Eating Alaska a wry search for the “right thing to eat” Screenings/Talks Include: • Environment, Culture & Place in a Rapidly Changing North, Assoc. for the Study of Literature & the Environment UAS, Juneau June 15, 2012 • The North American Association for Environmental Education Conference. Raleigh, NC Park Slope Food Coop Plow to Plate Series Brooklyn, NY • Locust St. Film-Food Trust Philadelphia, PA Screenings at Unitarian- Universalist Churches Slow Food International Food & FIlm Festival Brasilia, Brazil We welcome screenings on campuses public libraries, just food efforts and community events See Eating Alaska on-line! READ MORE http://eatingalaska.com/http://www.uas.alaska.edu/asle/http://www.uas.alaska.edu/asle/http://www.newdaydigital.com/Eating-Alaska.htmlhttp://www.newdaydigital.com/Eating-Alaska.htmlhttp://www.eatingalaska.com/eablog/eablog.htmlmailto:efclicks@gmail.com?subject=email%20subjectshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5

USING ART & STORYTELLING

TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE

©2012 artchange, inc.

   Choose Respect Mural Project

                     artchange, inc • PO Box 6224 • Sitka, Alaska, 99835 • artchange, inc@gmail.com

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Layers of Change What happens when 200 people help paint a mural? Layers of Change a 25 minute film about the Sitka Choose Respect Mural Project aired across Alaska and beyond on 360 North, ARCS, and on the Internet, streaming primetime: Click HERE to see the trailer (if it doesn’t show up above) Community screenings in the works. Part of the process for engaging the community, included asking questions and collecting images, stories and artistic responses: Check out our invisible stories project http://vimeo.com/37215577Invisible_Stories/Entries/2011/4/30_responses_II.htmlInvisible_Stories/Entries/2011/4/30_responses_II.htmlhttp://vimeo.com/37215577shapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2
THE STORY The Sitka Choose Respect Mural began with an idea that turned into a year-long conversation about the meaning of respect and the impact of domestic violence and bullying on individuals, families and the community. Two hundred volunteers worked with artists to create a 12 x 24’ mural. Even before locals picked up paintbrushes, middle school students used photography, theater and writing in a process called “beyond words” and community members of all ages were invited to share “invisible stories.” Filmmaker, Ellen Frankenstein worked with students and local adults to create Layers of Change, a 25-minute documentary made to encourage dialogue and to inspire other communities to take on similar social justice art projects.
Final DVD with close captions & extras releasedhttp://www.uas.alaska.edu/asle/

Short from earlier version of Layers of Change.

Watercolor Design

for the Sitka Choose

Respect Mural

by Eliseo Art Silva

& Sonesa Lundmark

Voices & Stories artchange is collaborating on and encouraging storytelling events, be it on “Love,” Surprise,” or some other them that provokes participants to take us on a journey, full of twists turns, tears and laughter. Check out Elise Pepple’s storytelling radio show: Sitka Speakeasy. Here is her latest edition, produced and broadcast on KCAW in Sitka, Alaska It features women crossing out of their comfort zones, learning about muzzle control and sharing their stories Sitka Speakeasymailto:efclicks@gmail.com?subject=stoytelling
Baskets & Branches a portrait of Delores Churchill A documentary film in process about Haida weaver Delores Churchill. Not a typical portrait of an elder and master artist-- it will take viewers on a journey filled with curiosity and passion from the island of Haida Gwaii to the Yukon and into the mystery of trying to figure out who wove the spruce root hat of the “Long Ago Person,” found in a melting glacier. READ MORE Baskets_%26_Branches__Delores_Churchill.htmlBaskets_%26_Branches__Delores_Churchill.htmlBaskets_%26_Branches__Delores_Churchill.htmlBaskets_%26_Branches__Delores_Churchill.htmlmailto:efclicks@gmail.com?subject=email%20subjectshapeimage_11_link_0shapeimage_11_link_1shapeimage_11_link_2shapeimage_11_link_3
GENERATING CONVERSATION Crossing Borders and Isms with Art & Media. artchange Director speaks to National Association of Social Workers, Alaska Chapter. April 30th 6-9 P CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PROJECTS.Current_Projects.htmlCurrent_Projects.htmlmailto:efclicks@gmail.com?subject=stoytellingshapeimage_12_link_0shapeimage_12_link_1