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April
The Power of Culture and Community Conference and Rally
Thursday, April 1, 2004
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sacramento, CA
Sponsored by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC), Friends of SMAC, Latino Arts Network, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, and SpeakArt
Cost: $15 before March 25 ($25 after the 25th, lunch not guaranteed)
Send payment to SMAC office: 2030 Del Paso Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95815
For more information call (916) 566-3992
Schedule:
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Rally – Capitol Building (Weststeps)
Sponsored by Assemblyman Marco Firebaugh. Various speakers include California Arts Council Members, Senators Denise Ducheny, Jack Scott and Assembly Members George Nakano, Mark Leno, Dario Frommer and Supervisor Muriel Johnson, Artists-Activists (all speakers are tentative).
Procession 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Wear read and black, carry your signs and banners, beat your drums, chant your messages and march from the Capitol steps to Sheraton Grand Sacramento, 1230 J Street, where morning refreshments will greet you.
Morning Program 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks: Michelle Walker
Panel Discussion – Advocacy, Activism and Education.
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Brazilian Arts Center Presentation
12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. Afternoon Sign Up
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Luncheon and Networking
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Training session, legislative meetings and Capitol drum circle
1:30 p.m. , 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. Tools for Lobbying – “Learn the Craft and Speak the Facts” Facilitator: Julie Carol
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Meet the Legislators – Present pro arts funding arguments to Legislators at the Capitol
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. “Drumming Circle” Facilitator: Brazilian Arts Center and Harold Muniz
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Delegates reconvene at Conference Venue to Debrief
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Closing Plenary and affirmation of purpose
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Final Celebration of Cultural Activism. Facilitated by: Harold Muniz and Brazilian Arts Center.
An Eggs-traordinary Day
Saturday, April 10 , 2004
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Napa
For directions and information, contact the hotline at COPIA, 707-259-1600, or visit their website.
The California Academy of Sciences is co-sponsoring a program of Easter events at COPIA— the Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts in Napa. Artists will demonstrate egg-decorating traditions from different cultures. The program features Andrey Anisimov painting Russian icons on hardwood eggs, Alberta Astras etching eggs in the Lithuanian style, Gidra Gusta using leaf stencils and vegetable dyes to make Lithuanian marguciai, and Joan Bridges using a wax-resist technique to make Ukrainian pysanky.
The Academy presentations are part of a larger Spring Celebration that includes family activities, games, and egg races. All events take place at COPIA in Napa and are free after general admission.
Cambodian Ritual through Dance and Song Buong Suong
Saturday, April 24, 2004
8:00 p.m. Concert/5:00 p.m. free Pre-Concert Event
The George & Sakaye Aratani Japan America Theatre
Los Angeles
Tickets for the 8 pm performance:
$20, $17 Japanese American Community Cultural Center Members
$23 orchestra, $20 balcony
In times of drought, the Cambodian king presides over a ritual prayer for rain, known as buong suong. In a land where life is deeply dependent on the cultivation of rice, rain is considered a blessing from the heavens. Led by award-winning dancer and choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, the Khmer Arts Academy is one of this country's premier classical dance and music ensembles. For the first time, they bring the buong suong ritual to an American stage, inviting the spirits to bless the audience and bestow prosperity on the people of Southern California. Spirits are invoked through robam kbech boraan and pin peat (classical dance and music) art forms that trace their roots to the ancient temples of Angkor. The dance is known for its intricate hand gestures and glimmering costumes, the music for its hypnotic rhythms.
Cambodian dance, food, music, books, arts and crafts. A special exhibit of Cambodian dance photographs will be on display.
For more info call the box office at 213.680.3700
California Studies Association Annual Conference
“Gimme Shelter!”—Calling California Home
April 21-23, 2004
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
(Download the registration form as a PDF file)
The 2004 CSA Program will explore the numerous implications of shelter. An essential requirement for all people—and other life forms—shelter signifies not only a “roof over your head,” but also connotes safe haven from such physical dangers as violence, war, and weather. The concept of shelter suggests fruitful examinations of the implications of politics and public policy in many areas like urbanization, including housing and commercial development, safety, social services, art, and education and their environmental consequences. Additional meanings of shelter, such as spiritual refuge; the significance of place, home, and identity; and, the psychology of extreme shelter, such as solitary retreat, hermitage, and imprisonment, may also be addressed.
For more information, email deloresd@berkeley.edu or call (510) 642-3903.
Karuk Basketweavers Gathering
April 24 – 25, 2004
Karuk People's Center Museum/Cultural Center
Happy Camp, CA
Sponsored by the Karuk Tribe of California with support from the Seventh Generation Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information or to register call (530) 493-5305 x. 2201
June
Breath of Life Workshop for California Indian Languages
June 5-10, 2004
Hosted by The Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival and the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, Department of Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley.
The "Breath of Life— Silent no more" California Indian Language Restoration Workshop will be held this year on June 5-10, at the University of California at Berkeley . The participants are all California Indians whose languages have no speakers (or in some cases, just one or two very elderly speakers). The goal will be for the participants to learn how to access, understand, and do research on materials on their languages, and to use them for language revitalization. The participants will do language projects based on those materials, which they will report on publicly at the end of the week. There is only room for up to 40 participants. Applications arriving after May 1, 2004 might not be considered.
This year the Breath of Life will be immediately followed by the 11th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conference, which will be held June 11-13 ( see flyer for SILC ). Presentation of Breath of Life participants’ projects will take place Friday morning June 11 and will be the first session of SILC. Breath of Life participants are welcome to stay for the whole conference.
The aims of the Breath of Life workshop are:
- to guide participants to the university resources available for their use;
- to help the participants identify and locate the published and unpublished notes and audiotapes made by linguists and anthropologists on their languages;
- for participants to learn the fundamentals of linguistic analysis, including how to read phonetic writing;
- for participants to learn ways they can use linguistic materials and publications to create materials for language restoration.
To apply, visit the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival's website.
Mexico: Gateway to the Americas and the Second Performing Arts Encounter
June 3 – 6, 2004 in Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico: Gateway to the Americas is an annual cultural program, created by several public and private institutions from throughout the American continent, that have joined resources to establish an ongoing forum and dialogue, which fosters the definition of cultural policies and strategies. The Performing Arts Encounter, sponsored by Gateway to the Americas, provides opportunities for individuals, groups or institutions to connect by participating through purchasing a booth and/or attending the many showcases, the performing arts market, and a colloquium.
Read more about this opportunity, including the event goals, how to attend, how to purchase a booth, and who to contact for more information.
County & Regional Calendars
For weekly public programs and a calendar of ethnic events in Northern California, see the Traditional Arts Program at the California Academy of Science, Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco.
A calendar of Festivals and Celebrations in San Diego is available from the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
Let us know if you have special information that should be posted here.
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