[Durham INC] Fw: [dukepark] This Sunday: Community Portrait of Durham!
M. W. Shiflett - Hotmail
mwshiflett at hotmail.com
Wed Sep 29 15:11:08 EDT 2010
Dear friends & neighbors,
Remember when your mom used to pack you in the station wagon to go down Sears and get your family portrait taken by Olin Mills? Well, now you have the chance to re-live your family portrait experience in a much bigger, funkier way by being part of the Community Portrait of Durham!
Durhamites from all zip codes are invited to gather at noon on Sun., Oct. 3, to form a human collage in Durham Central Park. An aerial photograph will be taken of participants, who will arrange into the form of the Durham city flag for a fun and funky community portrait. The photograph will be revealed at the upcoming Durham Arts Council exhibit, People You May Know: Contemporary Portraits, opening October 8th.
And there will be a big ol' community party during the event to boot, so come on out and have some FUN on Sunday! More details are below.
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Residents to gather Oct. 3 for Durham community portrait-taken from the sky!
Participants will use bodies, art, found objects to represent city flag
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Durham Community Portrait illustration by V.C. Rogers. Click image to visit Community Portrait of Durham blog.
CONTACT:
Chris Chinchar, organizer
A Community Portrait of Durham
Phone: 919.696.5430
e-mail: cchinchar at gmail.com
Durham, N.C. - Durhamites from all zip codes are invited to gather at noon on Sun., Oct. 3, to form a human collage in Durham Central Park. An aerial photograph will be taken of participants, who will arrange into the form of the Durham city flag for a fun and funky community portrait. The photograph will be revealed at the upcoming Durham Arts Council exhibit, People You May Know: Contemporary Portraits, opening Oct. 8.
The event, which is free, is designed to capture the faces and spirits of those who make up this vibrant and diverse city. It also will bring awareness to the newly launched capital fundraising campaign for The Scrap Exchange, a community creative re-use center that has provided materials, programming and services to Durham for nearly 20 years. In its life, The Scrap Exchange has inspired thousands of children and adults to find new applications for reusable materials while diverting resources from landfills.
A Community Portrait of Durham is a collaborative effort Durham volunteers and The Scrap Exchange and the Durham Arts Council. The photo will be followed by a celebration hosted by Bull City Forward, a downtown nonprofit organization in support of local social enterprise. Families are invited to bring their lounge chairs, picnics, hula hoops, Frisbees, games and good cheer for this "leave-no-trace" neighborhood party. Participants are kindly asked to take home everything they bring into the park. The goal of the party is to celebrate our collaborative energy while generating minimal waste.
The event would not be possible without the generosity of: The Scrap Exchange, the Durham Arts Council, Bull City Forward, Center Studio Architecture, Urban Durham Realty, Bull City Arts Collaborative, 307 Knox Records, The Groove Productions, SeeSaw Studio, Durham Central Park, Duke University Interfraternity Council, Durham Parks and Recreation, Liberty Arts, Bull Durham Custom Trailers, Durham Community Media, Sunbelt Rentals, Spee Dee Que Instant Printing, Through This Lens gallery, Good Work, JRuth, the Independent Weekly and artists Bryant Holsenbeck, V.C. Rogers and Jeremy M. Lange.
All media are invited to attend the event, which runs from noon to 4 p.m. The aerial photo will be taken about 1 p.m. For safety and liability reasons, media outlets will not be allowed access the platform for aerial photos. The final aerial portrait will be revealed at the Durham Arts Council exhibit.
For more information about A Community Portrait of Durham, visit our Facebook page (Search "A Community Portrait of Durham"), find us on Twitter @DurhamPortrait, see our blog at acommunitypod.blogspot.com or contact Chris Chinchar at cchinchar at gmail.com or 919.696.5430.
For more information about People You May Know: Contemporary Portraits, contact Barclay McConnell at bmcconnell at durhamarts.org, or visit www.durhamarts.org.
ABOUT THE SCRAP EXCHANGE
The Scrap Exchange is a 20-year-old nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote creativity, environmental awareness, and community through reuse. The organization houses a 13,000 square-foot creative reuse center in Durham, N.C. which includes a retail store, artist marketplace, Green Gallery, workshop and party room, traveling creative hands-on art service, and collection and dissemination of materials that would have gone directly to the landfill. Serving over 250,000 people annually on site and offsite, the organization strives to provide valuable resources to communities for educational, environmental and creative purposes. For more information visit our website at www.scrapexchange.org
ABOUT THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL
The Durham Arts Council is a private nonprofit dedicated to supporting the arts in Durham and the entire Triangle Region in North Carolina and has served the community since 1954. Each year DAC serves over 300,000 visitors and program participants, over 600 artists, and more than 60 arts organizations through classes, artist residencies, exhibits, festivals, grants programs, technical support, arts advocacy and information services. By supporting the Durham Arts Council, you help DAC fulfill its mission of promoting excellence in and access to the creation, experience and active support of the arts for all the people of our community. For more information call 919.560.ARTS or visit our website at www.durhamarts.org.
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