Tuesday, November 23, 2010

This Holiday: Feast... off each other!

Share your creativity ... your ideas, your images, your words.
Perfect Pie, detail
Monoprint, gold embossed rubber stamp
with collage on handmade paper with inclusions.
©2010NanciHersh

Last night I attended a reception held at the Leeway Foundation's office in Philadelphia for recipients of this cycle's Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant Recipients.





We introduced ourselves, shared our stories and interest and enthusiasm for each other's proposals.

There was truly an abundance of great ideas, energy, and proposals for Art & Social Change Projects.  For example, one artist I met Ayoka Quinones, author of I Hear Olofi's Song will be using her voice, combined with dance, music and words to preserve the Yoruba Tradition, which originated in Nigeria.  I look forward to following everyone else's projects and witnessing how art has to power to transform, to heal and create social change.

What a feast... who needs turkey?!

3 comments:

Susan Tantlinger said...

Very cool post! I like the aspect of fresh news and photos. Lets us into your life. Good job!

Nanci Hersh said...

Thanks for commenting on my blog post. I enjoy seeing your photos as well. It is a fun challenge to take the news of our life and make it so others will want to read it. we can be art vampires and continue to feed off each other!

Maid Marian said...

Congrats on your grant, Nanci! What a great project. Thanks for sharing the information about the reception. What a great way to get artists together and to add a level of investment in the funds that you are receiving. I look forward to reading more posts once you get your project started.