1-4:00 Kira Corser – Fish Tales & Climate Concerns workshop $5
2018-10-06 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Project Description KIRA CARRILLO CORSER – Topic: Climate Change & Human RightsWhy Are We Here? Sea Changes ACT: This project addresses critical ocean changes, collaboratively with scientists and artists working with communities to create innovative motivators for civic action; while addressing the causes of climate change, plastic pollution, fishing and these impacts on human rights.Purpose: The destruction of our oceans is largely hidden under water, so not visible to the average citizen. Our goal is to (enticingly) make these destructive changes visible, more understandable and more emotionally connected to encourage action.Virtual Undersea Experience: 18-foot-wide and 8-foot-tall, the eyes of fish, whales, sharks fall around people as videos light up 3-layered-billowing-walls of white-suspended-silks. Viewers walk between these as they see and hear facts, music, sounds. Shifting perspectives, shift the experience to make it more magical: Think tiny sea horse vs a whale’s point of view vs shark and kid. This work has been evolving since 2012, with participation in the U.S. Human Rights Network’s conference connecting climate change and it’s impact on human rights.Authentic Voice: Dr. Tim Lueker, Researcher in Climate Change at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla CA and from the Sierra Club/Human Rights and Climate Change affecting Trade/ U.S. Human Rights Network. http://www.drtimfineart.com/Dr._Tim_Fine_ART/Artists_Statement.html

Workshop Help the Planet, and Have fun too!
This workshop includes ART MAKING, with video recordings, so the participants can continue to enjoy and sustain commitment. This workshop encourages artistic expression, interactive collaborative art making, and story telling.
This workshop has 2 options for participants:

To promote understanding of climate, pollution and how human rights areconnected with ocean and water issues, we will draw and paint on “Fish Masks” based on real life images of fish.
To create Ocean Avatar Videos to encourage caring about planet issues we willpaint our hands and/or faces with body paint, AND then record family stories about fishing, concerns about climate, connections to human rights, solutions to plastic pollution, etc.

Biography Kira Carrillo Corser has designed and produced art throughout California, and the USA for 22 years, in addition to working as staff photographer at KPBS (10 yrs.) and later at California State University Monterey Bay (8 yrs.) Based in San Diego County, she works in partnership with other artists, musicians, nonprofits, community and civic leaders. Art projects have been awarded: The National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, Encinitas Rotary Peace Maker of the Year 2017, San Diego Foundation Creative Catalyst 2014 with Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater and the DNA of Creativity Grant from the San Diego Visual Arts Network.
She is a co-founder and co-directs the POSTS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE NATIONAL PROJECT, Art is the Next Peace: Connecting Communities (Ca Silk Paintings) andSea Changes ACT with local scientists and artists. These projects are collaborations with intergenerational communities and promote peace and nonviolence.
Exhibitions and participants include: The Carter Center with President Carter and International Human Rights Defenders; Inter-Dependence Day Celebration, a Compassionate California Partnership, Sacramento (2017); Semi-permanent installations include the Atlanta BeltLine, as Installation Artists, (a collaborative multi-year fellowship) where 25,000 people see the work weekly, Atlanta Georgia (2015 – 2017.) and 12 California schools, including El Cajon, San Diego, and Fallbrook

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7-10:00 Public Opening: See.Say.DO. FREE Donations Welcome.
2018-10-06 19:00 - 22:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Please join us to celebrate the Opening of See. Say. DO. All Artists and their Expert Topic Voices will be present to discuss their topics with visitors. Many of the art works are interactive. Refreshments will be provided.
Read More About the Topics
Grace Bianchi – Body Image SUPPORTED Read About Project
Barbara Bridges -Recovery Become a team mate Learn More

Kira Corser – Climate Change /Human Rights Become a team mate Learn More
Madelynne Engle – Truth and Resilience SUPPORTED Read About Project Power Wheelchair Giveaway
Maris Gilbert – Water Quality Become a team mate Learn More
Craig Harris – Human Senses-CTSD Become a team mate Learn More

Laura Hill -Reclaiming our Narratives: Exploring Race & IdentitySUPPORTED Read About Project
Anne Kleinhenz – Heart Listening Become a team mate Learn More
Barb Kobe – Emotional Nature – Embodied Knowing – Empathetic Connection Become a team mate
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Candy Kuehn -Dark Energy/Brain Neurology Become a team mate Learn More
Felicia Lenee -FE -Compassionate Arts in Action SUPPORTED Read About Project
Wesley May – Identity SUPPORTED Read about the project

Nikki McComb – Art is my Weapon Become a team mate Learn More

Layl McDill – Persuasive Technologies Become a team mate Learn More
Rebecca Ratzlaff – Labor/Unions Become a Team Member Learn More
Kate Renee – Seven Deadly Sins-Glutthoney Become a team mate Learn More
Danielle Ricci – Ongoing Refugee Crisis Become a team mate Learn More
Shira Richter – Motherhood: Women, Men and Money SUPPORTED Read About the Project
Barry Scanlan Environmental Corporate Abuse Become a team mate Learn More
Jill Waterhouse -Gender/Sexual Equality Become a Team mateLearn More

11-1:00 Candy Kuehn –The Wind Did It. !!! The Physics of Turbulence HAT workshop (Brain Neurology) -Library $5
2018-10-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Project Description Candy Kuehn Topic: Dark Energy/Brain Neurology

Dark Energy and Dark Matter. I want to make the invisible – visible. In another life, I imagine I would have been a physicist, because the field of physics has the ability to explain my synesthetic, multi-dimensional existence. Physics reveals a world in which our universe exists simultaneously manifested through a web of our five senses, and outside of the limits of a singular space and time. Join me IN my work for the See. Say. DO. event. I will be an attempt to physically communicate “slices” of my experience of the world.
I am creating a series of four to six, twelve foot ovoids, to be hung, worn, and/or manipulated. Materials will include digitally printed fabric, paints and dyes, hand made paper, and arduino circuits with lights and sensors. The larger space allows the audience to walk through the installation and experience a multi-dimensional existence.
Authentic Voice J. Woods Halley, of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities School of Physics and Astronomy. Professor Halley’s group studies transport and non-equilibrium processes in solids and fluids using theoretical, simulation and experimental methods. Specific studies include: Studies of electrode-electrolyte interfaces, including electron transfer and the electronic structure of oxides and metals with applications to electrolysis and catalysis in nanophase as well as macroscopic systems. https://www.physics.umn.edu/people/woods.html
Workshop: Candy is a well know fiber artist practicing in the twin cities. Her workshop will use principals of art and identify a personal, social or biological topic. Using 3-5 yards of brown paper, tape, scissors, staplers and string, the workshop participants will create a body sculpture or hat. For example: global warming, water or recovery issues or another topic to be determined by the group. Following the creation, the group may decide to create a performance.
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Biography Candy Kuehn 718 6th St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 candy.kuehn@gmail.com 612-272-1626
I am a hyper-inventive geek, predominantly occupied with the exploration of the fiber arts media and “I-Phonography.” While endeavoring to fuse color and texture into meaning, I play with imagery and motion using a vast array of physical materials and digital space. I am curious and cross-sensed … others define my experience of the world as synesthesia. I see music’s patterns and shapes; I “touch” between spaces and time; I smell emotion. For me, “order” is less of a linear delineation, than it is a multi-sensed, overlap of pattern and motion. Where others see “dis”-order … I find meaning. I want everybody to smell what I see, and taste what I know.

1-5:00 FE Love – Compassionate Conversations Peace Posts- $5
2018-10-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
October 7 Collaborative Painted 8-ft Post. Open to the Public. Need to Register
Know Your Rights— All inclusive

Open in a large group panel discussion with Lead Experts and Compassionate Facilitators and (Q&A from audience)–approximately 60-90 mins.
Groups (up to 15) will create two (8-foot) Collaborative Painted Post. Tables of participants work in 1hr. sessions, designed with “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” information on the top/plus a quote of inspiration and pertinent websites (for time constraints, some of this can be done prior to workshop)
While a group (up to 15 ) of participants work on the post, other groups discuss issue in depth. ART can be organized and created using Templates or Free Hand drawings, on 5-inch index cards: depicting ideas that each person feels should be written or drawn onto the collaborative Post. Final decisions are made by group with facilitators.
Artists assist participants andare positioned at the Posts to help with drawing, using templates of flags and scrolls (like the bill of rights, small flags the youth can uniquely design, other symbols for rights and country.)
Lead Artists finish Posts after event, unless the artists can work onsite and present posts at the end of the event. Artists can finish the Posts with paint, outlines, 3D embellishments after the workshop.
Posts are posted online as selfies and as video and photos with stories. With participants permission

Participants: 15 (youth, family ages 10+)
Lead Skilled Facilitators for Collaborative Post
Lead Skilled Visual Artists for Collaborative Post,
all artists from ACW are also invited to participate.
Invite Lead Expert(s): ACLU representative (1) / Compassionate Cop (1) optional expert
Duration of Workshop: 3 hour workshop

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Safety and Justice and DACA

Opening in a large group panel discussion with Lead Experts and Compassionate Facilitators and (Q&A from audience)–approximately 60-90 mins.
Quotes at the top, quotes on paper can be glued to the mini posts.
Templatesand KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFO and INSPIRATIONAL imagery stickers, markers, glitter pens
Mini Posts go homeas a way of continuing to inspire, educate and sustain involvement to compassion, P4PJ goals.
Posts are posted online as selfies and as Video and photos with stories.

With participants permission
Participants: 30-50 each day (youth, family ages 10+)
1 Lead Skilled Facilitator to lead conversation Mini Posts Workshop
5 Lead Skilled Visual Artists: Mini Posts
all artists from ACW are also invited to participate
Invite Lead Expert(s): 1 ACLU representative
1 Compassionate Cop, 1 optional expert or opposing view
Duration of Workshops: 3 hours

Felecia Lenee, better know as Fe Love to her fans is the host and creator of the Artist Eclectic pLAygROUND, a “pop-up” event space that supports new as well as established artists and innovative entrepreneurs primarily in the Pasadena and Greater Los Angeles area. She is on the Leadership Team for CompassionateCalifornia.org and co- founder of the Compassionate ARTS IN ACTION. She works as the Youth Program Director and Creative Strategist for the national project, Posts for Peace and Justice. Felecia has a B.F.A. from CALARTS where she trained as an actress. Her goals are to support youth, with a focus on health, public safety and social justice. Felecia’s recent public appearances highlighting youth include: March for Our Lives, Los Angeles, CA; Youth Action Summit, Memphis, TN, the U.S. Human Rights Network National Conference, Atlanta, GA. and the 26th Anniversary of the American Disabilities Act, at the White House. Felecia Lenee is a healer and a certified massage therapist with a concentration on energy balancing. She has been in 16 films, has over 25 years of performing live on stage as a host and entertainer, and in several podcasts promoting racial, gender equality and justice Read More
In the spirit of community and compassion!
Felecia Lenee aka Fe LOVE, Creative Strategist and Youth Program Director, Sacramento, California

6:30-8:00 Erik Helgeson/Tim Benjamin/ Madelynne Engle – Film The Real Story & Satin of Knowingness - Power Wheelchair Giveaway
2018-10-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Project Description Topic Truth and Resilience
“SATIN OF KNOWINGNESS” INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
Power Wheelchair Giveaway
The “Satin of Knowingness” explores verities from the perspective of each person’s uniqueness. Are there veiled truths? Is truth larger than any one life? Are there universal truths, families of truths, layers of truths? Male/female, adult/child truths? Are there temporary truths? (Was the imaginary friend or the Tooth Fairy or the monster under the bed any less a truth for you when you personally believed in them and your older sibling no longer did?) Do truths come in different colors? In different places? (Is truth experienced differently in Nature” than in the Board room? In America than in India? In the kitchen rather than in the bedroom?) Does the same truth arrive wrapped in a variety of names? This is not my coming up with the answers, but rather your connecting with the jostling crowd of inner truths that are uniquely yours. It has been said that the world we believe in is a far greater reality than the one that exists. “The Satin of Knowingness” explores the alchemy that makes truth such a personal experience.

“THE MIRROR OF FRAGMENTED PRECONCEPTIONS”
FROM THE SERIES: SATIN OF KNOWINGNESS
The “Cloakroom” and the “Mirror of Fractured Preconceptions” in this installation are participatory. Feel free to try on any ideas hanging on these hooks. Which aspects of life fuel your own resilience? Layer the satins if you feel like it- life is like that. Is your “Integrity” showing beneath your “Power?” Does your “Spirituality” layer over your “Sexuality?” Does “Education” fit the same way “Wisdom” or “Street Smarts” does? Look into the mirror and fracture your preconceptions. What does “Power” look like, feel like on you, unencumbered by other people’s assumptions and biases? Do you see your unique “Beauty”, and “Optimism” and “Resilience” reflected in this mirror? Are these aspects of life affected by what rubs up against them? (Is “Security” impacted by coming in contact with “Power” or “Beauty” or “Wealth” or “Wisdom?” ) I expect that, over theyears, The Satin of Knowingness will take on a patina from the many hands that touch it, as truth does.
Topic Expert: Madelynne’s topic expert, Erik Helgeson: Executive producer: Tuscaloosa. Feature film featuring Natalia Dyer, Devon Bostick and YG, 2019 release. Read More
Disability advocate discussing ways to make communities more accessible to more people.

Workshop: Madelynne’s project will also include the participation of Access Press leader’s Tim Benjamin. Tim will be showing his film , “The Real Story” with a post showing discussion lead by Erik, Tim and Madelynne with the purpose of providing tools to implement actual CHANGE! . in Madelynne’s “Truth and Resilience” project to the person who writes the most compelling need-based essay. Awardee will be selected by Erik and Tim. _________________________________________________________________________________________

Madelynne Engle is a philosopher and storyteller whose chosen medium is visual arts in its many manifestations. With a lifetime of awards and commissions, she is known best for her conceptual sculpture and allegorical life portraits. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections from France to New Zealand, from New York to Italy. Her sculptures and paintings are also found in corporate collections including the Hilton Collection, Bank of America, E.F. Hutton, Monsanto, and the U.S. Embassy in Rome. Engle was recognized in 2008 by NAEA as an artist-in-residence at the Distinguished Fellows Institute in Sandy Point, ME; and was a master teacher in Liquid Metals and Patinas for CAEA in Los Angeles, CA (2009). Engle is also an art educator and served as an art administrator for over 10 years in secondary and post-secondary high schools and colleges in Missouri and California. She is eclectic in her media—using whatever is appropriate to tie message to meaning. She has produced art, large and small, in media ranging from bronze, cement, fiberglass, resin, watercolor, acrylic, oil, sand, salt, paper, canvas, automotive parts, and found objects — always informed and inspired by personal life experience. She has found that the more personal she is in her expression, the more universal is the response

10-1:00 FE Love – Compassionate Conversations Peace Posts FREE Donations Welcome
2018-10-08 10:00 - 13:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Compassionate ARTS in Action
ACW: Compassionate ARTS facilitates Community Conversations on Know Your Rights over a course of three days we will focus on; Safety and Justice, DACA and Immigration, Mental Health with an ACLU expert at attendance all three days. (Also thinking that would be an excellent opportunity to invite the ACLU to become a sponsor/partner)

Collaborative Painted 8-ft Posts–
Know Your Rights— All inclusive

Open in a large group panel discussion with Lead Experts and Compassionate Facilitators and (Q&A from audience)–approximately 60-90 mins.
Groups (8-10) will createtwo (8-foot) Collaborative Painted Posts. Tables of participants work in 1hr. sessions, designed with “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” information on the top/plus a quote of inspiration and pertinent websites (for time constraints, some of this can be done prior to workshop)
While a group (8-10) of participants work on the post, other groups discuss issue in depth. ART can be organized and created using Templates or Free Hand drawings, on 5-inch index cards: depicting ideas that each person feels should be written or drawn onto the collaborative Post. Final decisions are made by group with facilitators.
Artists assist participants andare positioned at the Posts to help with drawing, using templates of flags and scrolls (like the bill of rights, small flags the youth can uniquely design, other symbols for rights and country.)
Lead Artists finishPosts after event, unless the artists can work onsite and present posts at the end of the event. Artists can finish the Posts with paint, outlines, 3D embellishments after the workshop.
Additional Posts are available to exhibit at the siteand as part of larger public exhibitions of the Posts for Peace and Justice Project.
Posts are posted onlineas selfies and as video and photos with stories. With participants permission

Participants: 30-50 each day (youth, family ages 10+)
Lead Skilled Facilitators for 2 Collaborative Posts
Lead Skilled Visual Artists for 2 Collaborative Posts,
all artists from ACW are also invited to participate.
Invite Lead Expert(s): ACLU representative (1) / Compassionate Cop (1) optional expert
Duration of Workshop: 3 hour workshop
And include an additional Compassionate ART workspace. (2-3 days)
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Safety and Justice and DACA

Opening in a large group panel discussion with Lead Experts and Compassionate Facilitators and (Q&A from audience)–approximately 60-90 mins.
Quotes at the top, quotes on paper can be glued to the mini posts.
Templatesand KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFO and INSPIRATIONAL imagery stickers, markers, glitter pens
Mini Posts go homeas a way of continuing to inspire, educate and sustain involvement to compassion, P4PJ goals.
Posts are posted online as selfies and as Video and photos with stories.

With participants permission
Participants: 30-50 each day (youth, family ages 10+)
1 Lead Skilled Facilitator to lead conversation Mini Posts Workshop
5 Lead Skilled Visual Artists: Mini Posts
all artists from ACW are also invited to participate
Invite Lead Expert(s): 1 ACLU representative
1 Compassionate Cop, 1 optional expert or opposing view
Duration of Workshops: 3 hours

Felecia Lenee, better know as Fe Love to her fans is the host and creator of the Artist Eclectic pLAygROUND, a “pop-up” event space that supports new as well as established artists and innovative entrepreneurs primarily in the Pasadena and Greater Los Angeles area. She is on the Leadership Team for CompassionateCalifornia.org and co- founder of the Compassionate ARTS IN ACTION. She works as the Youth Program Director and Creative Strategist for the national project, Posts for Peace and Justice. Felecia has a B.F.A. from CALARTS where she trained as an actress. Her goals are to support youth, with a focus on health, public safety and social justice. Felecia’s recent public appearances highlighting youth include: March for Our Lives, Los Angeles, CA; Youth Action Summit, Memphis, TN, the U.S. Human Rights Network National Conference, Atlanta, GA. and the 26th Anniversary of the American Disabilities Act, at the White House. Felecia Lenee is a healer and a certified massage therapist with a concentration on energy balancing. She has been in 16 films, has over 25 years of performing live on stage as a host and entertainer, and in several podcasts promoting racial, gender equality and justice Read More
In the spirit of community and compassion!
Felecia Lenee aka Fe LOVE, Creative Strategist and Youth Program Director, Sacramento, California

5:30-7:30 Non-profit Networking FREE Donations Welcome
2018-10-08 17:30 - 19:30 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
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6:30-7:30 Grace Bianchi Danielle Ricci –Body Image Perform w/Teen Talk Back Click for Details and Reservations. Pay What You Can From $0-$25
2018-10-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Project Description Grace Bianchi Topic: Body ImageUsing my violin as my messenger, I am partnering with veteran dancer, Danielle Ricci, to create an intriguing combination of choreography, spoken word and violin performance. Two classically trained artists explore body confidence issues.The work is inspired by a high school documentary that captures the voices of Teens and the domino effect when insults about people’s images are posted on social media. We will consider the way culture; structure and personal narratives shape our identity and influences our experience. Let this performance ignite the change maker in you because we all need to consider ways to cultivate a culture that values and appreciates diversity. https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/grace-bianchi/Authentic Voice: Danielle Ricci is the founder of Borealis Dance Company, one of the first dance companies actively partnering with artists to create choreographed works of social justice.
https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/danielle-ricci/

Post-Performance Conversations: After their performance, Grace and Danielle will lead a conversation focused on Body Image. Grace shares “ I noticed in high school a lot of girls struggle with body image and loving themselves. This issue has been prevalent for many generations but what makes my generation different is social media. Although social media can be a positive way to connect with people, it can be very destructive to young women who are trying to formulate their identify. For example, a photo could go viral and leave a lasting impression on that person. I have captured a lot of stories from my peers about their own perspectives regarding social media and body image. These recordings will be incorporated into our work and respondents will be on hand for our interactive discussion with the audience. Practical strategies for coping will be discussed.
Biography gracekbianchi@gmail.com Board Member, Intern, Musician Grace Bianchi is a senior at Roseville Area High School. Currently she is working on her senior service project focused on double standards and girl bashing. Through her video, she is hoping to make some changes in the school culture by raising awareness. Grace is an active member of AWE inc. changemaker course/group, and has been a member since 2015.
Her responsibilities for AWE include, co-facilitating International Day of the Girl 2017, leading empowerment exercises, and facilitating small group discussions. She is excited about supporting other girls in their empowerment, self-discovery, and leadership. Grace is a student at MacPhail Center for Music. She has played the violin for 15 years and received several music awards. She is active in the community outreach programs and was selected to perform with Black Violin 2017, a sold out show, at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. She mentors younger musicians in both high school and the Suzuki program. She draws on her own experiences to encourage young girls in their own musicianship and self –discovery.

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8-9:30 Laura Mann Hill – Race/Identity Click for Details and Reservations. Pay What You Can From $0-$25
2018-10-09 20:00 - 21:30 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Project Description Laura Hill Topic: Reclaiming our Narratives: Exploring Race & Identity
Mixed Reality: Reclaiming My Narrative by Laura Mann Hill
The project was developed by Julia Mann at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 2008. It was intended to focus on exploring the notion of roots as experienced and lived by a multi-racial student.
Though almost sounding like clichés, questions such as: Who am I?, What am I?, What do I believe?, Why do I believe?, and What will I become? remain part of everyone’s journey.
In some ways this research project is best summarized in a statement made to Laura’s mother about a month after her birth. Her mother was asked “Where did you get her?” Her mother patiently explained that her daughter was hers, but the person asked again, “No, where did you get her?”
A decade late, Julia’s sister Laura Mann Hill inserts her voice into the narrative created by her sister, adding her own journey to the story. Laura, who has children and a family of her own infuses the story with a perspective as both a daughter, mother, and wife navigating race politics in 2018.
The proposed outcome is a one-woman performance Mixed Reality, that Laura has adapted to include enhance her voice and narrative, is suitable for a variety of audiences.
The performance has a two-fold focus: to engage and to promote audience/performer dialogue
Topic Expert Voice Veronica Quillien
Veronica is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis on Culture & Teaching. Her research interests are adult third culture kids of African descent and their reclaim of tribal identity, heritage language, language revitalization and documentation.
She continues her self-ethnographic case study as she re-learns Bàsàa, her native language. Sandjock left her native land at the age 12 and this research is part of her decadal reclaim of her tribal language and identity. Her trinity in language, culture and identity is a self-ethnographic case study that started as a collection of books capturing Bàsàa knowledge.
Pre-During and Post Performance Discussions
This forty-five minute production that uses text, movement, and voice to tell a personal story. It allows an audience to think about the issues presented at hand, such as cultural identity, race, and gender. The performance is followed by a post-show discussion to ask questions, make personal and larger social connections, and discuss the history of multi-racial/cultural families. Participants will have the opportunity to share their responses through several interactive activities.
Biography Email lmann.hill@gmail.com Instagram @lauramannhill84
Laura Mann Hill Laura joined the Children’s Theatre Company staff as a teaching artist in 2015 and now oversees early childhood programming as the Early Childhood Education Manager. She is an active member of the Million Artist Movement and workshops with community partners through Hamline University Making Waves Social Justice Theatre Group. Laura taught theatre and English in New York City public schools for nearly a decade and has performed locally in productions at CTC, Youth Performance Company, and Making Waves. Laura holds a B.A. in English from Hamline University and a Masters in teaching from PACE.

Assistant Director, Making Waves Social Justice Theatre Troupe Rehearsal with Hamline University students and community members, St. Paul, MN – October 2017
Book Mixed Reality:https://juliaperforms.weebly.com/contact.html
More info: https://juliaperforms.weebly.com/press.html

6-9:30 Jill Waterhouse Bill Doherty Opposite (of) Sex Workshop – Library Invitation Only
2018-10-10 18:00 - 21:30 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Project Description: Jill Waterhouse Topic: Gender/Sexual Equality (Reconciliation)
“We are so much more than this…” is an examination and exploration of the changes and challenges – for both men and women – embedded in the exploding new paradigm around gender equity, sexual equality and healthy boundaries and the subsequent necessity to redefine the roles and relationships between men and women. In addition, it examines the stereotypes that both sexes have about each other – and themselves – and offers up another lens through which to view these deeply held preconceptions. Lastly, my hope is that this piece and the development and workshop(s) around the topic will encourage honest dialogue between the sexes on how men and women can negotiate the delicate and tricky terrain we now find ourselves in, so that we not only do not lose ourselves, but might find ourselves anew.
“We are so much more than this…” will be a mixed media sculptural installation with two life sized figures, one male and one female, set in relation to one another. The female sculpture is complete, created from a vintage mannequin. (70”H x 30”W x 30”D.) The male figure will be created using a vintage mannequin also, though will be somewhat larger than the female piece. But, unlike the female, the male piece will be created in collaboration with my authentic and expert voices over the next few months. I am developing a process by which their experience and imaginations, and those of our audience, help me to sculpt what this piece becomes, both figuratively and literally, over time. I will use my interviews, meetings and discussions with both my official authentic/expert voices – and the voices of everyday men (and women) that are authentic, but not in an official or expert capacity – to craft and/or collect the images, symbols, text, objects and physical shape that the sculpture needs to embody in order to more fully represent the male experience.
Topic Experts:
William J. Doherty, Ph.D., Professor of Family Social Science, U of MN, MN. Phone: 612-625-4752 http://www.cehd.umn.edu/fsos/directory/DohertyB.asp, www.better-angels.org
Workshop:
Waterhouse is working with Dr. Bill Doherty of Better Angels to create an intense workshop dialogue between men and women to examine the challenges and changes embedded in the exploding new paradigm around gender equity, sexual equality and healthy boundaries triggered by the #MeToo movement.
Their work together will be loosely based on Dr. Doherty’s renowned work with Better Angels to bring together people from opposite sides of the American political spectrum for honest and meaningful dialogue to help bridge the gap between their viewpoints and/or beliefs. Using that same model of respect, real listening and openness, Dr. Doherty and Waterhouse will moderate what could be a difficult, but ultimately powerful and meaningful discussion between the sexes to try to talk about what we never seem to talk about: our real expectations, hopes, and fears for our relationships with each other, be they friendships, familial or intimate.
In the spirit of that model, the “Opposite Sex” workshop dialogue will train participants in the protocol of an open dialogue and ask each of them to commit to both listening to the other side and being open to their experience and stories. They will do so in a “fishbowl” model with each side alternately in the fishbowl talking and the other side listening. The point of the workshop is not to try to change participants’ opinions, but to create empathy for the other side’s point of view and experience.
The workshop’s design emphasizes listening and learning rather than declaring and debating. We rarely get the chance to listen in on how people of the opposite sex process issues among themselves – that’s an advantage of this “fishbowl” model.
The process ends with the opportunity to produce something in writing to share with others, which makes this more than a conversation for the participants. With enough groups producing documents in the future – if this model moves forward – perhaps there could be follow up for other action steps.
Jill Waterhouse (the one in the middle) has been a practicing artist for over 35 years, as well as a published author, performance artist, community activist and curator. Her work is primarily sculpture, installations and perfomance/social practice art. She has exhibited extensively in museums, galleries, and alternative spaces in the United States, including the Walker Arts Center and Mia, her home town arts institutions. Her work was also included in the 1995 NGO Forum exhibition in China.
Waterhouse has been heavily involved in a number of large community/social art projects and public performances. She has been a long time member, mentor and former director of WARM (Women’s Art Resources of MN) and a long time member and chapter president/co-president of WCA MN (Women’s Caucus for Art MN). She has also been involved with the Art Car and Art Shanty Projects for years, a member of “What We Need is Here,” an environment and arts group at The Phipps in Hudson, Wisconsin. She has received grants and awards from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and the Minneapolis Arts Commission. McKnight/Annenberg/Horncrest Foundations. Artist: Minneapolis, Minnesota

7-9:00 Shira Richter & Kate Fisher Mother of All Confessions Click for Details and Reservations. Pay What You Can From $0-$25
2018-10-10 19:00 - 21:30 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
The Mother of All Confessions – The Art Installation
The Mother of All Confessions is an open invitation to a crowd-sourced piece that actively investigates the concept of maternity. The artwork and conversations will grow and morph in relation to the participants’ contributions.
This interactive work will take the form of a modular “confessional” booth. Participants will engage in dialogues about the conceptions, struggles, and future of artist/mothers. The confessional structure encourages two beings to occupy a shared space; much like the way maternity requires that women share their spaces, both internally and externally. This piece will also address one of the last conceptual taboos in art: maternity.
The Mother of All Confessions – The Art Installation (Condensed Version)
What’s YOUR story? The Mother of All Confessions is an open confessional booth for discussions surrounding maternity and parenting. Come share your story and contribute to an ongoing and developing conversation about maternity and art.
Shira Richter & Kate Fisher – The Presentation Read More
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IRON MAIDEN by Feminist artivist Shira Richter
(Baby Bottle nipples, or Madonna’s breast plates, whichever you fancy)-
Female gaze photography
Part of large scale installation project INVISIBLE INVALUABLES (link) about the real value of invisible care work.
129X87 Centimeters. Color print, framed.
(Not digitally manipulated).
Price includes frame: 580$
This photograph is part of Richter’s large scale, exquisite installation project; INVISIBLE INVALUABLES about the value of unpaid care work performed by mothers, parents, grandparents & other care-takers.
It is also featured on the front cover of the book COUNTING ON MARILYN WARING-NEW ADVANCES IN FEMINIST ECONOMICS (link)- published by Demeter press. The book features several chapters about the various ways the groundbreaking book “Counting for Nothing” by Feminist Economist Marilyn Waring (88′), affected research, policies and activism in the world.
Richter and her partner, Dr. Scheflan Katsav wrote the only chapter that merges both art and multidisciplinary economic research. It’s title is: IF MOTHERS COUNTED, STATUS SYMBOLS FOR THE INVISIBLE ART OF MOTHERING (link).
The project and her visual talk presentation about the erasure of mothers was also the only artistic project featured in the 8th national Espenet conference; “Who Cares” in 2017. And also participated in The timely Minnesota based Women & Money project.
Alltogether the project includes 26 art works: Photography, Lightboxes, standing lightboxes on iron legs, Photographic prints, Video art, sound and texts.
Richter is an “artivist” meaning, an artist activist, and mamactivist- a mother activist, who calls her art “a language” with which to simplify and visualize complicated academic ideas, in the hope of making them accessible and aesthetically satisfying to the public.
Richter has an award winning record, is interviewed on popular TV and radio shows, is published in several best selling books in Israel, has created several viral facebook posts and gives richly illustrated artistic -story -talks in order to spread the knowledge in a fun and engaging way.
Curious to hear it from the horses mouth?
( a mother horse is called a DAM…who knew?)
SAVE THE DATE!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER THE 10TH 7pm-9pm :
The Mother of all Confessions (Link to event) –
With two artist mothers: Kate Fisher and Shira Richter
What we hide is actually the key to understanding social and human authentic value.

This will be a sort of “undercover” visual dualog (double dialogue) between two different artist mothers who are located in different continents, cultures, stages of life and career, and between the members of the audience.

Kate fisher, lives in Minnesota, and on top of being a mom of two young ones, a wife, ceramic artist, and… marathon runner (!), also thought up, created and runs (pun intended) the pioneer Both Mother and Artist blog.

Richter is a mother of twin teens (male bodied), a human rights and educational activist who lives in Israel, & prefers relationship over stardom,

SELF BLAME IS TOXIC. I WORK AT CREATING INCLUSIVE SPACES
My authentic voice, Kate Fisher, runs a successful blog titled “Both Mother and Artist” . Kate will be bringing a confessional booth to the project. Confession booths are safe places in which people can unload their burdens. The step to recovery is to acknowledge and accept the burden, with compassion, without that step the next step of rising above the difficulty cannot be performed. As artists, we practice “Learning a material’s nature” Thus, listening to the material is the first part of creating. This step accepts the material as it is,and tries to work with the characteristics of a material. Even if we want to change the characteristics of a material, we need to know it’s natural inclination. The confession booth serves as “learning the material” . Mothers can come to the confession booth and confess a messy house, or having difficulty with a child. Registration required. drb@bridgescreate.com.
Authentic Voice Kate Fisher Calling her work domestic art, Kate Fisher makes objects that are either for or about the home. Fisher received a BA in Art History and a BA in Studio Art from St. Olaf College. She completed her MFA at the University of North Texas. During her graduate studies Fisher spent seven months in China spread over two summers. She worked for Lawrence University and Anderson Ranch Arts Center prior to here present appointment. Kate is currently the Studio Art Technician for the Department of Art and Art History at St. Olaf College where she has, on occasion, taught ceramics and/or 3D foundations. Fisher is also deeply invested in a project examining how women have gracefully tackled the lively experiment that is being both artist and mother. Examining how these dual roles simultaneously impact each other both practically and conceptually. Over the past few years she has been surveying, interviewing and documenting a cross section of ceramic artists who are also mothers. Fisher’s questions have covered studio practice, time management, life balance, home, relationships, childcare, and aesthetics. Her project site also highlights a mother/artist, working in an array of media, each month. Fisher’s project has also manifested in articles, exhibitions, and a group residency. To find out more please visit the project’s website at www.bothartistandmother.com fisherclay@gmail.com
Biography Shira Richter Artist/Performer Topic: Motherhood: Women , Men and Money
A practicing, multidisciplinary Research-thinker-Artist-Speaker who has been ARTiculating Motherhood/Mothering/MotherValue & Worth (care work) in the socio-political-economic and artistic context, for nearly two decades. She is the Director of internationally award winning woman-adventure documentary Film “Two States of Mind” (2002) about women’s voices regarding the Israeli Palestinian conflict and UN resolution 1325.
Seeking more communication with unlikely audiences made her develop traveling Visual Performance Lectures that connect cultures, languages, image, text and context, and are time/place and Shira specific. For instance “Hot Potato called Mama“, about the erasure of mothers- performed at the Dallas Museum of Art with collaborative art project The Motherload. “Our Enemies realize our power before we do” about women’s coveted power- performed for The Mothervoices 1st conference (Holland), “Do we value our Values” about the gap between values and actions, and “Being a woman who loves men and hates War”, about a feminist wife and mother to/of men in war territory Israel- were performed for The Women and Money project in Minniapolis. Richter also curated a Video-text column for The Mothervoices project (The Netherlands).
A long time feminist mothernest activist, Richter is the initiator and creator of the first facebook page in Israel to call for inclusion of Gender studies in the formal Educational system and the first facebook page in Israel to question educational system practices regarding homework. She also curates, organizes and facilitates panels, teaches, motivates and advises.

7-9:00 Craig Harris- SenseAbility Performance (CTSD) $10.00
2018-10-11 19:00 - 21:30 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
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Craig Harris Project Description – Topic: Human Senses-CTSD
For the See. Say. DO exhibition/event I will perform my multimedia dramatic work SenseAbility, and I will conduct related discussions with audiences about themes presented in the show. SenseAbility explores how our personal experiences and cultural narratives help us navigate our ongoing struggle to make the world a better place. The show is about individual and community responsibility and accountability.
Inspired yet haunted by the voice of Elijah, I invite the Prophet into our time, imagining him on a shared journey of transformation. I weave music and visual textures with memories of Bethlehem and new family connections in the West Bank, probing issues related to Continuous Traumatic Stress Disorder, a multi-generational stress condition experienced by millions of people living under sustained occupation in the Palestinian territories.
In SenseAbility an immersive sensory landscape surrounds the audience with the sounds, sights, smells, tastes… even the touch and feeling revealed in the visceral experience that is inescapable in a life under sustained occupation, utilizing a multi-channel sound system, multiple video projectors, music performance and live acting/story telling. The performance space can be configured to suit the situation, but needs sufficient space to move, see projections (approx. 20’ x 16’ performance space plus audience).
https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/craig-harris
Authentic Voice Murad Owda Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Bethlehem
Discussions are intended to highlight the experience of people living under occupation in the Palestinian territories, and also draw connections with related experiences of multi-generational stress experiences in communities in the United States.
Murad Owda grew up and currently lives in Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, West Bank. He holds a MSW degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and currently works for Badil, an NGO in Bethlehem that focuses on the lives and rights of Palestinians. I hope that Murad will be able to join discussions in person, but we don’t know whether his Visa will be approved in time for October 2018. If he is not here we will do what we can for him to join via Skype or Zoom.
I also am planning to establish a connection with somebody at the Center for Victims of Torture who can inform the discussion and project evolution about CTSD specifically, and hopefully the impact on communities in the US where this is relevant. https://www.cvt.org
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Craig Harris Biography craig@InterferenceArts.com
Craig Harris is Artistic Director of Interference Arts and is a composer, performer and writer. Harris creates multimedia stage works and interactive sculptural environments. He has collaborated with dance theater companies Ballet of the Dolls, Zorongo Flamenco, Off-Leash Area and Katha Dance Theatre, and served as Music Director on many theater projects.
Harris received a 2016 Right Here Showcase Commission, and has received support from McKnight Foundation, American Composers Forum, Hanson Institute for American Music, and Rimon: the MN Jewish Arts Council.
As Executive Director of Ballet of the Dolls and the Ritz Theater Foundation, he led the initiative to renovate the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis. He was Managing and Interim Director at the Playwrights’ Center, President of the International Computer Music Association, and Executive Director of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Harris received a Ph.D. in Composition at Eastman School of Music

SenseAbility
http://interferencearts.com/home/?page_id=1983&preview=true
Tzedakah Box – interactive story spaces Project Description: http://interferencearts.com/home/inter-arts/tzedakah-box-ii/

Video walk-through of Tzedakah Box II: http://vimeo.com/66418323

Oct 12 7-9:00 Craig Harris- SenseAbility Performance (CTSD) $10.00
2018-10-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
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for Oct 12 ________________________________________________________________________Craig Harris Project Description – Topic: Human Senses-CTSDFor the See. Say. DO exhibition/event I will perform my multimedia dramatic work SenseAbility, and I will conduct related discussions with audiences about themes presented in the show. SenseAbility explores how our personal experiences and cultural narratives help us navigate our ongoing struggle to make the world a better place. The show is about individual and community responsibility and accountability.Inspired yet haunted by the voice of Elijah, I invite the Prophet into our time, imagining him on a shared journey of transformation. I weave music and visual textures with memories of Bethlehem and new family connections in the West Bank, probing issues related to Continuous Traumatic Stress Disorder, a multi-generational stress condition experienced by millions of people living under sustained occupation in the Palestinian territories.In SenseAbility an immersive sensory landscape surrounds the audience with the sounds, sights, smells, tastes… even the touch and feeling revealed in the visceral experience that is inescapable in a life under sustained occupation, utilizing a multi-channel sound system, multiple video projectors, music performance and live acting/story telling. The performance space can be configured to suit the situation, but needs sufficient space to move, see projections (approx. 20’ x 16’ performance space plus audience).
https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/craig-harrisAuthentic Voice Murad Owda Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Bethlehem
Discussions are intended to highlight the experience of people living under occupation in the Palestinian territories, and also draw connections with related experiences of multi-generational stress experiences in communities in the United States.
Murad Owda grew up and currently lives in Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, West Bank. He holds a MSW degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and currently works for Badil, an NGO in Bethlehem that focuses on the lives and rights of Palestinians. I hope that Murad will be able to join discussions in person, but we don’t know whether his Visa will be approved in time for October 2018. If he is not here we will do what we can for him to join via Skype or Zoom.
I also am planning to establish a connection with somebody at the Center for Victims of Torture who can inform the discussion and project evolution about CTSD specifically, and hopefully the impact on communities in the US where this is relevant. https://www.cvt.org
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Craig Harris Biography craig@InterferenceArts.com
Craig Harris is Artistic Director of Interference Arts and is a composer, performer and writer. Harris creates multimedia stage works and interactive sculptural environments. He has collaborated with dance theater companies Ballet of the Dolls, Zorongo Flamenco, Off-Leash Area and Katha Dance Theatre, and served as Music Director on many theater projects.
Harris received a 2016 Right Here Showcase Commission, and has received support from McKnight Foundation, American Composers Forum, Hanson Institute for American Music, and Rimon: the MN Jewish Arts Council.
As Executive Director of Ballet of the Dolls and the Ritz Theater Foundation, he led the initiative to renovate the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis. He was Managing and Interim Director at the Playwrights’ Center, President of the International Computer Music Association, and Executive Director of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Harris received a Ph.D. in Composition at Eastman School of Music

SenseAbility
http://interferencearts.com/home/?page_id=1983&preview=true
Tzedakah Box – interactive story spaces Project Description: http://interferencearts.com/home/inter-arts/tzedakah-box-ii/

Video walk-through of Tzedakah Box II: http://vimeo.com/66418323

10-12:00 PM Barb Kobe Endangered Feelings Adult Workshop $5
2018-10-13 10:00 - 23:30 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Barb Kobe Project Description – Topic: Emotional Nature – Embodied Knowing – Empathetic Connection
Making art and healing dolls has helped me to express my feelings, trust my body, mind and spirit and develop an intuitive and empathetic connection with myself, nature and others human beings.Published book : The Healing Doll Way
A Guided Process Creating Art Dolls for Self-Discovery, Awareness, and TransformationEight art and healing dolls will express emotion and use metaphors of the natural world, symbol and story to embellish and express feelings. These “dolls” will invite the viewers to reflect on their own emotions and feeling expressions, and perhaps create a dialog with others about how emotional art elicits an empathetic response.Making healing dolls will bring out feelings—often ones you think you’ve hidden or stuffed. When I show one of my dolls that symbolizes a deep healing process about anger, sadness, or fear, the person viewing it will often say “it’s too scary or ugly. Often I hear, “Is that a voodoo doll?” or “Why would you make such an ugly doll?” Despite these first responses, most people are still drawn to dolls made from the creator’s deep emotional regions. They want to hear the stories and meanings of the dolls.It is my continuing quest to find innovative artmaking ways to create change in myself and others—from a state of pain, numbness, and disease, to one of well-being, continuous growth, and healing. My ultimate goal is that the viewer and the maker entertain the possibility that making healing and transformative dolls can create positive change and help in dealing with pain, struggle, uncomfortable feelings, and or life challenges. This process can be an opportunity to learn more about yourself, grow in your wisdom, connect with your intuition and transform an aspect of your life.
Topic Expert– Pat Samples
Our bodies are where our stories live and our aliveness resides, longing to be expressed. I support people in allowing their bodies to reveal these stories by unveiling what’s alive in them. I offer them open-hearted attention, permission to move from their internal impulses, and a non-anxious, witnessing presence. My services included one-on-one sessions, creative movement sessions called Free Motion, and workshops, called Essential Motion, that enrich body awareness and aliveness through mindful attention and movement. I have studied Essential Motion with founder Karen Roeper for 13 years and led weekly Free Motion sessions for 15 years. I have given talks and workshops on body awareness topics across the U.S. and am the author of Body Odyssey: Lessons from the Bones and Belly and The Secret Wisdom of a Woman’s Body: Freeing Yourself to Live Passionately and Age Fearlessly.
I am also an avid champion for creative aging. Research shows that we all have a burst of artistic impulses in our older years and an urgent drive to tell our important stories. From my first job in a nursing home while I was in college to my current work serving senior living communities across the metropolitan area, I’ve seen firsthand how this creative burst, when guided by skilled teaching artists, transforms lives. The stories, resilience and creative capacities of older people come to life! Topic Expert, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Workshop – Feelings Friendly: For all ages

What’s Your Issue
October 4-14, 2018
Squirrel Haus Arts
South Minneapolis
Barb Kobe
Endangered Feelings
October 13, 2018
10:00 am to noon
Library
Come spend 2 hours playing with emotions and feelings.
Meet Barb’s feeling tools: Endangered Feelings puppets
and feeling dolls, “Numbfull and the Fulls”. Participate in group
research of primary emotions. Discuss emotions and feelings
in ways you have never done before. Learn how to express
your feelings in a variety of creative ways.
Here’s link to my Pat Samples expert
http://www.patsamples.com/
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Barb Kobe Biography
Barb Kobe is a Mixed Media Artist, Professional Teaching Artist, Author, Mentor and Creativity Coach. She has a BA in Psychology with an emphasis in expressive arts, as well as, a Practioner Certification in Neuro Linguistic Programming. She is trained as an ARTbundance Creativity Coach and a Licensed Journey Path Facilitator.
Barb Kobe is a Minnesota one-of-a-kind art and healing doll artist. She was a very sensitive child who found great comfort making art and playing with dolls. When she had children of her own she learned about emotional intelligence as she taught her children about their feelings. She developed and manufactured a set of puppets that helped in the expression of feelings. While making them she noticed that as she would think about that feeling, where she felt it in her body and notice where she was expressing it in her life.

She shared her creations with over one thousand children in elementary schools and learned that “when I hold a feeling doll in my hand or lap, in other words, outside of my body, the children would easily share a feeling story”. Barb transferred this awareness to her own personal feeling, and healing dolls and has been making her emotional dolls ever since. Emotions and healing are her primary sources of inspiration and drive her doll and figurative art. She says, “My dolls are figurative sculpture and emotional metaphors that express feelings, beliefs and connections to body, mind and spirit. Sometimes I begin with a feeling, a struggle, or a wish to visualize some internal and invisible energy. I do this to visually speak to it and to develop a relationship with a hidden aspect of myself. At other times I simply delight in the playing with the materials, colors and shapes, seeing what comes from immersing myself in the creative process. All of my dolls mirror some aspect of hidden personal beliefs and stories.”

1-5:00 Wesley May – Identity Workshop – Library $5
2018-10-13 13:00 - 17:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
_______________________________________________________________________________________Project Description: Wesley May Topic: Identity
At these exhibitions, I demonstrate, with all the care and concern of love, my craft and technique and explain how it shows in each brush stroke. I speak of how we approach a blank canvas, is similar to how we approach life, either we step up and just do it, or we stop, hesitate not wanting to make a mistake. As we move through a painting, what we thought might have been mistakes disappear as we continue to work on the painting, and the more beautiful the paintings become, the same with life, what we thought were mistakes, we can fix them and move on, and the more beautiful people we become. I feel that sharing truths while creating images is visually expressing that which is in the heart and creates an experience of art with resounding ripples. I am spiritually grounded, I walk my talk, and I lead by example.
Workshop:
Workshop: Join me in exploring your identity as we discover who we are by collaboratively creating an 8 X 10 foot mural in a 4 hour workshop. I guide you through identifying your beliefs so you can understand who we are. Limit 10. All Ages. Mural will be auctioned for the benefit of ACW. Installation at the location of your choice.
Expert Voice:
Daniel May is a 22 year old from the Red Lake Chippewa tribe and is a long time associate who has used the strategies developed by Wesley May to overcome obstacles in his life. He will share his youth voice story with participants as part of the workshop.

Biography
I am a Native American from the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota and a First Peoples Fund artist. I believe that an artist’s role in the community is to bring awareness of the voices that are rarely heard, not to lead the charge of any cause, but to unleash the potential of others through art. I travel around to art shows, powwows, and other community events and empower others through Live Exhibition paintings. Expressing truths as the paintings are created. I encourage children, youth, adults, and elders to share with me, their knowledge of art, to become part of a kindred energy in the creation of each piece. Bringing awareness of art in our lives from the first brushstroke, to building confidence in those that choose to include their voice.

Using Creator given talents to serve others, I demonstrate the simplicity of life through paint, utilizing the four colors of the medicine wheel as my starting point, where our roots grow, to swirl outward to be more inclusive of all races, all emotions, and all parts of being. As Anishinabe we have always been inclusive and non-judgmental, always encouraging and doing our best. This is the way I live, the way I paint, the way I use my talent to serve people and the Creator.

Pre Film Discussion on Truth, Healing and Reconciliation with Anton Treuer, Wesley May, Sarah Edstrom and others. Pay What You Can from $0-$25
2018-10-13 17:00 - 22:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Busting Down the Silos
Want to have an authentic conversation with someone outside your socio-cultural silo? Come to non-profit Art to Change the World’s See. Say. Do historical trauma event with a hot dish and an open heart and mind.
Dr. Anton Treuer professor, writer and lecturer, who was heavily featured in the Dodging Bullets documentary film, will lead a Truth, Healing and Reconciliation discussion (5:00-6:30) focused on historical trauma with Wesley May (Red Lake) and Sarah Edstrom .
Dr. Anton Treuer holds degrees from Princeton University and the University of Minnesota, is Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, is the father of nine children and author of 14 books. His equity, education, and cultural work has put him on a path of service around the region, the nation, and the world. https://antontreuer.com/upcoming-events
The discussion event will include a community hot dish meal and will feature Thought Leaders Michael Goze from the American Indian Community Development Corporation; Judge Jim Randall, retired Minnesota Court of Appeals judge; Steve Barberio, Executive Director of Bet Shalom temple; Herman Milligan, African American managing partner of the Fulton Group; members of the Hmong community and others.
This is NOT a panel discussion. What is a Thought Leader? Our goal is to rip down the silos and have an authentic conversation. The discussions will follow Wesley May’s workshop on Identity, which will be presented from 1:00-5:00 pm on October 13. The community event will continue from 5:00-6:30 with Dodging Bullets starting at 7:00. Our programming on October 13th promises to be a day filled with richness and meaning, breaking down the silos – and will challenge our preconceptions. Our goal is to identify PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS to move forward together.
6:30 Identity mural auctioned for the benefit of ACW. Installation at the location of your choice.
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7:00-10:00 PM
Dodging Bullets The film was voted Minnesota’s Best Documentary at the 2018 Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF). The film speaks to our mission of moving people to ACTION using art. Filmmaker and director, Sarah Edstrom will join us. (The film was co-directed by Kathy Broere, Bob Trench and Jonathan Thunder). This award winning, powerful documentary is the first to chronicle the impact of historical trauma on the lives of Native peoples today, giving voice to their stories of survival and resilience in the face of multigenerational trauma. The film is a collection of experiences that includes a majority of Native voices, along with activists, legislators, and researchers, to illustrate the effects of intergenerational trauma and to help forge a path towards the future. What is clear throughout the film – and these stories – is a defining message: If a true healing of the wounds done to Native communities is to be achieved, the trauma cannot be ignored. http://dodgingbullets.org/in-the-news/
About Dodging Bullets

11-1:00 Layl McDill Device Persuasive Technologies Workshop- Library $5
2018-10-14 11:00 - 13:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Project Description and Workshop – Layl McDill Topic: Persuasive Technologies

“Do you feel a loss of control and/or feelings of timelessness when using the Internet or Smartphone?”, “Do you find yourself seeking more stimulating/interesting (e.g., exciting) material or content on the Internet or Smartphone? “, “Are you using the Internet/Smartphone as a way of escaping from problems or relieving a bad mood, (e.g., boredom, frustration, anxiety or depression)?” These are three of the questions on the “Virtual Addiction Test” created by David Greenfield, who runs the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction. So many of us will answer yes to these questions and so many of us have some range of device addiction to deal with in our lives. If we aren’t dealing with it ourselves it is likely that our children and teenagers are. Everywhere you look people’s heads are bent down gazing into the ever scrolling screen of our devices.My project’s goal is awareness of device addiction. We might know we spend a lot of time on our devices but we do we know we actually have the signs of a real addiction? How is the addiction affecting our lives or our children’s lives? I will speak to a therapist about their experience with teens that must be separated from their phones in order to start intensive treatment for other addictions and depression. How does this relationship with their phones effect these teen’s mental health? What changes happen when they are free from all the phone’s stimulus. What happens when the phones are given back? What have they seen over the years as the use of smart phones has become so widespread?The art piece I plan to create with be interactive and ask the viewer to add to a “Device Monster” by thinking about their relationship to their devices and consider how their relationship with their device might effect their lives. I work in polymer clay and my work is very playful and colorful. My goal is to create a piece that draws you in with humor but gives the viewer an image that will stick in their mind when they ponder how social media, aps and online games effect their lives.Authentic Voice:
Angie Kalthoff is a K12 technology integrationist, has a focus on elementary, for a large public school district in central Minnesota. She previously taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for students who were new to the country. She has an interest in bringing Computational Thinking(CT) to the elementary classroom. Outside of her full time job she is a consultant and trainer for education technology companies. Her focus is meaningful technology integration where she creates opportunities for technology creation rather than consumption with devices.

Workshop:
We will start with a conversation about our own personal relationship to our devices- What would you like to change. What is positive about such things as social media and other smart phone aps? What are the negatives? How do you feel different after too much “device time”? Then we will get away from the virtual world and experience hands on COLOR in the form of polymer clay. Learn a few step by step techniques that you can use to create a small sculpture of your own “Device Monster”. This creature will then be taken home and baked and set in a place where it can remind you what you don’t want to become when you get sucked into the virtual world. Two hour workshop
Biography
Layl McDill
I use wonderment as a mechanism to show the things we live with everyday in a new perspective, like the green hills you drive by everyday or the laundry hanging on the line. When you are surrounded by my polymer clay sculptures it is as if you are seeing the world through a patterned lens where the mundane is much more precious and mysterious.
My technique and materials are also very mysterious. I use primarily polymer clay with the ancient technique of millefiore. Tiny images that cover every surface of my sculptures inevitably make the viewer wonder “How did she do that?” And even though I have been doing it for more than twenty years, it still seems amazing that I can create a tiny picture inside a chunk of clay.
I have spent my artistic career rendering versions of the world we live in into windows of wonderment. With my most recent work I hope to tingle the viewer’s imagination towards opening their mind to seeing something in a new perspective. In one of my recent pieces, “The Root of the Problem,” a tree grows above a bulb of roots filled with antique mirrors. “Air Celebration” is a joyful piece that makes you think about our most precious invisible necessity. Both of these pieces speak of awareness or even possibly give a subtle nudge towards activism to change our impact on the earth.
Viewers are drawn to the magic and wonder of my work. They will be not only fascinated by the technique but presented with some thoughts about ways to look at the world we live in and given their daily dose of wonderment.

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1:00-3:00 Barbara Bridges – Recovery Workshop $5
2018-10-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Project Description Barbara Bridges Topic: RECOVERY Today, I’m Alright.

Project Description Barbara Bridges Topic: RECOVERY Today, I’m Alright.
RECOVERY. If you are reading this word, “RECOVERY” it would be unusual if you do NOT know anyone who WAS, IS, or you wish WERE, in RECOVERY. What does that word actually mean when connected to trauma? I chose to use the word RECOVERY because my series is a message of hope. Your trauma is not terminal. You are not broken. You can create your own life rafts of hope and resilience with practical strategies
Art to Change the World’s first event, See. Say. DO. Intends to change the world by using art to deliver a message of hope and serving as a catalyst for positive concrete change. Please open all the cupboards and drawers, consider what you see and take one of the contents, if invited. Leave your reflections and comments in the art box and attend our workshop!
In my project on Recovery, my team members are Marya Hornbacher, an author who is in recovery from addiction http://www.maryahornbacher.com/ and David Swarthout, a psychotherapist specializing in addiction. Marya has already influenced my thinking. http://www.drdavidswarthout.com/ She indicated when people ask her if she is “in recovery” she responds with strength, contentment, and peace of mind “Today, I’m alright.” I decided to name the work after this insight. Personally, I have experienced addiction (food) and my friends and family have also been challenged. It would be difficult to find anyone who does NOT have this issue in their lives- we just don’t talk about it – so we suffer alone. I now believe my loved ones are sick of people treating them like it is all over-that they are recovered. I now know that Today- they are alright. This new insight has informed the direction of my large 5‘X 5’ W X 7 ‘ work. The sculpture has influenced the workshop design which will engage our audience moving forward. https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/barbara-bridges/
Workshop:
Our workshop invites EVERYONE who has a connection with TRAUMA to join us for two hours of resource sharing, art-making, conversation and most importantly – identifying strategies for change. This workshop welcomes all people who have had their life touched by trauma: People, and friends and loved ones, recovering from disordered eating, gambling, chemicals, alcohol, or sex addictions and people recovering from death, divorce, cults or abuse.
Participants will be invited to select a recovery talisman from the drawers and cupboards of TODAY to share at the workshop and then take home to help in their ongoing recovery. Includes Higher Power sculptures, wranklets and TODAY, I’m Alright t-shirts.
Register with Barbara or at the check-in table or online:
https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/calendar-event/100-300-barbara-bridges-recovery-workshop-kitchen-5/ Join our October 14 Workshop: Register
David Swarthout, http://www.drdavidswarthout.com/ a psychotherapist specializing in addiction.

How the art gets made. Journal

Read about Artist as Intervenor.
I can see I need a few larger antique boxes so I am off to Savers (40% off for the over 55 crowd on Tuesday on objects that are already being sold for 10 cents on the dollar).
August 8, 2018
Need YOUR feedback! The last month has brought many visitors to the studio with feedback on my Recovery sculpture, “Today, I’m Alright” and many stolen moments early in the morning and late at night for studio time. My Tuesday visits to Savers to enjoy the 40% off the already 80% off geezer discounts on found objects have been particularly fruitful. As many of you know… I believe that I am simply an intervener in the journeys of the objects I adopt for my sculptures. I create a new memory for them to take forward with their new message. Each participant will go to the drawers and cupboards to choose a talisman to discuss at the workshop and then take home with them to help in their recovery. Read more about the sculpture http://bridgescreate.com/installation/Here are the Recovery Talismans I have so far. I need an idea for sex addiction. Need recommendations for books which have helped in your recovery. What am I missing?

Higher Power Door knobs
Nasty Women bi-valves
Loss of a Child Babies
Drops of hair of dog
Contentment Stones
Divorce hearts
Re-Birth Skulls
Addiction phone lifelines
Files to smooth the edges
Plush Therapy animals
Impossible Barbies
Odds Suck poker chips
Device Monstors
NIBCO Rings
Skeleton Key to Biology
YinYang balls
Cancer Hats
Recovery Wranklets
Heart Stitch Card
Need Sex Addiction object
Need Prayer Cards
Books in “Today I’m Alright” Library. Suggestions?
365 Days of Walking the Red Road By Terri Jean
Meditations for People Who Worry By Anne Wilson Schaef
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask By Anton Treuer
Wasted By Marya Hornbacher
Awesome Respect to the Homies Poems by Joseph Allen, Megan Chlebeck, Carolyn Dotterweich, Jon McKenna, Emily Cozine, , Tommy Griffiths, Barb Neal, Allie Holden and Delrico Bishop
The Four Agreements By Don Miguel Ruiz
The Red Road to Wellbriety
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents By Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

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Biography Barbara Rogers Bridges 612 845-0416 www.arttochangetheworld.org
http://bridgescreate.com drb@bridgescreate.com
Barbara is the Founder and Director of Art to Change the World.
Barbara has been an artist and a teacher/college professor for over 40 years. Her social practice sculptures have been exhibited in Maine, Miami, the Virgin Islands, Maryland, Chicago, Mexico, Spain, Canada, and throughout Minnesota. Bridges taught K-12 art in Minnesota, Maine, and the Virgin Islands. She was voted Art Teacher of the Year twice in Minnesota. She is a sculptor on a mission to demonstrate how art can serve as a catalyst for social change and is committed to creating, and empowering others to create, high quality art objects which honor their powerful message.
Barbara has partnered with various Minnesota institutions developing curriculum. These include the Minneapolis school district, the Minnesota Online High School, Perpich Center, the Walker Art Center, the Mpls. Institute of Art, the Weisman Museum, and the Minnesota Museum of Art. ArtsconnectED.org
Barbara has served as a professor for over twenty years at the university of Minnesota and Bemidji State University and has contributed in a variety of ways. She was the architect of the unique DLiTE (Distributed Learning in Teacher Education) – a hybrid online K-8 teacher licensure partnership program and the FasTrack secondary initiative designed for previously degreed candidates who wish to teach high school. The combined programs serve 250 teacher licensure students per semester, average age 35, working, and place bound with children. Read More: http://bridgescreate.com
1. Reflecting Pool http://bridgescreate.com/installation/reflection-pool/ 2.Three Waves http://bridgescreate.com/artwork/3450/
3.Transcending Race http://bridgescreate.com/artwork/transcending-race/ 4.Ode to Gluten http://bridgescreate.com/installation/ode-to-gluten/

7-8:30 Take Action Pop-Up Performance
2018-10-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Squirrel Haus, 3450 Snelling Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Join Art to Change the World on October 14th for Take Action – Pop Up Performance Night at See. Say. DO. This event centers around artists exploring challenging topics through their mediums as a vehicle for positive change. Featuring ten artists, this night will highlight interdisciplinary performance work from a diverse group of local artists with an aim toward provoking audiences to take action.
Featured Artists: Khadija Siddiqui, Kat Purcell, Camille Horstmann, Cow Tipping Press Authors, Stephen Patterson, Julie JAO, Zoë Koenig, Gabriel Rodreick, Joèl Valdez, and Jeremiah Soup.
When: October 14th, 2018 7PM-8:30PM
Curated by: Ben Swenson-Klatt, Leila Awadallah, and Pedro Pablo

Seafood Chowdah Feed November 17
2018-11-17 17:30 - 19:30
Seafood Chowdah Feed November 17
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Authentic Maine Chowdah Feed
ACW Director, Barbara Bridges, is a Maine native. She makes a famous seafood chowder with seafood she flies in from Maine. It is her Grammy LeBlanc’s recipe. Cheesy biscuits accompany and the traditional blueberry pie with ice cream finishes. There will be a Seafood Chowdah feed on November 17 at 5:30 for all ACW Patrons who have contributed $500 and above at Barbara’s eclectic home and studio at 2323 MonroeSt NE, Mpls 55418.

* Jim Randall
*Pat Rogers
* Craig Harris and Candy Kuehn
* William White
* Margo Ashmore
* Layl McDill and Josh
* Herman Milligan and partner

Other Benefits:

Belonging to an international and diverse networked community
Leading and participating in Ubuntu film/book and workshop/discussion
Listing in the membership directory
Use of ACW as Fiscal Agent for grants
4 Artist-led studio tours and discussions per year
ACW hot beverage cup
1 ACW T -Shirt
1 VIP ticket to all events
Dinner/gathering with Patrons, Executive Direc

Barb Kobe Introduction to Art, Feeling & Healing Dolls
2018-12-01 13:00 - 16:00
Dec 1 1:00 – 4:00 $50 Barb Kobe Introduction to Art, Feeling & Healing Dolls. https://www.barbkobe.com/

Face to Face Dec 6 Social Gathering
2018-12-06 18:00 - 21:00
Our next Face-to-Face social meeting will be on December 6, 2018 from 6-9 at the studio of ACW members Erik Helgeson and Ana Musachio. 720 Central Ave, Unit 1. Down the stairs on the right after the vending machine. Read more about Ana and Erik’s work: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7579446/ (Erik’s Tuscaloosa film is submitted to Sundance. Fingers crossed!) and http://www.anamusachio.com/ Please bring a fabulous snack to share and BYOB. Specific details to follow in the Dec 1 Newsletter.
Tuscaloosa’s star Natalia Dyer from Stranger Things

Maine Chowdah Feed
2018-12-08 17:30 - 19:30
Dec 8 Maine Chowdah Feed

Authentic Maine Chowdah Feed
ACW Director, Barbara Bridges, is a Maine native. She makes a famous seafood chowder with seafood she flies in from Maine. It is her Grammy LeBlanc’s recipe. Cheesy biscuits accompany and the traditional blueberry pie with ice cream finishes. There will be a Seafood Chowdah feed on December 8 at 5:30 at her unique home and studio for all ACW Patrons who have contributed $500 and above.
Lynn Olson
Sherman Auger
Mary Wilson

Other Benefits:

Belonging to an international and diverse networked community
Leading and participating in Ubuntu film/book and workshop/discussion
Listing in the membership directory
Use of ACW as Fiscal Agent for grants
4 Artist-led studio tours and discussions per year
ACW hot beverage cup
1 ACW T -Shirt
1 VIP ticket to all events
Dinner/gathering with Patrons, Executive Director and Board

ACW Board of Directors Visioning Meeting
2019-01-05 10:00 - 13:00
We are so pleased to welcome you to the Art to Change the World Board of Directors. We have a strong foundation to build upon with the success of our See. Say. DO event. Read Report: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/final-see-say-do-report The breadth of experience and expertise that you bring to ACW will be valued as we shape our mission going forward. Margo Ashmore has served in leadership roles in the arts community for decades, is a gifted photographer and is the publish/owner of The Northeaster. Liza Ferrari is a clay artist and accountant currently working for Xcel and ACW! Sally Gibson is an almost 50 veteran art teacher and a steadfast supporter of the arts and Lay McDill has been active in many arts organizations (including ACW!) serving as a PR coordinator and creating magical kingdoms with her polymer clay wizardry. Our potential for creating new visionary ideas for ACW has just quadrupled!
We have scheduled a Board of Directors visioning session on January 5, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Squirrel Haus Arts 3450 Snelling Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55406. Herman Milligan will lead our session. http://www.startribune.com/meet-herman-milligan-arts-board-member-extraordinaire/499943981/
I am sure Herman will have preparation assignments for us but it might be helpful for you to review these documents before the meeting.
Articles of Incorporation
06-15-18 Mission, vision values re-visit
Bylaws–Art To Change The World
Member Expectations
Margo Aki Bread and beet pickles
Layl Salad
Barbara Fish/Corn Chowder

See. Say. SHOW - September
2019-09-15 12:00 - 14:00 | A-Mill Artist Lofts, 315 Main St. SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, United States
You are invited to join founding artist member Anne Kleinhenz for See. Say. SHOW on Sunday, September 15 from Noon-2PM.
See. Say. SHOW
September Members’ Event
Hosted by Anne Kleinhenz
Sunday 9/15/19
Noon-2PM
Meet up at studio location:
A-Mill Artist Lofts
315 Main St. SE
Minneapolis MN 55414
Come to the front door at 315 Main St. SE to be buzzed into building.
We will gather to talk art and have a chance to show & tell projects or ideas we have in progress or whatever inspires us!
Hope to see you there!

ACW Spanish Meet-up
2019-09-23 17:00 - 18:00, 2019-09-30 17:00 - 18:00 | 2323 Monroe St NE
Spanish Meet Up
September 16, 23, 30
Hola! Join novelist and poet Anya Achtenberg for the ACW Spanish group meeting.
Sin lecciones, sin presión, simplemente hablar juntos sobre lo que nos interesa. (No lessons, no pressure, we simply talk together about what interests us.)
FREE! After the first time, you need to be an Art to Change the World member www.arttochangetheworld.org
Please bring your own beverage. Fermented welcomed!
5:00-6:00pm at 2323 Monroe St NE, Minneapolis 55418
Confirm: drb@bridgescreate.com

OLLI Seminar Studio Visits Fall 2019
2019-10-02 10:30 - 12:00 | California Building, 2205 California St NE, Ste 201, Minneapolis, MN, 55418, United States
Art to Change the World artists will participate in an interactive discussion and inquiry-based experience focused on discovering the nature of social justice art and answering the question, “CAN art change the world?” Participants will share an artwork which has influenced you!
Facilitated by ACW director, Barbara Bridges. https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/barbara-bridges/
Contact Barbara with questions at: drb@bridgescreate.com
Read More about Art to Change the World: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/mission/

ACW Change Agent Celebration
2019-10-05 13:00 - 18:00
October 5, 2019 1:00-6:00
ACW Change Agent Celebration
Introducing Frank Stone

137 7th Ave, Clayton, WI 54004
Major Donor ($200) Thank You party hosted at the lake farm of ACW Board member, Lynn Olson (MN Judge, retired) and ACW member and artist, Frank Stone.
Continuing our “ACW Family” model, members are encouraged to bring side dishes with recipe cards to share. Beer, Wine, Brats and all the fixins’ are provided.
Transportation organized by ACW.
Join at: https://www.arttochangetheworld.org/product-category/support-us/
Limit 25. RSVP to info@arttochangetheworld.org

$200 Benefits

Belonging to an international and diverse networked community
Participating in film/book and workshop/discussion
Listing in the membership directory
Use of ACW as Fiscal Agent for grants Invitation to Lynn Olson and Frank Stone’s Lake Farm on Oct 5, 2019
4 Artist-led studio tours and discussions per year
ACW t-shirt and hot beverage cup

$500 Benefits (Everything above plus):

ACW Tote
1 VIP ticket to all events
Dinner/gathering with Patrons, Executive Director and Board.

2019 Chowdah Feed October 12 at 5:00pm at the unique home/studio of ACW Director, Barbara Bridges, who is a Maine native

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* Cambridge educated philosophy professor, Tim Ingold, holds a unique theory on artmaking. Dr. Ingold suggests that artists are simply “intervenors” on the journey of the particular material and/or objects that the artist manipulates.
Frank Stone exemplifies this approach as he saves metal objects from the scrapyards and re-purposes them embedded with a new meaning and message.

ACW Spanish Meetup
2019-10-11 17:00 - 18:00 | 2323 Monroe St NE
Spanish Meet Up
October 11, 18, 25
Hola! Join novelist and poet Anya Achtenberg for the ACW Spanish group meeting.
Sin lecciones, sin presión, simplemente hablar juntos sobre lo que nos interesa. (No lessons, no pressure, we simply talk together about what interests us.)
FREE! After the first time, you need to be an Art to Change the World member www.arttochangetheworld.org
Please bring your own beverage. Fermented welcomed!
5:00-6:00pm at 2323 Monroe St NE, Minneapolis 55418
Confirm: drb@bridgescreate.com
