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SUMMARY:NATURE Lab Workshop with Caroline Wollard: “Forming Gift/Free/Mutual Aid/Barter Networks”
DESCRIPTION:Think through creating networks with community asset mapping and resource-sharing using Woolard’s Idea Lab\, offering tools and strategies for participants to sustain The Sanctuary’s environmental campus and beyond. Artist and organizer Caroline Woolard begins the workshop with a quick presentation on seven solidarity economy models that establish local wealth and community resilience. Participants will then work in small groups to brainstorm ways to refine and adapt these models to the Sanctuary and the surrounding neighborhood.  \n\n\n\nThe models Caroline will present include local currency\, worker-owned businesses tied to anchor institutions\, real estate investment cooperatives (based on http://NYCREIC.com )\, barter-based learning spaces (based on http://tradeschool.coop )\, and mutual aid agreements for sacred operations (based on Loomio.org\, PublicLab.org\, AS220\, and WOW Cafe Theater). \n\n\n\nSponsored by iEAR Presents! \n\n\n\nMore about the Sanctuary’s goals\n\n\n\nOur community is already very much involved in bartering\, gifting with the intention of supporting each other\, building out the work of the Sanctuary – and moreover\, building physical infrastructure and a place to grow\, live\, and provide resources to help each other. We welcome new ideas Caroline and other will bring to the table here!! \n\n\n\nA little bit of background: we have/own/develop seven lots on the block in North Troy on 6th Avenue between Glen Avenue and 101st Street. This is an economically devastated area and we have purchased abandoned lots transforming them into community gardens\, soil remediation centers\, environmental education hubs\, presentation areas\, food forests\, an aquaponics center\, media centers and art galleries\, and a soon-to-come citizen science center. All of these areas serve the very local community and beyond. We consider this our “campus\,” if you will – and focus this living learning campus on issues of social and environmental justice. \n\n\n\nMore about Caroline Woolard\n\n\n\nCaroline Woolard (b. 1984) is a New York-based artist who co-creates projects and systems for the solidarity economy. Her feminist\, transdisciplinary method connects discrete objects to aligned contexts of circulation. For example\, Woolard builds sculptures for barter only as she also co-creates international barter networks; she fabricates model Shaker housing and she also co-convenes organizers of community land trusts; she co-creates card games for the commons as she also directs a study center for group work. \n\n\n\nThe multi-year institutions Caroline Woolard has co-founded include barter networks OurGoods.org (2008-2016); TradeSchool.coop (2009-2017); cross-sector organizing network SolidarityNYC (2009-2013); cultural equity advocacy group BFAMFAPhD.com (2014-2017); and the NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative (2015-2017). Recent commissions include WOUND\, Cooper Union (2016); and Capitoline Wolves\, Cornell University (2016)\, and MoMA Studio: Exchange Café (2014). Group exhibitions include Crossing Brooklyn\, Brooklyn Museum (2014); and Living as Form\, Creative Time (2011). Woolard’s work has been supported by residencies at LMCC (2017); NewInc (2016); MoMA (2014); Queens Museum (2014); and Watermill (2011) and through fellowships at Eyebeam (2013); and the MacDowell Colony (2009) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Woolard
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/nature-lab-workshop-with-caroline-wollard-forming-gift-free-mutual-aid-barter-networks/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170506T210000
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SUMMARY:NATURE Lab Workshop: Sculpting a Water Retentive Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Create several garden beds on contour using a simple A-frame level. The resulting swales stop\, spread\, and sink water\, maintaining optimal hydration in the landscape… \n\n\n\nA NATURE Lab workshop with Collard City Growers gardener and coordinator Christian Grigoraskos \n\n\n\nAs environmental stewards in our community\, water security is at the forefront of our consciousness. We are constantly looking for ways to preserve and respect water as a precious resource (BECAUSE IT IS!). Utilizing rainwater barrels and closed-loop aquaponic systems are a couple of ways that we plan to manage our water supply in the garden\, but there are techniques for building efficient irrigation systems directly into the landscape. \n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how to build the most open-source\, democratic\, and FREE irrigation system out there: SWALE & BERMS. \n\n\n\nThe resulting garden beds will become our community cooking greens patch: collards\, kale\, and chard — here we come! Participants of this workshop will leave with plans for building their own A-frame level and muscle memory to dig swales and berms in their own backyards. \n\n\n\nA “swale” is a level trench dug on the contour line that acts as a bowl of water for a thirsty landscape. A “berm” is a mound\, or garden bed\, on the downhill side of the swale that prevents collecting water from escaping. Together\, the swale and berm are a perfect duo that function to stop\, sink\, and spread rainwater. This system is\, as one article puts it\, “as old as the hills\,” and is an incredibly simple\, multi-purpose solution for hydrating surrounding plantings\, mitigating stormwater run-off\, reducing erosion\, and replenishing and filtering water as it percolates back down to the water table.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/nature-lab-workshop-sculpting-a-water-retentive-landscape/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T183000
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop with Brett Story: The Relationship of Media and Activism-How to Develop Social Issue Films
DESCRIPTION:An intimate discussion on the relationship between art and politics\, cinema and activism\, and how to use film more expansively to speak to social issues.  \n\n\n\nSponsored by iEAR Presents!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-brett-story-the-relationship-of-media-and-activism-how-to-develop-social-issue-films/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170520T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170520T220000
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SUMMARY:Michael Bisio Accortet
DESCRIPTION:Chronicling more than 30 years of acclaimed Troy-native bassist Michael Bisio’s life as a composer in song form and otherwise\, balancing freedom and swing in a euphorically compelling quartet. Named after its unusual instrumentation\, Accortet is the eponymous debut of a group led by renowned contrabassist Michael Bisio\, featuring the unique frontline of accordion and sax\, played by Art Bailey and Adam Seigel\, respectively\, with Michael Wimberly manning the drums. \n\n\n\nAccolades\n\n\n\nAn in-demand sideman among free jazz luminaries such as Joe McPhee\, Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp\, Bisio seldom issues albums as a bandleader these days\, making this recording all the more intriguing for its inclusion of some surprisingly accessible material\, starting with the joyous opener\, “AM.” The tune’s sunny harmonies\, buoyant bass lines\, and upbeat rhythms belie Bisio’s reputation as an uncompromising avant-gardist\, offering contrast to his usual work. \n\n\n\n“Bisio takes a prominent role\, guiding and directing the ensemble from behind his bass\, and laying down sturdy contrapuntal commentary. His speech-like inflections are noteworthy during his wiry fast fingered solo passage on “Henry’s Theme” and also in his lyric intro to the attractive mid-tempo ballad “I Want To Do To You What Spring Does To Cherry Trees.” – John Sharpe\, allaboutjazz.com \n\n\n\n“I Want to Do to You What Spring Does to Cherry Trees” is one of the most purely lovely pieces of music in recent memory.” – Phil Freeman\, New York City Jazz Review
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/michael-bisio-accortet/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170524T220000
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SUMMARY:“Letters From Iraq” with Rahim Alhaj Trio
DESCRIPTION:The Iraqi-American oud virtuoso and composer is a two-time Grammy nominee\, National Endowment for The Arts National Heritage Fellow\, and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings artist—traveling the world to “give voice to the voiceless.” A powerful musical meditation on consequences in a post-war reality\, Oud player Rahim Alhaj\, a native of Iraq and a naturalized American citizen\, came into possession of a number of letters written by Iraqis who described such events\, experienced during the American occupation and the subsequent hideous sectarian violence.  \n\n\n\n“Basically\, these letters are short stories\, real stories\, of what happened to Iraqi women and children\,” says Alhaj.  \n\n\n\nSome of these letters came to him directly\, some were passed on to him by others\, and one story was told to him face-to-face by his nephew\, the handicapped boy who fled an attack. \n\n\n\nThe letters came to Alhaj during his 2014 visit to Iraq—his second since fleeing into Jordan as a refugee in 1991—and he was able to meet most of the letter writers. “My hope is to reach people\, because these things have been forgotten\,” he says. “This is real\, and the world has to understand. It could happen anywhere. This record is not just about Iraq. It happened in Syria\, it happened in Libya\, it happened in Yemen\, it could happen here—the same stuff. I’m hoping this record can reach more people\, to open their eyes and hearts: ‘Wait wait wait a minute—not under my name\, not again.’ ” \n\n\n\nAlhaj originally conceived of these pieces for oud and string orchestra\, but because orchestras are expensive and not always available\, he revised his concept for the trio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPraise for AlHaj\n\n\n\n“Music is Good. I feel lucky to have heard Rahim Alhaj. His music is beautiful\, mysterious\, and powerful. I’ve never heard anything like it. He has his own voice–his own sound. As the world becomes more and more complicated\, confusing\, and frightening\, there is one thing I am certain of–Music is good. Music can bring people together. Music has power. Music heals. What Rahim is doing is important. I hope many people will have the chance to hear his new album\, Home Again\, made up of his own very personal compositions. Listen. He’s an inspiration. Music is good.” —Bill Frisell \n\n\n\n“I feel privileged to have met Rahim AlHaj here in New Mexico\, and to have been introduced to his extraordinary oud music. I am deeply moved by his artistry and his passion. He shares one of the great gifts of his culture with us all\, and I am reminded in the most beautiful way possible of the essential connections between all peoples everywhere when compassion and art and our hearts meet. Rahim’s music touches me profoundly\, and I believe that it goes a long way to soften the differences and anger in the world\, and to offer all of us hope.” —Ali MacGraw\, Actress & social activist \n\n\n\n“The Iraqi oud player Rahim Alhaj is a poet. His CD\, The Second Baghdad\, displays his strong lyrical gifts\, sharp sense of rhythm\, and capacity for intense\, often poignant\, emotional expression. He is a storyteller in music\, his songs are like tales that speak directly to the heart. He is fluent and subtle master of oud\, a beguiling instrument with ancient roots. In his hands it creates an intimate art that speaks vividly\, touching regions words cannot reach. it also dissolves distance as AlHaj makes his homeland and its peoples come alive and reminds of our common humanity.”  —Joanne Sheehy Hoover\, Music critic\, Albuquerque Journal
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/letters-from-iraq-with-rahim-alhaj-trio/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170527T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170527T200000
DTSTAMP:20240126T161547Z
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SUMMARY:Collard City Growers Annual Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Help support Collard City Growers through purchase of a variety of annuals and perennials at very affordable prices. We also welcome barters (annual for annual or perennial for perennial) if you have plants to trade. Let us know if you have any requests and we will start the seeds for you now! We also welcome plant donations if you have extras you would like to donate to the cause!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/collard-city-growers-annual-plant-sale-2/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Fundraiser
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170527T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170527T200000
DTSTAMP:20210419T124547Z
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SUMMARY:Collard City Growers Annual Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Help support Collard City Growers through purchase of a variety of annuals and perennials at very affordable prices. We also welcome barters (annual for annual or perennial for perennial) if you have plants to trade. Let us know if you have any requests and we will start the seeds for you now! We also welcome plant donations if you have extras you would like to donate to the cause!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/collard-city-growers-annual-plant-sale/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Fundraiser
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