......................| ABOUT | PROJECTS | EVENTS | PARTICIPATE | CONTACT | HOME |................................................
'Creative
Volunteerism for Social Change and Development' Project
'Creative Volunteerism for Social Change and Development' Project (in
short CreativeChange) was launched on December 05, 2004 to celebrate
the UN-declared International Volunteers Day. CreativeChange aims to help
generate awareness on the millennium development goals, volunteerism/societal
responsibility, and the use of creative sector in social change and development.
As part of our informative campaign on the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] and volunteerism within the creative sector, we conducted an online-study which takes notice of active creative individuals and organizations worldwide, gives voice, shares their stories, and acknowledges as well as encourages their role in the development field, particularly in achieving the MDGs! CreativeChange online study/survey report has been completed. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the 'CreativeChange WorldWide' publication (100 pages) please click here.
'CreativeChange Project: The Sound, Visual Arts, Movement and Dance Workshop'
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 3:30-6:30 pm
Theater/Dance
Stage
Artomatic
Capitol Plaza I
1200 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Metro: Red Line, New York Ave., M St exit
Donation: $10 (100% of the donations benefit educational programs)
Space is limited. Please be on time, bring a pillow or yoga mat, and
wear comfortable clothes (Workshop
Flyer)
CreativeChange Project is an international learning journey on development with arts. Launched in 2004 in collaboration with the United Nations Millennium Campaign and TakingITGlobal, CreativeChange aims to help generate awareness on the Millennium Development Goals and the use of creative techniques in social change and development. The project has traveled from New York, to Cameroon, Dubai to Nigeria, Canada, and more.
Come and join us for an interactive edutaining session of CreativeChange!
The related Sound
Project which features short
compositions of young sound engineers, aims to help participants exercise
their audio perception skills, visualize situations and circumstances, become
curious, think, feel, depict, voice, ...The Sound workshop of CreativeChange
project is led by Nil S. Navaie, Founding Director of Arts for Global
Development. Other workshop activities include self-exploration, individual
and community expression, healing and more.
Guest workshop leaders:
Nejla Yatkin, Associate Professor of Dance, University of Maryland and Artistic Director of NY2Dance
Award-winning
and internationally acclaimed choreographer and dancer, Nejla Y. Yatkin
is a dancing soul. A native of Berlin, Germany with Turkish roots, she graduated
with her masters in Dance and Choreography from "Die Etage" in
Berlin, Germany. Nejla is currently based between New York and Washington,
D.C. pursuing her solo career: dancing, choreographing and giving workshops
at international and national festivals. Since the fall of 2001, she has
also been a Professor of Dance at the University of Maryland - College Park.
For more information visit www.ny2dance.com
Helina Metaferia, Community, Healing, and Visual Artist
Born in Washington, D.C. to Ethiopian parents,Helina Mataferia has always demonstrated an interest in the arts. She attended Temple University’s Tyler School of Art, later transferring to Morgan State University and obtaining her BA in Fine Arts in 2005. She has shown her art in galleries, museums and festivals, including the Eubie Blake Cultural Center, the World Space Center, and the James E. Lewis Museum. Mataferia has been an art instructor for community arts programs with the Creative Alliance and the YMCA. She also works as a freelance graphic design artist. For more information visit www.metaartist.com
Binahkaye Joy, Indigenous Open Space Performing Artist
Binahkaye Joy is an artist who embraces the eternal movement of dance to spread love and creative energy to the world. Raised in Washington, DC, Binahkaye began studying dance in 1987. She started conducting original research and choreography in the US and abroad while pursuing a degree in African Diaspora Studies and Dance at the College of William & Mary. Since then, she has worked with many dance innovators and taught dance around the world, including Ghana, India, Bali, Brooklyn, Post-Katrina New Orleans, and Washington, DC. She is currently nurturing students of all ages in the exploration of creative movement and completing several books about her dance work, including a children's book being published this year. Binahkaye is also developing a series of dance curriculum guides for school systems, health and wellness institutes, and organizations that work with people who have experienced trauma. For more information about her work visit www.osadance.blogspot.com