Reservoir
ART & CULTURE IN/WITH COMMUNITY is an outgrowth of the place where it exists.
The conNECKtedTOO team of artists, activists, youth and educators looks like the communities it works with: inter-generational, inter-disciplinary and interracial. The “Collective” model, where members are autonomous, reflects both the identity of causes and the free choice of the means to attain them, as found in any livable social group.
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The expression “Think globally, Act locally” pairs naturally with “Support local business” or the moral truism “Less is more.” All three reject the idea that bigger necessarily means better.
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conNECKtedTOO, the Charleston Rhizome Collective’s TINY Business initiative continues
the social activists/artists/educators group’s visionary expedition into using art as a medium
to facilitate social change. The TINY Business initiative employs artists and apprentices in a
unique approach to presenting how small businesses impact the communities in which they
exist.
HOW DO YOU DEFINE A TINY BUSINESS? Unedited responses from conversations with TINY Business Owners
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TINY businesses must be respected and encouraged. Established businesses have not existed in our neighborhoods for decades just to fall in oblivion. New TINY businesses need our support as well. Each of us is responsible for their well-being.
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A light-hearted lyricist wrote that “Love and marriage/Go together like a horse and carriage.” So (too) do songs, jingles and social activism. Protest songs can inspire commitment with a powerful line, or a clever turn-of-phrase. The transformational message is accompanied by the melodic music.
Read MoreConNECKtedTOO, a project of ART & CULTURE IN/WITH COMMUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, seeks to involve a classification of businesses we have labeled as TINY Businesses.
Read MoreMany TINY businesses in Charleston show the scars and carry the weight of every Charleston shortcoming. Yet, they are still the hope of those who want to make a difference in their community, their neighborhood.
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Creative posters that tell the story of closed tiny businesses in Charleston.
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