From ashley at svionline.org Mon Nov 3 15:21:14 2008 From: ashley at svionline.org (ashley ironwood) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:21:14 -0600 Subject: [Sviannouncements] wine-tasting report Message-ID: <108F2EDC-A500-4B0B-9893-9C39D29BAC20@svionline.org> please note my new email address ************************************ ashley ironwood sequatchie valley institute 1233 cartwright loop whitwell, tn 37397 423-949-5922 ashley at svionline.org www.svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: layout2.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 168661 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From officemanager at svionline.org Tue Nov 4 09:10:44 2008 From: officemanager at svionline.org (office manager) Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:10:44 -0600 Subject: [Sviannouncements] The True Cost of Coal -- Anti-Mountaintop-Removal Campaign with the Beehive Collective Message-ID: A swarm is coming! The Beehive Design Collective- a non-profit, volunteer driven, political arts organization based in eastern Maine is headed this way. The group?s mission is to ?cross pollinate the grassroots? through the creation of images as an effective medium for deconstructing and educating the public about complex geopolitical issues. Most interesting is their methodology. The bees create collaborative, hand-illustrated posters of dizzying intricacy which are patchwork ?quilts? of personal stories related to them in their travels. Before setting pen to paper, the hive does extensive touring and field research. Interviewing community members about the effects of globalization on their situation is a crucial component of the collective?s investigative process. ?We feel it?s extremely important to gather our information from as close to the source as possible,? an anonymous worker bee says. They heavily encourage audience participation, ?We feel people are visual learners, and that interaction is a learning device. You can only absorb so much from the standardized, one-way, ?talking head at the podium? setup.? The Beehive bristles with activity, working on numerous fronts to tackle issues as diverse as biotechnology, corporate globalization, food and agriculture, and colonialism. Chattanooga Event Information On the web, including printable flyer: http://svionline.org/svi/359/beehive-collective-show/ The Beehive Collective is coming to Chattanooga on November 19th. They will give two demonstrations while in town. Wed. Nov. 19th from 3pm to 5pm UTC Fine Arts Center Lobby Corner of Palmetto and Vine Sponsored by The Cress Gallery and The Sequatchie Valley Institute Wed. Nov. 19th from 6:30 to 8pm Green Spaces 63 E. Main Street Sponsored by The Cress Gallery and The Sequatchie Valley Institute They will be bringing three of their posters and give a presentation about their work featuring their current poster in progress concerning Mountain Top Removal. For more information visit www.beehivecollective.org They are an internationally known group of artist/activists who explore issues of global concern and create large collaborative art posters to depict those issues. Currently they are working on the issue of Mountain Top Removal. Local contact: Jeannie Cerulean 425-4302/432-2482 also Ruth Grover of The Cress Gallery at UTC Download and Print the Chattanooga Event Flyer For immediate release ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN Understanding the devastation of Mountaintop Removal is perhaps primarily a visual undertaking - the vastness of the altered landscape cannot be conveyed with words alone. And while the Beehive Collective is known for graphics that speak in pictures across the cultural and language barriers of North and South Americas, it is our hope through this campaign to use our image-based storytelling methods to cross domestic class, geographical, and literacy barriers very close to home. We intend to produce a learning tool that artfully captures the human and ecological scale of totalitarian resource extraction while reinforcing and participating in the rich storytelling tradition of Appalachia. Contact: Beehive Design Collective 3 Elm Street Machias, ME 04654 phone: 207-255-6737 email: pollinators [at] beehivecollective [dot] org web: www.beehivecollective.org From officemanager at svionline.org Fri Nov 7 17:41:20 2008 From: officemanager at svionline.org (office manager) Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:41:20 -0600 Subject: [Sviannouncements] Musical benefit for the Beehive Collective! Saturday at JJ's! Message-ID: Help us generate a big buzz about the upcoming Beehive Collective show, and gather some honey for the Bees! Also you might like to hear some great local bands and hang out with the crowd at JJ's Bohemia... HONEY MOUNTAIN BASH Saturday, November 8, 2008 JJ's Bohemia 321 MLK Blvd Chattanooga $5.00 donation gets you in the door and listening to: ADDC Ogya DJ Wayzout Eric Nelson Neon Viking Funeral Gravebound Honey Mountain Bash is a benefit for the Beehive Collective, a collaborative visual arts organization that will be visiting Chattanooga on their upcoming tour, "The True Cost of Coal" Sponsored by Sequatchie Valley Institute More info: http://svionline.org/ http://beehivecollective.org/