[CW-Grad] Story Fund Opportunities from CA Council for the Humanities.

[Robin Russin]

This also ties in with what Susan is teaching in her focus on regional identity -- but you'll have to jump on this one, only a week left.

Robin

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Date: November 9, 2011 11:46:29 AM PST
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November 9, 2011
1. CA STORY FUND APPLICATIONS DUE 11/15


"Hands, Work Work" — portrait of a hard-working mother by her daughter. This image is part of a previous Council-supported CSF story and photography project by Asian Health Services for at-risk Southeast Asian women in Oakland, CA

The California Story Fund (CSF), a competitive grant program of CCH, supports community-centered, story-based public humanities projects that contribute to our understanding of California and its cultures, peoples, and histories. For the next round of the CSF program, applicants are strongly encouraged (but not required) to submit proposals for projects that address the meaning of democracy.

Click HERE to read about how to apply for a California Story Fund grant. More information about recently funded CSF projects can be found HERE.Applications are due on November 15, 2011.

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2. NEW CA STORY FUND GRANTS AWARDED


Traditional and tribal fishing is part of the cultural history of California's Klamath River—the subject of a Council-supported CSF mural project. Photo by David McLain

The Council is pleased to announce that it has awarded California Story Fund (CSF) grants to a range of projects that give evidence of California's rich and complex mix of peoples, cultures, and experiences. In line with the Council'sSearching for Democracy initiative, many of the projects will provide insight into the varied ways democracy can be understood and interpreted. These projects tell the stories of young people and elders, of Native Californians and recent immigrants, of artists and activists and leaders; they examine themes ranging from environmental justice to the culture of working people, from the rights of disabled Californians to the legacy of the Japanese American internment. The projects employ a wide variety of program formats, are sponsored by an equally diverse range of institutions, and engage the knowledge and wisdom of both academic- and community-based humanities advisors. The fall 2011 California Story Fund grant awardees are:

Beijing, CA: The Fight Over Confucius Classrooms
Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles
Project Director: Philip W. Chung

Calling This Home: A People's History of Refugee Settlement to the Bay Area
International Rescue Committee — San Francisco, San Francisco
Project Director: Lauren Markham

The Comic-Con Kids: Finding and Defining Fandom
The Campanile Foundation (San Diego State University), San Diego 
Project Director: Rob Ray

Democracia: The Impact of Community Service Organization in California
Regents of the University of California/UC San Diego, San Diego 
Project Director: Gretchen Laue

The Democracy of Inclusion
Arts Council of Kern County, Bakersfield 
Project Director: Jill Egland

Fostering Democracy
A Home Within, Inc., San Francisco
Project Director: Amanda Herman

"I Have A Story to Tell": Creating Engagement with L.A. Histories
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles 
Project Director: Yusef Omowale

A Landscape Full of Stories
North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, Nevada City
Project Director: Shana Maziarz

Look to the Source: Intergenerational Talk Story with Pacific Islander Elders
Pacific Islander Health Partnership, Garden Grove
Project Director: Juliet McMullin

The Lunch Love Community Documentary Project
Citizen Film, Inc., San Francisco
Project Director: Helen De Michiel

Making Public Spheres in South Los Angeles: Storytelling Community Organizer Struggles to Create Democratic Spaces in South Los Angeles
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism/University of Southern California, Los Angeles 
Project Director: George Villanueva

Rhythm of the Refugee
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Oakland
Project Director: Holly Alonso

Sharing Our Stories: Diversity in the Inland Empire
Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa 
Project Director: Tom Bryant

Soul Calling
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno
Project Director: Linda Cano

There It Is — Take It: Looking Back at 100 Years of the Los Angeles Aqueduct
Friends of the Eastern California Museum, Independence
Project Director: Kim Stringfellow

An Uncommon Commons: The Power of Public Place
West Marin Commons/On The Commons, Point Reyes Station
Project Director: Elizabeth Barnet

Voices of the Timber Industry
Timber Heritage Association, Eureka 
Project Director: Renee Ross

The Water Writes Mural Project: Klamath River
Estria Foundation, Oakland 
Project Director: Nancy Hernandez

We Are Not Your Dumping Ground: Youth Stories of Environmental Justice from the Streets of South Sacramento
Ubuntu Green, Sacramento 
Project Director: Charles Mason, Jr.

Wende Moments: A Multigenerational View of Immigration by the Soviet Jews to Los Angeles During the Late 1970s and Early 1980s
Wende Museum, Culver City 
Project Director: Ljiljana Grubisic

When Dreams Are Interrupted (Sacramento and San Diego)
Purple Moon Dance Project, San Francisco 
Project Director: Jill Togawa

Full project descriptions can be found HERE.


Members of the Community Service Organization—subject of a Council-supported California Story Fund project—worked to register and encourage farm workers to vote in the 1940s and 50s. Photo courtesy of the César E. Chávez Foundation

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3. EVENTS


The members of Fishbone. Photo by Ann Summa

Playing at the Smithsonian: Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

The Council-supported documentary Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone—a film directed by Lev Anderson and Chris Metzler—will have its Washington, DC theatrical premiere this month, courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Everyday Sunshine is a documentary about the Black punk-funk-rock-ska band Fishbone, genre- and expectation-defying musical pioneers from the streets of South Central LA who rose to prominence amid the competitive Hollywood music scene of the 1980s. Laurence Fishburne narrates the story of artists on a quest to reclaim their musical legacy while debunking myths of young Black men from urban America. The film, which highlights the parallel journeys of a band and its city, includes interviews with musicians Gwen Stefani, Flea, Ice-T, Perry Farrell, and Branford Marsalis.

Click HERE to watch the film trailer.

Friday, November 11, 2011
7:00 pm 
Historic Lincoln Theater
1215 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 
Screening will be followed by a panel discussion and performance by the band.
Presented by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. This event is FREE but tickets are required. For more information and tickets, call (202) 328-6000 or (202) 633-0070 or visithttp://www.thelincolntheatre.org/.

 


Image courtesy of Squeezebox Stories/Julie Caine

Hear Squeezebox Stories Online and On the Airwaves

The accordion—the "ultimate people's instrument"—was one of the first global instruments. Learn the social history of the accordion and delve in the musical worlds it inhabits. Tune in to Julie Caine's Council-supported "Squeezebox Stories," hosted by Marco Werman of PRI's The World, and let Zydeco, Mexican Norteño, punk rock, and Arabic music wash over you. Hear from a master musician and an apprentice about the incredible history and surprisingly widespread appeal of the accordion.

Hear stories online at http://squeezeboxstories.com/. 
Click HERE for updates on broadcasts stations and times.

California broadcast stations and times to date are as follows:

	
Thanksgiving evening, November 24 at 7 pm; Saturday, November 26 at 1 pm; and Tuesday, November 29 at 7 pm on KRCB, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sonoma

Thursday, December 29 at 8 pm on KQED, San Francisco, Sacramento

Other broadcast stations (times to be announced) include:
KALW, San Francisco; KVHS, Concord; KGUA, Gualala; KWMR, Pt. Reyes Station, Bolinas; KVMR, Nevada City, Truckee; KECG, Oakland; and KCBX, Santa Barbara, Cayucos, Santa Ynez Valley, Lompoc.

 


Performance of "Sun Yat-sen & the Three People's Principles"

Learn the unique story of Dr. Sun's life in America before returning to be the first provisional President of the Republic of China through this Chataquan History Alive! museum theater presentation of "Sun Yat-sen & the Three People's Principles" by Chinese Historical Society of America artist-in-residence Charlie Chin. The performance aims to illuminate the linkages between the modern history of China, the history of Chinese American communities, and the democratic ideas pursued in the post-Civil War era. This event, put on by the Chinese Historical Society of America, is free to the public, suitable for all ages, and funded through the Council's California Story Fund in conjunction with ourSearching for Democracy initiative.

Saturday, December 3, 2011
2:00 pm
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco 
(415) 557-4400

 


Stills from Fragrance and As Above, So Below. Courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive

L.A. Rebellion Screenings and Online Archive

If you're in the Los Angeles area, check out these upcoming UCLA Film and Television Archive events and screenings—part of "L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema"—of both well-known and rare works of African American cinema.

"L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema — Symposium"
Critics and scholars come together to discuss L.A. Rebellion filmmaking. 
Free and open to the public.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
8:30 am – 5:30 pm

Illusions; Fragrance; As Above, So Below; Rain (short films/clips)
Saturday, November 12, 2011
7:30 pm

Cutting Horse — preceded by The Horse
Sunday, November 13, 2011
7:00 pm

Sankofa — preceded by The Diary of an African Nun
Saturday, November 19, 2011
7:30 pm

Black Art, Black Artists; Festival of Mask; Varnette's World: A Study of a Young Artist; Trumpetistically, Clora Bryant (short films/clips)
Sunday, November 20, 2011
7:00 pm

Click HERE for information about tickets, all screenings, and locations.

Through our California Documentary Project, the Council supported the LA Rebellion Website, a project by Jan Christopher-Horak that works in tandem with this public screening series and a touring exhibition to provide a wealth of resources and information on the "L.A. School of Black Filmmakers" to students, scholars, and the general public. Visit the site athttp://www.cinema.ucla.edu/la-rebellion.

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4. ITEMS OF INTEREST


ALA Call for Applications
The ALA Public Programs Office is accepting applications for Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion, a multi-format discussion program for public audiences to spark action, engagement, and reflection within their communities. The goal of the Building Common Groundproject is to engage the public in contemplation and discussion of the importance of community, civility and compassion in their daily lives. This library programming initiative is supported by the Fetzer Institute. For more information—including programming resources, ideas, and the online application—visitwww.ala.org/commonground. Applications are due November 18, 2011.

 

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In this issue

·         CA Story Fund Applications Due 11/15

·         New CA Story Fund Grants Awarded

·         Events

·         Items of Interest


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