Last week Yusra Salim at UNDP-Sudan reported back on the rough cut screening of PEACE IN OUR POCKETS at their first ever Social Good Summit. I appreciated Yusra and her colleague Margunn for reaching out to me and arranging for a screening during this busy peacebuilding conference. A focus of…
Patrick is nearing completion of his latest sculpture at the NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, NC. Penelope and I stopped by to visit with Patrick and see this work in progress. It was great catching up, hearing about Pat's upcoming projects, and walking through the maze-like creation. This piece…
Asheville Inclusive Arts Coalition meeting Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Asheville Area Arts Council’s new space and gallery in the Grove Arcade. We are meeting to brainstorm about future inclusive arts events in our Western North Carolina area. The event is co-sponsored by Arts Access. More info…
It's been a while since posting here and now is a good time to share a bit about progress on the film. We are in midst of post-production and have a very nice rough cut assembled running about 54 minutes long. We shared the film at the BUILD PEACE Conference…
"Bending Sticks; an evening with Patrich Dougherty" on Friday July 18th . This event will include the screening of the film "Bending Sticks" which highlights the work of environmental artist Patrick Dougherty's extraordinary and monumental scale works built with live saplings.The film will be shown at the Varsity Theater at…
"Bending Sticks; an evening with Patrich Dougherty" on Friday July 18th . This event will include the screening of the film "Bending Sticks" which highlights the work of environmental artist Patrick Dougherty's extraordinary and monumental scale works built with live saplings.The film will be shown at the Varsity Theater at…
Every kid is really smart. We're the ones who act “retarded”. by Polly Medlicott and Chris Mueller-Medlicott What my son Christian and I want to tell the world, in hopes we might save some other kids, is his own story because Chris's silence nearly caused him to be…
Arts, Disability and Adventure As a longtime advocate for community inclusion, nothing could sound less cool to me than a sheltered workshop---you know, where people with disabilities are segregated and confined in one space all day, sitting at tables doing repetitive piece work for which they are paid very little. But…
Kenny has written a piece reflecting on his film "A New Kind of Listening" for the Spring 2014 edition of South Writ Large. South Writ Large is a quarterly online magazine that explores the culture of the changing South through its literature, art, music, psychology, and social patterns. The magazine…
Kenny has written a piece reflecting on his film "A New Kind of Listening" for the Spring 2014 edition of South Writ Large. South Writ Large is a quarterly online magazine that explores the culture of the changing South through its literature, art, music, psychology, and social patterns. The magazine…