CultureWork: A Periodic Broadside for Arts and Culture Workers
CultureWork is an electronic publication of the University of Oregon Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. Its mission is to provide timely workplace-oriented information on culture, the arts, education, policy, and community.
ISSN 1541-938X
Current Issue Includes:
October 2009. Vol. 13, No. 4.
Creating & Performing Pinang & Ayu: A Love Story A Lesbian Shadow-Puppet Performance Summer Melody Pennell
The Bailout Biennial (January 15 until April 15, 2009) elin o'Hara slavick and María DeGuzmán
In the Fall 2009 edition of CultureWork, we present stories of artists passionate about their ideas on current topics, particularly the personal as political and the political as personal. In each story, artists and curators work with new ways of storytelling culturally sensitive content within their chosen venues.
In The Bailout Biennial by elin o'Hara slavick and María DeGuzmán, we find curators and artists coming together quickly to create a large-scale art exhibit, which addressed the questions surrounding the government sponsored bailouts of large corporations earlier this year.
Likewise, in Creating & Performing Pinang & Ayu: A Love Story--A Lesbian Shadow-Puppet Performance, Summer Melody Pennell explores the dynamics of homosexual relationships in Indonesia, and how the artistic medium of performance can give voice to the normally unheard and oppressed. Pennell also explores the dynamics of what it means to be a spectator from another culture and the ways in which bonds can be formed through creative expression.
We hope these personal stories of experience with alterations of traditional presentation formats will spark your own creative thinking for exhibits and performances within your own community.
Regards,
Julie Voelker-Morris
Robert Voelker-Morris
Editors
Previous Issue Includes:
July 2009. Vol. 13, No. 3.
Writing Together: The Art of Community Writing Organizations Jennifer Furl
Welcome to the Summer issue of CultureWork!
The act of writing is experienced by many of us in the arts and culture sector on a daily basis. From marketing materials and grant proposals to script writing and composition we are constantly exposed to the process of creative and formal writing. In our summer issue of CultureWork, Jennifer Furl discusses how community writing organizations, through writing workshops and reading events, allow participants to share personal and fictional narratives and to "experience the joy of artistic self-expression." These workshops serve as forums for creating that "magic ingredient" with the audience giving the greater community a window to our experiences on stage, in the music hall, or at the opening night of the art exhibit. Additionally, the workshops and reading events also serve as a model for fostering more direct community engagement within the non-profits sector.
Julie and Robert Voelker-Morris
Editors
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CultureWork seeks submissions of concise (500-1500 words) critiques and advisories on community arts and the preparation of community arts workers. Graphics that express the spirit of community arts are welcome, to be published with attribution. Manuscripts should be sent via email as an attachment (as either .doc Word format or .txt plain text format), or can be sent via postal mail on zip disk, CD-R, or DVD-R. Use American Psychological Association guidelines for style and citations (http://apastyle.apa.org/). If accepted for publication, authors may be asked to make revisions.
Send submissions to culturwk@uoregon.edu or via postal mail: care of Arts & Administration Program, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
CultureWork is an electronic publication of the University of Oregon Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. Its mission is to provide timely workplace-oriented information on culture, the arts, education, and community. For previous issues of CultureWork, visit the Previous Issues page. Prospective authors and illustrators please see the guidelines above.
Opinions expressed by authors of CultureWork broadsides do not necessarily express those of the editors, the Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy, or the University of Oregon.
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Co-Editors: Julie Voelker-Morris, Robert Voelker-Morris
Advisor: Dr. Douglas Blandy.
Comments to: culturwk@uoregon.edu
