Enjoy this list of inspiring organizations that help make the world go round.
Community Arts and Social Justice:
The work of Patch Adams and many others. Humanitarian Clowning, Health Care Design and School For Designing a Society
Alternate Roots (community, arts activism) : Southeast US Region
This website was funded by an Artistic Assistance grant from Alternate Roots. A regional arts service organization with over 30 years of history, Alternate ROOTS is an invaluable national resource to artists, organizers and cultural workers. www.alternateroots.org
Community Arts Network: National
Art in the Public Interest (API) is a nonprofit organization providing information and resources in support of art that is culturally engaged and serving communities. API’s co-directors, Linda Frye Burnham and Steven Durland, founded and edited High Performance magazine for its entire 20 years, with an increasing focus on the field of community arts and art for social justice. In 1995 they sharpened their focus and mission by creating a new nonprofit organization, Art in the Public Interest, and, with Virginia Tech, founding the Community Arts Network in 1999. www.communityarts.net
Primitive Skills and Sustainability Orgs
The Firefly Gathering: Earth Skills Education
Firefly is Asheville’s only Primitve skills Gathering, a place for people to deepen their connection with the Earth through working with their hands and learning ancient art of Earth Skills. This year July 18th-25th .www.fireflygathering.org
Wild Abundance: Wildcrafting, primitive skills, homesteading and consultations in Asheville and Boone NC
Wild Abundance offers a variety of classes by request in primitive skills, homesteading,crafts, buckskin tanning, wildfoods. www.wildabundance.org
Permaculture:
Earth Haven Intentional Community:
Old Fort, NC www.earthhaven.org
Asheville Arts Orgs:
Graphic Designer Jenny Greer a famous Asheville Designer and lead of local band
“Jen and the Juice”, helped to design and create “Bird Must Fly” album art. For all
of your promotional design needs, visit…. www.soundmindmedia.net
The Courtyard Gallery: Asheville, NC
The courtyard Gallery shows Free films every friday night. World Cinema is at 8pm every friday night at the courtyard gallery in the NEW location, Phil Mechanics Building in Asheville’s river district. The Courtyard Gallery located here features fine arts, crafts, and Fossil watches & accessories. www.ashevillecourtyard.com
Artist Collective and Collaborators:
Folk-lore, song and environmental preservation through music www.BlairPathways.com
Change of State Performance Project: Bay Area, CA and National
We work collectively to create engaged performance art which transforms the social environment within and beyond the performance.“The Change of State Performance Project speaks to important issues about our local natural resources. Creative projects like Aquatown address–literally– the ground we stand on.†-Sarah Ross, Public Arts Commissioner, Urbana Public Arts Program. www.changeofstate.org
Ash Devine performed with Change of State in the world premier of “AquaTown: A Future Hydrohistory” in spring 2010. Andrea del Moral, Bay area performer, activist and co-author of the book “Damnation”, directed and co-wrote AquaTown .
The Beehive Collective: Asheville, NC, Maine and National
The Hivestory…
The work of the Beehive Collective has three major facets: the Hive is appreciated internationally for its educational graphics campaigns, at a regional level for it’s stone mosaic murals and apprentice program, and locally for it’s dedication to the revitalization of the Machias Valley Grange Hall, a landmark building in our small, rural town. The Hive has been going and growing since 2000, at full speed! http://www.beehivecollective.org/