FIELD NOTES FROM CREATIVE EXCHANGE Stories of artists with impact from communities across America © 2016 Springboard for the Arts www.springboardexchange.org 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................ 8 ARTISTS AS CATALYSTS .................................................................... 10 VALUING ARTISTS, IN ALL SENSES OF THE WORD .................................................. 11 TRANSFORMING THE KIRKBRIDE: FERGUS FALLS FACES MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES & HISTORIC PRESERVATION WITH ART ...................................................................... 14 "LOOK, THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING ART HERE": HOW COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART THRIVES IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA .......................................................................... 20 HOW ARTISTS HELPED KEEP 33 BUSINESSES IN A CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION CHAOS ........................................................................ 25 PHOTOGRAPHY & PARTICIPATION: HOW PHOTOVOICE ENGAGES AND REBUILDS COMMUNITIES .................................................................................................... 30 HOW PUBLIC ART BUILDS SAFER, STRONGER NEIGHBORHOODS .............................. 35 BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER ............................................................ 40 BRYCE MCCLOUD WANTS ALL OF NASHVILLE TO BE NEIGHBORS ............................ 41 PEARLDAMOUR SEES THE WAY HOME IN THE STARS OVER MILTON, AMERICA .......... 48 THE KELLY STRAYHORN THEATER WELCOMES THE COMMUNITY INTO THEIR HOME ... 53 PLACEBASE PRODUCTIONS BUILDS RURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY THEATRE ............................................................................................................ 56 HALEEM RASUL IS TEACHING THE WORLD TO JIT ................................................... 61 TU DANCE MAKES MODERN DANCE ACCESSIBLE TO A DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN ST. PAUL ................................................................................................................. 65 REIMAGINING WHAT’S POSSIBLE ...................................................... 69 WITT SIASOCO USES ART TO CREATE HOME .......................................................... 70 MACON ROVING LISTENERS SHARES VOICE THROUGH LISTENING ........................... 75 WRITE YOUR BLOCK RELATES POETRY AND PLACE IN PHILADELPHIA ....................... 78 LENKA CLAYTON, AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE IN MOTHERHOOD ................................ 80 REACH STUDIO REACHES ARTISTS HOMELESS AND IN TRANSITION, TREATING THEM AS ARTISTS FIRST ..................................................................................................... 84 NIKIKO MASUMOTO CULTIVATES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE ART OF FOOD AND FARMING AND STORIES OF PLACE ......................................................................... 88 THE MCCOLL CENTER OFFERS URBAN RESIDENCIES TO SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS ARTISTS .............................................................................................................. 93 NEW CONTEXTS ................................................................................ 96 HATTIE MAE WILLIAMS BRINGS GUERRILLA DANCE PERFORMANCES TO PUBLIC PLACES WITH TATTOOED BALLERINAS ............................................................................... 97 SAM WHITE MAKES THE BARD'S ENDURING THEMES ON THE HUMAN CONDITION RELEVANT TO DETROITERS ................................................................................. 100 3 BACH AND BOOMBOX DECLASSIFIES THE CLASSICS, MIXING THE BEASTIE BOYS WITH BEETHOVEN ...................................................................................................... 104 ERIK HOWARD BRINGS THE CORNER AND THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN UNLIKELY WAYS THROUGH THE ALLEY PROJECT ................................................................ 108 SWARAJ YOGA TEACHES SELF-RULE TO THOSE IN RECOVERY ............................... 114 CORNER CONCERTS PROMOTES MACON'S LOCAL MUSIC SCENE WITH A PLACEMAKING AGENDA ........................................................................................................... 117 SOCIAL CHANGE MOVEMENTS ........................................................ 121 ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM IS THE FIRST AND ONLY MUSEUM OF ITS KIND ....................................................................................................................... 122 READING BETWEEN THE THIN BLUE LINES WITH POETRY ...................................... 127 PEOPLE'S PAPER CO-OP REWRITES THE NARRATIVES OF THOSE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS THROUGH PAPERMAKING .................................................................... 133 JOI SEARS LEADS THE THEATRE FOR THE FREE PEOPLE ON THE WORLD'S STAGE .. 137 OF CORN AND MEN: YVONNE ESCALANTE EXPLORES THEMES OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH CORN ......................................................... 141 PUBLIC ART AS SOCIAL ACTIVISM: TA-COUMBA AIKEN CREATES ART THAT HEALS THE HEART AND SOUL .............................................................................................. 145 NURTURING NEW ARTISTS .............................................................. 149 ALEX GILLIAM IS BUILDING HEROES ................................................................... 150 YEPAW ENCOURAGES YOUTH TO PURSUE LIFESTYLES OF EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE ARTS ................................................................................................................ 154 DENVER-BASED YOUTH ON RECORD IS AN INNOVATIVE MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH NATIONAL RELEVANCE ............................................................................... 158 PAR PROJECTS IS BUILDING A HOME FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING IN CINCINNATI'S NORTHSIDE ................................................................................. 162 CREATIVE BUSINESS MODELS ........................................................ 166 1XRUN IS THE FUTURE OF ART ........................................................................... 167 STEPHANIE PRUITT PUTS POEMS IN VENDING MACHINES AND MAKES HER ART HER BUSINESS ......................................................................................................... 171 JOAN VORDERBRUGGEN IS THE ONE-WOMAN POWERHOUSE BEHIND MINNEAPOLIS'S MADE HERE ..................................................................................................... 175 APRIL DENÉE IS THE MOTHER OF BUSK! ............................................................ 180 ARTISTS U TEACHES ARTISTS HOW TO MAKE A LIFE .............................................. 183 FLOCO TORRES IS A SELF-MADE MAN IN MACON ................................................. 185 ORGANIZATIONS OPENING UP ......................................................... 187 BUILDING EQUITY IN THE ARTS IN DENVER .......................................................... 188 BRINGING PEOPLE TO PLAY IN URBAN GREEN SPACES ........................................ 195 MAKING HOME WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS ........................................................ 200 RAPPING IN VACANT LOTS, REPPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD .................................. 204 COLLABORATION AT THE HEART OF REAL ESTATE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................................... 208 4 TOOLKITS FOR CHANGE ................................................................... 213 THE JOY OF TOOLKITS ....................................................................................... 214 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART ........................................................................... 216 ARTISTS' HEALTH FAIR ...................................................................................... 217 YOUR IDEA HERE .............................................................................................. 217 THE ROAD TO A COMMUNITY PLAN ................................................................... 218 BLOCK PARTY IN A BOX .................................................................................... 218 NEIGHBORHOOD POSTCARD PROJECT ............................................................... 218 [FREESPACE] ..................................................................................................... 219 POP UP MUSEUM ............................................................................................. 219 IRRIGATE: ARTIST-LED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT .......................................... 220 HEALTHCARE VOUCHER PROGRAM AND FREE HEALTHCARE DAYS TOOLKIT .......... 221 OPEN-AIR SOCIAL DANCE SERIES ...................................................................... 222 THE PEOPLE'S CREATIVE TOOLKIT ..................................................................... 222 WORLD DANCE PARTY ...................................................................................... 223 WORK OF ART: BUSINESS SKILLS FOR ARTISTS ................................................... 224 CREATIVE EXCHANGE ARTISTS ........................................................ 225 AKRON, OH ...................................................................................................... 226 CHARLOTTE, NC ............................................................................................... 227 CINCINNATI, OH ............................................................................................... 227 CODY, NE .......................................................................................................