P.L.A.C.E. III Initiative Recipients
December 2011
The Tucson Pima Arts Council selected 18 local organizations and individuals to receive the Tucson: P.L.A.C.E. Initiative grant funded by The Nathan Cummings Foundation and Open Society Institute. The grants range from $1,500 to $ 7,000 and total $ 103,963.00.
P.L.A.C.E. III Initiative Recipients and Projects 2011-2012:
Borderlands Theater- this project will embrace civic engagement through the annual Tucson Pastorela.
Clean And Sober Theatre (CAST) Compass Behavioral Health Care- C.A.S.T. Encore! will provide two six-week expressive arts workshops to homeless youth served by partnering agencies that will culminate in a collection of stories to be presented in a public performance.
Daniel Buckley- will conduct an oral history project that will document and re-energize Tucson’s original community center, El Casino Ballroom, while engaging the Latino and multi-cultural communities it has brought together with an air of dignity and civility.
Denise Uyehara- an eight-month oral history project with the South Tucson community concerning recent Police/Border Patrol deportations, culminating in a multi-media performance at actual sites of deportation in the city.
Esperanza Dance Project- is a multi-media performance project whose mission is to raise awareness, create visibility and educate teens and adults in Tucson and throughout Arizona, about childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault through the use of dance/performance, language/writing and visual art/film.
Lewis Humphreys- is creating a sense of place by giving Tucson a face, through a project entitled “The Wonder of We”. Humphreys will be posting portraits of people of all ages throughout the city of Tucson to engage the public in civic dialogue about place.
NEW ARTiculations Dance Theatre- Re:Configurations: Dance and Stories is a series of workshops and a performance addressing issues of identity and relationship in Tucson’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community using modern dance, storytelling , performance and civic dialogue.
Pan Left Productions- is conducting a media arts project using homeless youth voice to ignite the people of Tucson to take action on the systemic causes of children raising themselves on the streets in our city.
The All Souls Procession-The All Souls Procession provides a substantial forum for the expression of grief and despair in a creative, uplifting and deep manner for all of its participants.
Safos Dance Theatre- this project is a collaborative two week long arts education residency for Pistor MS and Hiaki HS that will address issue of stereotypes and cultural misunderstandings between the Mexican American and Native American communities
Iskashitaa Refugee Harvesting Network- using culinary and traditional arts of Tucson’s refugees, Iskashitaa RHN will engage the Tucson community to address preservation of heritage food waste under health wellness and the local food system using digital stories and direct engagement.
Stories that Soar!- documented on film for audiences of all abilities, this multitier project uses theatrical storytelling and the creative arts to empower deaf and blind youth by highlighting their unique realities and sharing them in general public.
The Loft Cinema-The free Human Rights Watch Film Festival, bears witness to human rights violations and creates a community forum for outcome-based cross-cultural discourse.
University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA)- The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes and Lifescapes is an exhibit celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the Arizona/Sonora borderlands.
Tucson Arts Brigade- this project works with youth, elders, and adults and provides multi-disciplinary (drawing, painting, design, research, dialogue) arts and cultural activities that addresses critical community needs in the 29th Street Coalition neighborhoods of Tucson.
Tucson Chinese Association- this project returns to selected Tucson neighborhoods to explore the relations of historic Chinese grocers with their neighbors and the associated history of tolerance in those multi-ethnic communities.
Tucson Meet Yourself- brings the tools and methods of ethnographic documentation from the university to the community to train up to 25 community scholars in Tucson/Pima County to record and share stories of cross-cultural mixing, migrations, civic participation and artistic practices.
Wesley Fawcett Creigh- this project addresses concerns around the relatively recent practice of detaining women in Arizona; larger than life-size portraits of women detainees will be created through public participation at various local events in 2012.
