Class News

 “The Art of Crossing the Street II – Cultural Collaborations” – Continue to explore your role as an artist in society…

Contact Kevin at  kkaempf@saic.edu. Download flyer.

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“Crossing” instructor Tresser interviewed in November F Magazine.
Check it out (PDF download).

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JOIN TOM AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE ON OCTOBER 30…

The Center for Teaching Excellence at Columbia College and the Chicago Teaching Artists Collective present..

The Politics of Creativity – Artists and Educators as Leaders

When: 7:00 p.m. on Tues., Oct. 30 Where: C33 Space, Columbuia College, 33 E. Congress, first floor

This event will be free and open to the public. Please RSVP to dgodston@sbcglobal.net.

Do you believe that creativity is a national value? Should creativity be a principle to guide progressive public policy and civic engagement? Do artists and other cultural workers have any special set of values, skills or experience that might make them excellent leaders in the public sector? Do creative professionals have any special civic obligations as citizen-creators? Join us for an evening of conversation around the issues of creativity, power and leadership. The session will be kicked off by Tom Tresser, a long-time cultural activist and educator. If you’d like to read an essay on the subject, go to www.tresser.com/manifesto.html.

Joining Tom will be Susan Eleuterio exchange views. An open dialogue session follows. The event will take place on Tuesday, October 30, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at the C33 Space (33. E. Congress).The Center for Teaching Excellence supports the continuing efforts of all Columbia faculty members to become more informed, confident, creative, and reflective practitioners of the art of teaching, thereby enhancing the quality of learning for a diverse community of students. Online at http://www.colum.edu/CTE/About/index.php.

The Chicago Teaching Artists Collective is a volunteer-based network of artists from all disciplines working together to build the field of the artist as teacher on local, national, and global levels. The CTAC is equally interested in the material as well as the aesthetic concerns of teaching artists; and living a functional lifestyle as well as pursuing the pedagogical, philosophical, spiritual, and social implications of our work. web site: http://chicagoteachingartist.typepad.com/collective

About the Presenters:

Tom Tresser is a consultant, producer, educator and trainer who can help individuals, companies and communities leverage and amplify their creative assets in order to make meaning, solve problems, create economic value and trigger civic engagement. To find out more about Tom, visit www.tresser.com.

Susan Eleuterio is a folklorist, writer and educator and a volunteer workshop leader for the Neighborhood Writing Alliance. She is an active member of Chicagi Code Pink and NW Indiana Code Pink, which uses theater and other creative arts to organize for peace and other civic engagement.

Recycling Expert Visits Campus [flyer]

Join us on Tuesday, October 23, 4:30pm in Room 112, 112 S. Michigan Avenue to hear from

Mike McNamme, Director of Recycling for the Chicago Resource Center

For over 30 years, the Resource Center, a non-profit environmental education organization, has led the way in demonstrating innovative techniques for recycling and reusing materials. They provide recycling services for several
of the school’s buildings.

Background from Earth911:

• In 1999, recycling and composting activities prevented about 64 million tons of material from ending up in landfills and incinerators. Today, this country recycles 32% of its waste, a rate that has almost doubled during the past 15 years.

• While recycling has grown in general, recycling of specific materials has grown even more drastically: 50 percent of all paper, 34 percent of all plastic soft drink bottles, 45 percent of all aluminum beer and soft drink cans, 63 percent of all steel packaging, and 67 percent of all major appliances are now recycled.

• Twenty years ago, only one curbside recycling program existed in the United States, which collected several materials at the curb. By 2005, almost 9,000 curbside programs had sprouted up across the nation. As of 2005, about 500 materials recovery facilities had been established to process the collected materials.

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News for Week 4:

Here is instruction sheet for Project #4 – Alternative Space Explorations.

News for Week 2:

** CLASSROOM CHANGE – WE WILL NOW BE IN ROOM 707 IN 112 S. MICHIGAN AVENUE.**

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It is a new school year and The Neighborhood Project is busy preparing for our big exhibit at the CCT (Chicago Community Trust) Gallery, located at 1012 N. Noble Street in Chicago. This exhibit will feature all 110 photographs from the past three years, interviews and more. Since 2005, I have had the honor of working with 19 different girls. The Neighborhood Project seeks to preserve “some of the good in Cabrini” through the words and photographs of Schiller Elementary School girls.

Our exhibit will begin Monday September 17th, and conclude Friday September 28th. Hours are weekdays, 9am-6pm. There is metered street parking on Milwaukee Avenue and Noble Street.

Join us on Friday September 21st from 5-7:30pm, for a special Artists’ Reception. Come out and meet the artists, enjoy some refreshments and get a glimpse of Cabrini Green through the eyes of these special young women.

Sarah Anderson -Schiller teacher -Neighborhood Project Coordinator -773-220-6075 – www.neighborhoodproject.org