tag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:/en/projects?page=109Awesome Foundation - Projects2014-07-11T09:12:43Ztag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/349312014-07-07T00:00:00Z2014-07-11T09:12:43ZLusaka (Inactive) – Teledoctor mHealth AppTeledoctor is a start up that is using technology to make healthcare services accessible to many Zambians. Zambia currently has a doctor/population ratio of 1: 17,589 and Nurse/population ratio of 1: 1,864-and over 60% of Zambians have to travel over 5km to access health services. We believed by using technology we make healthcare available to over 8million Zambians who have access to a mobile phone.
The ubiquity of the mobile phone makes it a valuable tool for health service delivery. We have developed an application that allows users to chat directly with qualified doctor, access a health directory of health services in Zambia and is able to direct them to the clinic nearest to them using GPS. The application is currently available on android phones and we plan to launch on blackberry, windows and iOS. In addition we intend on integrating the service to SMS and USSD type applications so as to allow all mobile phone users to access this service. Sam MusaririTeledoctor mHealth Apphttp://www.teledoctor.co.zmZambiaLusaka (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/lusakatag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/343412014-07-03T00:00:00Z2014-07-03T20:53:18ZSan Francisco, CA – Changing the world one love note at a timeI will paint and hang love notes in each of the 26 San Francisco zip codes, geotagging the locations to the love note map at LoveYou2.org.
What started as a fun love note for my kids has turned into a passion for finding, documenting, installing and sharing love notes. At www.LoveYou2.org I post about my adventures documenting signs of love, installing public art love notes, and reflecting on life’s loves. Guests are invited to share their "get love. give love." stories finding or sharing a love note. LoveYou2.org has become a hub for the exchange of love in its many forms; a place to practice, to be inspired, to share, a place to get love when you need some and give love when you have it.
To date, I’ve post more than 2,000 i love you, too fliers, created several hundred public displays of affection or street art love note signs, a deeper expression of my get love. give love. concept. LoveYou2.org has received hundreds of comments and guest submissions about readers’ own experiences finding and sharing love notes.
Watch this 2-minute mini documentary for scenes from one night of renegade street art love note installing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3xkuNSchE
I found my heart in San Francisco; there is an ever-growing map of San Francisco in my mind, comprised of locations embedded with people and experiences coupled with awe. Installing love notes in each of San Francisco's 26 zipcodes will be my love note back to this glorious city, shannon WeberChanging the world one love note at a timehttp://www.LoveYou2.orgUnited StatesSan Francisco, CAhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sftag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/347002014-07-03T00:00:00Z2014-07-04T10:41:46ZSarnia – Balloons to the Moon...or as close as we can get!!My awesome idea is to release helium balloons with laminate cards attached that read.."You're Awesome. If found go to https://www.facebook.com/balloonstothemoon and tell us about yourself" I would create and manage a facebook page that people could upload pictures of them with the balloon, tell the story of how they found the balloon and where they are from. This idea would be fun because it would bring lot's of people together for some laughs and who knows were the balloons will land.....maybe the moon.Andrew ThomasBalloons to the Moon...or as close as we can get!!CanadaSarniahttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sarniatag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/327762014-07-03T00:00:00Z2014-07-03T18:02:55ZOrlando, FL – If Parramore Could Talk...What Would It Say?Phase I: The downtown Parramore neighborhood in District 5 is an undeserved low-income population, currently facing urban redevelopment. Citizens are projecting a numerous range of emotions such as anxiety, stress, fear, and anger relating to the renewal process. Through, "If Parramore Could Talk…What Would It Say?", we are giving student residents a voice funneled through the neighborhood. If Parramore could talk, what would it say? It would say, “Dream Here”, “I Am Not Broken”, “I Am Strong”, “Everything is Going to Be Okay”, “Respect Me”, and so on. After deciding on the phrases, the students will begin constructing three-foot tall letters that will form inspiring slogans spoken by the Parramore neighborhood. Residents, business owners and the City of Orlando will permit our group to place the phrases throughout the area. The oversized words will provide a moment of relief and glimmer of hope from the overwhelming stresses of life, while giving the kids a chance to speak out.
Phase II: Photography students, from a PLHP after-school program, photograph the oversized phrases strategically placed in Parramore. The photographers then place the photographs in a 32-page sketchbook, purchased from the Brooklyn Art Library. After filling the sketchbook with photographs and other media depicting a living historical Parramore, the book is returned to Brooklyn where the works are digitally scanned for worldwide access. In addition, the sketchbook tours nine North American museums located in the following cities: Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Toronto, and Brooklyn, in 2015. Currently, the Brooklyn Art Library has accumulated 30,000 books from 135 countries.
This project is providing a voice, relief, hope, and solidarity for Parramore residents, and while supplying international digital access to the photos through the Brooklyn Art Library. The convenience of this project overcomes time and location restraints.
Tracey MorrisonIf Parramore Could Talk...What Would It Say?http://Page in progress -create.cah.ucf.eduUnited StatesOrlando, FLhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/orlandotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/345162014-07-03T00:00:00Z2014-07-04T10:55:27ZSarnia – Bluewater Beach FestToday I am submitting this application as I mentioned earlier I love our community! I don't like when people say there is nothing to do in Sarnia. That's why I want to offer a free community event called Bluewater Beach Fest. The idea behind Bluewater Beach Fest is to offer a free family fun event where people can enjoy our beautiful beach front while at the same time learning about all of the benefits of having a natural un-groomed beach and how as a community we can do our part. The event will have several different aspects; we will be having master sand sculptors on the beach creating masterpieces as well as local entertainment in the band shell, vendors, different eco and charity organizations taking part in the festival as well. My goal is to make this an annual event attracting people from all across Ontario. Ashley TanguayBluewater Beach Festhttp://memorableevents.ca/bluewater-beachfest/CanadaSarniahttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sarniatag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/339482014-07-01T00:00:00Z2014-07-01T12:30:38ZConnecticut (Inactive) – Bikeport Co-OpThe Bikeport Co-op is a community development bike program for Bridgeport, Connecticut. Bikeport replicates the “earn-a-bike” program model, where youth can earn bikes they wouldn’t be able to afford by attending bike safety and maintenance courses and performing volunteer hours with selected organizations. Bikeport works to break the cycle of poverty and violence in low income youth by teaching them about bikes, engaging youth on a personal level, providing structured after school activities, and giving youth the chance to earn and own a valuable possession while making a difference in their community.
Bikeport will also make Bridgeport a better biking community by improving the quality of biking experience in the City. Bikeport has worked with the City of Bridgeport Government to install bike racks if we are able to acquire them. Bikeport will work to enact safe biking measures in Bridgeport such as complete streets.
For the launch of our program, we are looking to hold a "Bike Month" in July, where we will invite we will hold bike promotion, safety, and maintenance events every day from July 5th to 26th, and give away bikes to Bridgeport students who participate in the month of events.Jacob RobisonBikeport Co-Ophttps://www.facebook.com/BikeportCTUnited StatesConnecticut (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/connecticuttag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/338122014-07-01T00:00:00Z2014-07-01T12:27:36ZConnecticut (Inactive) – 48 Hour Film Project New HavenThe 48 HFP is the longest running timed film competition in the world. Currently ist is taking place in 130 cities world wide. It is open to film makers of any skill level. Each team that signs up will gather on the Friday night of the city's filmimg weekend. Once assembled they pick a film genre out of a hat. All teams are also assigned a specfic character, prop and line of dialogue. The teams are then set to go forth and create a 4-7 minute film in just 48 hours. It's part mud rucker part, amazing race and all fun! A few days later all the films are screened at a local theatre. A few weeks later some of the films screen again at the red carpet awards night. The best film of New Haven will go on to compete against all the other city winners and screen in Hollywood. From there about 15 films go onto screen at the Cannes Film Festival. It's an exciting thrilling filmmaking experience!Patricia Clark48 Hour Film Project New Havenhttp://www.48hourfilm.com/newhaven/United StatesConnecticut (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/connecticuttag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/336632014-06-30T00:00:00Z2015-08-07T08:35:02ZAustin, TX – HOPE Outdoor Gallery: Showcasing Austin street art The HOPE Outdoor Gallery (HOG) is a three-story community "paint park" project located at 11th & Baylor St. in the downtown Austin/Clarksville neighborhood.
Known historically as “the Foundation,” this community art project was officially introduced to the community as the HOPE Outdoor Gallery (HOG) in March 2011 with the help of artist Shepard Fairey and Obey Giant Art. It is one of the largest outdoor galleries in the USA and was developed to provide muralists, street artists and community groups the opportunity to display large scale art pieces driven by inspirational, positive & educational messaging.
Currently it is recognized as one of the Top 10 tourist destinations in Austin and is visited regularly by up to 100 people per day. Over the past three years the purpose of this “Paint Park” project has broadened based on the response from families, community members and other artists within the Creative Class. It has become an inspirational and creative destination for all that come to visit.
HOG will use the Awesome Foundation's $1000 grant to create and install a recycled aerosol can fence program that will act as an ongoing interactive educational element for participating artists, community residents and every day tourists. Andi Scull Cheatham, HOPE Outdoor GalleryHOPE Outdoor Gallery: Showcasing Austin street art http://hopecampaign.org/hopeprojects/hope-outdoor-gallery/United StatesAustin, TXhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/austintag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/326622014-06-30T00:00:00Z2014-06-30T16:43:35ZAwesome Without Borders – TentEd TentEd was created to support existing efforts to provide education (and a little joy) to Syrian refugee children, starting in the camps in northern Iraq. Fortunately children are able to attend school in the camps, but many are doing so without what we would consider the basics - backpacks and notebooks- and teachers are instructing class without any teaching aids or material. This adds up and impacts the quality of education they are receiving.One of Zack's first friends in the camps, Hassan Azadeen Ayoub, is an assistant principal of an elementary school in Gawilan Refugee Camp, an hour drive outside of Erbil, Iraq. Hassan asked Zack for pretty specific help: 250 backpacks, a handful of shelves for the storage room and help fixing a leaking toilet. All these items -- the backpacks, the shelves and the leaking toilet -- needed to be addressed immediately. An investment of a just few thousand dollars would make school more pleasant for 250 children, the courtyard smell a whole lot better, and Hassan a happier assistant principal.
While other NGOs in the area are doing good work, they aren't set up to do smaller scale support, which is why TentEd was created to fill this specific gap. TentEd is not looking to duplicate work that is already being done. Our goal is to complement the efforts of the established organizations and meet a set of narrow needs defined by the beneficiaries themselves. We at TentEd see ourselves as a small but essential part of a larger effort, an effort requiring gears of all sizes to effectively provide real and lasting support to a vital cause. When you donate to TentEd, we guarantee that your generosity goes directly into a classroom. The impact will be immediate.
Myra KhanTentEd http://www.epic-usa.org/whatwedo/tented/WorldwideAwesome Without Bordershttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/awesomewithoutborderstag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/343792014-06-30T00:00:00Z2014-08-05T14:02:17ZNew Orleans, LA (Inactive) – The Large Printing Press ProjectI'm working on a series called "Otherness and American Values" which I started a few years ago, but because of the lack of access to proper printing equipment, I haven't been able to finish this series. I've only been able to work on it during a residency at a printshop. For instance, I was awarded an Artist in Residency at Anchor Graphics in Chicago 2 years ago to work on the series. That was the last time I was able to truly work on the series. Being back home, I've had to work to smaller, and working smaller really doesn't suit my content.
I bought a house 2 years ago that has a raised basement where I carve my large woodblocks and store them. I have 5 large woodblocks that have the initial carving already done and ready to go, but I have nowhere to print them. I have been fortunate enough to be allowed to go back to my alma mater to print, and also 2 universities in town allow me to use their printshop. Only my alma mater in Baton Rouge has the equipment that I would need to finish my series, but Baton Rouge isn't close, and I have a job and other immediate obligations in New Orleans. I'm telling you all of this so that you can have a better understanding of the lack of equipment and materials for any printmaker living in New Orleans. Therefore, I'm starting a Kickstarter campaign, as well as writing grants, in order to put together a decent printmaking shop in my basement. In the future I hope to move the shop from my basement into an independent studio space where more people could have access to it (like a co-op). Katrina AndryThe Large Printing Press Projecthttp://www.katrina-andry.com (artist website)United StatesNew Orleans, LA (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/neworleanstag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/330202014-06-30T00:00:00Z2014-08-13T20:25:43ZChicago, IL – Memoir Writing Workshops for SeniorsI started a writing workshop for youth in 2008, and then from 2009 - 2012, I conducted memoir writing workshops for seniors. The latter is the awesome project for which I am seeking funds. I enjoy working with seniors in bringing forth their memories. After an eight-week workshop, I have books made of their submissions. Each senior gives me three stories that I edit and then have made into books. When the books are published, I give each senior 10 - 15 books apiece that they distribute at a Reading and Book Signing Ceremony where they have invited family and friends. The seniors are very excited about the workshop and are very proud to see their stories in print. Some seniors have been in two workshops because they enjoyed it so much, and two of them are moving forward with manuscripts of their lives that they hope to publish.
Older adults have lived through a changing environment, from an industrial revolution to a technological age, from an extended family unit to the nuclear, and from cohesive communities to transient ones. It is living through these changes that is of interest to younger generations. It has been said that there is a generation gap. One way to bridge this gap is for older adults to transfer memories of a remote past into present day narratives with which the younger generation can relate.
The seniors' stories tell of them coming of age, lazing in a secret place, planning for the future, finding that first job, meeting someone famous, taking part in a civil right movement, and of an accident or illness that threatened their quality of life.
Memories can also be painful, they can be difficult to capture with the written word. Memories are private and not often disclosed. Too often, they die with the person. Memories written and shared become historical records. They tell of the thoughts, actions, and deeds of the storyteller and become roadmaps for their descendants in understanding them, and can become trailblazers for them. Hazel A. DomangueMemoir Writing Workshops for SeniorsUnited StatesChicago, ILhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/chicagotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/332092014-06-29T00:00:00Z2014-06-29T14:03:03ZAnn Arbor, MI – Scarlett Summer Music AcademyFor 3 years I have been running a summer band program at Scarlett Middle School called the Scarlett Summer Music Academy. I started this to ensure that there would be a way for Scarlett kids to work on their playing skills close to home in the summer. The remaining summer music classes offered by the Ann Arbor Schools are located "up north" or "out west" at Clague, Forsythe or Tappan which is too far for some of the students to get to when their parents are working or don't have a car.
Students come for 3 hours each day for 3 weeks in July. While I am paid for this work, I use my stipend to hire about 10-12 high school and college musicians to work as coaches with the middle schoolers. Every participant gets an individual or small group lesson each day from one of these more advanced players and plays in a coached ensemble. We also learn band music together and play a concert at the end of the program. The more advanced students help the less experienced students make their way through the more challenging pieces and the coaches sit in playing alongside the students. We have a saying in our full band sessions which was borrowed from a good friend. "When you are feeling a little lost, just keep on swimming." This is a great life skill to develop.
Last year we added a hot dog cookout during the final week. Several of the students have limited family resources so we also provide a healthy snack from the A2 Farmers Market at the end of each day's work. This year I would like to add a small community performance either at Scarlett or at a local community center.
The Scarlett Music Academy provides a little taste of music camp to many students who can't afford to go to Interlochen or Blue Lake during the summer. It also gives advancing high school and college music students a chance to work on their teaching skills. My favorite thing is hiring Scarlett Middle School alumni and watching them coach the developing young musicians who will follow them at Huron. Deborah Scott KatzScarlett Summer Music AcademyUnited StatesAnn Arbor, MIhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/ann-arbortag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/348512014-06-27T00:00:00Z2014-06-27T01:58:37ZMelbourne – TEAM OF LIFEKAGE is developing a new performance work entitled TEAM OF LIFE, which uses sports metaphors that are powerfully resonant within Australian culture to illuminate stories of young culturally diverse people who have experienced hardship. Developed by writer/community worker David Denborough, the TEAM OF LIFE methodology is being used in Australia to respond to young people from refugee backgrounds and young people in rural, remote and urban Aboriginal communities. TEAM OF LIFE enables young people to come to terms with traumatic experience without speaking directly about it.
The TEAM OF LIFE production that will harnesses the power of two great dramatic traditions - sports and theatre.
By honouring the great Australian game (AFL), and the World game (soccer), TEAM OF LIFE will tell stories of young people’s search for different kinds of freedom.
Performed by professional dancers, actors and rising sports stars, and informed by workshops with young refugees and young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, this production will dissolve the boundaries between sport, theatre and identity.
When the final siren sounds, signaling the end of TEAM OF LIFE, the way you understand sports, theatre and even your own life, will no longer be quite the same.
This project is an innovative, effective and positive way to engage with distadvantaged, targeted communities, and aims to lesson discriminatory attitudes towards these communities while contributing to social inclusion and a celebration of diversity. The project will to contribute to the cultural expression of a contemporary social issue of significance and increasing relevance. It will be a high profile performance of meaning and identity and a celebration of survival.
The work as been in research and development for the past 2 years and are now gearing up for the world premiere performance of TEAM OF LIFE in October 2014.
Head to www.KAGE.com.au for full details and to buy tickets to the performance.KAGE (Submitted by Simone Schinkel - General Manager and Producer at KAGE)TEAM OF LIFEhttp://www.kage.com.au/project/team-of-lifeAustraliaMelbournehttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/melbournetag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/328982014-06-26T00:00:00Z2014-06-26T02:12:54ZMiami, FL – ReFemme - Social InterruptionsAs a newly formed artist activist team, we want to have ongoing “social interruptions” to bring attention to practices in our society that are absurd and unequal. In the same vein as Guerilla Girls or Banksy, we will use our performances, happenings, and humor to get the people of Miami to question the status quo. Miami, which seems to be the center of beauty obsession and plastic surgery, is the perfect place for these happenings. Whether it’s an anti-plastic surgery flash mob or posters with eye-opening facts about last name (surname) equality, we want to get our messages out to the public. The Stay Small poster campaign is a message to those with small breasts to not succumb to the ubiquitous breast enhancement surgery. The Not Chattel poster campaign reveals the origins of women changing their last names after marriage and encourages the public to re-think this sexist practice. Another interactive project is Beauty Box, which invites the public to enter our temporary tent during Basel or Fashion Week. Here, instead of giving beauty tips, we will point out all that is beautiful about them and then hand them a medal for being who they are. We also want to continue the Vanity Unfair flash mobs throughout Miami Beach and Miami, where our group appears with exaggerated “enhancements” made of balloons and giant wax lips to push the point of the absurdity of plastic surgery. As a team, we will execute these ideas for public display and interaction. We hope to interact with the public through our performances, happenings, and posters in Miami. Awesome Foundation will help this become a reality! This link is a sample of the Vanity Unfair exhibit and flash mobs: https://vimeo.com/82734017Cat Del BuonoReFemme - Social Interruptionshttp://refemme.tumblr.comUnited StatesMiami, FLhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/miamitag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/327272014-06-26T00:00:00Z2014-06-27T03:46:04ZMiami, FL – MIA Made's Wynwood Maker CampMIA Made's Wynwood Maker Camp is the 1st of its kind in South Florida. Over the course of the summer, instructors will take 85 students (age 14-18) through a curriculum that covers robotics, 3d printing, software development, and entrepreneurship. The goal of the camp is to encourage youth to be innovative thinkers by exposing them to cutting-edge technology in a way that is comprehendible and applicable.
The camp will run five 2-week sessions with 17 students each (4:17 instructor to student ratio). During the 1st week, students will learn in a collaborative, hands-on environment how to work with the raspberry pi, Little Bits circuits, 3D printing, and business plans. The 2nd week, students will go on a field trip to a local technology company and then spend the rest of the week developing their own individual project using the technologies they learned the week before. The session will end with a showcase of the student’s various projects and subsequently be invited to show their projects off again at the Miami Mini Maker Faire in November 2014. Two scholarships per session have already been secured for the purposes of providing access for underprivileged student applicants.
Finally, so that students have continued access to the knowledge being imparted, the camp will come with an online learning companion that has the curriculum as well as video tutorials and informative materials on other projects students can pursue with the same know-how.
The expected outcomes of the camp will be increased appreciation for makerism in all its forms, better understanding of how to integrate makerism into youth education, and better understanding of how parents can encourage their children to pursue STEM careers. Daniel LafuenteMIA Made's Wynwood Maker Camphttp://wynwoodmakercamp.com/United StatesMiami, FLhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/miamitag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/333972014-06-26T00:00:00Z2014-07-19T16:47:43ZMiami, FL – Connective QuotesThe idea for this project came from my desire to help people on a more personal level. It often seems that we forget how small gestures can have a great impact on a person's life. You never know when the person standing in front of you in line may be feeling helpless and lost. We've all had moments where we just wish someone would understand and sympathize with our troubles. This applies to all the people we meet, and to those we may never encounter.
The goal of Connective Quotes is to lift our spirits. It involves creating a minimum of 2,000-3,000 handmade cards (or more, if we are able--we will be using a die-cut machine) made using ONLY eco-friendly papers and inks. Each card will contain an inspirational message on one side, and a succinct mission statement on the other. The cards will be left in various locations around the city (e.g. coffee shops, supermarket, bookstores, car windows, etc.) for people to find, read, and pass on to others.
The second part of our goal is to create a website where people can track the movement of an individual card. Each card will have a number stamp for this purpose. This information will help us determine if, and where, our cards are successfully traveling. We will also encourage people, who log onto our site, to submit their own messages for future card productions.
Card/website design, production, and distribution will be done by me and my friend Meghan Hartman. Anyone interested is free to help.
There really isn't much more to it. Connective Quotes is just a simple way to give and receive happiness.
Saskia MonteverdeConnective Quoteshttp://www.connectivequotes.com/United StatesMiami, FLhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/miamitag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/340082014-06-25T00:00:00Z2014-06-25T02:09:19ZNewmarket – Bringing FACED to deserving FacesI was inspired by the Women's Centre of YR's new fundraising project "In Her Words" and want to do something for these courageous women who have taken this next crucial step in their lives. I think that they would love to have a new look to go with their new 'outlooks' in life.I want to offer a free 'makeover' day with hair, makeup and a photo shoot for these women and perhaps their teenage daughters to allow them to look as beautiful and strong on the outside as they feel on the inside after having taken this next step in their lives.
We could perhaps also invite young women from the Rose of Sharon and TLC to participate. All of them probably have more important things to do with their lives than to worry about their 'beauty' - but especially looking good will help them to continue to feel good on the inside and continue to grow. I want to offer them an opportunity to make a lasting record of a one day makeover that they would likely never think of doing as an important change in their lives. I realize that in the scheme of things it may be totally inconsequential to their lives and all the issues they face on a day to day basis, but as everyone knows - looking good totally changes the way you tackle life!Danielle SchleeseBringing FACED to deserving Faceshttp://www.facedmakeup.comCanadaNewmarkethttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/newmarket-ontariotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/464642014-06-25T00:00:00Z2015-04-08T09:14:59ZSouth Shore – Rural Arts and Life TourIn June our winners wowed us with a planned tour highlighting many of the Awesome things going on in Lunenburg County, from Arts to Food to Outdoor fun, the tour will take you on a magical ride around 5 communities to learn more about what they have to offer. Come out and join the tour on Saturday Sept. 13. Learn more at www.ruralartsandlifetour.com/what.htmlRural Arts and Life TourRural Arts and Life TourCanadaSouth Shorehttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/southshoretag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/341002014-06-24T00:00:00Z2014-06-24T23:31:04ZLondon, ON (Inactive) – An Open and Shut Case. An Open and shut case is a local documentary that would focus on a slice of London that isn't talked about a lot. You see it, give it a brief glance and you carry on with your day. The slice I speak of is the busking community of the Forest City.
Unlike Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal, London doesn't have hundreds of buskers. In the Forest City, we have a dedicated group of fine musicians (and even finer people) who, on a regular basis heft their cases in rain, shine, hot or cold, take their positions and play for all of us.
I know, because I used to be among these fine people. Before I got married and had a child, I used to play with a few other musicians on Richmond row in front of Gift of Art.
An Open and Shut Case will document 10 of London's most prominent and recognizable buskers. The aim of this documentary is to educate and inform the masses that these people are NOT homeless and are NOT panhandling. Busking is an art that is thousands of years old and should be cherished as a part of our local art culture and hopefully any young, aspiring musicians won't be nervous to open his or her case along with a generation of musicians before them and continue the tradition.
Other cities have busker festivals and such and I think that this documentary would help open a lot of eyes and turn a lot of ears towards London that may not have before. London is already a city that is so proud of it's art culture, let us together help embrace this last piece of the picture.
Mark Wilkie-Facchin An Open and Shut Case. CanadaLondon, ON (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/london-ontariotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/349402014-06-24T00:00:00Z2015-07-24T02:59:55ZSan Francisco, CA – Wildcat HaulingWildcat Hauling is a coalition of East Bay haulers working with our neighbors to conduct coordinated, guerrilla-style pickups of illegal dumping sites in West Oakland. We’re fed up and taking matters into our own hands. (It’s what haulers do.)
We know that dumping is a complex issue, and that to really tackle it, we need to do more than just remove junk from the streets. So we’re also working with neighborhood groups and government to lobby for appropriate laws to prevent dumping and ensure equitable access to disposal services, and educating the community on recycling and waste issues. However, changes in policy can take a long time. Meanwhile, our streets keep filling with garbage, and the City crews can’t keep up. A creative response is needed.
Everything is ready. We have a diverse group of junk haulers on board, from all over Oakland, and we’re still recruiting more. We can use SeeClickFix - the same reporting tool the City uses - to efficiently locate dumping sites, and follow trends and the impact we’re having. We’re arranging neighborhood Bike Scouts with the help of West Oakland bike non-profit Bikes 4 Life, Spanish translation from our Spanish-speaking haulers, and outreach efforts with longtime resident and recycling advocate Violet Henderson. We just need $$ to start the pickups.
Ultimately, this project is not simply about illegal dumping, but about the power of communities to respond creatively to our surroundings and work together to solve our own problems. In a neighborhood like Oakland, with a diverse mix of people and businesses and agendas, it can be hard to find an issue on which everyone can agree. But illegal dumping is such an issue: everyone who lives or works in the neighborhood has to experience it, and is united in wanting it to end. Neighbors at my hauling jobsites often come up and beg me to take that pile of trash that’s been at the end of the street forever. With Wildcat Hauling, I now have a response.Timothy Furstnau (with FICTILIS)Wildcat Haulinghttp://www.wildcathauling.com (under construction)United StatesSan Francisco, CAhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sftag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/341872014-06-19T00:00:00Z2014-07-08T21:11:00ZKingston – On the WallON THE WALL, Kingston's first ever street art festival, aims to become an exciting annual event where the work of local Kingston street artists as well as artists from the broader Canadian artistic community can be celebrated in a unique waterfront venue. Artists have been wanting to do something on this wall for years but have been prevented by the City's graffiti by-law. Permission is being requested from Council on May 6 to waive the graffiti by-law for the event. Unanimous approval is expected. The ground work has been thorough.
This exciting event will showcase Kingston's only North End waterfront park and show both Kingstonians and visitors to the City not only what an incredible community asset we have in this wall but how truly beautiful Douglas R. Fluhrer Park is. Most Kingstonians have never been there!
Artists and community groups will be invited to submit projects in a juried competition. Jurors include Julian Brown (Portrait Prize), Su Sheedy ( Artist and Curator, Modern Fuel and Pump House Museum), Karen Peperkorn (Art teacher, QECVI), Primrose Craig, (Kingston School of Art) and Owen Santyr (Art student)
Submissions will be based on Originality, Breadth of Appeal, Emotional Impact, Technical Expertise and their ability to survive one year. As ON THE WALL is projected to be an annual event, each year new works will be created on the wall to continually re-invigorate the wall and the park.
This year, the event will occur the week of Aug. 18-24. Artists will be free to prepare and make sketches on the wall on the Monday and will work Monday through Sunday. On Saturday, a celebration is planned that will include exciting novel family activities as well as opportunities for children to make chalk drawings on the wall. Healthy food and drinks will be offered.Mary FarrarOn the Wallhttp://www.friendsofinnerharbour.com/onthewallCanadaKingstonhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/kingston-ontag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/339512014-06-18T00:00:00Z2014-06-19T15:31:57ZDetroit, MI (Inactive) – ∞ mile (infinite mile): a journal of art + culture∞ mile (infinite mile) is a monthly, online Detroit-based art + culture(s) journal launched in December 2013. Through reviews, interviews, articles, writings and photo essays, ∞ mile aims to foster critical discourse in support of art and culture in Detroit. Inflecting on Detroit and its nuanced, experimental and diverse art scene, ∞ mile seeks to proliferate and formalize discussions and critique.
∞ mile does not employ a traditional vertical hierarchy with an editor or editorial board (although editing assistance is provided). Instead, ∞ mile uses a horizontal cooperative structure where 30+ persons from the arts and cultural community are invited to make two contributions throughout the year on issues and topics that they find relevant and important to write about and discuss in the public realm.
∞ mile contributors range from individuals whose writing has never been published to seasoned academics, all with varying ages, gender, race, backgrounds and voices. ∞ mile continually seeks to diversify its contributors, audience and viewership. Each month, ∞ mile receives about a thousand (and growing) visitors, many of whom come from the U.S. and abroad. At this time, all of our contributors are donating their time, talents, experience and expertise to ∞ mile because they believe in our mission. We appreciate all of them and proceed to find ways to pay them for their efforts and cover the cost of maintaining the journal. Plans for developing funding underway and receiving an Awesome grant will allow us to pay the contributors who have made ∞ mile possible thus far. Stephen Garrett Dewyer and Jennifer Junkermeier∞ mile (infinite mile): a journal of art + culturehttp://www.infinitemiledetroit.com United StatesDetroit, MI (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/detroittag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/331602014-06-18T00:00:00Z2014-06-18T02:58:48ZPortland, OR – Street BooksStreet Books is a bicycle-powered mobile library, serving people who live outside in Portland, Oregon. Patrons are issued an official Street Books library card without being required to show proof of address or identification. Inside the cover of each book is an old-school library pocket and card that patrons sign and leave with us. During our thrice-weekly shifts, librarians bicycle to one of our arranged locations, display the library selection, and patrons stop by to check out and return books. They are invited to be photographed with their books of choice, and these photos and stories are collected at our website: streetbooks.org.
Now entering its fourth year, Street Books has provided more than a thousand books to one of Portland’s most vulnerable populations: those who lack shelter. In the years since we founded the project, we have built our library collection and expanded to serve people on the eastside. This fall we were able to hire a longtime patron, Ben Hodgson, to be our Inventory Specialist. Ben got an apartment in February, after living outside for three years, and he is an invaluable asset to our team.
Laura MoultonStreet Bookshttp://streetbooks.orgUnited StatesPortland, ORhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/portlandtag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/346062014-06-18T00:00:00Z2014-06-18T22:07:14ZRio de Janeiro (Inactive) – Liberte seus sonhosUm projeto que transforma a arte relacional em um movimento livre, urbano, afetivo, interativo e poderoso chamado Liberte seus Sonhos, que visa criar murais convidativos para a interação, onde a frase Meu sonho é ______, aparece incompleta inúmeras vezes, chamando as pessoas a pegarem um pedaço de giz, refletirem sobre seus desejos e entrarem nesse espaço/tempo dos sonhos em um local onde antes era apenas visto como espaço de passagem. Até hoje o projeto aconteceu de maneira orgânica e colaborativa, onde em um ano e meio, 12 murais foram criados, em 6 cidades, 4 estados e 2 países, impactando diretamente mais de 5 mil pessoas e gerando muita mídia espontânea, chegando aos grande veículos.
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This is a project that transforms relational art into a movement called "Free Your Dreams", which is free, urban, emotional, interactive and powerful. It's about creating inviting murals that are open to interaction, where the sentence "My dream is ______" runs several times down the wall and people can pick up a piece of chalk, think about their wishes and, at a location until then seen only as something to pass by, enter the space/time of dreams. Up to now, the project has unfolded in an organic and collaborative style, with twelve murals created in six cities, four states and two countries, directly affecting more than five thousand people and spontaneously generating media coverage, including in mainstream vehicles.Gabriele ValenteLiberte seus sonhoshttps://www.facebook.com/LiberteSeusSonhosBrazilRio de Janeiro (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/riotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/331022014-06-17T00:00:00Z2014-06-17T02:34:59ZGloucester, MA – The Man Who Photographed the Man at the WheelIn 1926 a Russian immigrant by the name of Levi Blinder (Americanized to Louis Blend) installed himself as a street photographer of tourists, taking "instant" photos for money in front of the Fisherman's statue on Stacy Boulevard. He eventually settled in the Jewish neighborhoods of Dorchester, MA, but every tourist season until his retirement in 1976 found him in front of the statue plying his trade. Fifty years is an almost unheard of amount of time at this particular trade. During his time there he became a celebrated part of the culture on Stacy Boulevard and was even regarded as a protector of the statue. Over the years he photographed tourists, soldiers, and local people posed in front of the statue for souvenirs of their visit to the island. He photographed the rich, middle class, working class and poor, usually with the statue as a backdrop but sometimes pointing his camera out to sea.
Louis is a unique example of the immigrant experience--particularly the Jewish immigrant experience--in Gloucester. I've interviewed many old timers in Gloucester and he is well remembered.
I have been researching Louis Blend's life and collecting what I can find of the photos he took for more than 10 years. I have more than 100 examples of his photographs, plus newspaper and amateur photos of him at work and other ancillary material. I gave a talk about Louis Blend at Cape Ann Museum last year about him and have included a discussion of him in a street photography lecture at the George Eastman House in Rochester a few years back.
I've seen great interest in the subject wherever I've presented. I would now like to turn this and future research into a book. The book will not only be about Louis Blend and his career, but will also include material about Leonard Crask, the sculptor of the statue, the cultural life of Stacy Boulevard, Louis's personal life in the Jewish community of Dorchester, and a discussion of his photographic process.
Philip StoreyThe Man Who Photographed the Man at the WheelUnited StatesGloucester, MAhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/gloucestertag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/332782014-06-17T00:00:00Z2014-06-17T18:16:15ZNew York City, NY – Little Hackers; hacking museums for NextGen NYMuseums Are F***ing Awesome. So awesome that we’ve built a company around them. Museum Hack and our renegade guides give epic Private Tours of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural History.
We want the next generation to get excited about museums. That's why we created Little Hackers.
Little Hackers will get young low-income kids into and excited about museums. The Museum is for everyone, it's an amazing resource, Museums can be engaging if you connect the way that works for you, and that it's the sort of place to visit over and over. Making an impact is in our DNA and we want to make sure that everyone can see Museums.
We are really excited about inspiring one person. Understanding that inspiring one person creates a ripple effect, you can help us impact 80 people. That’s countless lives positively impacted through the Awesome Foundation! Why? Because Museums really are F***ing Awesome and every child deserves the chance to find that out.Nick GrayLittle Hackers; hacking museums for NextGen NYhttp://www.museumhack.comUnited StatesNew York City, NYhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/nyctag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/343132014-06-16T00:00:00Z2014-06-16T23:35:55ZBoulder, CO (Inactive) – SLABSLAB, a World Premiere, is adapted from the forthcoming novel by Mississippi born, Denver-based writer Selah Saterstrom, who approached us with the text several years ago after seeing a few of our productions, primarily TORNADO SEASON, which also explored post-disaster landscapes. Saterstrom, who currently serves as Associate Professor & Director of Creative Writing at the University of Denver, has given us free reign to adapt her novel, providing input as needed.
SLAB follows the story of Tiger, a plucky ex-stripper whose impoverished American existence is turned upside down after a hurricane destroys her town. As Tiger waits for salvation on the slab that is all that remains of her home, she begins to tell her story, her memories flashing to life before the audience's eyes.
Born of the debris of Hurricane Katrina, SLAB explores the essential human need to create narrative as a means of survival and transition, honoring what we can take with us when there is nothing else to take: our story. The title itself represents the space where a home once stood: it is simultaneously a stage, a blank page, an altar; it is a place where a body is prepared for burial, it is a tombstone.
SLAB has been in development for more than three years. It is the most challenging material we have ever taken on. The piece has an epic quality and requires the use of a great deal of technology, incorporating innovative video and sound elements, including a film/video installation and live sound score that run the duration of the play. There is no other theatre group in Boulder incorporating video and sound elements in quite the way we're attempting with this piece; SLAB will truly be a sensory experience on multiple levels.
Our video installation artist (Christina Battle) and sound designers/composers (Janet Feder & Paul Fowler) are incredibly well known for what they do and their contributions will help square rise to a new level of artistry and innovation. square product theatreSLABhttp://squareproducttheatre.orgUnited StatesBoulder, CO (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/bouldertag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/344802014-06-15T00:00:00Z2016-12-28T23:26:29ZOttawa – _____ Make(s) me HappyThe second of June's two Awesome Ottawa awards goes to Anne Wanda Tessier to support bus shelter “advertisements” breaking convention and provoking reflection. Anne has actually already carried out her project. In fact, she didn’t apply for an Awesome Ottawa award at all, but is receiving one in recognition of her initiative, as well as to encourage her to continue the awesomeness.
“I wanted to create something that people would not expect to see in public spaces,” says Anne, “so I designed and created two bus shelter advertisements which are not trying to sell you anything. Both are meant to be reflective about where you are in your life and what makes you happy. One is a sweet letter that could apply to anyone, and the other is a list of things that make you happy, collected from people in Ottawa. It was interesting to note,” Anne mentions, “that most of them have to do with nature and people, and not about accumulating money or things.”
“We often see so many negative messages from media, and advertisements,” says Anne, “that we always need to be more of ‘something.’ We are constantly reminded of all that is negative in the world, and I just wanted to make a comment that, although everyone has to go through some tough moments, and although there are a lot of negative things going on, life still has some positive things to offer, and to appreciate these small things.”
<A HREF="http://www.annewanda.ca/">Anne</A> is an artist, printmaker, painter, and yoga teacher.
<BR><IMG SRC="http://img.awesomefoundation.org/q/src/https%3A%2F%2Faf-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fphotos%2Fimages%2F103927%2Foriginal%2Fannewandatessier-940.jpg/output/jpg/thumb/940x470%23">Anne Wanda Tessier_____ Make(s) me Happyhttp://www.annewanda.caCanadaOttawahttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/ottawatag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/320342014-06-15T00:00:00Z2014-06-15T20:36:47ZPittsburgh, PA – The Global SwitchboardPittsburgh is a global city. It was built and continues to grow from an ever-changing group of immigrants, and the contributions of their children. We believe The Global Switchboard will both export the best practices of community development that we have pioneered here, and begin to import new ideas from our friends around the world. The Global Switchboard will be a physical demonstration of the city's global home, it will bring new resources, both financially and socially to the city, and it will be a comfortable space to engage pressing global issues.
There are dozens of organizations in the Pittsburgh area working on global/local connections every day. Organizations that focus on hosting visitors, conversations about global events, and connecting Pittsburgh’s resources to the rest of the world. These organizations are connecting Pittsburghers to the Brazilian Amazon through health-service, educating educators about the Syrian conflict, providing leadership skills through soccer in Cameroon, empowering families in Haiti, supporting cooperative weavers in Peru, educating girls in rural Nepal, and so much more. By creating a coworking and event space, together, we will:
1. Increase global engagement and accessibility in the Pittsburgh area
2. Cultivate young Pittsburgh-based global organizations
3. Attract new resources to our city for internationally collaborative projects
In the short term, we plan to grow membership, increase visibility for global-focused organizations in Pittsburgh, and launch joint ventures. In the long term, we hope to bring more resources to the city for internationally collaborative projects and cultivate new world-changing ideas. These projects will range from innovative global youth exchange programs to education projects abroad. We believe that we will be stronger and more able to advocate for positive change as a group than individually.
Right now, we have a total of 10 organizations who will be housed in The Switchboard. Brandon Blache-CohenThe Global Switchboardhttp://theglobalswitchboard.com/United StatesPittsburgh, PAhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/pittsburghtag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/336192014-06-14T00:00:00Z2016-12-28T23:33:16ZOttawa – DauThe first of June's two Awesome Ottawa awards goes to Magill Foote to support a short video about a Russian film called by some the most insane such project ever undertaken.
“Nearly a decade ago,” explains Magill, “a Russian filmmaker named Ilya Khrzhanovsky began shooting <A HREF="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201111/movie-set-that-ate-itself-dau-ilya-khrzhanovsky?currentPage=all">a highly ambitious biographical film</A> about physicist Lev ‘Dau’ Landau. Most of the filming was done on a 12,000 square meter recreation of a 1940’s Russian city, complete with a functioning newspaper and university. Over 300,000 extras were employed to live on the set and be filmed with hidden cameras. Fines were imposed for anachronistic items, clothing, and language. Pre-production for the film took two years, and filming lasted for three.”
Although the film was originally set to be released in 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival, it has not yet seen the light of day. <A HREF="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/khrzhanovskys-dau-stuck-in-production-after-eccentric-shoot/487985.html">Recent reports</A> suggest that the film could finally be released as soon as this summer. “My project is an informative short video,” says Magill, “that uses kinetic typography and 1940's-era Soviet iconography to educate the people of the world about this fascinating film project, which has gone largely unreported outside of Russian media.” He shared <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB2Gt3jsBZw">a short preview</a> to whet appetites.
Magill is an <A HREF="http://rule2.the-back-row.com/">independent filmmaker</A> based in Ottawa.
<BR><IMG SRC="http://img.awesomefoundation.org/q/src/https%3A%2F%2Faf-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fphotos%2Fimages%2F103928%2Foriginal%2Fmagill-940.jpg/output/jpg/thumb/940x470%23">Magill FooteDauhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB2Gt3jsBZwCanadaOttawahttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/ottawatag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/333552014-06-13T00:00:00Z2014-06-13T20:13:00ZSeattle, WA – Massive Break Challenge, Breakdance LeagueMy awesome project is called Massive Break Challenge Grand Finale.
It's the official school vs school breakdance league for middle school and high school students.
If basketball, baseball, football and soccer can have their league, why not breakdancing.
Throughout this year we've had 3 Massive Break Challenge battles and we are now going into our grand finale. This will be our 4th year doing the grand finale at the Bagley Wrights theatre in Seattle, which holds 800 seats. The event is entirely FREE for everyone.
In the competition there will be a 1 vs 1, 3 vs 3, Iron leg battle (a contest on footwork endurance) and school vs school.
This year we will have over 90 students participating from 15 different schools.
Teachers, families, students and friends will have the chance to cheer on their dancers!
Massive Break Challenge prelims:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL2S-vFDcXk
Massive Break Challenge 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVhoqnxuBM
Our non profit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwcRnkDhT-E
Our group Massive Monkees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUGrlERWxqo
www.massivemonkees.com
Jerome AparisMassive Break Challenge, Breakdance Leaguehttp://extraordinaryfutures.org/United StatesSeattle, WAhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/seattletag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/329592014-06-13T00:00:00Z2014-07-17T16:47:43ZSan Antonio, TX – “The OCTA-TETRA Museum”The OCTA-TETRA Museum is my “pay-it-forward” project whose goal is to have an educational impact on the young people of San Antonio. Here are some excerpts from my “Museum Flyer” (email me at uncledan@homespun4homeschoolers.com to request a copy)
Mission Statement:
1) To inspire future architects, engineers, designers, artists, and mathematicians to pursue educations and careers in those fields.
2) To advance the understanding that the above-named fields of endeavor are not mutually exclusive; but rather that they may overlap significantly.
3) To celebrate creativity in all of the arts.
Students: If you come by at a time when I am not too busy with other visitors, I would be happy to help you with your math homework - - - arithmetic through pre-calculus.
Browse through the “OCTA-TETRA Files”, a chronology of my OCTA-TETRA adventure, and also a treasure trove of material on art, architecture, engineering, and all the creative arts.
Take part in Hands-On activities building OCTA-TETRA and Modular Origami models
So one facet of the project is the people coming to the Museum, and another is my going out into the community to do presentations and workshops. One of my recent visitors gave me the ultimate compliment by saying, “You are like Mr. Magorium and this place is like ‘Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium’” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Y6NRrSdT8). The magic only happens when there are kids in there.
Dan Suttin“The OCTA-TETRA Museum”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.468444953222376.106553.250284981705042&type=3United StatesSan Antonio, TXhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sanantoniotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/322392014-06-09T00:00:00Z2014-06-09T18:51:10ZAwesome Without Borders – Health Navigators - Mfangano Island, KenyaOHR works on remote Mfangano Island in Western Kenya, where over 30% of people are HIV+, a critical mass that has taken a significant toll on the island’s economy, environment, infrastructure and public health. In 2014, OHR is piloting the Health Navigator Program, a novel initiative to improve community health by helping expectant mothers and injured patients access the emergency health care they desperately need.
The program will help to fill a critical need for timely and effective connection to health care for Mfangano Island’s 20,000 residents. Few facilities exist for health care on the island, and families are frequently faced with critical decisions about when and how ill patients can access higher levels of care on the mainland, a 3-hours away. Delays in making and enacting these decisions can have disastrous consequences for expectant mothers and critically ill patients.
This summer, OHR will recruit and train 10 local Community Health Workers as the region’s first Health Navigators, who will intersect patients at the critical crossroads of their illnesses to act as clinical liaisons and patient advocates. During stressful emergency situations, a Health Navigator will facilitate clear communication between the patient and provider, ensuring that each patient understands the severity of the illness and the potential care pathways. Utilizing up-to-date knowledge of the regional resources, the Health Navigator will assist the clinician and patient in making safe and individualized triage decisions. The Navigator will then coordinate the swift response of OHR’s Emergency Boat – the only of its kind in the region – and communicate advanced notice to mainland health providers. Successful Health Navigators will also provide emotional support to distressed families as an experienced and trusted community advocate.
The project’s pilot phase will last 6 months, during which OHR will evaluate patient satisfaction, adherence to protocol and patient outcomes.Marco SalmenHealth Navigators - Mfangano Island, Kenyahttp://www.organichealthresponse.orgWorldwideAwesome Without Bordershttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/awesomewithoutborderstag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/324092014-06-09T00:00:00Z2014-06-09T18:50:39ZAwesome Without Borders – Dancing Hearts Foundation 4 KidsI am the founder and artistic director of Dancing Hearts Foundation 4 Kids (DHF4K). My foundation uses dance as an outlet for children 4-15 years of age who is dealing with stress at home. My mission is to educate, mentor and empower children while using dance as a tool and an outlet for them. Our foundation targets those children in low to mid level income brackets. Our organization's mission is to provide them with the tools needed to help them overcome issues while providing them with a positive outlet while educating them on how to turn stress, depression, and negative energy into positive energy. We children feel they do not have a voice or cannot find their voice, we allow them to find their voice through dance. The children we are currently working with were all very shy and timid. Some of them had been bullied at school, had low self-esteem, or felt they had no voice. Our students are now smiling, and building strong friendships and falling in love with dance and the freedom it gives them.Brandie LyonsDancing Hearts Foundation 4 Kidshttp://www.dhf4k.orgWorldwideAwesome Without Bordershttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/awesomewithoutborderstag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/334662014-06-07T00:00:00Z2014-06-07T07:17:48ZYerevan – Kind Refrigerator for LeftoversWe are going to buy a big refrigerator with 2-3 years warranty service and install it in one of the Yerevan's popular places. I negotiated with AEON anti-cafe. So, the refrigerator will be placed there for collecting leftovers from big restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, supermarkets and individuals for later delivery to the needy families (we have a friend who visits them periodically). Besides that from time to time we will invite Sonia Tashchyan, the popular master of traditional Armenian and Lebanese cuisine, and Sargis Mkrtchyan (Քարից Փափուկ) and organize open-air hospitality to promote the idea of using the food we buy more effectively.
The logos of the supporting restaurants, supermarkets, cafes and pubs will be placed on the refrigerator and we will promote them also via Facebook page of the Refrigerator. By doing this we will reduce the amount of quite normal food that is usually being recycled, we will create a new food culture in Yerevan and help people in need.Marine PetrosyanKind Refrigerator for LeftoversArmeniaYerevanhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/yerevantag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/325352014-06-06T00:00:00Z2014-06-06T11:17:15ZSarnia – Music For The SoulI am developing a hip hop music workshop that focuses on the character ethics model and teaching superior life and social skills.Hip means to know and hop means to act so at the very basis of hip hop is the power of knowledge with the motivation to act. I want to develop a ten week session and will be piloting the program during Act II at Rebound where I will be volunteering this summer.My project would have a holistic feel to it covering the four dimensions: physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional development and continuous assessment of thoughts and feelings. Music reaches the most people in the fastest way and breaks down their defense mechanisms opening up themselves for change and growth. My program would inspire people to use music as a way to not only cope with life but thrive! Michael CassidyMusic For The Soulhttp://www.reboundonline.comCanadaSarniahttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sarniatag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/336832014-06-05T00:00:00Z2014-06-05T20:50:42ZPhiladelphia, PA – 3B Brae's Brown BagsI'm 10 years old now, but I began what is now a public charity when I was 9 years old last July 2013. The charity is called 3B Brae’s Brown Bags and the mission is to help provide homeless and low-income people within our community by giving them “to-go” bags which provide them with clean water, healthy snacks, a message from me and a list of contact information to services who can provide them with further assistance.
As of this date I have packed and delivered over 1,200 brown bags. Sometimes I can't hand the bags to people directly, like when I deliver to school districts with students in need, but when I can hand them to people I like doing that because I like meeting people and talking to them. I have learned sometimes people need a little bit extra, too. So I made a kid bag which always includes a book. A work force bag which always includes toiletry items and a winter bag which includes gloves, scarves and/or hand warmers. The three specialty bags still include the original items, too.
I have gotten other groups involved, too. The Delaware Collegiate 4-H, UD Food Science Club and Delaware Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega have hosted bag packing events for me. There have also been two girl scout troops who have helped me get donations of toiletry items and healthy snacks. I have been invited to talk to groups about what I have been doing and help to raise awareness.
Earlier this month I was invited to legislative hall and given the privilege to go to the floor and speak. I let senators and house representatives know my ideas for helping people with food insecurity, I also let them know about Brae's Brown Bags. They gave me a standing ovation. I explained that we need to stop ignoring people. I explained many people are in a hurry and need to slow down and offer compassion.
Brae's Brown Bags offer nourishment and when you put food in the mouth of someone in need you also put hope in their heart.
Braeden Mannering3B Brae's Brown Bagshttp://www.braedenquinn.comUnited StatesPhiladelphia, PAhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/philadelphiatag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/336052014-06-04T00:00:00Z2016-08-14T04:57:40ZWashington, DC – Kingman Park-Rosedale Community GardenKPR Garden is viewed as a neighborhood improvement--down to the soil itself. We have the soil tested and each year our lead levels, among other contaminants, continue to drop. So what we plant is healthy for the earth and us. Since we are located close to the Anacostia River, our garden helps to retain stormwater and cut back on pollutants flowing into the river. DDOE data states three billion untreated gallons of water flow into the Anacostia each year. We always plant extra vegetables outside of the fence for neighbors who are not gardeners to enjoy. We recently were awarded with 14 trees that will continue to beautify the area. We hold annual Halloween parties for the entire community that include candy hunts, games, and scarecrow making. We've held Easter Egg Hunts, barbecues, and other events for the neighborhood. We have donated some of our bounty to local charities and last year to a restaurant for a fundraiser. As our garden grows, so does the community engagement.
Unfortunately, we do not own this land. We have been working with the city to purchase it and we are closer than ever. This massive undertaking has really tied up our funds, which is primarily dues- and grant-driven. For a number of families the $140 annual dues are difficult to manage. We currently have 10 plots where gardeners have requested subsidized dues or a payment plan. We would like to use this grant from The Awesome Foundation to help out these gardeners in times of financial hardship.
Our neighborhood is a mix of younger and long-established families. The average median income surrounding the garden is about $60,000 and the cost of living is much higher than the average, according to city-data.com. The closest local schools report 99 percent of the student body receive free or reduced lunches. Many of these children and their families are unaware of what healthy food choices are, nor are they aware of how to make them. This grant would help to foster that community education.Kingman Park-Rosedale Community GardenKingman Park-Rosedale Community Gardenhttp://kprgarden.orgUnited StatesWashington, DChttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/dctag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/337302014-06-03T00:00:00Z2014-07-09T18:45:36ZSan Francisco, CA – Superheroes at Angel IslandSuperheroes at Angel Island will consist of a set of operations on Angel Island State Park, for what is called the Department of Illegal Superheroes– a researched-based project disguised as an agency created based on the recognition that “the country's current immigration policy must be applied to all, including superheroes.” Featuring an island-wide series of site-specific installations that will include superheroes whose immigration statuses parallel those of migrants formerly detained there, along with present-day detainees elsewhere in the United States, the operations will engage socially relevant issues embedded in the island’s historical importance, particularly that of the Immigration Station.Neil RivasSuperheroes at Angel IslandUnited StatesSan Francisco, CAhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sftag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/333652014-06-02T00:00:00Z2014-06-02T14:19:54ZAtlanta, GA – Goodie Hackathon For Under-Served CommunitiesGoodie Hack, the Idea Hackathon Series for Social Good in Under-Served Communities, brings techies and non-techies together for a day of brainstorming and developing web and mobile apps to make awesome purpose-driven organizations who serve under-served communities even more impactful.
The Atlanta Q2 2014 Goodie Hack will allow ten (10) purpose-driven organizations to present a list of the top 4 non-financial challenges to achieving their mission. After learning have to generate an app idea using Lean Startup, 70 software developers and business professionals will break up into teams. They'll have five (5) hours to come up with an idea and/or start to develop an app that solves their assigned organization's problem. At the end of the five hours, the idea teams pitch their apps to a panel of non-profit leaders, startup founders, and investors.
Not only do the organizations get really cool ideas to make them better, but they also get to expose their mission to more awesome people who may volunteer with them in the future. Additionally, the awesome participants get a quick taste of the tech startup life, and may even use the Goodie Hack experience as a launch pad to their own life as an entrepreneur.
We believe our communities already have all of the resources in place to solve the majority of problems, but the ecosystem isn’t very efficient. Our goals are to help the organizations already working on education, health & wellness, economic, safety, and environmental issues, and connect to each so their collective impact is greater. We’ve even coined the hashtag #NoNewNonProfitsJustin DawkinsGoodie Hackathon For Under-Served Communitieshttp://www.goodiehack.comUnited StatesAtlanta, GAhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/atlantatag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/332962014-06-02T00:00:00Z2014-07-10T18:08:51ZLiverpool – The Magpie ProjectMagpies (like scousers) often get a bad press! Folktales abound about these birds stealing shiny objects - merely opportunist courtship behaviour with an aim to attract a mate! The term 'magpie' is often used for those of us who collect pretty or unusual things too, & I want to celebrate this whole concept of 'magpie'. Imagine tiny, shiny jewelled finds in the crevices of pavements and walls, inviting further searching, becoming a fascinating trail & a magpie requiem. The 2014 Liverpool Street Art Festival has provided the catalyst and the approval to develop this creative idea into a form of street art along Jamaica Street in the Baltic Triangle, an up & coming place for flirting! Small, delicately balanced groupings of sparkly beads, shiny buttons, and diamonté jewels will be inset into the pre-existing small cracks in pavements and buildings with smooth resin forming a 'magpie' trail along the street to those social places where we meet others. I want the project to make people smile, question our preconceptions about magpies and use up the 'bucket load' of costume jewellery my mother left me in her will, as homage to her and others magpie ways here in Liverpool!
Debrea LewisThe Magpie Projecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OzHLixL4AUnited KingdomLiverpoolhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/liverpooltag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/334462014-05-31T00:00:00Z2014-08-05T14:02:58ZNew Orleans, LA (Inactive) – Girls Rock New OrleansGirls, transgender, and gender non-conforming youth should have the same opportunities as their male peers, but that’s not always the case! Girls Rock New Orleans uses music education to empower youth and promote social and gender justice. We are committed to bringing together a racially and socioeconomically diverse group of campers and volunteers and to creating a safe, non-male-dominated space.
Our inaugural camp is taking place this summer, during the first week of July, with 35 campers and approximately 30 volunteers at the Waldorf School of New Orleans. During this week each camper will learn to play the guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drums, trumpet, or trombone. Campers will be grouped into bands of five (each camper with a different instrument) with which they will practice daily to write and an original song. No musical experience is necessary to attend rock camp. We believe, and have experienced at other camps, that campers are fully capable of writing amazing songs in 5 days! In addition to instrument instruction and band practice, campers will engage in two workshops each day. Workshops include Music Herstory, Self-Defense and Self-Esteem, Band Merch (screening printing shirts/patches, and button making) and DIY show booking and promotion, Experimental Instruments and Sounds, and more that are still being developed. Each day we will host a lunchtime performance by local female or female-identified musicians, ranging in genre. These visiting musicians will expose our campers to different types of music and role models.
Girls Rock New Orleans is inspired by Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls, founded in Portland in 2001, and is a member of the Girls Rock Camp Alliance, an international organization of rock camps. In our future we seek to become a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and expand our programming year round into after-school education. Li YaffeGirls Rock New Orleanshttp://www.girlsrockcampneworleans.comUnited StatesNew Orleans, LA (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/neworleanstag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/325472014-05-31T00:00:00Z2015-08-08T19:50:01ZAustin, TX – Third Coast Visions: Mobile Geodesic Dome GalleryThird Coast Visions is a 30-person art collective that produces a monthly showcase in downtown Austin as well as a busy schedule of live performances and festivals. Says member Chancellor Roberts: “Art can be a catalyst for transformation and spiritual enlightenment. We hope to aid this cause.”
Third Coast Visions is in the process of building a portable geodesic dome to serve as a mobile art gallery for the collective’s work. The Austin Awesome Foundation’s $1000 grant will be used to fund the dome’s waterproof cover.
Chancellor Roberts, Third Coast Visions Art CollectiveThird Coast Visions: Mobile Geodesic Dome Galleryhttp://www.facebook.com/thirdcoastvisionsUnited StatesAustin, TXhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/austintag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/335842014-05-30T00:00:00Z2014-05-30T05:56:02ZMelbourne – Bosom Buddies‘Bosom Buddies’ aims to reduce the stigma associated with breastfeeding in public through grassroots community engagement, social-media outreach, peer-to-peer support and a mobile website/app.
Cafes, shops and other relevant establishments will be enlisted to publicly indicate their support for breastfeeding mums. Venues will be featured on the website/app, provided with novel marketing collateral and assisted to educate their staff on this issue. The website/app enable mums to locate participating venues and form social connections in real time.
The launch dovetails with the release of ‘Lactaboobiephobia’, a short documentary exploring social attitudes towards breastfeeding in public (funded via Pozible: http://www.pozible.com/project/177443 and currently in production). Strategic online and offline activities will develop awareness of the project, promote participant venues, drive traffic to the website/app and stimulate conversations around breastfeeding in public.
The project will be piloted in the City of Melbourne in 2015, then replicated in other municipalities in Victoria and nationally.
Why? Back in the day, extended families lived together and women learnt about breastfeeding by example. Nowadays, people get offended at the mere sight of a baby being breastfed in public and this contributes to our low breastfeeding rates.
Mothers have a legal right to breastfeed anywhere, but fear of negative responses lead many to stay home, use formula when out, or hide in ‘discreet’ places like toilets or parents rooms. This leaves mums feeling marginalised and compounds the problem that breastfeeding is not visible within our society.
By increasing access to welcoming venues, fostering community support and enabling social connections, the project will create a more inclusive social environment for breastfeeding mums. Ultimately, more mums will be supported to reach their breastfeeding goals and more babies will receive an optimal nutritional start.Anna KaplanBosom BuddiesAustraliaMelbournehttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/melbournetag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/320082014-05-30T00:00:00Z2014-05-30T16:50:33ZToronto – ArtBoxWe applied for last month's Awesome grant with a proposal for a concept we called ArtBox, which would see a reclaimed shipping container turn into an Art House for use in local parks. However, we've made a few changes to this concept over the past few weeks!
The biggest change is that we now want to use a *bicycle* to pull our ArtBox, which would be smaller than originally proposed, and housed on a custom built bike trailer. A wonderful bike-powered moving company in Sweden is our inspiration (see www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/03/bicycle-powered-moving-companys-sales-pitch-were-just-faster/8701/ for an image).
This ArtBox would be ridden to and staffed over the course of the summer, and offer FREE art experiences to children and families. The ArtBox would contain all the needed arts supplies - paints, papers, presses etc - all purchased/donated through the two local arts-supply stores in our neighbourhood. During the off season, our ArtBox would simply be stored in a garage until the beginning of the next summer season.
This community is the perfect place for the inaugural ArtBox to reside, with both a dense familial demographic and vibrant residential and commercial artistic pulse.
We are very excited about the potential of this project. In an era of arts funding being slashed, and children receiving little to no opportunity to experience art - painting, printmaking, sculpture etc - the ArtBox could expose hundreds of kids to the magic of art every year. Our ArtBox could ridden to ANY local park and used during ANY arts festivals. Imagine the possibilities! Genevieve BackusArtBoxCanadaTorontohttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/torontotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/309252014-05-30T00:00:00Z2014-05-30T16:35:46ZAnn Arbor, MI – Permaculture Tool ShareOur local community group AMPY is working to establish a large-scale agroferestry project/nursery at Dawn Farm (just South of Ypsi). We are planting thousands of trees (100 of each when possible) to trail what works here in our local ecosystem. Each of these tree species is functional as either a food or material crop. We want to establish many jobs and small industries from our 'permaculture food forest' through education, demonstration, and research.
Long-term we will use this nuresry as means to reclaim and restore farm land across the county. We plan to entering into land-lease agreements with local farmers and bring annual farmland back into perennial production and restore fully functioning ecosystem services, like CO2 sequestration. Jesse D. Tack Permaculture Tool Sharehttp://Abundant Michigan Permaculture YpsilantiUnited StatesAnn Arbor, MIhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/ann-arbortag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/300792014-05-30T00:00:00Z2014-05-30T16:36:30ZAnn Arbor, MI – A2 Summer Fest Tuesday Bike NightsWe are in contact with A2 Summer Fest and want to make every Tuesday of the event Bike Night. We will offer free bike valet and have mobile repair stands set up for participants to receive minor maintenance. We think this will be a great way to promote biking and bike safety. The timing is also great because the City of Ann Arbor is rolling out a bike-share program in April so this could be a great service for those riders too.
We will be targeting families, millennials, and our Sonic Lunch clientele which is a diverse demographic.
We will promote the service on social media and our website. A2 Summer Fest will promote it too.Krysia HepaticaA2 Summer Fest Tuesday Bike Nightshttp://a2sf.org/desktop/, http://www.bikea2.org/United StatesAnn Arbor, MIhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/ann-arbortag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/332792014-05-29T00:00:00Z2014-05-29T18:34:55ZOrlando, FL – National Dance Day OrlandoNational Dance Day Orlando will host its second annual celebration that aims to educate, inspire, and promote the Orlando dance community. This event has been specially designed to promote progressive development of dancers, celebrate the diversity of Central Florida's dance professionals, and further connect the Orlando dance community.
Many large cities across the nation host free community-wide events on this day and get recognized on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance. Last year's Orlando event pulled in an estimated 500 participants throughout the day. With the success of last year, I believe the greatest benefit for our dance community involves growing this year’s educational experiences.
A larger number of free dance classes will be offered at First United Methodist Church of Orlando during this year’s NDDO event. I desired a downtown location with classrooms that had views of the new Dr. Phillip’s Performing Arts Center to provide a unique ambience for the attending community. I have chosen three rooms that will offer different dance classes every 90 minutes. Instructors and performers of professional Orlando-based dance companies will share different styles of dance with the attending dance community throughout the morning and afternoon. The church facility also features a large common area, which would serve as a waiting/warmup area for dancers and their parents while classes are going on. In this space, our NDDO guests would be able to meet one another, discuss classes, technique, and prepare to enter their next workshop.Holly HarrisNational Dance Day Orlandohttp://www.nationaldancedayorlando.comUnited StatesOrlando, FLhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/orlandotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/464632014-05-28T00:00:00Z2015-04-08T09:09:12ZSouth Shore – Lunenburg Community GardenThe team at the Lunenburg Community Garden made a great pitch on May 28th and managed to convince the 10 Trustees of Awesome that the first Awesome Grant should go towards the purchase of Awesome Soil for the new Community Garden at the Lunenburg Academy Site.Lunenburg Community GardenLunenburg Community GardenCanadaSouth Shorehttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/southshoretag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/332282014-05-27T00:00:00Z2014-05-27T03:03:42ZLondon, ON (Inactive) – Garden Mothers - Planting Seeds Our business focuses on three key areas: Lifestyle, Education, Lifestyle. We believe in eating as a community, loving oneself, and growing in even the smallest ways. We are here to enact change through a creative and sociological drive process of discovery, food production, and community building.
This summer, Planting Seeds Landscaping is piloting the Garden Mothers Project. The goal of this project is to improve low-income mothers’ access to nutritious foods, to allow for greater self-sufficiency and sustainability, and to combat the effects of poverty in day-to-day life. It is a valuable opportunity to learn, grow, and make meaningful connections in the process.
We have created an in-depth and experiential programme that provides women with the space, knowledge, and expertise to work with edible plants in order to become more self-sustaining. Weekly programme activities include visits to organic farms; learning how to identify local edible plants and their various uses; learning about self-sustainability; participating in urban gardens; visiting water buffalo; cooking and nutrition classes; learning to make cosmetic and healing creams from local plants, and more. Participants will also have the option to put their new skills to long-term use by engaging in our co-piloted educational organic farming project, where they will be allocated plots of growing space their own use
Through this program we not only develop participants’ skills and knowledge, but we also foster an environment that promotes self-care and personal healing. Our safe and inclusive environment allows participants’ growth to parallel their gardens’. Furthermore, this program establishes important connections between organic farmers, local businesses, and London residents. This community building aspect is integral to the creation of a healthy and vibrant London.
Kyle HutchesonGarden Mothers - Planting Seeds CanadaLondon, ON (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/london-ontariotag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/330792014-05-26T00:00:00Z2014-05-26T20:20:45ZNairobi (Inactive) – Y-FI Africa 48 Hour Film ChallengeY-FI Africa is a non profit initiative whose mission is to inspire the next generation of African filmmakers. We are doing this through launching filmmaking clubs in high schools. Since 2012, we have launched clubs in the following schools; Precious Blood, Riruta, MaryHill High School, Thika High, Chania Boys and Gaichanjiru High.
Combined, all the schools have produced over 10 shorts films, some of which can be viewed on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/yfiafrica. Our vision is to launch these clubs in high schools throughout Kenya and eventually, Africa.
Our goal is to create avenues in schools where youth who have an interest in filmmaking can develop and nurture their skills so that they are well positioned to take up opportunities in Kenya's and Africa's growing film and video content industry.
To reward and enhance continuos learning and development of our current students, we are planning an exciting challenge for them in august 2014 dubbed The 48 Hour Film Challenge!
The idea is to bring all the students together at a venue in Nairobi, divide them up in groups, assign a mentor to each group and then present a filmmaking challenge that they must accomplish within 48 hours. They must then present their final video/film for a screening ceremony, after which the competition judges will award the winners in different categories.
We see this an excellent opportunity to expose the young aspiring filmmakers to industry standards by partnering them with seasoned filmmakers as their mentors in this challenge, propelling them much closer to their dreams of working in the film industry.
By limiting the challenge to 48 hours, the students will be under immense pressure to complete their film. This process will demand of them (and thus develop) high levels of discipline, team work, leadership, critical thinking, organizational and execution skills.
We would be delighted to partner with you in this project.
Ben MwangiY-FI Africa 48 Hour Film Challengehttp://www.y-fiafrica.orgKenyaNairobi (Inactive)https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/nairobitag:www.awesomefoundation.org,2005:Project/324572014-05-25T00:00:00Z2014-05-25T23:18:25ZSydney – Arena Calcetto at The RocksArena Calcetto is a unique and live installation of six timber towers housing bespoke fussball tables. Originally created for the Australian Pavilion exhibition ‘Formations: New Practices in Australian Architecture’ (Venice Biennale 2012), the installation is touring in Sydney city from 2013-2014. Arena Calcetto creates a temporary and site specific arena where the public can enjoy a competitive game of fussball.
The work presents the extraordinary collaboration of hundreds of individuals, showcasing custom made fussball teams by architects, jewelers, industrial designers, graphic designers and football aficionados. Each table acts as an outdoor gallery for these individual pieces, by displaying two unique fussball teams. Arena Calcetto has been exhibited at Paddington Reservoir Gardens (collateral event for Art & About 2013), Pirrama Park Pyrmont (featured on the point during NYE 2014 celebrations), and will land in its third and final site in the historic district of The Rocks from June - August 2014.
This upcoming exhibition is planned to coincide with the 2014 World Cup, so audiences can play fussball in parallel with live broadcastings of the World Cup matches. Arena Calcetto will instigate a collaboration between participants, local businesses and visitors to The Rocks, with collateral events such as pop-up fussball tournaments, artist talks and a walking tour to visit the towers in four sites including First Fleet Park, George Street, The Rocks Square and Playfair Street. This installation will create a unique and site-specific intervention within the historic harbourside area, combining football, art and interactive public installation during its two month display.
Archrival has over 25 fussball team designs, and showcases new combinations of the teams at each venue. As outdoor public artworks, we need financial support to keep these teams maintained to exhibition quality, and to allow for the creation of new teams by our collaborating artists.ArchrivalArena Calcetto at The Rockshttp://www.archrival.org/arena-calcetto-sydney.htmlAustraliaSydneyhttps://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sydney