//Intermedia Arts is a catalyst that builds understanding among people through art.//
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//Intermedia Arts is a catalyst that builds understanding among people through art.// |
Thursday, May 8, 2008 • 7:00 PM
Patrick’s Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls
Free and open to the public
Featuring:
RODRIGO SANCHEZ-CHAVARRIA. As a poet and spoken word artist of Peruvian heritage, Sanchez-Chavarria is heavily involved with Palabristas, a local Latino poetry collective, and is an activist in the Latino community. He is one of the recipients of a 2005 VERVE Grant for Spoken Word artists. “Desconocidos” (The Unknown) is his recently released spoken word album debut.
KAO KALIA YANG. Born in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in 1980, Kao Kalia Yang immigrated to St. Paul, Minnesota with her family in 1987. The Latehomecomer is her first book and through it, the dreams, wisdom, and traditions passed down from her grandmother and shared by an entire community have finally found a voice.
We are pleased to announce a new era in the Writers of Color Reading Series—after nearly many wonderful years of being welcome guests of our good friends and partners at Patrick’s Cabaret, we have decided to bring the series home—to Intermedia Arts!
Please join us on Thursday, May 8 as we say THANK YOU one last time for the wonderful space Patrick’s Cabaret has housed us in for so long, and farewell to curator Sun Yung Shin, who will be retuning to full-time teaching in the fall.
[read more]At Intermedia Arts, we work tirelessly to cultivate creative leadership and to promote healthy communities by bringing people together, sharing stories and learning from one another. We do this because we, Intermedia Arts, consist of people like you—extraordinary individuals who believe in the power of creativity to make real change in the world. You are a leader, a creator, a change-maker. And right now, more than ever, we need you to put your money where your heart is. Help us make our goal of raising $10,000 by June 1, 2008.
At Intermedia Arts, your support is more than just a donation; it is an act of leadership and participation. Whether you choose to invest five of your dollars or five hundred of them, we challenge you to take action: give what you can, and give today. At Intermedia Arts, everything starts with you.
A new multimedia production inspired by the poetry of Anne Carson. By placing nine larger-than-life historical figures under the scrutiny of the modern media lens, the play interrogates the role of celebrity in our society. Paparazzi welcome. Britney, not so much. [read more]
Hosted by Anna George Meek. Featured this month: John Reimringer and Katrina Vandenberg. [read more]
An art-based media literacy curriculum training opportunity for educators, parents, artists, activists, policy makers, girl group leaders, and concerned individuals who wish to become better equipped to deal with the transformation of children into America's number one marketing demographic. [registration form: 373KB PDF]
This exhibition will highlight the immigration experience to Minnesota – both historical and current – through photographs and a variety of visual media. We encourage submissions from professional and non-professional artists of all generations and backgrounds, including Native perspectives. Our goal is to represent the immigration experience from multiple populations who make up our state’s culturally diverse landscape. This exhibit will be on view at The Minneapolis Foundation office from June to September 2008. [apply online]
The G.A.M.E. is seeking volunteers for the 2008 summer mural production season. Volunteers will work with Program Coordinator/Artist-in-Residence JoJo throughout the summer to prepare and paint the walls, organize paint, promote the program as a street team member and maintain the Intermedia Arts’ parking lot, walls and property. Volunteers can receive school credit and/or community service hours with proper paperwork. All volunteers will be on-call throughout the summer for up to 5 hours/week. [thegame@intermediaarts.org]
Filmmakers! Submit your short films for the chance to earn cash and air on TV! MNTV is a three-part series of short films made by Minnesota media artists and aired on Twin Cities Public Television. Guidelines and application form are available in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali. [read more]
55408 2008 T-Shirts: available now for only $15.00! Wear your support and pride for Minneapolis' most creative zip code on your back and support the program through your purchase. This original t-shirt represents the 12th annual installment of MINNEAPOLIS 55408, the multimedia, multi-artist exhibition that displays new works from Minneapolis' 55408 zip code. 100% of the proceeds from sales of these shirts goes back into the 55408 program. [read more]
