Reservoir

ROE and GUNS

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / June 28, 2022

This vote against WOMEN and its very timing, right when we are reaching to the heart of the January 6th total moral corruption, is an insult to the people of Charleston, America and the world. Along with the vote on gun violence, this attempt to consolidate MALE DOMINANCE, at a time when Mother Earth and […]

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Pilgrimages of a Santa Fe Poet Laureate Visiting Schoolchildren during National Poetry Month

By conNECKted TOO / May 17, 2022

as published in the Santa Fe Reporter By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington April 27, 2022 April is National Poetry Month. Of course, to my mind, National Poetry Month, like Black History Month, is a bit of a redundancy, since every month is an occasion to revisit art and learning. But the calendar this April includes an exceptional […]

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Arts and Culture from the Inside, Not Just on the Outside

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / May 17, 2022

November 13, 2019 essay published in the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Community Development Innovation Review documenting some of the lessons learned during the Strategic Planning art work performed by Significant Developments for the Jackson Medical Mall as part of their ArtPlace Community Development Investments program… Arts and Culture from the Inside, Not Just […]

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Wim ROEFS

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / May 17, 2022

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Wim Roefs, one of 701 Center for Contemporary Art’s founders and always one of its fiercest advocates. He will be missed by everyone who believes in the value of arts and artists for our communities. But most of all, his passing will be a […]

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Good Trouble: Resources and Research

By conNECKted TOO / May 4, 2022

Learning for Justice: https://www.learningforjustice.org/ Social Justice Standards Facilitator Guide PDF: https://www.learningforjustice.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/TT-Social-Justice-Standards-Facilitator-Guide-WEB_0.pdf CCSD Cultural Competency Policy – https://www.tinyispowerful.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cultural-Competency-Policy-ACE-1.pdf artEquity Anti-racist Practices for Everyday Life – Approaches to Differences – (pg 22-23 of “Everyday Justice: Antiracism as a Daily Practice”)  Prindle Institute “Let’s Talk About Race” by Julius Lester Book Anyalsis  https://www.prindleinstitute.org/books/lets-talk-about-race/ Resources for parents on how […]

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Art and Monsters

By conNECKted TOO / May 4, 2022

“Property matters. It’s more than just a parcel of land. It’s also window to the past that tells the story of a family, a community, a way of life. Knowing your family’s history and culture creates a sense of place and belonging. The loss of heirs’ property has impact on the entire community, not just […]

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My I Story

By conNECKted TOO / May 4, 2022

l would just like to uplift the name of Reverend Clementa Pinckney I heard him give a speech about the first Memorial Day in Charleston for the first time in May of that year but by June he was dead. We also lift up the names of Cynthia Hurd, Reverend Sharonda Coleman -Singleton, Ethel Lance, […]

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EXTENDED WORKSHOP and Installation – Saturday, April 9

By conNECKted TOO / March 30, 2022

In-person space is limited so please RSVP to TINYisPOWERFUL@gmail.com TINYisPOWERFUL at its core is process-oriented and prioritizes a journey toward an unknown destination or series of destinations we can create together. Thus we are edge dwellers who utilize and develop art tools, curate collaboration and treat conversation as a currency in its own right. We […]

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Gwylene Gallimard with: IN PROGRESS….. ALBUM of DRAWINGS and RECYCLED COLLECTIVE ARTIFACTS dedicated to / perpetuating / honoring / memorizing collaborative ventures and explorations of Art in/with Community.

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / March 30, 2022

Who are YOU ALL named or not?… Guess!!! YOU, my co-workers, my mentors, my friends, elders, fellow travelers and family; YOU, who influenced me and whom I may have influenced; YOU in pain, or who have passed away too early or at least before we could converse further; YOU, the Charleston Rhizome Collective, Alternate ROOTS, […]

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THE LATEST 37 PAGES from the 900 PAGE DIARY of Jean-Marie Mauclet

By Abetterbusinessxabb@gmail.com / March 30, 2022

The diary of TINYisPOWERFUL was started on 10-19-2017. Not a chronological history of the Charleston Rhizome Collective’s work. More like a personal view of what it brought to me and what I contributed to it: thoughts, references, background, sometimes the experiences and shortcomings which come with age. There are references to mostly members of the […]

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