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2010 MakeWork Arts Grants are coming! Wednesday, March 31, 2010
CreateHere is pleased to announce the online applications for the 2010 MakeWork Arts Grants program will be available Friday, April 9, 2010.
MakeWork provides financial assistance to innovative artists and artisans within a 50-mile radius of Chattanooga, TN. Applicants may apply for up to $15,000 in one of three grant categories: career advancement, studio assistance, and project grant.
This year, CreateHere will offer up to $125,000 in grants through this unique approach to community development. MakeWork grants provide a financial stimulus that invigorates Chattanooga’s creative community. The bottom line is that Chattanooga is a place that values creativity and innovation.
MakeWork is now in its third year. The work of last year’s grant winners ranged from fashion design to digital media, metalsmithing to music. Their work has already had a powerful impact on the community by documenting local character and engaging the public with performances, discussions, and showcases.
It’s clear that creative individuals have an impact on Chattanooga. Local artists in our community are a force for growth in the local economy. CreateHere’s MakeWork grants reinforce the value of this unique sector of the workforce and build their ability to help shape Chattanooga as an emerging creative economy.
For more information about the MakeWork grants contact Jessica Martin at jessica[at]createhere[dot]org or by calling 423.648.2195.
Important Dates:
April 9, 2010 Online Application goes live
May 7, 2010 First deadline. $30.00 application fee
May 14, 2010 Final deadline. $45.00 application fee
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City Share: “Common Ground: A New Approach to City Planning” with Michael Hendrix of IDEO
Tomorrow is a special night-time presentation of City Share featuring Michael Hendrix, the co-founder and former creative director of the Chattanooga-based sustainable design company Tricycle Inc.
Michael Hendrix is a location director and associate partner at global design and innovation consultancy IDEO. In addition to leading the Boston studio, he contributes creative direction and brand strategy on projects ranging from counter-culture apparel to OTC drugs to luxury home goods. Michael believes that the best brands are built by a system of networked experiences, from strategic planning, to the manufacturing floor, to consumer interactions. Tomorrow night, Hendrix will discuss his beliefs and methodology regarding community and design.
IDEO takes a human-centered approach to community design, fueled by the belief that the power of community is stronger than that of a single individual, organization, or brand. Beyond the physical, cognitive and emotional factors of design, they foremost consider the social factors, asking questions and evaluating answers: How might the user’s relationships influence or motivate behaviors? How might an experience be shared with others? What is the meaning of belonging, and of identity? What drives the feeling of membership or loyalty to a bigger cause or group? These questions inspire a new dimension of design that they bring to digital experiences, brand strategy, workplace design, urban planning, and beyond. Human-centered design harnesses the power of many to create experiences that are shared, co-created, and take on a life of their own-design for and by the users.
Michael will be introduced by Nick DuPey, a former Tricycle designer who now owns and runs the design and screen-printing collective Young Monster.
Please join us for this special night-time presentation, from 7-9 pm on Thursday, April 1 at CreateHere. Light refreshments will be provided.If you missed last week’s City Share with Clay Shirky, watch it here.
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Girls Inc. Girls’ “Me and My Hands” Project to be Displayed at CreateHere Thursday, March 25, 2010
The first through third graders in Girls Inc. of Chattanooga’s after-school programs at Hardy and Harrison Elementary Schools will be presenting an art exhibit, the “Me and My Hands” Project, to the public at CreateHere this Saturday, March 27 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
During the project, the girls were asked to think about their hands and what they will use them for in the future. Ultimately, they painted model hands as artistic expressions of their future ambitions. Local artist, Judy Britain, helped plan the project and guided the girls through the designing and painting of their hands. These hands, along with other art projects by the girls and a unity mural by the girls and their families, will be on display at the event.
The project was funded by an Arts Build Communities grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission through Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga as well as an arts grant from Target stores.
For more information on the project or to RSVP to the event, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call (423) 624-4757 ext. 104.
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Stand Results Available April 12!
CreateHere and Chattanooga Stand are pleased to announce that data from the world’s largest community visioning effort will be publicly available on April 12, 2010. 1.2 Million+ thoughts pulled from over 26,000 Stand surveys collected in the summer of 2009 will appear in a searchable database, making this invaluable information dynamic and customizable. Their countdown widget will be keeping track of every second until 12:00 AM on April 12th, so you don’t have to.
The back story on this information is as follows: The Center for Applied Social Research at UTC coded the data pool, and then the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies analyzed the entire set, pairing it with relevant information from State of the Chattanooga Region Reports. After nearly a year of hard work by everyone involved, Stand is ready for delivery.
Making the data public doesn’t necessarily make it accessible, however. To help users parse the results, Stand’s team has built several search capabilities into this site, including zip code, neighborhood, theme, question, and respondent’s demographic information when available.
In the coming months, champions in the community will also be taking Stand on the road. Look for presentations, printed collateral, posters, billboards, and community roundtable discussions, all focused on how we can best use this information set.
We’re excited, y’all!
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Help us with Sarah’s send-off Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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