Many thanks to all who supported this years Bisbee New Years Celebration!
A shout out to Verbobala, Parasol Project, Mission Creeps, The Circus of Tiny Invisibility, Shawnee Hicks, Bisbee Arts Commission and the myriad of other folks and organizations that either participated and/or helped fund this evolving celebration. The Stilt Workshops were well attended and a dozen youth from 6-16 got initiated and confident on their stilts to participate in the parade-a grand feat in mountainous Bisbee! We look forward to a Spring circus workshop in Bisbee this year.
Check the video of the finale here
Look for updates on Bisbee New Years Eve Celebration Here
What’s Next? Lots and Lots of BENEFITS! As our local arts economy tumbles we all have to band together and help support each other scenes-Flam Chen has been fortunate to usually have some extra energy to go around. The All Souls Procession is a good example of what can happen when we all focus our intentions. We need more of that inspiration to go around. This year has been particularly hard on most arts organizations-and the next few years look to be no different. MMOS and friends are still about $4000 in red ink-down from $9000 when we completed the 20th annual ASP weekend. Help us clear the slate for this year 21rst All Souls Procession Weekend and donate HERE.
This Spring take some time out and visit anyone of the non-profits we will be supporting.
Many Thanks to ANGEL CHARITY for commissioning an evening of entertainment for their annual Gala. We had a blast and we got to involve some of our circus kids in the performance too. Thanks to Issey, Ben, Taylor and Ruby shots by Ariel Campebell:
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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“THE WATER PROJECT: Tucson’s Synergistic Water Festival” is looking for people to participate in the big Festival Performance! Similar to All Souls, but working with the theme of WATER and translating water issues into creative expressions, the Performance will include movement, theatre, puppetry, stilts, and whatever else Participants are interested in exploring. Outrageously fun and empowering through a unique collaborative process…
Rehearsals begin THIS WEEKEND!! It is best to attend every week, but accommodations can be made if you need to miss some sessions. The performance will be Saturday, March 27th.
— PERFORMERS —
Be dancers, actors, puppeteers, stilters, singers…
@ Rhythm Industry Performance Factory, 1013 S. Tyndall Ave.
(1 block W. of Park, S. of 20th St.)
Weekly Rehearsals:
GROUP 1: Saturdays 4:30-6:30pm, starts Jan. 23rd
— and / or —
GROUP 2: Mondays 6-8pm, starts Jan. 25th
(NOTE: Can be in one or both reheasal groups, which will create different scenes that will be put together closer to the Festival dates.)
— PRODUCTION —
Make costumes, puppets, props, make-up, tech…
@ Skrappy’s, 191 E. Toole Avenue
Saturdays, Noon-4pm, starts Jan. 23rd
ART HAPPENINGS: There is also a call for additional sideshows, visual art, installations, poetry, video, live music…
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ABOUT THE WATER FESTIVAL
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THE WATER PROJECT: Tucson’s Synergistic Water Festival
March 26-28, 2010
This one-of-a-kind participatory Water Festival celebrates, educates, and facilitates creative problem-solving for our most precious and endangered resource – water. This creative and proactive series of events include:
- Performance developed by community members with dance, theatre, puppetry…
- Art Happenings: Sideshows, visual art, installations, poetry, video, live music…
- Film Festival
- Information/Vending Tables
- Panel Discussion
- Community Brainstorms
- Movement Theatre Workshop
- Water Ritual
The Festival, by and for the community, is developed through cross-sector collaborations, combining the many voices of Artists, Cultural Workers, Educators, Scientists, Engineers, Architects, Climatologists, Water Harvesters, City Planners, Investors, Politicians, and other Community Members interested in addressing water issues from various angles. Through brainstorm sessions and hands-on project development, the festival intends to build a model for collaborative problem-solving and creative expression.
Planned to be a yearly event, this upcoming Festival initiates Tucson’s World Water Week, a series of events to coincide with the international observance of World Water Day, an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).
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January 30, 2010
INDUSTRIA!
A great Event at a great Up and Coming Arts Space! Come support the party with a mere $5 donation, check out the facility, eat some food and check out some performance. As above as our Arts Economy tumbles Privately held spaces like Industria or Rhythm Industry become more vital and important to our cultural well being.
More information can be found at http://www.industriastudios.org
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February 13, 2010
The 3rd Annual CARNAVAL Celebration
Tucson Carnaval, which is presented by the Afro-Brazilian drum and dance ensemble Batucaxé on Saturday, February 13, 2010, from 11:00am – 6:00pm, in partnership with Tucson Parks and Recreation, Tucson Children’s Museum, Armory Park Neighborhood Association and Many Mouths One Stomach, began in 2008. It is unique among our community celebrations in its ability to bring Tucson together each spring to celebrate itself and to share its music, color and culture. It’s an event for the entire family and community!
The theme for the 3rd annual Tucson Carnaval – A Global Tapestry of Celebration – is about weaving together the unique threads of our local community into a vibrant tapestry through music, dance, song and art.
http://tucsoncarnaval.wordpress.com/
to donate go here: http://www.batucaxe.org/donation.htm
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