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Painting workshop at Townsend Atelier Monday, June 14, 2010
Townsend Atelier has recently announced a series of workshops, seminars, and classes to be held at its new home here on Main Street. A well-known asset to the Chattanooga art community, Townsend Atelier recently relocated to the heart of the Southside and will now use their expanded space to provide beginning and professional artists with a place to learn, experiment, and grow.
Their newest painting workshop is “Painting the Head in Oil” with Chattanooga-based instructor Jim Aplin. Working from a live model, students will strengthen their drawing skills, examine the proportions and planes of the head, and enhance tonal painting by the introduction of complementary colors. The class will be small, adapted to each person’s progress, with plenty of individual instruction.
The workshop is for intermediate to advanced artists (drawing and painting experience is required) and will run October 22, 23, and 24 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The final day will conclude at noon, followed by catered lunch and (optional) tour of the Hunter Museum. “Painting the Head in Oil” is expected to fill up quickly, so pre-registration is required. Fee: $450
For more information and to register, email info [at] townsendatelier [dot] com or call 1-877-903-1488.
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Prescripton drug dropoff at East Chattanooga Weed and Seed Wednesday, June 09, 2010
East Chattanooga Weed and Seed and East Side Task Force (ECWS and ESTF) have been working together for years to improve the quality of life in Chattanooga. With their multiagency approach to law enforcement, crime prevention, and community revitalization, ECWS and ESTF aim to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in East Chattanooga.
Both organizations have noticed the threat posed to Chattanooga by improper disposal of prescription drugs, an issue with far-reaching consequences for individuals, families, the community, and the environment. Unused or expired medications sitting idle in medicine cabinets can lead to medication errors, accidental overdoses, and inappropriate use. Patients are often advised to dispose of medications by flushing them down the toilet or washing them down the sink, but this practice sadly leads to contamination of water supplies and landfills.
ECWS and ESTF are offering a free, safe, easy, and confidential way to dispose of unused and unwanted medications on Saturday, June 12 from 11 am – 3 pm. Prescription and over-the-counter medications can be brought to the Weed and Seed office (1502 McCallie) at this time to be disposed of by law enforcement officials. Medications should be delivered in their original containers (if possible) with the medication name and information visible. Any personal information should be crossed out. IV bags, sharps, needles, and radioactive medications will not be accepted.
Also, given the widely known dangers of mercury, The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will be exchanging mercury thermometers for new mercury-free thermometers at this event free of charge.
For more information about East Chattanooga Weed and Seed and East Side Task Force, call 423-752-4449 or visit their website.
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MakeWork is always working Tuesday, June 08, 2010
We’re nearly three months into planning and implementation for the 2010 MakeWork grant cycle, and it has already become evident that Chattanoogans are on the brink of something big and intoxicating—contagious, in fact.
MakeWork Grantees are surpassing our expectations as a city and as an arts community.
Over the course of the past two years, we have seen MakeWork transform in many ways, not least a new (and entirely paperless) application process refined programmatically to meet the needs voiced by the community. It is a dynamic and nimble model.
This year, we spoke with artists from all over the Chattanooga region who were excited and anxious to submit their grant proposal by the May 14th Final Application Deadline. The caliber of this year’s grants, let alone the sheer number that we received (152 applicants requesting over $1.6 million), is inspiring.
A well-known secret: there are lots of talented, progressive artists working in our city and MakeWork is filling a niche in the community by serving a cultural demographic—working artists—that often struggles during tough economic times.
Dozens of artists and artisans in Chattanooga have already been able to propel themselves and their work to the next level because of the financial stimulus provided by the MakeWork Arts Grants. This year, MakeWork will infuse another $125,000 into the creative economy.
MakeWork is working for us.
That said, we are so grateful for the opportunity to work with so many talented recipients and applicants since 2008. To all 2010 MakeWork applicants: Thank you!
Thank you for countless hours writing and editing your proposals. Thank you for staying true and dedicated to your art. Thank you for your patience as we tread new waters and embark on a future for this city that is unparalleled. Chattanooga is a place that values creativity and innovation; artists here are rising to the occasion.
For more information, check out the MakeWork Arts Grants page. Also, check out this new video profile of 2009 MakeWork Grant Recipient Charles Allison.
All 2010 MakeWork applicants will be notified of their grant status on July 2, 2010. Stay tuned until mid-July to learn more about the 2010 MakeWork Recipients! -
City Share: “Crime in Context” Thursday, June 03, 2010
If you’ve been tracking with City Share, you’ll know that we’ve shifted our popular series of lunch get-togethers from a focus on hearing innovative ideas from national voices to finding Chattanooga-based solutions to the problems we face as a city. It’s an ongoing conversation and, more than ever, we’d like you to be involved.
Next Wednesday (June 9) from 12:00-1:00 pm, City Share will present “Crime in Context,” a lunch conversation at Bessie Smith Hall designed to bring local law enforcement agencies, community initiatives, and individuals who deal with crime on a daily basis together to offer a context from which Chattanooga citizens can act in the civic process.
A panel of individuals culled from a variety of professions will join City Share on June 9 to shed light on local efforts based in the city’s communities, schools, families, faiths, policing, workforce training, and criminal justice systems.
The “Crime in Context” panel includes David Eichenthal, a prominent community expert in criminal justice policy; Tim Dempsey from Chattanooga Endeavors, a publicly supported charity with a mission to improve public safety by restoring former offenders to productive roles in society; Vivian Hixson, Site Director for East Chattanooga Weed and Seed; and Sgt. Toby Hewitt, President of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 22.
David Eichenthal was with us for “Vision to Action,” a previous City Share that recapped the results of the Stand Survey. He offered an address full of hopeful insight for the future of Chattanooga. “The ability of local governments around the nation to reduce crime rates is one of the truly great public policy success stories of the late 20th century,” Eichenthal said. He then offered a charge that reached far beyond the City Share audience to Chattanooga’s citizenry as a whole: “Don’t let anyone – anyone! – tell you that crime is just something you have to deal with in cities because we know that we have the right set of policies to combat crime.”
“Crime in Context” will be the first of three City Share luncheons focused on crime and safety, acting as the first part of Stand & Deliver: Safety, a series of events designed to connect Chattanooga citizens and entities through collaborative, community-building efforts aimed at reducing crime in our area.
As always, City Share is a free and open to everyone, but it’d be great if you could RSVP to rsvp [at] createhere [dot] org because space is limited. For more information about City Share or Stand & Deliver and how to get involved, email participate [at] createhere [dot] org or call 423-648-2195.
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Volkswagen wood pick-up this Saturday Wednesday, June 02, 2010
As an act of neighborly goodwill, the Volkswagen Group of America’s Chattanooga plant is offering our community access to large quantities of oversized pallets. And these are not your average pallets—they’re made from good quality 4x4s, 2x8s, and 1x6s with strong potential for reuse. Recipients from the last two wood pick-ups have made everything from shelving, artwork frames, and raised garden beds to sheds, fences, and even a rustic kitchen table.
We’re very proud to announce that the third distribution of this wood will take place from 10 AM - 3 PM on Saturday, June 5 and 12 - 3 PM on Sunday, June 6 in the parking lot of Architectural Surfaces. And there will be a lot of quality lumber to hand out.
If you’d like to take some of the wood home, please be prepared to spend a little time helping to break down the pallets. They’re attached with bolts, long nails, and star-drive screws so please bring any ratchet sets, hammers, mallets, cordless drills, pry-bars and large leveraging bars you may have access to.
The Habitat ReStore will be providing a shade tent with water and Powerade … and they’re bringing a forklift so we’ll be able to spread out the pallets easily for optimal break-down.
Everything is available on a first-come-first-served basis, so if you want a lot of wood or have very specific needs, make sure to get there early.
Additionally, all of the partners involved will be very interested in the projects you’ll be creating. Please be prepared to tell us a little bit about your plans.
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