February 2010 Blog Posts (13)

PAID TRAINING AT CVH-COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD/EAST HARLEM

Community Voices Heard (CVH) is seeking individuals interested in

participating in a paid Organizer Training Program at one of the most

successful New York grassroots economic justice organizations.

Trainees learn the craft of organizing through taking on real

responsibilities to help advance an actual campaign. This cycle of

trainees will be integrated into CVH?s successful Public Housing

Preservation & Improvement Campaign and will focus their…

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Added by Joao Brandao Junior on February 24, 2010 at 12:50pm — No Comments

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Bayimba 2009 Report - Enjoy reading it

Added by Bayimba Cultural Foundation on February 18, 2010 at 11:44am — No Comments

Three events THIS Friday in NYC & gearing up for the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards

Hi Everybody,

freeDimensional is partnering with The Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn on a series of events with Burmese artist Chaw ei Thein. It all starts with her exhibition opening this Friday (19th) at 6pm. See details and related events here.

The same night there…

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Added by Todd Lester on February 18, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

MODEL/OVER 5.6 FEET/SOCIAL PROJECTS BOWERY POETRY CLUB ARTIST JOHN SIMS

Dear friends,

One of the artists I am working with, needs a voluntary model for tomorrow night for a performance at Bowery Poetry Club. John Sims, also professor at NYU, is heading a show and needs a tall thin white woman - there will be two models, an Afro-American already selected to work form 10 minutes only in one of his art-outfits.

He can offer a recommendation letter, public exposition - Bowery is a point of great people and there will be someone from NY…

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Added by Joao Brandao Junior on February 12, 2010 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Call for artists portugal residency deadline March 15

ARTErra, is a private structure of incentive to the creation. In a laboratory logic, the artist finds in the Arterra a house with a series of comforts and a yard of

creation, where several spaces for the creation and development of an…

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Added by ARTErra-residências rurais artís on February 11, 2010 at 6:10pm — No Comments

Is technology accelerating beyond our capacity to understand it?

I just watched the film, Bulding Gods," about the latest developments and discourses in artificial intelligence, cyborgs, artilects, terrans, comsos, and super intelligence. As is typical in the field of science and technology, it is exclusively white men who are debating and introducing these scientific and technological changes, with one white woman discussing the theological aspects of human uploading to machines, and questions of… Continue

Added by Praba Pilar on February 11, 2010 at 11:44am — No Comments

Exhibition VOICES FROM THE ANDES / Lima clip

Just found this on youtube, a local news from Peru talking about the last exhibition Voices from the Andes, presented in Lima last time. Nice...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qFxFaGHEDE&feature=related

Added by Nicolas Villaume on February 8, 2010 at 4:48pm — No Comments

The birth of : Conversations with the Earth / Indigenous voices on Climate Change

Hi All,…

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Added by Nicolas Villaume on February 8, 2010 at 3:37pm — No Comments

BioDesign: The Future is Here

WIRED Magazine recently posted a very disturbing article on the latest developments in the militarization of bioengineering. Introducing BioDesign, from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the article explains that DARPA is trying to create living organisms that it can control.

The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is…

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Added by Praba Pilar on February 6, 2010 at 12:08am — No Comments

Critical Dialogue with Burmese artist Chaw ei Thein + related events in NYC!

Chaw ei Thein is a part of the Transformed Conversation exhibit at Soapbox Gallery (Feb 19-Mar 18). The opening is at 6pm on Friday, February 19. Students from Adelphi University's Levermore Global Scholars Program will be in attendance to begin a dialogue with Chaw that will culminate in a talk at Adelphi's Manhattan campus on Thursday, March 4th (6-8pm):

Attend the Soapbox opening (Feb…

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Added by Todd Lester on February 5, 2010 at 10:35am — No Comments

VLA Art & Law Residency Program

January 18, 2010

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts solicits applications from professional visual artists and arts writers for its new Art & Law Residency Program, the first program of its kind.

Program dates: March 8 through August 30, 2010 (6 months)

Application deadline: Monday, February 22, 2010 (in-office receipt)

Notification: March 1, 2010

Program Goal

As legal and judicial issues now permeate every aspect of social, political… Continue

Added by VLA Residency on February 2, 2010 at 12:19pm — No Comments

Thank you from freeDimensional

On behalf of the fD team, I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who offered their support during our year-end campaign. With your help we were able to raise nearly $2000! We also grew our family of volunteers--individuals who want to help us by planning an fD fundraiser, hosting events, and providing administrative support for our programs. At fD, we operate on a tight budget, relying heavily on volunteer hours and in-kind donations, so your contributions will have a big impact on our… Continue

Added by Karen Phillips on February 2, 2010 at 11:19am — No Comments

Black History Month at The Bronx Museum tribute to prolific hip hop producer J Dilla, Friday Feb 5th. Free! No Cover!

First Fridays! @ The Bronx Museum presents:

Looking for the Perfect Beat: A Tribute to J Dilla

Celebrating Black History Month.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010,

6:00pm to 10:00pm

Free!!! (No Cover)

Hosted by Black45 from MTP Jersey

Music by DJ Meltplus

& Sucio Smash.

Performances by

John Robinson,

El Da Sensei,

Illmind,

Daniel… Continue

Added by Ariel Fernandez on February 2, 2010 at 9:05am — No Comments