Center For Neighborhoods e-News August 2009

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Here it is! Our monthly newsletter, the August 2009 edition. As always, we appreciate our new members and those who have added their email to our newsletter. We love informing our Louisville readers about local events and helping our neighborhood leaders spread the word of neighborhood meetings and gatherings.

If you have news for the month of September, send it to Hallie Jones at javascript:main.compose('new','t=halliej@centerforneighborhoods.org') by August 31st.

Thanks for reading! We hope to see you at The Grassroots Gala! Info is below.

~ Brittney Wilcutt
Communications Intern



PAINT Program
Producing Art In Neighborhoods Together

Center For Neighborhoods is pleased to announce the new PAINT Program! PAINT - Producing Art in Neighborhoods Together - will bring 12 neighborhoods and artists together to create new public art projects throughout Louisville Metro.

PAINT will embrace a neighborhood-based, grassroots approach to the creation of new site-specific public artwork. All PAINT projects will directly uphold and support Center For Neighborhoods' mission, vision, and values.

PAINT projects will be:

Focused on a Neighborhood - A district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants, a political ward or precinct. The concept of a neighborhood includes geographic, social, cultural, civic, economic, and historical components.
Participatory - Marked by, requiring, or involving participation, especially affording the opportunity for individual participation.
Public - Open to the view of all; existing or conducted in public.
PAINT is a direct response to individual neighborhoods and residents who articulated, through the former Metro-supported Neighborhood Assessment public process, their desire to aesthetically and artistically improve their neighborhoods and increase community engagement. Over the past five years, Center for Neighborhoods conducted multiple Neighborhood Assessments through which 12 neighborhoods requested arts initiatives, branding and identity campaigns, and various types of beautification.

By Producing Art In Neighborhoods Together, the ideas and desires of residents in Louisville's diverse neighborhoods will be realized while strengthening the unique historical and cultural assets of our community.

Find out more by visiting http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102654431753& ... 8Om4MttPp7.


Parkway Place
Weaving Unity Into Community


Center For Neighborhoods and fiber artist Pat Sturtzel are conducting a community-building public art project called "Weaving Unity Into Community."

The purpose of this youth-focused summer project is to execute a new public artwork by weaving a variety of different textile materials into a chain linked fence fronting the housing development, creating vibrant designs and beautifying the community. Prior to the project, a group of teen leaders are being trained to work with and supervise younger children participating in the weaving project.

Location
The Parkway Place (Parkhill) public housing community is located at 13th and Hill Streets. Location and headquarters for the project will be at the Parkhill Community Center, 1703 South 13th Street.

Sponsors
This project is funded by the Kentucky Arts Council and The Cralle Foundation. Thank you to our sponsors!


Project Partners

Center For Neighborhoods' PAINT program

Pat Sturtzel (Artist)
Louisville Metro Housing Authority
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
Jefferson County Public Schools

Dates/Times
Project Preparation - Prepare materials with youth leaders, volunteers and others

Tuesday, August 4th - 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Thursday, August 6th - 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Fence Weaving

Every Tuesday and Thursday in August: 6-7:30
August 4th - August 27th
If you are interested in volunteering, please plan on arriving on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30 and staying until 8:00 PM.


Pat Sturtzel is a fiber artist, art therapist and teaching artist with a Master's Degree in Art Therapy from the University of Louisville who is experienced in community art projects.


"I love working with diverse communities and have grown in my abilities as an artist and mentor. The themes of respecting differences, diversity, contrast, and balance repeat themselves in interactions with the participants, the volunteers, and in my own art."


Weaving - Make from a number of interconnected parts.
Unity - Harmony or agreement between people or groups.
Community - A group of people living together in one place.

For more info, visit the project page.


Phoenix Hill - Creativity Rising


Center For Neighborhoods and the PAINT program are pleased to announce our partnership with the Phoenix Hill Neighborhood Association on their upcoming project "Creativity Rising".

Funding - Creativity Rising is sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council and Metro Councilman David Tandy.


Grant Recipient - Phoenix Hill Neighborhood Association.

Artist-Partner - Aron Conaway, Curator.

In-Kind Support
In-kind support for the Creativity Rising project documentation, technical assistance, promotion, and marketing is provided by Center For Neighborhoods (with the support of Metro United Way) and The Green Building in partnership with filmmaker Stephen Kertis.

About "Creativity Rising"
Creativity Rising - a creative interaction with public art in the Phoenix Hill Neighborhood. This project aims to draw a closer relationship between the Phoenix Hill Neighborhood's arts district and area residents by integrating the two.

The neighborhood association and curator are commissioning 12 artists to create works for this project. The overall goal is to increase the neighborhood's visibility and strengthen connections between the gallery district and other "pocket communities" within the Phoenix Hill neighborhood. A unifying community celebration is taking place in September.

12 artists are being commissioned in a variety of mediums to create high-quality, site-specific works of public art across the Phoenix Hill Neighborhood. All 12 pieces will be installed outside, in the elements, on the sides of buildings or in open spaces. The work will stand for an indefinite period of time. At the end of one year, the neighborhood association and curator will access the condition of the work and whether or not it should be retired.

Project Timeline

July 22 - Artist Orientation Meeting
August 1 - Site selection
September 19 - Neighborhood Festival, show plans for art projects
October 1-31 - Installation of work on-site
November 1 - Public art scavenger hunt in Phoenix Hill
Commissioned Artists

Kirby Coleman
Andy Cook
Denise Furnish
Sean Garrison
Russell Hulsey
Gwen Kelly
Thaniel Ion Lee
Thea Lura
Skylar Smith
Todd Smith
Brook White
Mary Yates
*Photo Credit - Image found on wblo's Flickr.


For more information, please visit the project webpage by clicking here or contact:

Cindy Brown-Kinloch
Executive Director, Phoenix Hill Neighborhood Association
phoenixhillassociation@juno.com
Office: 502-583-7133


Neighborhood Institute
Now taking applications for Fall 2009!



Apply now to reserve your spot in the class!

Download the Application

Adobe PDF

Word Doc





Class Information

Sept. 8th - Dec. 1st
Tuesday evenings, 6:00-8:30 pm
Location - Kosair Charities
982 Eastern Parkway 40217
Dinner is provided for every meeting
Class is free of charge

Learn more.Visit the class page, click here.

The Grassroots Gala!


A Celebration of Louisville Neighborhoods


Please help spread the word!
Download the event poster now - JPEG | PDF



Event Details

Friday - September 11th, 2009
Location - TARC Atrium, 10th and Broadway
5:30 - 8:00 PM

A "Taste of Neighborhood Institute"
A Neighborly Silent Auction
Neighborhood Booths
Keynote Speaker - Stephen George, Editor of The LEO
Tom Owen - A History of Louisville Neighborhoods
Delicious, local BBC beer on tap!
Musical Entertainment by Bloom Street

$25 at the door.
Free admission for members who join by 9/4/09.

Join Center For Neighborhoods for $12 today! Click here.


Steering Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 11th at 6:15 PM
Center For Neighborhoods, 610 South 4th Street Suite 701













Additional Information, Contact:
Lisa Dettlinger
Membership Coordinator and Development
502-905-4342
lisad@centerforneighborhoods

California
Neighborhood Institute Graduation


Congratulations to the California Neighborhood Institute Class of Summer 2009!

Click here to view photo galleries from the class.



The graduation ceremony is coming up! Check our website for more information.

Smoketown, Shelby Park, & Phoenix Hill Neighborhood Institute




The Smoketown, Shelby Park, and Phoenix Hill Neighborhood Institute is now underway at the Presbyterian Community Center in Smoketown.

Click here to view the recent class photo galleries!






Parkway Place Day!


September 12, 2009
11:00am to 4:00 pm
Behind Parkhill Community Center
1703 S. 13th St.

Download the flyer - PDF

Storytelling and Health Fair
Enchanting Storytellers for children and adults, 11am - 4pm

Street Fair
Live music, dancing, performances and DJ's
4pm - 8pm

Lots of Free Stuff to take advantage of:

Free Blood Pressure Screening
Free Health Supplies
FREE FOOD - Hot dogs, chips and drinks!!!!
Free books and gifts for children, just in time for the new school year!!!!


You don't want to miss out!!

All you'll need is a rug, chair or mat to sit on!

The 2nd Annual
Irish Hill Improv And History Festival


with The Louisville Improvisors

Special Guests

Improv Nashville

Metro Council Member Tom Owen
"A Brief History of Irish Hill."
Friday, August 21 & Saturday, August 22 - 8 PM
Walden Theatre
1123 Payne Street
$10.00 at the door.

In celebration of one Louisville's most interesting (yet often overlooked) neighborhood's, the Louisville Improvisors will present a living historical improv show based on Tom Owens talk, "A Brief History of Irish Hill."

Louisville Improvisors, Louisville's longest running improv company, established ensemble improvisation in Louisville 10 years ago. They have hosted the highly successful improv festival "Improvapalooza" for 9 years bringing some of the country's top improvisors to Louisville audiences. http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102654431753& ... NtmF0pUw==

Louisville Improvisors have always been committed to exploring and expanding the art form of improvisation by creating original concept and long form shows like, "Heaven or Hell", "Behind the Improv", and "Burnin' Love". And that's why they wanted to create a show based on the rich history and tradition of Irish Hill.

"We just thought it was about time Irish Hill got the love and attention it deserves," Alec Volz of the Louisville Improvisors said. "If Butchertown can be hip, why can't Irish Hill," said Chris Anger, (also of the Louisville Improvisors) "Irish Hill, it's not hip - it's real," added Louisville legend and LI member Todd Hildreth.

Also on the bill is Nashville Improv, Music City's first and only improv and sketch Comedy Theater. Just named "Best Improv Troupe 2008" by The Nashville Scene. Founded in 2005, Improv Nashville now boasts the area's best improvisers performing and sharing what they have been doing for years. Their cast members have performed in hundreds of shows in
troupes all over the country, and they take a mature approach to improvisation, focusing more on character and story than gags or gimmicks.
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Added Festival Highlights
The Irish Hill Neighborhood Association will be curating an Irish Hill History exhibit in the lobby both nights.

The Highland Coffee Co. will be donating a special limited run Irish Hill blend of their coffee.

Come and Meet Irish Hill's oldest living resident!

Sponsors
Walden Theatre
Irish Hill Neighborhood Association
Hurt Printing
SpringHill Suites by Marriott
Highland Coffee Co.

Contact
Chris Anger
485-9064
chrisanger@insightbb.com

Alec Volz
avolz@waldentheatre.org


Homeless and In School: Louisville's Children and the Housing Crisis


At least ten families a day face foreclosure in the Louisville area. During 2008-2009, 9% of Jefferson County Public School students were with out a home at some point during the year.

Metropolitan Housing Coalition (MHC) will be hosting a meeting that will take an in depth look at how children in Louisville are being affected by the housing crisis.


August 19th
Noon
Presbyterian Community Center
731 S. Hancock Street

The meeting is sponsored by Making Connections Louisville and PNC Bank. For more information, call MHC at 584-6858 or visit their website at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102654431753& ... Z9C3rqAuxd.

Russell Community Fair


LAMP (meaning) will be hosting a Health, Wellness and Art Festival in the Russell neighborhood.



Saturday, August 8th
227 South 26th Street, close to the corner of 26th and Jefferson
10:00 am to 3:00pm

There will be games, food, music, prizes, valuable health information and lots of fun! You don't want to miss out!

For more information about the fair or setting up a booth, contact Pat Williamson at 819-4403.



Gannett Foundation


Community Action Grants || Deadline: August 17

The Gannett Foundation Community Action Grant Program provides support to nonprofit organizations in communities across the United States where Gannett Co., Inc. owns a newspaper or broadcast station.

Community action grant priorities include education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem-solving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation, and cultural enrichment.

Click here for more information.

Clifton Community Garden featured on WHAS' Project Green


One of our local television stations, WHAS-TV, featured our Clifton Community Garden at Mercy SHV tonight on their Project Green program. WHAS-TV did a fine job! The segment was two minutes and twenty-eight seconds.

The reporter interviewed several of our folks:


Sister Ellen Curl, Mercy Sacred Heart Village
Gretchen Hunt with 3 year old Wilson and his little sister Jane; they live on Payne Street
John Varanese, of Varanese Restaurant on Frankfort Avenue
Sondra Powell, of Red Hot Roasters who donates coffee grounds and coffee beans from her coffee shop to be used in our compost bins.
YouthBuild Louisville. Students and staff of YouthBuild Louisville built our cedar raised garden beds and got the credit they so well deserve.


Click here to watch a clip of the Clifton Community Gardens on WHAS's Project Green.

Mike O'Leary
Frankfort Ave. 2 Wheels Tuesdays


Frankfort Avenue businesses are encouraging cyclists (kids, grandmas, racers, cruisers, etc.) to visit the avenue on Tuesday nights for "Two Wheel Tuesdays." Enjoy food and drink specials from restaurants and coffee shops along Frankfort Avenue (Aztecas, Heine Bros & others).

Free Bicycle Maintenance Seminars


Bike Couriers Bike Shop
2132 Frankfort Ave, where the railroad track crosses Frankfort Ave in Clifton
6:00 to 8:00pm
Bring your tools.

Organizers view "Two Wheel Tuesdays" as a casual evening for cyclists to converge to show off their bikes, enjoy the community, talk shop, get some exercise and grab some food or shop the avenue.

For more information, contact Jackie Green, Co-owner of Bike Couriers Bike Shop, at 259-9000.