Maria Troiani Howard is a community inclusive arts activist who does not give up. In 2010, a screening of A New Kind of Listening at the Chatham Film Festival, followed by a community forum, was a catalyst for the Inclusive Arts Initiative in Siler City, NC. Maria had seen the…
Join us for the 2nd meet-up and brainstorming session of the Asheville Inclusive Arts group! Thursday, 3/19, 5:30-7:30 at the Asheville Area Arts Council, Grove Arcade Suites 144/143A Bring your ideas, concerns, and info about your organization or creative projects to this informal gathering. We’ll be talking about a short-film…
"CBS Sunday Morning" airs a segment on Patrick Dougherty with mention of "Bending Sticks" on Sunday, March 15th. Program info can be found here.
Silvia Heyden, admired far and wide for her unique gift of weaving vibrant tapestries, died peacefully at sunset on Monday, March 2nd at age 88. We feel blessed to have worked with Silvia on A Weaverly Path and to have been touched by her warm spirit, humor, and wisdom. She…
The following article comes via Building Peace, an online magazine from Alliance for Peacebuilding. The film references the tension and violence in this part of Kenya at a time when I was shooting the film. We are looking forward to March screenings organized as part of Una Hakika, a project…
We are excited to share about two screenings this month. Aweil, South Sudan Helena Puig Larrauri and Michaela Ledesma, co-organizers of Build Peace, reached out to us to bring the film to their good work in South Sudan. Helena wrote: The project in Aweil will introduce a group of people to…
On the home stretch. OMF file packed with 12 tracks of audio is off to audio post. Following on my last post, I wanted to share more about music for the film. One of the highlights of my time in Kenya was meeting George Ooko AND listening to him playing…
One of my favorite parts of the post-production process is working with composers and musicians on film music. When I began working on Peace in Our Pockets, I listened to a good bit of traditional and contemporary Kenyan music. From hip hop infused tracks, to sparse compositions performed on traditional…
Thanks to Professor Tetsushi Ogata at UC-Berkeley for reaching out to us for our first university screening of the rough cut. In October Professor Ogata showed the film in his class, "Conflict Resolution, Social Change and Cultures of Peace" class, an upper division course taught in the Peace and Conflict…
Thanks to everyone who participated, organized and sponsored the Oct. 16th gathering of activists and advocates who came together in Asheville, NC to build more inclusive, accessible communities. Polly Medlicott, co-producer of A NEW KIND OF LISTENING, was one of the organizers and presenters at the event which touched on…
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