conNECKted TOO, Author at TINYisPOWERFUL

May 1 – International Workers’ Day

By conNECKted TOO / May 1, 2020

MAY FIRST is the day to celebrate working people of all ranks, professions, occupations. That’s a lot of people! Pretty much everybody who does not make her/his/their money on the back of others, looking at the money tree grow and grow… forgetting that for the tree to grow, someone else prunes it, rakes its leaves, […]

Podcast Experiment/Collaboration

By conNECKted TOO / April 18, 2020

by Aysha Bowens When you think of the word experiment, do you think about a podcast? Maybe, maybe not you may think of science. With Science and a podcast there is a correlation, the procedure, also known as the scientific method. For example, the moment the idea of a podcast with Rain came about, I […]

THE JUNGLE

By conNECKted TOO / April 18, 2020

Reynolds Avenue in North Charleston is where conNECKtedTOO chose to present its cumulated works, when it was time to unwind two years of collaborative art thinking and art making. Reynolds is far from the centers of Charleston’s culture, in a rundown urban neighborhood ripe for gentrification. That is if covid19 does not successfully mutate greed […]

Rising Together: What Bread Making Has To Do With Art In/With Community

By conNECKted TOO / April 16, 2020

by Markelle Elizabeth Evans Last Friday, conNECKtedTOO hosted its third Zoom gathering during quarantine in regards to the health and safety of our communities during COVID19. For those that are not familiar with Zoom, it has risen in popularity during quarantine as a digital communicative tool […]

PODCAST – I Like My Tea Sweet Episode 1 part 1

By conNECKted TOO / April 3, 2020

LISTEN TO EPISODE 1 ON SOUNDCLOUD BY CLICKING HERE: https://soundcloud.com/user-327792440/i-like-my-tea-sweet-theron-snype Hello everyone, this is a part of the conversation with Theron Synpe. Please stop by, stay and enjoy the honesTEA. Episode 1 – Part 1 of Art & Culture with Theron Synpe. – – – Meet the Creators – – – “I Like My Tea […]

conNECKtedTOO Story Circle

By conNECKted TOO / March 11, 2020

Due to measures taken to prevent COVID19 from spreading, the conNECKtedTOO Story Circle event has been modified into a virtual gathering that emphasizes solidarity and community over panic and isolation. Share stories, laugh, recite a poem or just let us know how you are doing at this Community Check-In via Zoom. Click here to join […]

The Veggie Bin story

By conNECKted TOO / March 3, 2020

VEGGIE BIN (click here)

Swinton’s Cleaners

By conNECKted TOO / March 3, 2020

“He was a noted business entrepreneur. He worked in the dry cleaning business for many years, including the dry cleaners on the Charleston Naval Base, before ultimately opening his own business, Swinton’s Cleaners. This accomplishment was his dream come true and he was praised for his business acumen and excellent service. This service allowed him […]

2023 reynolds avenue north charleston sc public art space

Why Reynolds?

By conNECKted TOO / February 28, 2020

Choosing to present the whole of cTOO’s work at Reynolds brings the collective very close to the struggle for neighborhood revival. It EXPOSES it to the harsh realities of a rundown area, showing signs that speculators have started betting on it! Then: Are there policies shielding present residents from displacement? Will existing businesses be supported […]

The arts and the spirit of the arts

By conNECKted TOO / February 25, 2020

Connection. Conversation. Community. Communicate. A string of words. A single word to acknowledge. Something. Since we’ve been here I’ve grown attached. Faces and people have become familiar. Now, when I smell fresh linen I think of this street. The block is starting to wake up by the time I get here in the mornings — […]