iCreate recital, exciting news & a request

Yesterday in #Mountainair: great time was had by all at the iCreate recital, Pack's Cafe at Shaffer, details, video and pics to follow. Congratulations to our talented and diligent young local musicians who earned certificates and awards. Special thanks to Packs for hosting recital and providing refreshments.

 

Exiting news! Lenora Romero told us about the promising response to the Capital Outlay Request she and Kay Stillion recently submitted in person on behalf of iCreate. The request is to fund iCreate's permanent location, music/arts outreach program and community garden. Monday, there will be another Santa Fe trip Monday to bundle this request with one on behalf of the Town of Mountainair for the community park and safe playground equipment.

Lenora asks for our prayers and also that we take the time to call, email, fax state legislators urging their support. More on this today. Maybe even sample letters, a Causes page on Facebook. Perhaps an Event page since the time frame is so narrow with the request deadline this coming Friday. Until then, settle for names and basic contact information. More electronic nudging, sharing, reminders and requests today to get your friends to do likewise will follow as sure as morning sunlight follows the dark of night.

Get ready to contact:

• Speaker of the House, Ben Lujan. Capitol phone, (505) 986-4782; home phone,(505) 455-3354; e-mail, ben.lujan@nmlegis.gov
• Senator Pete Campos. Capitol phone, (505) 986-4311, office phone, (505) 454-2501; home phone, (505) 425-0508; e-mail: petecampos@newmexico.com
• Representative Rhonda King. Capitol phone, (505) 986-4438; Office Phone, (505) 832-5050; home phone, (505) 832-4603
• Senator Phil Griego. Capitol Phone, (505) 986-4861, office phone, (505) 469-9470; home phone, (575) 421-2863; e-mail: senatorgriego@yahoo.com
• Representative Larry Larrañaga. Capitol phone, (505) 986-4215; home phone,(505) 821-4948; e-mail, larry@larranaga.com

Ask them to welcome Lenora and Kay and support the Capital Outlay requests they will be delivering on behalf of iCreate and all Mountainair 

PS iCreate recently joined Facebook ~ please visit, like and leave a message

Sat Jan21 Los Lunas Museum Opening

NM & Civil War Exhibit 2- 4 PM, Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts, 251 Main St.  (under the water tower): NM Centennial program series exhibit - NM in the Civil War opens Sat. Jan. 21  and runs through March 21. The opening program, Sat. Jan. 21 - 2 - 4 PM features a Civil War presentation by John Taylor and a tribute from the NM Terr. Brass Band.

 

Another special presentation by Baldwin G. Burr - NM Centennial, Sat. Feb 4, 2 - 4 PM

 

For more info:  Call 505-352-7720 or view (pdf) http://www.loslunasnm.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1536

So what is Mountainair doing for the Centennial? Someone tell me again? Or just tell me for the first time. Town? Chamber? Not even a committee? Aww... Anyone? I'm not ready to stop asking (digital ankle biting, gadfly mission and all that) but considering a virtual Centennial project. I've used up my free Scoop.it pages but could add it to Mountainair 87036 there or create something on Storify or Pinterest.

STOP SOPA: #SOPASTRIKE Jan18

My favorire "stop sopa" page is Zachary Johnson's shadowbox with the moving light (just move your cursor) on Zachstronaut. Adding this one to my feed reader... tomorrow. Today ..... 

 

Sites are striking in all different ways, but they are united by this: do the biggest thing you possibly can and drive contacts to Congress. *Put the source code for this page your site* ~ it's my main page at Mountainair Online (the web page). I have no control over blog policies. I'm not really up to tinker with source code to show a black out page on my blogs. So I am settling for posting information and exhortations (like this one). Except for following #sopastrike on Twitter and @fightfortheftr) and Reddit, I'm staying off public pages today. No Facebook or 

Personal blackouts seem to be running either 24 hours (midnight to midnight) or 8AM EST to 8PM EST. Major supporting sites like Wikipedia, WordPress, Google, Internet Archive (+ Wayback Machine), Electronic Frontier Foundation, Tucows and many, many more are striking for 24 hours. Looked like a major slow down on Facebook when I checked (before 8 am).  

What can you do to support the strike if you don't have a blog or web page, can't blog and RT #sopastrike stories? Make a call; sign the petition; learn more; the action of the hour is to speak out. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper, opposing the bills. Contact local news stations and let them know that this is an issue worth covering. And there is still email, what they could be coming after next...

Today's Google search page:

 

Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web! 

Whistler in Corsica

 

An essay about James Abbot McNeil Whistler, illustrated and based on his correspondence, courtesy of ACFA Éditions (Association Culturelle France-Amerique), 23, avenue Guy de Maupassant, 13008 Marseilles - France. Tel. fax : 33(0) 491 77 98 08. Email: acfa1@aliceadsl.fr

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Creative Aging: A Local Arts Agency Fills a Community Need

An idea for the MMAC and appropriate to local demographics: an Arizona arts center initiates a seniors program.

"As the population of the United States matures in the 21st Century, data shows that there are as many people over age 65 as are under age 20. To respond to this demographic shift, the Mesa Arts Center initiated an important pilot program to reach an underserved population of seniors, and early results are very promising!

The center enlisted the services of two marvelous local teaching artists, Tessa Windt (fibers), and Elizabeth Johnson (dance), to work directly with seniors at three Mesa facilities as part of the Creative Aging Program. The goal of the program is simple: uplift individual creative expression in older adults through movement, story, dance, and engagement in art making.

We’re excited that we’ve not only met our goal, but also impacted this special population in meaningful ways and we’re ready to make this program a permanent part of our services to the community."

Read the rest at ARTSblog » Creative Aging: A Local Arts Agency Fills a Community Need

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#Mountainair briefly noted

10 am meeting today, Manzano Mountain Scribes at Alpine Alley. That means starting NOW (or will already have started by the time I hit the send button). Waiting for more to post about program, I lost track of time. One sentence (i.e. Ben's, Note: At the meeting Judy will be discussing doing a Kindle book with a little imput from me.) doesn't cut it, especially not from writers, but that's all I have. Does not bode well either for guest post or Scribes furnishing copy for their own page at Poets and Writers Picnic

If you cannot make it to the meeting, check the Scribes writing group page on Facebook  for Judy's excellent handout on self-publishing that she prepared for the meeting. There are also a number of other links on other aspects of the same topic as well as writers resources. Scribes meet online asychronously and IRL at Alpine 2nd and 4th Saturdays unless otherwise noted.

 

Tanya Peterson writes that Latin Dance with Fedelina is back on (and still on Facebook at Wo-Men in Motion):

Wanted to let you know about new information. We have a new info line with recorded info on current class schedules including any changes and cancellations. The number is 505-221-5696. At the end of the recording there is an option to speak with one of us or leave a voice mail. Also, we are back on for the new year at the Dr Saul building. Classes are still free of charge. 

Latin Dance classes are from 4:45 - 5:45 on Tuesdays and 5:30 - 6:30 on Thursdays. The earlier time on Tuesdays is due to the city meeting twice monthly starting at 6:00. We don't have an official hula hoop dance class at this time. But I try to come in early to hoop, especially if people call me and say they want to hoop! Interested hoopers can call the info line and talk to me about details and schedules.

How would a mashup read? "Write fit"? "Publish to a Latin beat"? "Writers in motion??

How Do You Stay Creative?

11 artists ~ photographers, digital artists, sculptors, illustrators, painters, caricaturists ~ tell how they stay creative. My Modern Metropolis writes about it,

While in 2010 we asked our artists and photographer what general advice they'd give to others, in 2011 we decided to focus on in a more specific question. Inspired by a list we came across in June, at the end of several of our interviews we asked one simple question, "How do you stay creative?"

What we ended up getting were answers that had one common thread running through them: it was about opening yourself up to new experiences. Whether it was traveling, placing yourself in a creative atmosphere or reading books and seeing movies, these 11 artists and photographers believe that the best way to keep those creative juices flowing is by seeing and experiencing new things. As we start off 2012, may their words inspire you, in your own artistic endeavor.

Read and then heed the rest of How Do You Stay Creative?

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Creativity Matters: Chronicles of the Creative Economy

Articles about the arts and development, pick of the week cultural event, opportunities (including a public art project call for muralists), deadlines and more.

Talk of the Town + other creative community headlines from albuquerque and beyond   Tricklock's Lullabies for My Father / Image by Tricklock Take five, friends: The Weekly Alibi previews Tricklock's Revolutions International Theatre Festival - a.k.a. the talk of the town, also written up in local IQ and abqARTS and Entertainment Hartford Business Journal explores Connecticut's Office of the Arts, a new centralized organization that considers placemaking and economic development vital Dwell features the final installment on zHome, America's first zero energy multifamily community, and explains how the project gained (publicity) steam The New York Times considers the role of parking lots in the urban landscape, and makes a case for considering them more seriously when we plan / design our environments Multimedia! Wallpaper* shares Christopher Choa's Intelligence Squared If Conference presentation on the evolution of cities and, particularly, the aerotropolis Something To Do creative abq members' event of the week pick What: The 12th Annual Revolutions International Theatre Festival Who: Presented by Albuquerque's own Tricklock Theatre Company and featuring the likes of Titzina Teatro (Spain), Perpetuo Mobile (Italy), Macadames (France) and many more Where: UNM, NHCC, The Box Performance Space and The Resource Center When: Various times, January 10 - 28 Advance tickets or festival passport encouraged. Reserve yours now! Recommended by:  Dodie Montgomery, Tricklock Theatre Company Opportunities for you, dear creatives, for you Creative Projects for ABQ Sprout micro-grants. Submissions due January 15 Writers & Poets for University of Arizona's Summer Residency Program. Submissions due January 27 Artists & Artisans for New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair. Applications due January 28 Artists for the City of Albuquerque / Creative Albuquerque Mural Relief Project. Proposals due February 3 Filmmakers for the Los Angeles Film Festival. Deadlines vary based on the type of film, but are coming up in January and February Playwrights for FUSION Theatre Company's 7th Annual New Works Festival, "The Seven." Submissions due April 16 Actors for many winter production auditions, per Albuquerque Theatre Guild We Love Hearing From You Regina Chavez, Executive Director Julia Mandeville, Creativity Matters Editor / Associate Director, Programs and Communications Amy Cliser, Development Officer Ben Tobias, Programs & Development Assistant Interns:  Kevin Martinez (Atrisco HS)  |  Christian Cruz  (Amy Biehl HS) Creative Albuquerque  |  www.creativeabq.org  |  info@creativeabq.org  |  (505) 268-1920 Mailing: P.O. Box 27657, Albuquerque 87125  |  Physical: 115 4th Street NW, Albuquerque 87102     Copyright © 2012 Creative Albuquerque, All rights reserved.

Harwood Art Center: 2012 programs

What's inside? (1) Art School Classes are back (2) Opening Receptions this Friday (3) Let the music begin! We should be friends! If you work or play on Facebook or Twitter, be sure to follow/friend us. It'll keep your fingers on our pulse and hopefully you'll let us know what you're thinking about. We like it when you share. Art School Classes are back! After a long autumn and early winter hiatus, our Art School classes are back in session. We thank you for your abundant patience as we embraced organizational changes over the past several months. Now that 2012 is here, we are ready to rock'n'roll! Coming up this month and next, we bring you classes in oil painting, ceramics, life drawing, paper making, and a special independent study. Our entire schedule of new classes (stretching through June of this year) will be online soon. In the meantime, jump start January and February with these classes. Opening Receptions this Friday Start the year off with a dose of great new exhibits. We are proud to present the following exhibits this Friday, January 6th, from 6-8 pm. (1) An Anthology of a Gay Artist, Jonathan Ryan Lee (1950 – 2011): Jonathan's very personal and diverse work drew inspiration from his beautiful, controversial and diverse life. His work consists mainly of objects, drawings, oil paintings, watercolors, and relief prints. (2) Encaustic and Silk, Evey Jones and Harriette Tsosie: Albuquerque artists Evey Jones and Harriette Tsosie explore the media of encaustic (pigmented wax) and silk. Read more about these artists. Let the music begin! Attention music lovers: Grab your hats, your coats and/or your kids and head on down to Burque Bop's first performance of the new year. Our family-friendly live music series is coming back with a bang on January 20th, featuring Chris Dracup - Albuquerque's own hardest working bluesman . The show is sure to put a bounce in your step. And if you're a parent looking for a way to scratch that live music itch without blowing all your cash on a babysitter, this is your jam. Kids are always FREE. Adults are $8. Put it on your calendar: January 20th, 6 pm. Find out more about Burque Bop , our live music series, by visiting us online.