tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87118443891379690392024-03-13T12:24:44.089-07:00Jack Moe's Mindjack moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17970210062202354481noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711844389137969039.post-43873161647786171472016-09-02T11:09:00.000-07:002016-09-02T11:09:01.663-07:00Flood Gallery and Fine Arts Center Re-opens in Swannanoa Vallery and Presents RED, by Connie Bostic.<div class="MsoNormal">
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The <a href="http://www.floodgallery.org/">Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center</a> has moved from the River
Arts District and re-opens September 17<sup>th</sup> at 2160 Hwy 70 near
Swannanoa with an opening reception of Connie Bostic’s Art from 3pm to 9pm,
performances by Ash Devine and other local singer song writers, and readings by
authors of <a href="http://www.theblackmountainpress.com/">the Black Mountain Press</a>. RED will be on display until October 30<sup>th</sup>.<br />
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Bostic’s exhibition at the Flood Gallery (opening September
17) is not necessarily new work, rather it is a forty-year exploration of
female sexuality. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The need to appear desirable is so great that it often
exceeds desire itself, which indicates that female sexuality is so powerful it
is intimidating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It encompasses issues
of body image and self esteem that is affected by all kinds of social, cultural,
political and religious opinion or input.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Growing up, people of my generation didn’t talk about female
sexuality,” says Bostic, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“and it was
still awkward for people of the generation following mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like you almost have to get to a certain
age to be able to comfortably discuss it.” Historically there has been a sort
of ‘purity standard’ recognized by American Culture that inevitably left many young
women coming of age with feelings of shame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In Bostic’s youth things like spaghetti strapped tank tops, and bikinis
were frowned upon, and remaining sexually pure for marriage was encouraged,
even expected. Today, while things have progressed, the rape culture and slut
shaming that is still overwhelmingly evident indicates that much work remains
to be done. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Red, the color of blood is a color frequently used to
depict women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a color of exposure
and as such it’s a very vulnerable color,” says Bostic, “think red lipstick,
red lingerie, red shoes, do you see?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red
almost indicates sex, if nothing else it’s at least a connotation of the word,”
she finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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So where does today’s generation fit into this conversation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is female sexuality culturally relative
anymore?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is the work that has been done
to dispense with negative stigmatisms by Bostic’s generation been
effective?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does the conversation today,
between genders and generations shed new light on this intriguing subject
matter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there an openness today that
never existed in the past, in discussing other types of sexuality?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Linda Larsen, artist and friend of Connie Bostic says
this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Throughout the years I have
unsuccessfully tried to explain the power Connie Bostic’s painting holds. In
her latest, and possibly oldest body of work, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">RED</span>, it is finally becoming clear that she is, and always has
been, a symbolist; an eloquent, fearless one, not the romantic or sentimental
sort. Throwing formalism to the winds, Bostic reaches deep into her feminist
roots and offers, for those of us who care to look, another complex human
conundrum with which to grapple.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Due to the sale of the Phil Mechanics Building and the
gentrification of Asheville, The Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center, The Courtyard
Gallery and the Black Mountain Press have joined together in the their new Fine
Arts Center in the Swannanoa Valley East Asheville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Saturday, September 17<sup>th</sup>,
beginning at 3:00pm, you are invited to join in this conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bostic’s work, RED, will be on display at the
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1639602199685369/">Flood Gallery and Fine Arts Center</a> in it’s new location at 2160 Hwy 70, along
with other activities throughout the day at this new media arts and fine arts
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Many women think in order to look stylish, dressy and sexy they need to wear high heel shoes and they would never consider a flat shoe when trying to achieve that certain sexy and chic look. High-heeled shoes can definitely add a dressier touch to an outfit and they can certainly make a woman feel sexy, but they are not the only shoes capable of doing this. Flat shoes, when worn correctly, can dress up an outfit to perfection and they can be just as stylish, sexy and fun as their high-heeled counterparts. And flats have the advantage of comfort that high-heels will never beat!! So give your feet a break from the painful heels this season and slip on a pair of <a href="http://www.housershoes.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=flat+shoes" style="border: 0px; color: #c62e1e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="comfortable flat shoes at housershoes.com">comfortable flat shoes</a>–you won’t regret it.</div>
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Because flat shoes aren’t as dynamic as heels, look for a shoe in a bright color, such as red. <a href="http://www.housershoes.com/catalog/product/view/id/131046/" style="border: 0px; color: #c62e1e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Pierre Dumas red Gloria flat">Pierre Dumas’s Gloria red ballet shoe</a> is a great option for a colorful flat. Also try flats with fun prints like the <a href="http://www.housershoes.com/lucky-womens-brielly-captoe-leopard.html" style="border: 0px; color: #c62e1e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title=" Women's Lucky Brand leopard flat">leopard print flat from Lucky Brand</a>. You don’t have to stick to the basic neutral colors like black, brown, gray or muted metallics. Vibrant colors and stylish prints add creativity to ballet shoes and make them much more fun to wear. Pair these shoes with dressier styles of pants and skirts to look sexy and classy at the same time, or wear them with jeans and leggings for a comfortable and casual look.</div>
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Many of this seasons flat shoes for women have decorative embroidery and are accented with buckles, gems, bows, straps and ornate flair. The different types of embroidery and embellishments transform the basic flat into a shoe with unique style and personality. The<a href="http://www.housershoes.com/catalog/product/view/id/131045/" style="border: 0px; color: #c62e1e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Women's Pierre Dumas flat shoes">Pierre Dumas Gloria ballet flat</a> is a fun and creative shoe that has decorative detailed embroidery and comes in an array of different colors like navy with gold designs and a cool cork color with gold designs. The Pierre Dumas Orly in black or whiskey (brown) are also a great style of flat shoes to consider. The <a href="http://www.housershoes.com/pierre-dumas-women-s-orly-black1.html" style="border: 0px; color: #c62e1e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Pierre Dumas Orly black flat">black flat</a> has ornate silver flair and the<a href="http://www.housershoes.com/pierre-dumas-womens-orly-1-skimmer-whiskey.html" style="border: 0px; color: #c62e1e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Pierre Dumas women's flat shoe">brown (whiskey) flat</a> comes with gold flair. The gold and silver accents on both the Gloria and the Orly ballet style shoes make them easy to dress up and also very easy to wear with a more relaxed casual look. Wear gold and silver jewelry with dress pants and skirts for a more professional style. For a fun casual look, pair either style of these flats with boyfriend jeans, a fitted t-shirt and some chunky gold or silver jewelry.</div>
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Installations at the Flood Gallery, Courtyard Gallery, UNCA and Firestorm Books and Cafe include over 126 never exhibited before posters from the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Opens Thursday Oct 17th at UNCA Ramsey Library, 6pm-11pm<br />
Oct 18th at the Flood and Courtyard Galleries at 109 Roberts St in the Phil Mechanics Building, in the RAD Asheville, 6pm to 11pm.<br />
Oct 19th at Firestorm Downtown Asheville, 7pm-9pm<br />
All openings include lectures by Dr. Hamid Dabashi from Columbia University about the exhibit,<br />
and events at UNCA and the Courtyard Gallery include film discussions on "This is NOT a Film,<br /> and "Chicken and Plums" at 8:30 pm on Thursday and Friday nights.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Contacts:
Carlos Steward, Flood Fine Arts Center: 828-273-3332<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Email: <a href="mailto:carlos@floodgallery.org">carlos@floodgallery.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Hamid Dabashi,
PhD, Columbia University: 212-854-7524 Email: <a href="mailto:hd14@columbia.edu">hd14@columbia.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Images: The
complete poster exhibition can be seen online at:</span><i> <a href="http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com/posters.pdf">http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com/posters.pdf</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="font-style: normal;">Other
high resolution images are available on request.</span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">FLOOD FINE ART
CENTER AND UNCA FEATURES IRANIAN POSTER ART, </span><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> PHOTOGRAPHS AND
FILMS FROM THE 1960s AND 1970s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><b>“In Search of Lost Causes: Images of the
Iranian Revolution: Paradox, Propaganda, and Persuasion "on view at UNCA
and the Flood Fine Arts Center–opening October 16th and 17th</b></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Asheville, NC
September 18th, 2013…A groundbreaking exhibition, <i>In Search of Lost Causes </i></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">examines three discrete but interrelated
aspects of Iranian art of the 1960s through 1980. Organized by the Flood
Gallery, Courtyard Gallery and UNCA, <i>In Search of Lost Causes</i></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> presents over 125 never before exhibited
works— revolutionary posters, film screenings and black-and-white
photographs—and is on view at UNCA Library and the Courtyard and Flood
Galleries at 109 Roberts St, RAD, Asheville from Oct 17th through November
29th, 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After opening in
Asheville, NC, the exhibit is scheduled to travel in various parts of the US
and Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><i>In Search of
Lost Causes:</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>Images of the Iranian Revolution:
Paradox, Propaganda, and Persuasion</i></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">
introduces American audiences to modern Iranian art while shedding light on the
many ways visual culture both reflected and affected the 1960s and 1970s, two
decades that saw dramatic changes, including the politicization of Islam and
the 1979 Iranian Revolution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The exhibition
features a selection of revolutionary posters by professional and amateur
artists who combined calligraphy, graphics, and rhetoric to convey abstract
ideologies. Also exhibited are striking black-and-white photographs from the
1970s by anonymous Iranian photographers, and a series of modern Iranian films.
These posters, photographs, and films encourage re-examining the notion of
modernism in a non-Western culture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">After a North
Carolina Humanities Grant brought him to Asheville to examine the posters, </span>Dr.
Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University noted,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>“The significance of the Courtyard Gallery
Collection of the Flood Fine Arts Center cannot be exaggerated––not just
because of the actual collection but also because of the serendipitous manner
in which history had decided to safeguard these magnificent traces of deeply
traumatic episodes in a people’s struggle for freedom and justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For these reasons alone, it simply must
open in Asheville.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>“This collection contains a significant number of
revolutionary posters (146 items) roughly from mid-1960’s to early 1980’s,
namely just about a decade before and then well into a decade in the aftermath
of the Iranian Revolution of 1977–1979.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This collection has a number of crucial attributes that makes it a
treasure trove of both the political and the aesthetic history of Iran in a
global context and in multiple and varied dimensions.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Dr. Dabashi has
written a book about this collected titled “In Search of Lost Causes:
Fragmented Allegories of an Iranian Revolution, and will be signing copies of
the book during events at UNCA and the galleries. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">“These posters
from the Iranian Revolution were an act of resistance and creation,” says
Carlos Steward of the Courtyard Gallery. “It sought out ways in which the arts
could engage social and political concern. This period of Iranian visual
culture is an archival record of the social and political problems that were
emerging. It serves as the artistic pre-history to the Iranian Revolution of
1979. <i>In Search of Lost Causes</i></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">
teaches us more about modern Persian art and helps us understand how a country
that was heralded as a paragon of universal modernization underwent an Islamic
Revolution with a message steeped in local imagery, demanding an idealized
return to the past and to democracy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The Iranian
revolutionary posters shown with <i>In Search of Lost Causes</i></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> offer a fascinating glimpse into Iran’s modern
visual culture. Composed with bold forms, intense colors, and calligraphy,
these posters pervaded Tehran during the uprising. Created between 1978 and
1980, they were used as props in mass choreographed street demonstrations, and
covered buildings throughout Iran’s cities, often defacing public monuments
built by Shah Pahlavi’s regime as symbols of its authority and grandeur. The
posters were replaced almost as fast as the government tore them down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Art, reportage,
poetry, and politics all became entangled in a distinct form of visual culture.
Many posters allude to battle scenes from the Koran or classical Persian poems;
others proclaim solidarity with Palestine and the Kurds. Vivid red backgrounds
refer to bloodshed and the red tulip, an icon of classical Persian literature.
Anonymous artists combined various techniques and symbols, from newspaper
collages to silkscreened portraits juxtaposed against bright, abstract
backgrounds, reminiscent of Andy Warhol whose portraits of the Shah and the
Queen hung in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">“Iranian
modernism, like many of the culturally specific modernisms that emerged around
the globe, was not synonymous with the one constructed in the West,” says
Jolene Mechanic, director of the Flood Fine Arts Center. “Both nationalist and
internationalist, it looked inward as well as outward. In art, its languages
included realism and abstraction, but formal issues were not its primary
problems: the fundamental questions addressed by Iranian modernism centered on
the notion of identity.” <i>In Search of Lost Causes:</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>Images
of the Iranian Revolution: Paradox, Propaganda, and Persuasion</i></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> is co-curated by Jolene Mechanic and Carlos
Steward in consultation with Dr. Hamid Dabashi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The second
section of the exhibition features photographs by Iranian photographers that
provide critical information about Iran in 1970s. Taken between 1978 and 1980,
these photos provide startling and vivid views of Tehran and its citizens
caught up in the throes of a whirlwind. Some have become iconic images. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The third
section, the films, provide a look at Iran’s modern Cinema that was blossoming
during and after the revolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This project is important to
both our local community and the community at large, as our society becomes
increasingly influenced by media and corporations with agendas of keeping us
misinformed for their own profit motives. We cannot effectively participate in
a democracy if we don’t know the truth and conditions of the other cultures
that we have become accustomed to manipulating into what we believe is best for
them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Through exhibition it is anticipated that audiences<span style="color: black;"> will begin to question their assumptions about Iran, the
negative influences of propaganda, and the power of persuasion by special
interest groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><u>The Events:<o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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October 17, Poster Exhibition and Film Screening at UNC Asheville
Library–30 posters<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span style="color: black;">6–7:30 p.m. Reception for
Dr. Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University at the Ramsey Library Glasshouse.<br />
7:30 p.m. Poster lecture and book signings by Dr. Dabashi<br />
8:30 p.m. Screening of <i>This is Not a Film</i></span><span style="color: black;">
in the Walt Whitman Room. </span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><i>This
is not a Film</i></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> documents a day
in the life of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>prisoner Jafar
Panahi, banned for 20 years from filmmaking in Iran. The film was smuggled out
of Iran in a USB stick hidden in a cake.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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October 18, Poster Exhibition and Film Screening at the Flood Fine Arts
Center–95 posters<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span style="color: black;">6–8 p.m. Reception–poster
art lecture and book signings by Dr. Dabashi.<br />
8 p.m. Screening of <i>Chicken with Plums</i></span><span style="color: black;">
at the Courtyard Gallery. Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud,
this film adaptation of the graphic novel tells the story of Nasser Ali, a
renowned musician who losess all taste for life after his beloved violin is
broken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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October 25, Film Screening at the Courtyard Gallery<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span style="color: black;">8 p.m. Screening of <i>Persepolis</i></span><span style="color: black;"> at the Courtyard Gallery. Directed by Marjane Satrapi and
Vincent Paronnaud, <i>Persepolis</i></span><span style="color: black;"> is a
poignant coming-of-age story about a precocious and outspoken young Iranian
girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Posters will be on exhibit
at Ramsey Libraby at UNC Asheville from October 1 through October 30, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Posters will be on exhibit
at the Flood Fine Arts Center from October 17<sup> </sup>through November 29,
2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><u>Sponsorship</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>In Search of Lost Causes:<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>This project is made possible by funding from the
North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the
National Endowment for the Humanities. </i><span style="color: #007eab; font-family: Futura-CondensedMedium; font-size: 9.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-font-width: 96%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">8th Annual Int’l Call for Entries</span><br />
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Asheville, NC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The 20th Twin Rivers Media Film Festival opens Friday May 17<sup>th</sup>
<sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>through 19th,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and continues with a multi-media
performance on May 23<sup>rd</sup> by Daniel Ouellette & The Shobijinand
then ends with the Feature Film Winner May 24<sup>th</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the Phil Mechanics Building at 109
Roberts St at the Courtyard Gallery and Flood Fine Arts Center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These screenings offer the community a
chance to view outstanding films from around the world, enjoy good food and
drink, and mingle with special guest filmmakers all in one weekend. All events
are free and open to the public. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The 20th<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>annual
festival has more than 50 selections that include world premier feature films,
shorts drama, documentary and animated films that will screen in the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flood Fine Arts Center Library and the
Courtyard Gallery both at the Phil Mechanics Building in the River Arts
District of Asheville. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Courtyard Gallery and the Mechanical Eye of
Hendersonville<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>organizes the
festival, and has brought independent filmmaking to the area for the past 20
years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cynthia Potter coordinator of the TRMF, said “this festival
is a great way to bring the community together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the majority of the submissions are from International
filmmakers, there are more Western North Carolina entries this year than in any
previous years. There's also opportunities to meet some local and national
filmmakers," she said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A local short film called “Over Home” featuring WNC
musicians will be screened with a live performance from some of its talent and
Asheville filmmaker LisAnna will be presenting her short film “Orphan.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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The wide range of short drama and feature films vary from
some set on the streets of India, Moscow, Mexico City or Tokyo, to one smuggled
out of Iran. The US entries provide dramatic looks at injustice against the
Japanese Americans during World War II, and range from comic to tragic looks at
society’s misfits and dysfunctional families. The award winning short film this
year is Mousse, a comic look at robbery and justice. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Documentary films range from films examining a massacre in
Afghanistan to dancing in the Appalachian Mountains. The Animation and
Experimental film categories are <o:p></o:p></div>
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especially well represented with the inclusion of Mechanical
Eye as sponsors for the event, bringing a wider selection of experimental
filmmakers to Asheville this year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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"This year's festival is bigger and more prestigious
with films coming from every corner of the world and the US, and although we
all have different objectives, this is a good place for independents to get
feedback and learn about filmmaking," Ms. Potter said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Flood Fine
Arts Center Library and the Courtyard Gallery are the venue for the festival,
which include the screenings,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>food
and wine, and live music. The opening night films are the winner of short drama
and La Jettee from France. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“The winning feature film will screen on May 24th,” states
Ms. Potter, “this is a chance for Asheville audiences to view world premiers
that will be distributed in theaters later this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All screenings are free and open to the public but a
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Twin Rivers Film Festival Schedule is:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Friday, May 17th--7:30 p.m. -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kick Off<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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La Jettee, France and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b>Saturday: May 18<sup>th</sup>—Courtyard Gallery and Flood
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10am to 12n<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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1pm to 5pm Short Drama Winners<o:p></o:p></div>
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6pm to 8pm Animation and Experimental Winners, Courtyard
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<b>Sunday May 19th: Courtyard Gallery and Flood Fine Arts
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1pm-4pm: Short Drama Winners<o:p></o:p></div>
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5pm to 7pm: Animation Winners <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Thursday<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May 23<sup>rd</sup>,
Multimedia Installation and Presentation—Courtyard Gallery<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>8pm
—Daniel Ouellette & The Shobijin</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Friday May24th-Feature Film Winner—Courtyard Gallery, 8pm</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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All screenings are free an open to the public at the Phil
Mechanics Building at 109 Roberts St. in the River Arts District of Asheville.
Call 828-273-3332<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or see <a href="http://www.twinriversmediafestival.com/">www.twinriversmediafestival.com</a>
for more information.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For More info: Contact, Carlos Steward, 828-273-3332<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here are some excerpts from the NWTRCC Gathering in Asheville, May 3-6, 2013<br />
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On Saturday May 4th, Bill Ramsey of the Conscience and Military Tax Campaign (CMTC) fund and other alternative funds from around the country, will present checks from redirected war taxes to worthy organizations providing services to the underserved. This presentation begins at 10am at the Federal Building in Downtown Asheville and continues with a picket walk against the theft from the poor to the Phil Mechanics Building in the River Arts District at 109 Roberts St.</div>
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The CMTC Escrow Account, that provides funding for these grants, was initially administered by a group on Long Island, NY. In the late 1980's it moved to Seattle then finally in 2011 to St. Louis, where it is currently administered by members of the St. Louis Covenant Community of War Tax Resisters and their associates. </div>
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These grants are part of the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) event, at the Flood Fine Arts Center in the Phil Mechanics Building at 109 Roberts Street May 3rd through the 5th featuring workshops about War Tax Resistance, panels and keynote addresses by Cindy Sheehan and author David Swanson. A complete schedule of events and registration form with dates and times can be viewed at: <span style="color: #0433ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.nwtrcc.org/gatheringMay2013.php</span></div>
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NWTRCC grew out of a National Action Conference in September 1982 called by the War Resisters League and the Center on Law and Pacifism. Today NWTRCC is supported by more than 45 national and local affiliate organizations along with a nationwide network of individual counselors and activists. These gatherings are rotated to different parts of the country, thus making it possible for more local groups and individuals to be involved in the national war tax resistance network. Asheville Area War Tax Resisters, a NWTRCC affiliate, the Courtyard Gallery and the New South Network are hosting the event. </div>
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David Swanson will present the keynote address on Friday May 3rd, 8pm at the Flood Fine Arts Center, in the River Arts District, 109 Roberts St. His presentation titled, <b>"Lessons from an Overlooked Anti-War Movement"</b> will center around thoughts from his various publications including War is a Lie.</div>
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Cindy Sheehan's keynote address on Saturday May 4th, 8pm at the Flood Fine Arts Center, will detail examples of why <b>War Tax Resistance IS Courage</b> using material from her popular podcast titled Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox. How to go about refusing to pay taxes for war will be part of the program allowing for the audience to begin to think about alternative methods for resisting taxes going to the military. </div>
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Earlier on Saturday May 4th, Bill Ramsey of the Conscience and Military Tax Campaign (CMTC) fund and other alternative funds from around the country, will present checks from redirected war taxes to worthy organizations providing services to the underserved. This presentation begins at 10am at the Federal Building in Downtown Asheville and continues with a picket walk against the theft from the poor to the Phil Mechanics Building in the River Arts District at 109 Roberts St. </div>
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Following lunch, the conference continues on Saturday at the Phil Mechanics Building with a series of concurrent workshops that begin at 1:30pm and repeat at 2:45pm. Audiences can chose between the following workshops:</div>
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<b>"What you Don't Spend You don't Have to Earn--A Simple Life."</b></div>
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Presented by redmoonsong a war tax resister since 1968.</div>
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<b>War on Earth! Environmental Impact: Atomic Appalachia & the Militarized Southeast</b></div>
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Presented by Clare Hanrahan and Coleman Smith of New South Network of War Resisters</div>
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<b>Social Media 101—Public Relations and Social Media Integration</b></div>
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Presented by Ty Hallock, Top Floor Studios</div>
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<b>The War Crimes Times “News A Press That's Free Would Print”.</b></div>
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Presented by Kim Carlyle - Editor of the War Crimes Times, a quarterly print</div>
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<b>"Reservations and Resistance: a conversation on what holds us back and what moves us forward as war opponents and war tax resisters."</b></div>
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Presented by David Swanson and Bill Ramsey </div>
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<b>War Tax Resistance 101</b></div>
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Presented by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee.</div>
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The basics of how to refuse to pay for war.</div>
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A panel presentation follows the workshop from 4pm to 5pm in the Flood Gallery of the Phil Mechanics Building. </div>
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<b>Panel: How Militarism Impacts the Work We Do-4pm-5pm</b></div>
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Discussion with activist members of the Firestorm Workers Collective, Beloved Community Center, Earth First!, Migrant and Immigrant Rights Organizations, Blove from the Peace Garden, and others about how militarism impacts their goals and objectives.</div>
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Two final workshops follow from <b>5:15pm to 6:15pm:</b></div>
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<b>Alliance Building</b></div>
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<b>Q&A and How do we build Alliances Across Movements?</b></div>
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<b>News from the International Conference of War Tax Resisters</b></div>
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Presented by David Gross, the NWTRCC representative at the International Conference on War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax campaigns in Bogota, Columbian </div>
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At 8pm Cindy Sheehan gives her keynote address in the Flood Gallery at the Phil Mechanics Building. <b>“War Tax Resistance IS Courage”</b></div>
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On Sunday, May 5th, the conference concludes with a NWTRCC business meeting from 9am-12N where the public is invited to attend. </div>
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To register for the entire conference, go to <span style="color: #0433ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.nwtrcc.org/gatheringMay2013.php</span></div>
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The cost for all events is $15.00. The public is invited to attend any of the programs and workshops without registration by making a donation. </div>
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The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) is a coalition of groups from across the U.S., that has been providing information and support to people involved in or considering some form of war tax resistance (WTR) for the past 31 years. Their website is http://www.nwtrcc.org If you are tired of praying for peace but paying for war, plan to attend this informative and engaging conference May 3rd to 5th.</div>
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Ruth Benn: (800)269-7464, Executive Director, NWTRCC, New York </div>
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Media Contact: Carlos Steward, 828-273-3332, NWTRCC, Asheville</div>
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Keynote Speakers can be interviewed by contacting them at: </div>
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David Swanson, Speaker/author: HYPERLINK "mailto:david@davidswanson.org" <span style="color: #0433ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: underline;">david@davidswanson.org</span></div>
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Cindy Sheehan, Speaker/activist: <span style="color: #0433ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: underline;">CindySheehansSoapbox@Gmail.com</span></div>
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jack moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17970210062202354481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711844389137969039.post-73042446397964558132013-04-04T12:22:00.000-07:002013-04-05T06:05:31.583-07:00Cindy Sheehan and David Swanson to be Keynote Speakers at the NWTRCC Gathering—Asheville Conference: May 3rd—5th 2013 <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rVygkyCFFww/UV3SlCbuwmI/AAAAAAAAAG0/aTUxdxIE_Os/s1600/sheehan.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rVygkyCFFww/UV3SlCbuwmI/AAAAAAAAAG0/aTUxdxIE_Os/s320/sheehan.jpg" /></a>Asheville, NC — The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) will hold its National Gathering, at the Flood Fine Arts Center in the Phil Mechanics Building at 109 Roberts Street May 3rd through the 5th featuring workshops about War Tax Resistance, panels and keynote addresses by Cindy Sheehan and author David Swanson. A complete schedule of events and registration form with dates and times can be viewed at: HYPERLINK "http://www.nwtrcc.org/gatheringMay2013.php" <a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/gatheringMay2013.php">http://www.nwtrcc.org/gatheringMay2013.php</a><br />
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NWTRCC grew out of a National Action Conference in September 1982 called by the War Resisters League and the Center on Law and Pacifism. Today NWTRCC is supported by more than 45 national and local affiliate organizations along with a nationwide network of individual counselors and activists. NWTRCC has a small office in Brooklyn, NY and much of the work is done by volunteers. National Coordinating Committee meetings are held twice a year to discuss the needs of the movement, and to provide information about alternative war resistance methods to regional public audiences.The meetings are rotated to different parts of the country, thus making it possible for more local groups and individuals to be involved in the national war tax resistance network. Asheville Area War Tax Resisters, a NWTRCC affiliate, the Courtyard Gallery and the New South Network are hosting the event.<br />
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David Swanson will present the keynote address on Friday May 3rd, 8pm at the Flood Fine Arts Center, in the River Arts District, 109 Roberts St. His presentation titled, "Lessons from an Overlooked Anti-War Movement" will center around thoughts from his various publications including War is a Lie.
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Cindy Sheehan's keynote address on Saturday May 4th, 8pm at the Flood Fine Arts Center, will detail examples of why War Tax Resistance IS Courage using material from her popular podcast titled Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox. How to go about refusing to pay taxes for war will be part of the program allowing for the audience to begin to think about alternative methods for resisting taxes going to the military.
<br />
<br />
Earlier on Saturday May 4th, Bill Ramsey of the Conscience and Military Tax Campaign (CMTC) fund and other alternative funds from around the country, will present checks from redirected war taxes to worthy organizations providing services to the underserved. This presentation begins at 10am at the Federal Building in Downtown Asheville and continues with a picket walk against the theft from the poor to the Phil Mechanics Building in the River Arts District at 109 Roberts St.<br />
<br />
Following lunch, the conference continues on Saturday at the Phil Mechanics Building with a series of concurrent workshops that begin at 1:30pm and repeat at 2:45pm. Audiences can chose between the following workshops:<br />
<b>"What you Don't Spend You don't Have to Earn--A Simple Life."</b>
Presented by redmoonsong a war tax resister since 1968.<br />
<br />
<b>War on Earth! Environmental Impact: Atomic Appalachia & the Militarized Southeast </b><br />
Presented by Clare Hanrahan and Coleman Smith of New South Network of War Resisters<br />
<br />
<b> Social Media 101</b>—Public Relations and Social Media Integration
Presented by Ty Hallock, Top Floor Studios<br />
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<b> The War Crimes Times “News A Press That's Free Would Print”</b>.
Presented by Kim Carlyle - Editor of the War Crimes Times, a quarterly print
publication of Veterans for Peace.<br />
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<b> "Reservations and Resistance: a conversation on what holds us back and what moves us forward as war opponents and war tax resisters."</b>
Presented by David Swanson and Bill Ramsey
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and
<b>War Tax Resistance 101
</b>Presented by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee.
The basics of how to refuse to pay for war.<br />
<br />
A panel presentation follows the workshop from 4pm to 5pm in the Flood Gallery of the Phil Mechanics Building.
Panel:<br />
<b>How Militarism Impacts the Work We Do-4pm-5pm</b><br />
Discussion with activist members of the Firestorm Workers Collective, Beloved Community Center, Earth First!, Migrant and Immigrant Rights Organizations, Blove from the Peace Garden, and others about how militarism impacts their goals and objectives.<br />
<br />
Two final workshops follow from 5:15pm to 6:15pm:
<b>Alliance Building
Q&A and How do we build Alliances Across Movements?</b><br />
<br />
<b>News from the International Conference of War Tax Resisters</b>
Presented by David Gross, the NWTRCC representative at the International Conference on War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax campaigns in Bogota, Columbian<br />
<br />
At 8pm Cindy Sheehan gives her keynote address in the Flood Gallery at the Phil Mechanics Building. <b>“War Tax Resistance IS Courage”</b><br />
<br />
On Sunday, May 5th, the conference concludes with a NWTRCC business meeting from 9am-12N where the public is invited to attend.
To register for the entire conference, go to HYPERLINK "http://www.nwtrcc.org/gatheringMay2013.php" <a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/gatheringMay2013.php">http://www.nwtrcc.org/gatheringMay2013.php</a>
The cost for all events is $15.00. The public is invited to attend any of the programs and workshops without registration by making a donation.<br />
<br />
The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) is a coalition of groups from across the U.S., that has been providing information and support to people involved in or considering some form of war tax resistance (WTR) for the past 31 years. Their website is http://www.nwtrcc.org If you are tired of praying for peace but paying for war, plan to attend this informative and engaging conference May 3rd to 5th.<br />
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Contacts:
Ruth Benn: (800)269-7464, Executive Director, NWTRCC, New York
Media Contact: Carlos Steward, 828-273-3332, NWTRCC, Asheville
Keynote Speakers can be interviewed by contacting them at:
David Swanson, Speaker/author: HYPERLINK "mailto:david@davidswanson.org" david@davidswanson.org
Cindy Sheehan, Speaker/activist: HYPERLINK "mailto:CindySheehansSoapbox@Gmail.com" CindySheehansSoapbox@Gmail.com
Images of David Swanson and war crimes can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://warisacrime.org/image/tid" http://warisacrime.org/image/tid
Images of Cindy Sheehan can be found at:
HYPERLINK "http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com" http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.comjack moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17970210062202354481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711844389137969039.post-60347759095381443182013-02-07T09:12:00.002-08:002013-02-07T09:16:31.260-08:00War Tax Resistance Project--stop paying for war<a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/">National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee</a>, has started a Tax Day (April 15th) project.<br />
This will help get banners out to groups to protest war tax on Tax Day. If you are tired of praying for peace and paying for war, help them out! <br />
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For one, Pinterest relies on outstanding images to promote peoples boards. Organizations dealing with the environment, or other visual subjects and concepts have a leg up to begin with. Video have also become a large part of the Pinterest experience and social activist sites as well as online stores can take advantage of video marketing.</div>
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By far the best advantage of Pinterest is their Pinit to Winit contest format. Online stores like <a href="http://www.beentheretees.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #006a80; text-decoration: none;">beentheretees.com</a> not only can showcase their products but can receive valuable marketing data as well. In BeenThereTees.com campaign, for example, they ask the pinners to pin three of their favorite shirts. They additionally ask them to create a board titled “<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/119204721358559075/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #006a80; text-decoration: none;">Destination Tee Shirts</a>” under the Travel category, giving them SEO juice for every entry.</div>
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Activist and non-profits can benefit from Pinterest contests as well. <a href="http://www.nwtrcc.org/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #006a80; text-decoration: none;">The National War Tax Coordinating Committee</a> has started to work on social media including Pinterest to increase their program awareness and donation base. Their Pinterest Boards focus primarily on activism and <a href="http://pinterest.com/wartaxresister/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 226, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #006a80; text-decoration: none;">war tax resistance</a> video awareness. Visits to their website are steadily climbing upwards and donations and dvd sales are sure to follow.</div>
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This is a great time to experiment with social media especially Pinterest before it becomes so massively popular that it becomes impossible to be found on their site. Check out this great social media opportunity now!</div>
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Watch Base Jumping from your raft on Oct 20th this year in the New River Gorge in West Virginia.<br />
More information is available at <a href="http://www.the-toad.com/bridgeday.html">the-toad</a>.<br />
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<br />jack moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17970210062202354481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711844389137969039.post-73462262041315492862012-10-16T09:56:00.000-07:002012-10-17T14:49:49.260-07:00Elks Making a Come Back in the Smoky Mountains<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Elks Introduced in the Smoky Mountains earlier this decade are doing well. This is a great time of year to view them and get great pictures. Be sure to take along a telephoto lens. Information about when and where to view them can be found at <a href="http://www.the-toad.com/elk.html">the-toad</a>. </div>
jack moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17970210062202354481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711844389137969039.post-91966695700917344722012-10-15T08:21:00.001-07:002012-10-15T08:36:30.323-07:00<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>County Commissioner Candidates in Asheville NC Fail to Respond to Artists</b></h2>
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Even though the largest turnout of voters so far this election season, showed up for a Meet the Candidates forum at the <a href="http://www.floodgallery.org/">Flood Fine Arts Center</a>, few county candidates for commissioner appeared. Worse, the 5 that did show up were unprepared, prompting a response that even though they were given an "open book test" they all failed! Here are their responses to questions given them weeks before the Meet the Candidates forum.<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">All thirteen candidates running for County
Commissioner were invited to the Candidate Forum held at the Flood Gallery on
October 9<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of the
thirteen: Ellen Frost, Carol Peterson and David Gantt sent regrets because of a
commitment to another event, but David Gantt sent his Campaign Manager, Carmen
Ramos-Kennedy to represent him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Brownie Newman, Holly Jones, Terry Van Duyn, David King and J.B. Howard
attended the event with over 150 concerned citizens present. There was no
response at all from the other candidates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Written responses were requested for publication from all
candidates and sent to them two weeks before the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Below are the responses sent by David
Gantt, Holly Jones, Brownie Newman, Terry Van Duyn and Christina Kelley G.
Merrill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of the other
candidates cared to respond.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">1.
<i>As noted in Americans for the Arts, 2012 report of the “Economic Impact of
Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences in Buncombe
County” the total non-profit arts economic impact on Buncombe County is over
$43.7 million a year, provides over 1,400 FTE jobs, and generates almost $2.3
million dollars in local government revenue. Taking into consideration
that Buncombe County’s non-profit arts sectors’ numerical data is nearly double
the amount found in other counties with a similar population base, have or
would you research policies that have been put into place by other cities
around the country that value their art communities, (i.e. Minneapolis, MN as
well as other cities such as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia) and if so, have you
given any thought to what Buncombe County can do to protect and encourage the
arts organizations that are providing these jobs, incomes, and government
revenues? <br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>David Gantt: </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buncombe County is blessed with a very strong and vibrant
arts community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would
value and give strong consideration to programs and incentives that nurture our
good and economically powerful non-profit arts community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Holly
Jones:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was one of two elected officials who
attended a presentation about this survey this summer and have reviewed its findings.
I was not surprised to read the results nor was I surprised that Buncombe
County arts organizations outpaced other communities. Clearly, arts
organizations play a valuable role in making Asheville the incredible community
and destination that it is today. Policymakers should approach support of local
arts organizations as it does other investments in local infrastructure, which
means determining the return on investment as it relates to community economic
viability and quality of life. This support should be determined by merit and
ability to document measurable outcomes. I look forward to this conversation
and learning more about other communities’ successes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Brownie
Newman</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">: I have
looked through the links provided here. I do not have any specific policy
proposals at this time for how Buncombe County can protect and strengthen arts
organizations, but I am open to hearing ideas, proposals and suggestions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Terry
Van Duyn: </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Absolutely.
For example, The Community Foundation of WNC has chosen “protecting natural and
cultural resources” as one of it’s three focus areas. We are partnering with
Handmade in America to fund a position that will identify grant sources,
provide technical support for grant applications, and track outcomes associated
with that work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have also set
aside some funds for matching dollars to help small, rural communities qualify
for grant funding. Buncombe County could do something similar in collaboration
with the Asheville Area Arts Council.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Christina
Kelley G. Merrill</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">: First of all I want to start by saying that I very strongly
support the Arts culture of our County and if elected to the BC
Commission, I hope to be a BIG part of shifting support to help grow and
nurture our Arts community! I would absolutely be interested in researching
policies in other areas of our Country and think it is extremely important to
restore the reputation our County and the city of Asheville to an "Arts
and Artist Haven" vs what it has become. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">2. <i>A
strong arts sector is an economic asset for Buncombe County that stimulates
business activity, attracts tourism revenue, and retains a high-quality work
force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For each non-profit arts
event attended in Buncombe County an average of $35 additional dollars (not
including ticket or admission revenue) per person are put back into the local
economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The arts have also been
shown to be a successful strategy for revitalizing rural areas and inner
cities. What impact, in your opinion, does the local arts community have
on the quality of life for the citizens of Buncombe County, and how important
do you consider that to be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do you think there should be policies that minimize the displacement of
artists if the greater good of the city and county is served by the services
provided by these artists? </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>David
Gantt</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The local arts community has a huge
impact on Buncombe County’s quality of life and job offerings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to review and consider a
coordinated policy recommendation customized to our County that minimizes
displacement of artists during development and growth cycles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Holly
Jones</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My opinion about art’s contribution to
our community’s local quality of life is best answered by a look at our
family’s calendar and checkbook for the last two months. Our activities
included: shopping excursions for art in the RAD, attendance at NC Stage’s
latest performance of Buckminster Fuller; visits to the Artery for a poetry
performance and an opportunity to see photographer Ralph Burns’ exhibit; ballet
rehearsals for the Nutcracker with Asheville Ballet Conservatory at Diana
Wortham Theater as well as tap classes; piano instruction with Asheville Music
Center and auditions for the Asheville Children’s Chorus and a week at art camp
at the Asheville Art Museum. These activities depict how our family’s quality
of life is greatly enhanced by our local art community and I believe this to be
the case for thousands of Buncombe County citizens. Furthermore, our daughter,
as a student in our community’s public schools, greatly benefits from the many
contributions of art through her public education. The richness of this is in
large part due to the foundation that has been built by the artists in our
community. I am open to a conversation about artist displacement and learning
about viable options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the
idea of cultural district is an interesting one. Any solution to this problem
will clearly need the cooperation of state and city officials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, prior to making any decisions
I would want to continue conversations with the artists that have made
investments (in the RAD for instance) in order to understand all the dimensions
of this issue.</span></div>
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Newman:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I think the
arts community is very important to Asheville and Buncombe County for the
reasons you outline above. I understand that the need for affordable spaces for
artists to work. While the County government is not in a position to dictate to
private property owners what they charge to lease their space for, if some of
the arts organizations have specific policy recommendation for how we can
encourage or create affordable space for artists, I am open to considering it.
I am not aware of any specific proposals that have been made at this time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Terry
Van Duyn:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I moved to Buncombe County 20
years ago we had a population of about 120,000, an Art Museum, a Symphony, the
Diana Wortham Theatre, ACT, a ballet company, and thriving art galleries, to
name just some of our cultural treasures. There is no doubt about the impact
the arts have had not only on our economic vitality, but on our quality of
life. We need to acknowledge the importance of the arts and <u>recognize the
fact that that economic engine is able to move elsewhere</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am certainly interested in looking at
ways to mitigate the ill-effects of artist displacement in creative ways, like
collaboration with non-profits that already work to support artists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><b>Christina
Kelley G. Merrill:</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I absolutely agree with the statement
above about the benefits of a strong art sector, however I am not sure I
understand what is meant by "displacement of artists".</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">3. <i>"Artists
are the advance guard of what's hip and cool," says Bert Sperling, founder
and president of Portland (Ore.)-based Sperling's Best Places and compiler of
BusinessWeek.com's list of the Best Places for Artists in America, because
creativity leads to growth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A vibrant community of art and culture attract and encourage not only
tourists, but also the creative class who are essential to the design
innovation that is spurring the tech and eco industries that are and will
continue to shape urban centers of the 21<sup>st</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Artists and designers in the creative
class are willing to take risks to achieve success, but they need affordable
housing, living wages, and affordable creative spaces to work in. How
would you propose that Buncombe County value, support, advocate and create
affordable space for artists and others in the creative sector?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>David
Gantt:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must continue to work hard on
workforce (affordable) housing for artists and all other residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am very open to consider other
targeted policies to create and retain affordable space for artists to live and
work in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Holly
Jones</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I am in complete agreement with
the value that the creative class brings to our community, my advocacy for
affordable housing and living wage is neither limited to or prioritized for
artists. The affordable housing deficit we experience in our community cuts
across all economic sectors. All workers in Buncombe County should be able to
find safe, attractive affordable housing. The addition of the Glen Rock Depot
to the River Arts District has been a recent driver to the area’s
vitality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This successful housing
development has contributed to an increased opportunity for artists and their
businesses as more people have discovered the area. I have been a long-time
advocate for the creation of affordable housing throughout our community and
will continue to push hard for this if re-elected. Promoting a living wage is
important. However, data tells us that workers making a living wage would still
require monthly rents to be between $525-575. Safe, attractive housing stock in
that range, in our community at this level is inadequate. My policy ideas for
increasing the availability of affordable housing include: identifying a
dedicated funding stream for the development of safe, attractive affordable
rental units as well as the promotion of inclusionary zoning.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Brownie
Newman</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">: I don’t
have any additional comments to add beyond my response to question #2. If the
arts community has a proposal to address this concern, I am open to considering
it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Terry
Van Duyn: </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Buncombe
County has a long track record of working with non-profits like Habitat for
Humanity and Mountain Housing Opportunities that seek to address the issue of
affordable housing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a long
way to go, but we have good partners to work with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Identifying the arts community specifically in objectives
around affordable housing and workspaces would seem to make a lot of sense.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Christina
Kelley G. Merrill:</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as the
Buncombe County board of Commissioners providing affordable housing for just
one particular group or industry it is difficult to separate the need verses
all who need affordable housing.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4. <i>In light of the 8.5
million dollar incentive package the City of Asheville gave to New Belgium Beer
to build its brewery in the River Arts District, are there other incentives
that can be offered to artists and business owners in general to stay or come
to Buncombe County? </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>David
Gantt</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our current economic incentive policy
involves benchmarks of total investment dollars, job creation numbers,
mandatory health insurance benefits for employees, and other easily measurable
figures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I have been on the
Commission, this policy was amended to include expansions of existing
businesses as well as new relocated businesses. I don’t think it’s unreasonable
to say that most artist and other small businesses are unlikely to meet the
parameters of our current policy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Holly
Jones</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the record, Buncombe County
provided $8.5 million in tax incentives for New Belgium and the City of
Asheville provided $3.5 million. I am not a fan of the tax incentive game.
However, it is a necessary evil local policy-makers must engage in if our
community is going to be able to compete. The tax incentives that were recently
granted to New Belgium were based on: # of jobs created paying a living wage
with benefits; the amount of investment in the tax base; and the commitment to
revitalize a Brownfield area. Artists and businesses that can bring these
benefits to our community are currently encouraged to approach Buncombe County
to discuss incentives. I am also open to discussing new ideas that promote such
ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Brownie
Newman</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">: Artists are
mostly small business owners or people who work for small businesses. One of
the ways that Asheville provides financial support for small business
owners (or people who have an idea to start their own business) has been
through funding of Mountain Bizworks, which offers both a small training
program as well as start-up capital. The Mountain Bizworks program has helped
hundreds of small business owners in Asheville and western North Carolina start
successful small businesses. I would like to learn more about how beneficial
this type of program has been specifically for artists and the arts industry.
Is this a successful model that we can build off of, or are the needs of
artists sufficiently different from other types of small businesses that
something different is necessary? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Terry
Van Duyn:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gentrification of the River Arts
District seems to already be driving artists out of their studios.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps some kind of tax abatement,
possibly around artist co-ops, would make it more attractive to maintain
existing studio spaces.</span><span style="color: #000090; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Christina
Kelley G. Merrill:</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have said
throughout my campaign that I do not think it is fair and it causes resentment
to offer incentives to outside industry and not offer the same to our hard
working Entrepreneurs and local businesses already established in the
County. If there are going to be incentives for any business than they should be
offered across the board.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">5. <i>Currently
Buncombe County provides little to no support to the local creative sector.
A couple of options for the County to consider in shaping its support for
the arts locally, is to initiate a 2 to 1 match for the Grassroots Grant that
the N.C. Arts Council gives to Buncombe County for local redistribution,
(currently approximately $50K annually), and partnering with the City of
Asheville’s Cultural Arts Division to expand programming to the rest of the
county. What are your feelings about this?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>David
Gantt</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would consider such an
allocation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not recall a
specific request or vote on this idea, but would favorably consider it after
getting a consensus from the arts community on the desirability of this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel matching Arts Council money
would be a good investment in a valuable part of our economy and local
employment picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Holly
Jones</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am very supportive of the proposed
matching approach. I would initially support a 1:1 match requiring
accountability through measured outcomes. My understanding is that the current
grassroots grants are available to all of Buncombe County, so it should not
require an expansion of service area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Brownie
Newman</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">: I
need to be better educated on the program to provide a meaningful response. I
would like to sit down with folks from the organizations that are involved in
the NC Arts Council funding process to better understand how their funding
process works, how the funds are utilized, what funding (if any) Buncombe
County is currently providing, and how additional funds would be used if the
County budgeted matching funds as suggested. One other question is
how are these types of decisions are currently made by the County? For example,
what staff or department is this run through and is there currently a specific
decision making role played by the Commissioners?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Terry
Van Duyn</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would whole-heartedly support working
with the Asheville’s Cultural Arts Division around programs like the Grassroots
Grants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to look at ways to
grow the amount of dollars we have for investments like these.</span><span style="color: #000090; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Christina
Kelley G. Merrill:</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to look at
the over 200 non profits already receiving money from the County first,. There
needs to be a reduction and redistribution of these funds, we can not put any
further burden on our Tax payers.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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6. <i>In what ways can the art community reach out and connect to the
greater community beyond financial impact and numbers, and how can we
improve/expand on what is already taking place? How would you like to see
the arts bring different communities together?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>David
Gantt</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would love to meet with you and
discuss programs and offerings tailored to Buncombe County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not have sufficient knowledge of
what is available and possible for our goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will make myself available when asked to meet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should strategize on the best way to
obtain maximum “bang for the buck” on behalf of the arts community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Holly
Jones</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe the arts can bring
communities together and profound opportunities exist. Our community is
experiencing renewed divides as it relates to the newly drawn and unnecessary
political boundaries in our county. Helping to reject that false division and
find ways of working together would be very important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also believe that the arts community
would do well to continue to bring itself together and begin determining clear,
defined and strategic initiatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Continuing the political conversation and advocacy will require a united
and committed front.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Brownie
Newman</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">: When I was
in high school, I was very involved in arts stuff, especially creative writing.
I attended Interlochen Arts Academy in the creative writing department in
Michigan my Junior year of high school. I attended the South Carolina
Governor’s School for the Arts as a creative writing student. My Senior year of
High School, I attended the Greenville Fine Arts Center, also in the writing
department. While I did not specifically pursue being a “writer” after school,
the things I learned in my writing and art classes had a larger influence on my
life and had a more useful impact on my future professional career than any
other parts of my educational background. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">In terms
of how the arts community can be more engaged with the larger community here in
Asheville, I certainly do not have all the answers. I think public art is a
great investment for the community, and I will support that for our county
properties and facilities, including the use of artists from Buncombe County. I
also like the idea of connecting the artists in our community with our young
people, both in school settings and outside the schools. I am especially
interested in ways we can help connect the most disadvantaged kids in our
community with arts. In so many ways, these kids need the arts more than
anyone. One of my favorite arts groups in Asheville is the Evergreen Charter
School Marimba Band.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do we
give more kids in Asheville the chance to be a part of something like this? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Terry
Van Duyn:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In an effort to get to know my district
even better, I did the Leicester studio stroll and was blown away by the
quality of the art that was being produced by that community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need a way to identify, link, and
market our regional artists in a way that is countywide and celebrates that
countywide heritage, much like ASAP does for farmers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to reinvent the Asheville Cultural Arts
Division, but I’m wondering if we could work together to brand it so that the
Leicester Arts community and the River Arts District, Handmade in America and
the Southern Highland Craft Guild can support and promote each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Finally, we
need more arts education in our early childhood development, K-12 schools, and
institutions of higher education, like AB Tech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ensuring that the arts are an educational priority in the
face of the huge state-wide budget cuts to education will be a challenge, but
one that’s worth taking on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Christina
Kelley G. Merrill</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buncombe County has
it's own TV Channel - Charter Ch 3 BCTV and production budget. This is a huge
missed opportunity to have an on going "Artists showcase" style show,
where we can promote local Artists and businesses throughout WNC! I would be
willing to head up this project.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>Running
for County Commissioner in November, 2012</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>CHAIR:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">David
Gantt (D)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">J.B.
Howard (R)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>District
1:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2 seats)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Holly
Jones (D)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brownie
Newman (D)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Don
Guge (R)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>District
2:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2 seats)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ellen
Frost (D)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Carol
Weir Peterson (D)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mike
Fryar (R)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Christina
Kelley G. Merrill (R)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>District
3: (2 seats)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Terry
Van Duyn (D)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Michelle
Pace Wood (D)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">Joe
Belcher (R)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">David
King (R)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>Where
can I find out where I vote and what district I am in?</i></span></div>
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<a href="http://gis.buncombecounty.org/Districts/Map.html"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://gis.buncombecounty.org/Districts/Map.html</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Call for Entries
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September 1, 2012 (postmark)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Artists and
(non-artists!) are invited to submit non-returnable artwork for the 7<sup>th</sup>
annual Anything Goes, Everything Shows mail art show. There is no submission
fee. Our mail art show title says it all! ALL submissions will be exhibited in
The Courtyard Gallery, 109 Roberts St. in the River Arts District from
September 15 – Oct 27. Opening reception is September 15<sup>th</sup> from
6pm-9pm Artists are encouraged to demonstrate or explore imagery of any kind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anything
Goes—Everything Shows is just that, an uncensored free style mail art show.
Mail art is art that uses the postal system as a medium. Mail artists typically
exchange ephemera in the form of illustrated letters; zines; rubberstamped, decorated,
or illustrated envelopes; artist trading cards; postcards; artistamps; faux
postage; mail-interviews; naked mail; friendship books, decos and
three-dimensional objects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fundamentally,
mail art in the context of a Mail Art Network is a form of conceptual art. It
is a “movement” with no membership and no leaders. Mail art is art which uses
the postal system as a medium. The term “mail art” can refer to an individual
message in the form of illustrated letters; zines; rubberstamped, decorated or
illustrated envelopes; artist trading cards; postcards; artistamps; faux
postage; mail-interviews; naked mail; friendship books, decos and
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">An amorphous
international mail art network, involving thousands of participants in over _50
countries, evolved between the 1950s and the present. It was influenced by
other movements including Dada and Fluxus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Themes could
include anti-war, anti-art snobbery, anti-gallery art, love ,sex, dissent,
anything goes! Mail artists like to claim that mail art began when Cleopatra
had herself delivered to Julius Caesar in a rolled-up carpet. However, perhaps
the initial genesis of mail art was in postal stationery, from which mail art
is now typically distinguished (if not defined in its broadest sense).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">All media will
be accepted and exhibited, including mixed media, Collage, Montage, Sculpture
Digital art, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography. Collage and/or the use of
imagery are encouraged. Don't be afraid to experiment with 3-dimensional art.
We have exhibited painted shoes, records, fish, sticks, and even hog jowls and
coal, to name but a creative oddities. Format is freestyle as well. Submissions
of any size or shape will be accepted. If you can get a stamp on it and send it
through the mail, it will be accepted and exhibited. Remember - Anything Goes,
Everything Shows!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Courtyard
Gallery is located on the top floor of the Phil Mechanic Building in Asheville’s
River Arts District. Your art works should be addressed to: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">The deadline is September 1, 2012 (postmark). There is no fee for entry. All entries will be exhibited at The Courtyard Gallery,
located at the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts Street, Asheville, NC.
Anything Goes – Everything Shows mail art exhibit opening is September 15, 2012
from 6pm to 9pm. For more information, contact <a href="mailto:purplecoca@aol.com">purplecoca@aol.com</a> and <a href="http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com/">http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com</a>.</span><br />
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Oodlesapps have created a new app for mobile devices that helps solve communication for non-profit organization memberships and church groups.<br />
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There are now more mobile devices in the US than people, so why not share information with people where they live--with their mobile devices? With this new app you can now easily share information, stream videos, encourage donations and contact membership easily, quickly and efficiently.<br />
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Put your messages right in the palm of your membership's hands. Regionally, nationally or globally, this <a href="http://oodlesapps.com/">church app</a> gives you the power of communication you have been looking for. Check it out!jack moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17970210062202354481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711844389137969039.post-29432521110328907402012-05-23T11:30:00.001-07:002012-05-23T11:34:52.618-07:00Twin Rivers Media and Film Festival May 25-27, 201219th ANNUAL TWIN RIVERS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AND FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2012 FESTIVAL LINEUP<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcscUgVbdyU">Siberia Monamour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcscUgVbdyU</a><br />A.L.F.<br />Animal Liberation Front<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hlLMZ_dMhkU#%21">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hlLMZ_dMhkU#!</a><br />Meherjaan<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GgLvH0xhjo"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GgLvH0xhjo</a><br />Education Under Fire<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsc-mglel-w"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsc-mglel-w</a><br />American Veterans: Discarded and Forgotten<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVw49cAbc_w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVw49cAbc_w</a><br /><br />Animation<br />Dear Sweet Emma<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTinpL066Gw"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTinpL066Gw</a><br />Fruitless Efforts<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsUbvqcyLKE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsUbvqcyLKE</a><br /><br /><br />The 19th Annual season of The Twin Rivers Media Festival(TRMF) will celebrate this year with the latest in independent feature, documentary, short and animated films. The festival runs from May 25th – May 27th 2012 in with features films screening each Friday night until June 22, 2012 at the Phil Mechanics Building at 109 Roberts St. in the River Arts District of Asheville, NC.<br /><br />Carlos Steward, founder and director of the Twin Rivers Media Festival, stated, “we are thrilled to once again bring to our Western North Carolina community an incredibly diverse program with over 40 independent films from around the world.” With an exciting season programmed, the festival will kick off with an opening night party at the historic Flood Fine Arts Center Library and adjoining Courtyard Gallery at 7:30PM with the screening of “Siberia Monamour” from the Russia Federation. <br /><br />TRMF has become the festival of choice for filmmakers and film lovers who are seeking a unique River Arts District experience and a place to indulge their passion for film. The Festival connects audiences to compelling documentaries, award-winning international releases with tantalizing discussions with visiting filmmakers.<br /><br />The selection process was rigorous and exclusive. Only a small percentage of the <br />submitted films are chosen to screen in the festival. The films are placed in <br />sessions, in both venues allowing audiences to see one genre of film one day and another the next. . Saturday mornings and afternoon films include a potluck lunch and l Question and Answer period, in which the audience is invited to ask the filmmakers questions.<br /><br />Photos: “The Boy Who’d Never Seen Rain”, Australia feature film (boy who’d.jpeg)<br />“Siberia Monamour” Russian feature film (siberiamonamour.jpg)<br />“Caught” short drama by Elizabeth Page, NY (caught.jpg)<br />“Brotherly Love” short drama, CA, Brothers try to hold their family together, (brolove.jpg)<br />“American Veterans, Discarded and Forgotten,” Doc NYC, (amvets.jpg)<br /><br />The complete three day line up and Friday night feature films in June follows:<br /><br />Features on Fridays<br /><br />May 25th • 8pm (Festival Kickoff 7:30 pm) <br />Siberia, Monamour (105 min)<br />Directed by: Slava Ross (Moscow, Russian Federation)<br />Siberian taiga. Late autumn. In a deserted village, there lives an old man & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia. A pack of feral dogs devours everything alive in the neighborhood, but one of these dogs becomes Leshia's best friend. Sometimes Uncle Yuri brings food to them. Once on his way back from the village Uncle Yuri is attacked by dogs & perishes. Ivan & Leshia stay on without any food supplies.<br /><br />June 1st • 8pm<br />The Duck Hunter (90 min)<br />Directed by: Egidio Veronesi (Modena, Italy)<br />A film about memory, memories of the past and memories of the protagonists. Memory gets back, through the images of the film, to those who were its custodians, following new and unexpected paths.<br /><br />June 8th • 8pm<br />A.L.F. (96 min)<br />Directed by: Lescure Jérôme (Paris, France)<br />What happened, that 24th of December? This is what officer Chartier wants to find out. To understand, he will have to go back 48 hours earlier: Franck's Christmas eve.<br />Franck: insignificant drama-teacher, Franck belongs to a nameless and leaderless commando: the Animal Liberation Front. These characters are bound by a limitless empathy towards mistreated animals, and will have to show courage to complete a mission they have been preparing for months.<br /><br />June 15th • 8pm<br />The Boy Who'd Never Seen Rain (70 min)<br />Directed by: Kim Ramsay (Sydney , Australia)<br />The poignant portrayal of an outback Australian sheep farming family struggling to remain together despite looming bankruptcy. Neil Cobblin tries to defend his pride when it becomes apparent he's losing the battle against years of drought, and the outreach workers have arrived in town to offer a helping hand. His wife Rita begins to lose herself in the nostalgia of teenage dreams of becoming a Beauty Queen whilst their 8 year old son Danny fights to be seen as a man by his father and the school bully. This film examines the effects of depression and suicide risk in the Australian rural sector -- a topic which is too often ignored in the mainstream media.<br /><br />June 22nd • 8pm<br />Meherjaan (119min)<br />Directed by: Rubaiyat Hossain (Dhaka, Bangladesh)<br />Meherjaan is a film about loving the Other. Meherjaan gives away with the unitary masculine narrative in order to usher in emotional multiplicity of feminine emotion and sensibility. This film critiques certain pitfalls of nationalism that create conditions to justify war, killing and violence. Finally, Meherjaan attempts to offer an aesthetic solution to war and violence by taking refuge in love and spiritual submission.<br /><br /><br />Saturday 5/26<br />11am<br />American Veterans: Discarded and Forgotten (2 parts, 1 hour each)<br />Directed by: Richard Polonetsky; Directed by: Gary Null, Brooklyn NY<br />Gary Null, PhD, explores the truth about Gulf War Syndrome, a horrific condition affecting thousands of soldiers and their families, and the disturbing secrets being hidden by the government. Hear the truth from doctors, scientists, military analysts and the veterans who are still suffering from the effects of their tours of duty while the government denies any accountability for this illness. Dr. Null also reveals the epidemic of homelessness affecting our American veterans today.<br /><br />12 - 1pm<br />Potluck lunch<br />Bring a favorite dish and join us for an opportunity to sit down with filmmakers and film aficionados for an exchange of ideas and edibles!<br /><br />1pm<br />Daytona Flash Mob (10min)- Filmmaker Present for discussion<br />Produced by Lou and Guili Schacht<br />600 Dancers materialize in a spontaneous dance event at the Daytona 500.<br /><br />Education Under Fire (30min)<br />Directed by Jeff Kaufman <br />Produced by Single Arrow Productions and co-sponsored by Amnesty International. This revealing documentary profiles the growth, struggle, and inspiring spirit of the Baha´i Institute for Higher Education. The Baha´i people in Iran have been subjected to systematic persecution, including arrests, torture, and execution simply for refusing to recant their beliefs. They are also prohibited from going to college (and blocked from many professions).<br /><br />Anela en Rouge (19min)- Filmmaker Present for discussion<br />Cara Myers, Kansas City, MO<br />A touching experimental dance documentary in which Nannette Rogers-Kennedy tells a story of losing her mother, who before death, promises to come back to visit her children as a Cardinal. Two weeks later, her mother keeps her promise, not only to her, but to every other member of her family, proving that our love for one another transcends the boundaries of life or death.<br /><br />Its a Girl Thing: MKA, Tween Queens and the Commodification of Girlhood (60min)- Filmmaker Present for discussion›<br />Directed by: Shannon Silva, Wilmington, NC<br />Since the birth of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in 1987, the girls' tween market has evolved from almost non-existent into a $43 billion-dollar-a-year money making machine. Framed by the structure of a faux interactive website, It's A Girl Thing speaks with consumer critics, tween brand marketers, girls, moms, and educators to explore the seemingly benign cultural universe of pastel-colored, hyper-commercialized girl culture (and the tween queen phenomenon) to reveal the complex and contradictory messages directed at today's young girls.<br /><br />Saturday 5/26 • 4pm-8pm<br />Courtyard Gallery Screen<br /><br />Short Drama<br />Wrigley and King, 9 min<br />Cornelius Murphy, Lynnfield, MA<br />A man attends his brother's funeral and reflects on a childhood memory when his brother took revenge against a neighbor for killing the family dog.<br /><br />Impressions, 20min<br />Robert Schwartz, Los Angeles. CA<br />Two people who come from very different backgrounds have inherited the struggles they face in a relationship.<br /><br />Leak, 29min<br />beni fredman, Jerusalem, Israel<br />7 yr old Hadar is behaving strangely and shockingly in order to eliminate an imaginary monster. Her father, a rich and powerful man, covers up her behavior by silencing people with payoffs and refusing to send Hadar to psychiatric treatment. Desperate, her mother secretly takes her to a clinic to undergo a futuristic and risky operation for trauma removal. <br /><br />1000 grams, 15min<br />Tom Bewilogua, Hamburg, Germany<br />A film about Flesh. Flesh in all of its meanings! A story of two tragically colliding Worlds. Poor and Rich! An unadorned view on the current circumstances of our reality, while the audience is flying through society like a ghost.<br /><br />Astray, 15min<br />Evan Stroum, Tigard, OR<br />A man awakens alone in the forest, all memories lost. As he retraces his steps, anxiety builds until the discovery of a dead body pushes his emotions to a boiling point as memories come flooding back.<br /><br />Workers Leaving the Factory (10min)<br />Anna Linke, Weimar, Germany<br />Karin works in a metal factory performing the same monotonous tasks day after day. When a new worker arrives, it seems to be the end of this drab life. <br /><br />Brotherly Love, 17min<br />Choice Skinner, Van Nuys, CA<br />Isaac, flees home to plead with his brother Elijah to help him hide a terrible secret from Abraham, the eldest brother who is a strict disciplinarian and very religious.<br /><br />Diana , 15min<br />Wen-Cheng Yu, Pasadena, AK/Taiwan<br />Diana is young, attractive, smart, confident and cold. She has an affair with a married man and a fight with her student in class. Everyone makes bad decisions. So does Diana. But this time, she does it with determination.<br /><br />Advanced Payment, 21min<br />Heath Jones, New Smyrna Beach, FL<br />After a drunk driver kills her son and escapes prosecution, a well-to-do woman seeks revenge on her own. She buys an unregistered gun from a back alley thug, who quickly recognizes her as an easy target and teaches her a hard lesson about street justice.<br /><br />Caught, 20min<br />Elizabeth Page, Brooklyn, NY<br />Hannah has spent her life trying to do the right thing, but she can not catch a break, or win the sought after affection of her mother, nor the respect of her brother. Hannah finds solace in baseball from the time she is young. This family strife culminates on the ballfield during the playoffs.<br /><br />Dog Eat Dog, 7min<br />Curtis Jensen, Thunder Bay, ON<br />Tony, a mafia boss, has grown tired of Fluffy, his neighbour’s dog, pooping on his lawn. Instead of dealing with his grievances civilly, Tony hires Chester and Louis take the dog out. The two hit men accept the job, even though Louis feels like the job is an insult to his abilities.<br /><br />Alienated, 5:30min<br />Piper Kroeze, North Hollywood, CA—Student Entry<br />John is an extra-terrestrial living on another planet but decides it's best for him to travel to earth to start a new chapter in his life, against the will of his father. John is still waiting for his slahfle, a body part that grows on the forehead of each alien at a certain age, to come in, in order to regain the respect of his elders as a man.<br /><br />The Light, 14min<br />Kajsa Ribbing, Stockholm,Sweden<br />It's all about love - and life - when an old and dying author writes his last novel about a young couple and the games they play.<br /><br /><br /><br />Saturday 5/26 • 4pm-7pm<br />Flood Library Screen<br /><br />Animation <br />Tony's Big Score, 12min<br />David Provost, Emeryville, CA<br />Tony is just your average everyday robot until the day the entire world starts crashing in on him.<br /><br />The Eater, 3min<br />Wally Chung, NY,NY<br />A man has a strange experience that ends up affecting the people around him.<br /><br />X-Mess Detritus-2min<br />Aurelio Voltaire, NY, NY<br />MTV and SciFi Channel veteran, Voltaire, takes a dark look at gift-giving and the negative effect it has on the Earth in this one-minute Christmas parable. <br /><br />Dear Sweet Emma, 5:17min<br />Out of Our Minds Animation Studio, NC<br />As the search is given up for Emma’s latest husband, Tucker, a private look reveals that Emma has a secret and uncontrollable dark side.<br /><br />Dinner Table, 3min<br />Song E Kim, Los Angeles, CA<br />The dinner table, where we sit everyday to satisfy the basic of needs, can become the most awkward place to be with one simple conversation and mounting emotion.<br /><br />Fruitless Efforts - Fruit of the Womb, 5min<br />Oren Robashkin, Minneapolis, MN<br />Apple is trying to lead a normal life, but is being held back by his friends.<br /><br />Lunch, 1min<br />Irina Golina-Sagatelian, Israel<br />Vlad sits in his chair, looks eagerly at his plate with a juicy fish. Suddenly someone rings the bell. Disappointed, he gets up and wonders when he can get back to his meal.<br /><br />Oh! Natural, 2min<br />Becky Bush, NY, NY<br />An acorn becomes all it can be.<br /><br />Experimental<br />Ode, 18min<br />Dawn Hollison, Arvada, CO<br />A story of Collector and Collected, Ode examines the human cycle of action and effect, and its reflection in the internal experience of recognition, regret, and remembrance. Three episodes record the phases of a woman's evolution toward a deeper understanding of her own motivations and her relation to others.<br /><br />Pin, 15min<br />Mountains Plain, Asheville, NC<br />An examination of our mountain heritage.<br /><br />Sixty in 60, 60min.<br />Ronnie Cramer, Denver CO<br />Experimental art film featuring sixty one-minute works of many genres, including abstract, animation, documentary, experimental, narrative, stop-motion, time-lapse and video art.<br /><br />Commercial<br />Tales from the Hood, 9min<br />Manny Marquez, Denver, CO<br />In 2011, Native Eyewear descended upon Hood River, OR asking the natives to show them the ropes. The locals welcomed them, giving the crew a peek into their lives, and acting as tour guides, showed them all over the stunning little mountain town. This documentary captures the stories of the locals, or the Tales from the Hood, as Natives like to call them.<br /><br />Little Pearls-30sec<br />Linda McLean, Asheville, NC<br />Little Pearls are “tiny films” that open hearts and minds, inspiring authentic connection and compassionate action on behalf of al living beings<br /><br />Doritos: Super Cheesy, 1min<br />Jen McGowan, Venice, CA<br />A cheesy Senator's secret obsession is exposed.<br />Saturday 5/26 • 4pm-7pm<br />Flood Library Screen<br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 5/27<br />Courtyard Gallery Screen<br /><br />Documentaries<br />1pm - 5pm<br />Co Raz Zostalo Zapisane (Written in Ink), Poland (12min)<br />Martin Rath<br />A documentary about hope, this compelling story is about a a man trying to get back in touch with his sister after they haven't had any contact for 14 years. But can one change what has already been written in ink?<br /><br />Nullification: The Rightful Remedy (72min)<br />Jason Rink, Austin, TX<br />What do we do when the federal government steps outside of its Constitutional boundaries? Do we ”vote the bums out” and hope that the new bums limit their own power? Do we ask federal judges in black robes to limit the federal government's power? This documentary explores the history of state nullification, and how it is being used today to push back against the encroachment of federal power.<br /><br />Into The Distance (15min)<br />Philip Arnold, New Albany, OH<br />Follow Adriane Blewitt on her quest to become the Women's World Champion in the Scottish Highland Games. A nationally-ranked shot putter in college, Adriane's dream of making the USA Olympic Team in 2004 was sidelined due to a serious illness. While remaining competitive following her recovery, Adriane discovered another field of competition in which she could test her strength and technique with heavy implements.<br /><br />Meme (39min)<br />Paola Oliveras Garcia, Guaynabo, PR<br />The recently independent Namibia now suffers a different war. The epidemic of AIDS affects everybody. But in a country where sexual matters are considered private, and women's survival depends on men, the women tend to suffer most of the consequences. Yet, for the fist time, the 'Memes' are standing up to their social and cultural carries by using the most powerful weapon they have: Their Voice.<br /><br />The First 70 (30min)<br />Jarratt Moody, San Francisco, CA<br />Last May, California announced plans to close one quarter of their 278 parks, a devastating move that is intended to save the state a mere $22 million per year. The closure list includes thousands of acres of park land, recreation areas, wildlife reserves, and 50% of the state's historic parks. By July 2012 Californians will be bereft of 70 magnificent natural parks. <br /><br />Not One of Us (different is weird) (2min)<br />Cameron MacKenzie, Fargo,ND<br />”I wanted to do a short film about bullying...a HUGE problem. I know. I'm a 14-yr-old 8th-grader. I live in a small town that likes to think of itself as being 'family friendly' and 'different than the big cities of NY and LA'. But, people are people...and bullying is bullying. What I learned in doing this film is that there are two main forms of bullying--aggressive or active (obvious) and passive. I chose to make this film about passive bullying because not only is passive bullying harder to prove, it may be even more dangerous than obvious bullying.”<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday 5/27 • 1-5pm<br />Flood Library Screen<br />Animations-- Same as Saturday<br />Short Drama<br />Wrigley and King, 9 min<br />Cornelius Murphy, Lynnfield, MA<br />A man attends his brother's funeral and reflects on a childhood memory when his brother took revenge against a neighbor for killing the family dog.<br /><br />Impressions, 20min<br />Robert Schwartz, Los Angeles. CA<br />Two people who come from very different backgrounds have inherited the struggles they face in a relationship.<br /><br />Leak, 29min<br />beni fredman, Jerusalem, Israel<br />7 yr old Hadar is behaving strangely and shockingly in order to eliminate an imaginary monster. Her father, a rich and powerful man, covers up her behavior by silencing people with payoffs and refusing to send Hadar to psychiatric treatment. Desperate, her mother secretly takes her to a clinic to undergo a futuristic and risky operation for trauma removal. <br /><br />1000 grams, 15min<br />Tom Bewilogua, Hamburg, Germany<br />A film about Flesh. Flesh in all of its meanings! A story of two tragically colliding Worlds. Poor and Rich! An unadorned view on the current circumstances of our reality, while the audience is flying through society like a ghost.<br /><br />Astray, 15min<br />Evan Stroum, Tigard, OR<br />A man awakens alone in the forest, all memories lost. As he retraces his steps, anxiety builds until the discovery of a dead body pushes his emotions to a boiling point as memories come flooding back.<br /><br />Workers Leaving the Factory (10min)<br />Anna Linke, Weimar, Germany<br />Karin works in a metal factory performing the same monotonous tasks day after day. When a new worker arrives, it seems to be the end of this drab life. <br /><br />Brotherly Love, 17min<br />Choice Skinner, Van Nuys, CA<br />Isaac, flees home to plead with his brother Elijah to help him hide a terrible secret from Abraham, the eldest brother who is a strict disciplinarian and very religious.<br /><br />Diana , 15min<br />Wen-Cheng Yu, Pasadena, AK/Taiwan<br />Diana is young, attractive, smart, confident and cold. She has an affair with a married man and a fight with her student in class. Everyone makes bad decisions. So does Diana. But this time, she does it with determination.<br /><br />Advanced Payment, 21min<br />Heath Jones, New Smyrna Beach, FL<br />After a drunk driver kills her son and escapes prosecution, a well-to-do woman seeks revenge on her own. 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The two hit men accept the job, even though Louis feels like the job is an insult to his abilities.<br /><br />Alienated, 5:30min<br />Piper Kroeze, North Hollywood, CA—Student Entry<br />John is an extra-terrestrial living on another planet but decides it's best for him to travel to earth to start a new chapter in his life, against the will of his father. 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