Art in/with Community

Union Pier

By conNECKted TOO / March 27, 2023

By Jean-Marie Mauclet Regardless of the way the State Port Authority was offered the Union Pier property free of any reverter clause, the City of Charleston should regard “this once-in-a-century opportunity” as an opportunity for all citizens, a common opportunity, a common. The manner in which commons are treated is a political issue. A people’s […]

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Anthropology – Cultural Impact – Cultural Budget at the service of Social Justice

By conNECKted TOO / March 27, 2023

By: Jean-Marie Mauclet  Last week, LaSheia sent Gwylène a newspaper article in French, from the popular science magazine Sciences et Avenir, entitled: l’ADN ancien redonne de leur identité à des esclaves africains vendus en Amérique du Nord. This translated to English is “Ancient DNA gives back part of their identity to African slaves sold in […]

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RICHARD WRIGHT

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / February 17, 2023

This is a link to Advisor Darryl Wellington’s performance reenactment of the life and times of the great Black American writer, Richard Wright, the author of Native Son and Black Boy. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10lvjBa2qV-OanC0bULxxIy7Um8KCkmPc/view

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A CONVERSATION BETWEEN JEAN-MARIE AND VICTORIA

By conNECKted TOO / January 4, 2023

Art and Making as Tools for a Visionary See PDF file: CLICK HERE TO READ A CONVERSATION BETWEEN VICTORIA AND JEAN-MARIE READ MORE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN ARTISTS HERE

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2022 Charleston Zine Fest Reflection

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / January 4, 2023

Summary: Last year TINYisPOWERFUL participated in the 5th annual Charleston Zine Fest (2022) – an initiative started by Leigh Sabish of Sarden Press that was primarily organized by Sage Graham this year. During this event artists, zine makers and a diverse set of TINY businesses from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and other east coast […]

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A Conversation Between Rayn and JEMAGWGA

By conNECKted TOO / July 26, 2022

Art and Making as Tools for a Visionary See PDF file: Click here to read A Conversation RAYN with JEMAGWGA For the TINYisPOWERFUL collective to be viable, it needs to keep in close contact with its outside partners and supporters. This is the purpose of our NEWSLETTER and of the TINYisPOWERFUL website.  A lot of the […]

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843? Zine Program Development | 2022

By conNECKted TOO / July 5, 2022

“Art is everything” is about seeing all of life and beyond as an art. While “a zine can be anything,” engulfs the concept that any topic and set of materials can be used to share our perceptions of the world with others. Both of these statements carry with them the spirit of art and zines […]

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Pilgrimages of a Santa Fe Poet Laureate Visiting Schoolchildren during National Poetry Month

By conNECKted TOO / May 17, 2022

as published in the Santa Fe Reporter By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington April 27, 2022 April is National Poetry Month. Of course, to my mind, National Poetry Month, like Black History Month, is a bit of a redundancy, since every month is an occasion to revisit art and learning. But the calendar this April includes an exceptional […]

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Arts and Culture from the Inside, Not Just on the Outside

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / May 17, 2022

November 13, 2019 essay published in the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Community Development Innovation Review documenting some of the lessons learned during the Strategic Planning art work performed by Significant Developments for the Jackson Medical Mall as part of their ArtPlace Community Development Investments program… Arts and Culture from the Inside, Not Just […]

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Wim ROEFS

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / May 17, 2022

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Wim Roefs, one of 701 Center for Contemporary Art’s founders and always one of its fiercest advocates. He will be missed by everyone who believes in the value of arts and artists for our communities. But most of all, his passing will be a […]

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