February 14 , 2007 In this Issue: >> New Urban Arts and Youth Pride Host the 3rd Annual Youth Open Mic Tomorrow Night! >> Conversation with Visiting Artist Pam Hall: Wed, February 20 5-7pm >> Thank You to New Urban Arts Interim Team >> Students at New Urban Arts Create Annual Valentine's Day Mixtape for Artist Mentors, Fellows and Staff. Check Out the Playlist Below. Thank you, Students, for Being so Thoughtful!
New Urban Arts And Youth Pride Host The 3rd Annual Youth Open Mic Tomorrow Night! New Urban Arts is collaborating with Youth Pride Inc. to coordinate a city-wide Youth Open Mic on Friday February 15th to kick off February vacation. Poets, performers, writers, musicians, dancers, jugglers, singers, jokers, anyone ages 13-23 who would like to participate is invited to come to New Urban Arts from 4-9pm. Conversation with Visiting Artist Pam Hall: Wed, February 20 5-7pm This Spring, New Urban Arts will be hosting a series of six public “Conversations” in which unique individuals share their creative practice, or how they practice being creative. Whether they are gardeners, painters, chefs, writers or plumbers, these individuals will discuss how they integrate creativity into their personal and professional lives. This new program is generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and organized by the Arts Mentoring Fellows at New Urban Arts, Andrew Oesch and Peter Hocking. Conversations are located at 743 Westminster Street in Providence and are free and open to the public. Mark your calendars for the first of the series, February 20 from 5-7pm with artist Pam Hall, an interdisciplinary artist from Newfoundland, Canada. For more information about her work, visit www.pamhall.ca Stay tuned for future Conversations.New Urban Arts Debuts Youth Voice Radio "Youth Voice Radio" will be aired every other Monday from 8:30-9:00pm on Brown Student Radio at 88.1 FM. The shows can also be heard online as a downloadable podcast at newurbanarts.org and at bsrlive.com. Stay tuned for more interviews and other studio adventures recorded for your listening pleasure! For more technology treats, check out New Urban Arts Blog for new postings by Jason Yoon, New Urban Arts Executive Director and Peter Hocking, New Urban Arts Fellow. Thank You to New Urban Arts Interim Team In the excitement of New Urban Arts new Executive Director, we would like to thank our interim team for their hard work and dedication to supporting our programs and daily operations. Emily Ustach, our Interim Office Manager, has been an integral member of our studio community during the seven-month interim period, significantly strengthening our organizational capacity with her hard work and personal investment. Emily will be continuing her work at Rhode Island Campus Compact as Program Coordinator, supporting service learning on Rhode Island college campuses. We are sad to say farewell to Emily but know that we have made a great friend and look forward to working with her in the future. Tamara Kaplan, Interim Executive Director, will continue her work at New Urban Arts in a newly created position, Operations Manager. In her new role, Tamara will work to sustain organizational support systems, daily operations, and financial management, as well as continue to support the leadership transition. This is Tamara's eighth year as a staff member at New Urban Arts. She can be reached at tamara@newurbanarts.org. We would like to thank our generous donors who have continued to support New Urban Arts through this transition as well as Sarah Meyer; Program Director, Jesse Banks III; Studio Manager, Tyler Denmead; Founder, Artist Mentors, Students, Alumni and Board Members. Without you, we would not Be The Change We Want To See In The World.
Students at New Urban Arts Create Annual Valentine's Day Mixtape for Artist Mentors, Fellows and Staff. Check Out the Playlist Below. Thank you, Students, for Being so Thoughtful! Song Did You See the Words? Fireman I Will Survive D.A.N.C.E Gossip Folks Hallaback Girl Scenario Yay Boy Seventeen Years Bubbly Together Forever A Message To You Rudy The Lions Sleep Tonight My Hero Particle Man Girls Just Want To Have Fun Behind These Hazel Eyes Love Song Nothing Else Matters Fidelity Arms of a Woman
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