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
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN JEAN-MARIE AND VICTORIA
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Online Placemaking
2022 Charleston Zine Fest Reflection
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...
🌼 My Way of Being a THEY/THEM 🌼
It was in 2016 when I subconsciously realized I was non-binary. That was the first time I hopped on Spotify. Even at that time "them" gave the option of picking non-binary as one’s gender. I felt (at the time) strangely affirmed but because of the ridicule I had...
A Conversation Between Rayn and JEMAGWGA
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...
The INTERGENERATIONAL
by Jean-Marie Mauclet Something monstrously tragic happened in Uvalde Texas on May 24th, 2022. The latest school mass shooting (at the time), which claimed the death of yet an other 21 Americans: two adults and 19 children. Ten days earlier, 10 daily shoppers were...
ROE and GUNS
This vote against WOMEN and its very timing, right when we are reaching to the heart of the January 6th total moral corruption, is an insult to the people of Charleston, America and the world. Along with the vote on gun violence, this attempt to consolidate MALE...
Pilgrimages of a Santa Fe Poet Laureate Visiting Schoolchildren during National Poetry Month
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...
Arts and Culture from the Inside, Not Just on the Outside
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...
Good Trouble: Resources and Research
Learning for Justice: https://www.learningforjustice.org/ Social Justice Standards Facilitator Guide PDF: https://www.learningforjustice.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/TT-Social-Justice-Standards-Facilitator-Guide-WEB_0.pdf CCSD Cultural Competency Policy -...
Art and Monsters
"Property matters. It's more than just a parcel of land. It's also window to the past that tells the story of a family, a community, a way of life. Knowing your family's history and culture creates a sense of place and belonging. The loss of heirs' property has impact...
My I Story
l would just like to uplift the name of Reverend Clementa Pinckney I heard him give a speech about the first Memorial Day in Charleston for the first time in May of that year but by June he was dead. We also lift up the names of Cynthia Hurd, Reverend Sharonda Coleman...
EXTENDED WORKSHOP and Installation – Saturday, April 9
In-person space is limited so please RSVP to TINYisPOWERFUL@gmail.com TINYisPOWERFUL at its core is process-oriented and prioritizes a journey toward an unknown destination or series of destinations we can create together. Thus we are edge dwellers who utilize and...
Gwylene Gallimard with: IN PROGRESS….. ALBUM of DRAWINGS and RECYCLED COLLECTIVE ARTIFACTS dedicated to / perpetuating / honoring / memorizing collaborative ventures and explorations of Art in/with Community.
Who are YOU ALL named or not?... Guess!!! YOU, my co-workers, my mentors, my friends, elders, fellow travelers and family; YOU, who influenced me and whom I may have influenced; YOU in pain, or who have passed away too early or at least before we could converse...
ART IN/WITH COMMUNITY THE CHARLESTON RHIZOME COLLECTIVE … … TINYisPOWERFUL
1984: originally, it was an art project conceived by Gwylene Gallimard and Jean-Marie Mauclet, a “conceptual and information art" project. When it became a real business , downtown Charleston, an eatery with healthy, basic, affordable French food, they called...
A conversation between Jean-Marie Mauclet and Kit Loney
Jean-Marie Mauclet: Art and Making as Tools for a Visionary See PDF file: KIT LONEY on Jean-Marie Mauclet 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...
CIRCLE OF ADVISORS
Last line of conNECKtedTOO's mission (2018-2019), which anchored the present active transformation of conNECKtedTOO into TINYisPOWERFUL. TINYisPOWERFUL inherited the legacy of conNECKtedTOO, including its assets from cash to art tools, archives of events and...
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN KIT LONEY AND JEAN-MARIE MAUCLET
CLICK HERE TO READ A CONVERSATION BETWEEN KIT LONEY AND JEAN-MARIE MAUCLET 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...
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN PAMELLA GIBBS AND JEAN-MARIE MAUCLET
CLICK HERE TO READ A CONVERSATION BETWEEN PAMELLA GIBBS AND JEAN-MARIE MAUCLET 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...
Season 2 – Ep. 1 – TINY TALKS: Collective Identity
Season 2 - Ep. 1 - Collective Identity w/ Victoria and Rayn LISTEN BELOW Charleston Rhizome Collective · Season 2 - Ep. 1 - Collective Identity w/ Victoria and Rayn FULL EPISODE Episode 1 | A Reflection on Collective Identity w/ Victoria & Rayn Thought Question:...
QUESTION / RELAY
There is no pre-existing agenda. This format transforms participants in leaders of the conversation. Each of them has a chance to ask a question and to answer another one. Here is a description of our process: conNECKtedTOO --> TINYisPOWERFUL RELAY QUESTION Process...
What can you imagine?
What can you imagine? For your future? For your community/communities? For your neighborhood? Your business? For the next generation and their education? For the future of food and food ecosystems?
Pause for a minute and try. Pick one.
Independence
The following is an excerpt written by Bernie Mazyck, Present & CEO of the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (SCACED) which was as the fiscal sponsor for 3 years of conNECKtedTOO as a predecessor to TINYisPOWERFUL. A Clearer and Truer...
TINYisPOWERFUL – TINY Dialogue Booklets
Click here for the 2021 TINY Dialogue Booklet The work of TINYisPOWERFUL is process-oriented and prioritizes a journey toward an unknown destination or series of destinations we can create together. At its core, TINY is about the power of human connection -- the...
Book Signing May 15, 2021 at Turning Page Book Shop
Jenna Teves researched, wrote and illustrated a coloring book on Awesome Southern Women. She's doing a book-signing at the only local Black woman- owned bookstore, Turning Page, on Saturday, May 15th from 2 pm to 3:30 pm, and she's donating the proceeds from sales of...
A Podcast on “Change the Story”
William "Bill" Cleveland (Center for the Study of Art and Community) was kind enough to interview me on his podcast "Change the Story". Was great looking back to my teaching days when I traveled the South teaching poetry in urban and rural communities. For over 30...
THE CHARLESTON RHIZOME COLLECTIVE and US Department of Arts & Culture
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Partners for Change
conNECKtedTOO —> TINYisPOWERFUL.com is a Partner for Change with Alternate ROOTS and The Surdna Foundation NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - America without racism, can you imagine? Partners for Change launches with ROOTS’ first 3-year initiative and a strategic...
Independent
Here's an audio I recorded last night. Talking starts at minute 00:45. note: There is a point around minute 4:40 where I misspoke, slightly, saying "slavery was ratified" but meaning to say "the abolition of slavery was ratified." Self-governed. Autonomous. Free. Did...
How-To Add to TINYisPOWERFUL.com
Send “Specials” information about your events, activities, offerings, announcements, accomplishments or updates to this online community-info board. You can also submit a piece for the "Reservoir" like responses to current events, stories, brainstormings or...
What Has Been Done? What Will Continue? A Few Examples…
Family Art Lessons with Kit Loney: Doll Making
Materials Needed: - four plastic drinking straws (optional) - 2 x 2 inch piece of cardboard - jumbo paperclips - tape - three pipe cleaners - yarn - large button OR plastic milk jug lid with a hole poked through OR sturdy cardboard disc with a...
Family Art Lessons with Kit Loney: Journal Making
Materials Needed: - 3 or 4 brown paper grocery bags - String or yarn - Scissors - A pencil OPTIONAL MATERIALS: - A postcard or heavy paper (construction, cardstock, etc.) for the cover & 4 - 6 sheets of paper (same size as cover or slightly...
conNECKtedTOO Story Circle
Due to measures taken to prevent COVID19 from spreading, the conNECKtedTOO Story Circle event has been modified into a virtual gathering that emphasizes solidarity and community over panic and isolation. Share stories, laugh, recite a poem or just let us know how you...
TINYisPOWERFUL POP-UP COMMUNITY LAB – FULL SCHEDULE
MARCH 26, 4:00 P.M. A TINYisPOWERFUL COMMUNITY LAB STORY CIRCLE in conjunction with the USDAC STATE OF THE UNION MARCH 1st - MARCH 24 OPEN ON DEMAND. Call 843-607-5811 or 843-209-7902 JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 23 WEEKLY HOURS: TUESDAY thru SATURDAY 9:30 A.M. - 6:30 P.M....
Empowering TINY Businesses with a Mobile App
Learn more about the ideas behind the Tiny Business app.
Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit | South + Appalachia
conNECKtedTOO by the Charleston Rhizome Collective will be leading a session, “Empowering Tiny Businesses with a Mobile App,” at the Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit | South + Appalachia April 16-18.
