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Great Opportunity For Chicago-based Filmmakers – DEADLINE
Kartemquin films, which produced outstanding documentaries like Hoop Dreams and The Interrupters is looking for diverse filmmakers for their Diverse Voices in Docs professional development program. The application deadline is December 3, 2013 – you can access the application HERE
Here’s some more information on Kartemquin and the program from one of my favorite blogs, Shadow & Act:
Blog Post: So, Where Are You From?
Another very thoughtful blog post on growing up in a culturally mixed family: https://medium.com/race-class/a1bd3e46cc3c
from medium.com/race-class
Submissions Open for NAACP Image Awards
Although it comes with a hefty price tag ($200), if you know of a worthy filmmaker, actor, singer or writer who tells Mixed Roots Stories, this is a great way to show your support. The fee is tax deductible and they are accepting submissions until November 15, 2013. Click this link for their Guidelines and Instructions packet: https://www.naacpimageawards.net/submissions/45th_NIA_GuidelinesandInstructions.pdf
View Artist Laura Kina’s Work in New Delhi, India (11/8/13)
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Press Release
CARE Package c/o New Delhi, IndiaCurated by Ombretta Agró Andruff in collaboration with the artistsOpening Reception: Friday, November 8th, 2013. 6:30pm onwardsIndia International Centre Follow the project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ IIC is thrilled to announce its upcoming exhibition, CARE Package c/o New Delhi, India, with an opening reception onNovember 8th, 2013. The show runs from November 7–15, 2013. Inspired by the concept of “CARE Package”, the exhibition brings together five international women artists from Asia or of Asian descent, touching venues in North America as well as Asia. The exhibition debuted in the USA at Twelve Gates Gallery in Philadelphia (October 2012) and is traveling next to IIC, New Delhi before going on to Phnom Penh, Cambodia [the city named in the title changes according to the hosting location]. A rich tradition exists throughout Asian countries of gift packages exchanged as social contract and, while unwritten, they embody strong cultural, social, political and economic codings. In North America, care packages are associated with gifts sent from loved ones to their children and youth who are away from home (usually off to camp, college, or the military). Historically the CARE package was the unit of aid at the core of the food relief effort developed in 1945 by the USA-based humanitarian CARE organization and was sent to a large number of Europeans at risk of starvation in the wake of World War II. It soon became an icon of American generosity and global leadership. In an era where the concept of “American generosity and global leadership” is a far cry from its meaning during the post-war years and very much up for debate, the participating artists tell stories that grew out of their own personal history and cultural heritage to tackle issues of nationhood, race, gender, religion, and economic exploitation on a world scale, in the context of emergent global capitalism. Storytelling and a deep interest in history and untold stories is a shared strategy amongst this newly formed collective of interdisciplinary women artists who have historical and contemporary links to disparate geographies such as India, Pakistan, Japan, Cambodia, Canada and the USA. In a grass roots diplomatic effort, they are collaborating with an Italian, New York/ Miami-based curator to conduct a trans-cultural dialogue between their works, their countries of origin, and the intersections and migrations between. Artists: Shelly Bahl (born in Benares, living between New York and Toronto); Shelly Jyoti (Born in Rohtak, living in New Delhi); Laura Kina (born in Riverside, CA, to an Okinawan father and Basque/Anglo mother, and living in Chicago); Saira Wasim (born in Lahore, living in California); and Cambodian-American Anida Yoeu Ali (born in Battambang, Cambodia, raised in Chicago, currently living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia). For more information, contact curator Ombretta Agro’ in Miami ombretta@ombrettaagro.com This New Delhi exhibition is organized by India International Centre. |
CMRS 2014: Call for Proposals & Registration
Critical Mixed Race Studies is looking for scholars of all areas to contribute to the 2014 conference. The theme for 2014 is: Global Mixed Race. We are teaming up with them to bring arts and cultural programming; we’re looking for filmmakers and performers. Click the link and apply! http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e80f9aab434abae2b4b391cae&id=d92657eda3&e=56b2d4ea9b
Growing Up Mixed in San Francisco
Julie is scheduled to publish her book Growing Up Mixed in SanFrancisco by the end of 2014. Julie believes positive words, thoughts and actions leads to success. Those are the things she can control and she chooses to have a positive response to situation, challenges and obstacles she faces.
Find out more about her story through her book and read her blog posts on her website http://www.juliegramlich.com/about-me/
Many Wonderful Quotes to Ponder: Coming Out as Biracial
From medium.com/human-parts/c25d6ae8f2af
We’re very moved by this new blogpost written by Stephanie Georgopulos (Twitter handle: @omgstephlol)
Some quotes to pique your interest in clicking the link below and joining the conversation:
“Even with my white skin, I didn’t know the white experience entirely. I didn’t know it because when people use that poisonous n-word, I instantly think of my mother—and how people have used that word to hurt her simply for lack of time and effort. I think about the things my parents sacrificed to be together, things bigger than letters can spell…When #shitblackmomssay trended on Twitter, I laughed. I was on the inside of something, for once.
“[Being biracial is] witnessing one of the most exciting conversations about race since the civil rights movement, and wondering whether you’re the white voice that should shut up and listen, or the black voice that should speak out, or the mixed voice that should ???.”
Click here for the rest of this insightful post: https://medium.com/human-parts/c25d6ae8f2af
- From medium.com/human-parts/c25d6ae8f2af
Kickstarter: New Children’s Book About Diversity
An author of a new children’s book filled out our ‘promote your story link’ to promote her Kickstarter campaign for a new children’s book. Let us know if you have any projects you’d like us to promote!
From their Kickstarter Campaign page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/453478160/a-friend-can-be)
“A Friend Can Be” is a book inspired by years of preschool teaching and by a “three round” motherhood experience. While most books about friendship are geared towards older children, ” A Friend Can Be” is written in a way that even a very young child can understand. The language of the book is clear and simple and the illustrations feature familiar landmarks in Atlanta that captivate an older audience as well as the young children. Crafted for children roughly from 2 to 6-years-old, “A Friend Can Be” is written and illustrated to include all kinds of kids, all kinds of places, and all kinds of people in general. Written by an Early Childhood and Special Ed teacher with over 12 years experience Ana Hazanov, and designed and illustrated by amazingly creative artist Gregory Lee, this books reflects years of expertise and many days (and nights) of creative labor.
Aaron Samuels: Yarmulkes & Fitted Caps
from amazon.com
Aaron is another performer that we got to meet at the 2012 Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival. His spoken word piece left the audience mesmerized. We are certain that this collection of poetry will have the same powerful impact on you.
From the Amazon website: Aaron Samuels, raised in Providence, Rhode Island by a Jewish mother and a Black father, is a Cave Canem Fellow and a nationally acclaimed performer. In this ground-breaking collection of poems, Samuels examines the beauty and contradictions of his own mixed identity with gut-wrenching narratives, humor, and passionate verve.
Here’s the Amazon link to purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Yarmulkes-Fitted-Caps-Aaron-Samuels/dp/1938912381