• Lisa Wagner – "Taste of the Gunflint Trail"
• Max Becker – "That Old Feeling"
• Max Becker – "That Old Feeling"
8:30pm - After Party at the Duluth Sheraton Hotel!
Thanks to the Zeppa Family Foundation, Zeitgeist Arts, VisitDuluth, and the Sheraton Duluth, we'll be toasting the filmmakers' work and getting to know one another at a swinging after-party.
A note about parking: if you’re driving, parking ramp is off of 1st Street: take the green ticket with you, park on the 2nd level, go through the skyway, and they’ll validate the ticket at the party. That means free parking!
A note about parking: if you’re driving, parking ramp is off of 1st Street: take the green ticket with you, park on the 2nd level, go through the skyway, and they’ll validate the ticket at the party. That means free parking!
Contacts:
IFP Minnesota: 651.644.1912Duluth Play Ground: 218-733-7555 (11 E. Superior St)
Sheraton Duluth: (218) 733- 5660 (301 E. Superior St)
Friday, November 14, 2008
"Prepare to be AAAWD..."
Watch AAAWD's new PSA for the Nov. 21 & 22 show at The Play Ground!
Todd and Ben filmed our video in blue screen and added cool special effects at PACT studios in Duluth. Bridget did the animation, plus additional editing and special effects. Local band Tangier 57 (www.tangier57.com) did the music. Featured AAAWD artists in the video are: Karl, Dave, Ben, Roald, Bridget, Todd and Ryan.
Finger snappin, toe-tappin... Come see our show! Join our group!
See the post below this one for more information about our upcoming event, "An AAAWD Evening" at The Play Ground in Duluth.
Todd and Ben filmed our video in blue screen and added cool special effects at PACT studios in Duluth. Bridget did the animation, plus additional editing and special effects. Local band Tangier 57 (www.tangier57.com) did the music. Featured AAAWD artists in the video are: Karl, Dave, Ben, Roald, Bridget, Todd and Ryan.
Finger snappin, toe-tappin... Come see our show! Join our group!
See the post below this one for more information about our upcoming event, "An AAAWD Evening" at The Play Ground in Duluth.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Announcing AAAWD's multi-media debut at the Play Ground!
Friday & Saturday, November 21-22, 2008
"An AAAWD Evening"
The Play Ground
Technology Village (main level)
11 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN
6:30 pm | Artists' Reception featuring Harpist, Christina Cotruvo
7:30 pm | Part I: AAAWD Little Films
8:30 pm | Part II: CHOICE Dancers & BOLD-Choice Theater Company
Tickets $5 (general admission at the door)
Box Office: 218-733-7555
"An AAAWD Evening" will open at 6:30 p.m. with a reception in the lobby gallery where AAAWD’s 2D and 3D artwork will be on display. Complimentary refreshments will be served and artwork will be for sale. The reception will also include live music by harpist, Christina Cotruvo. Performances in the theater begin at 7:30 p.m. with “Part I: AAAWD Little Films” featuring short animation and adventure films by Ben Giesen, Todd Reed and Bridget Riversmith. Members of CHOICE, unlimited’s dance program will open “Part II: AAAWD Twists and Turns,” followed by BOLD-Choice Theater Company performing selected scenes from their latest production, Romeo and Juliet’s Tragic Comedy. Question and answer sessions will close each part, and the ‘Evening will conclude at 9:30 p.m. Tickets for this all-ages event are $5 (general admission at the door). Front row wheelchair-accessible seating and ASL interpreters will be available each night of the event.
According to AAAWD co-founder, Bridget Riversmith, “‘An AAAWD Evening’ is about expanding notions of ability and normality by adding our own definitions and experience to the equation through art. Our acronym sounds like “odd” and “awed” – words that echo what it’s like being an artist with a disability in America. The trajectory of our group is from odd to awed via artwork, humor, friendship and open minds.”
Arrowhead Alliance of Artists With Disabilities (AAAWD):
The underlying inspiration for AAAWD (and their logo) is the stone soup fable wherein a few stones placed in a pot of boiling water become both pretext and catalyst for creating something from nothing, and revealing nothing to be something after all.
AAAWD began in 2006 with a series of VSA arts of Minnesota-sponsored meetings which brought together individual artists and arts organizations from around the state to discuss forming artists with disabilities collectives in Greater Minnesota. In 2007, local artists with disabilities were invited by VSA and the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council to several meetings in Duluth to lay the foundation for a new collective. In early 2008, VSA arts provided grant money to help fund our group projects and outreach activities.
The current core membership includes these visual artists, actors, directors, musicians and filmmakers: Pete B., Christina Cotruvo, Ben Giesen, David Hoffman, Ryan Iallonardo, Julie Jeatran, Cecilia Lieder, Bill Lyth, Roald Molberg (co-founder), Karl Mulligan, Sarah Nord, Justin Powers, Todd Reed, Bridget Riversmith (co-founder) and Annie Roseen.
CHOICE, unlimited’s ARTS (Activities Revealing Talents & Skills) Programs:
CHOICE, unlimited’s dance program, Movement & Dance: Emotion in Motion, challenges participants to explore the potential of their body’s individualized expression of movement. Participants gain greater body awareness and control. They also work to become less inhibited in expressing emotions and movement in front of others. The performance for “An AAAWD Evening” is a culmination of a series of moves explored during a ten-week program. We have put together a dance performance piece to the music of R&B, hip-hop artists N.E.R.D. The song is entitled “Maybe” and it represents a range of emotion and physical movement. Dancers include: Pete B., Ken S., Roxanne N., Rebecca K., Sean K., and Kevin R.
BOLD-Choice Theater Company introduces adults with disabilities to the world of theater and performing arts. BOLD (Battling Obstacles Living with Disabilities) provides a unique style of theater performance, exposing student audiences to the talents of individuals with disabilities, opening new channels for dialogue, and providing a venue to “talk” across barriers. Annie Roseen is Theatre Arts Instructor and Director, as well as Instructor of Dance at CHOICE, unlimited. Actors include: Pete B., Lloyd G., Ken S., Tanya K., Shannon H., and Annie R.
Romeo and Juliet’s Tragic Comedy is an original piece created by the BOLD-choice Theatre Company based on the Shakespearean classic tale of star-cross’d love. In the BOLD version of the story, the characters face the realities of discrimination, stereotyping, alienation and group think. They also experience the joys of young love, friendship, family and unification. As the story unfolds, the actors themselves get a chance to share the challenges they have personally encountered, as well their own hopes and wishes. Romeo and Juliet’s Tragic Comedy allows the audience a chance to experience a new world with an entertaining and honest twist on the age old story of love and hate.
The scene being performed for “An AAAWD Evening” is BOLD’s take on Romeo and Juliet’s iconic balcony scene featuring comedic twists on the traditional characters. This scene features a pair of Juliets and a pair of Romeos trying to connect with the correct partner. Confusion abounds!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Framed!
We'll be having a party to mat and/or frame our artwork for "An AAAWD Evening" on Wednesday NOVEMBER 5, 2008 from 5 pm (til we're done) @ SOFT HANDS. DRCC Soft Hands is located at: 1902 East Superior St. in Duluth (1 block East of HDC's CSP offices). Look for the building resembling a convenience store on the South side of the street. If you have any questions, contact Todd Reed. Soft Hands is located on busline: DTA Route 6 - 7 East Mainline UMD - Lakeside. All matting and framing materials will be provided for those who need it thanks to our grant from VSA arts of Minnesota!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
AAAWD featured at Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center Event
AAAWD member Bill Lyth has been coordinating our participation at a Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center awards event happening this Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 4 - 5:30 pm (at the chapel/spirtual end of the Miller-Dwan Lobby hallway).
We are the only exhibitors invited to be at this event, and people will pass by our tables as they enter and leave the Miller-Dwan Medical Center lobby where we will be located. This is a great opportunity to spread the word about our group, network and attract new membership. Thanks Bill!
Set up time begins at 2 pm Wednesday. Please contact Bill (if you haven't already) if you are interested in helping out for this event. Email him here.
We are the only exhibitors invited to be at this event, and people will pass by our tables as they enter and leave the Miller-Dwan Medical Center lobby where we will be located. This is a great opportunity to spread the word about our group, network and attract new membership. Thanks Bill!
Set up time begins at 2 pm Wednesday. Please contact Bill (if you haven't already) if you are interested in helping out for this event. Email him here.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Share your opinion to support vibrant communities in Minnesota
You are invited to take a survey about our community. The Minnesota State Arts Board and our regional arts council want to hear your opinion about needs and resources in our community, and how the arts can help our community flourish.
It is very important that they hear from you so they can develop programs that are valuable to all Minnesotans. Your responses will help to set funding priorities and activities for the next five years.
Click on the link below to take the survey.
http://www.theimprovegroup.com/surveys/mnarts.htm
This survey is being managed by an independent research firm, the Improve Group, to keep your responses anonymous and confidential. Contact Susan at the Improve Group with any questions: toll-free telephone (877-467-7847) or email (susanm@theimprovegroup.com)
It is very important that they hear from you so they can develop programs that are valuable to all Minnesotans. Your responses will help to set funding priorities and activities for the next five years.
Click on the link below to take the survey.
http://www.theimprovegroup.
| Complete the survey by Friday, October 3, 2008 |
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