P.L.A.C.E. II Initiative Recipients
August 2011
P.L.A.C.E. initiative grants range from $2,500 to $10,000 and are available for individual artists, arts and culture organizations, and community-based projects through a panel review process. Community engagement and civic dialogue are cornerstones of the initiative, making it uniquely competitive and project oriented.
“The Kresge Foundation gave us the means to implement the P.L.A.C.E. initiative,” says Roberto Bedoya, TPAC’s Executive Director, “a key recommendation from the Pima Cultural Plan completed in 2008.”
P.L.A.C.E. II Initiative Recipients and Projects 2011:
Ben’s Bells – Commit to Kindness Mural: Engages minds, hearts, and hands in a public art project with enduring value for theTucson community.
BICAS – Bridging Generations: Connecting Armory Park Seniors and Youth through Art: Connects seniors and youth in learning projects that explore history in relation to the present to build a deeper understanding of personal experience.
Bill Mackey – Worker Transit Authority: Presents events that incorporate performance, graphics, and data in a participatory manner designed to facilitate discussion about the issues of land use, infrastructure, transportation and the environment.
Borderlands Theater – Welcome Refugees and Immigrants: Fosters civic dialogue through theater productions that addressTucson refugee and immigrant communities.
Casa Libre en la Solana – Made for Flight: Produces a youth empowerment workshop series that includes transgender history, ally development, creative writing and kite building to commemorate the lives of transgender individuals who have recently passed.
Finding Voice – Finding Voice Project: Engages refugees and immigrants atCatalinaMagnetHigh School to develop their personal and community voice through literacy, visual arts, and civic engagement.
Kore Press – Coming in Hot Civil Discourse Tour & Cross Cultural Interviewing Project: Engages the public through performance and storytelling to help create social change by raising awareness and bridging cultural and generational gaps.
New ARTiculations – FLOW: Dancing for Water Awareness in the Desert (Phase 2): Engages the community in an interactive dialogue about the past and present flow of water inTucson to inform the creation and presentation of a dance performance in theSanta Cruz riverbed.
Pan Left Productions – Community Media Education Project: Produces youth-oriented courses in media literacy and production focusing on under-represented community voices.
Sharmoore Productions – Stories Thrive in ’05: Engages elementary students in the development of stories that are transformed into performances and picture books.
The Drawing Studio – Neighborhood and Family Outreach: Involves youth at risk for gang involvement, substance abuse, and truancy in art education to develop skills to create a narrative work that explores their relationship to larger family and cultural histories.
Tucson Meet Yourself – Old Pascua Cultural Inventory: Provides workshops on folk life, community asset mapping, and digital photographic documentation in partnership with San Ignacio Yaqui Council in the Old Pascua neighborhood.
