CALL UPDATE // October 2017
Artist Juanli Carrion, above, works with residents of Marble Hill houses as a part of OSS#MH, a project facilitated by CALL in the Bronx
Greetings!

Last month, the autumn equinox officially announced the end of what, for us, has been an eventful summer. From our conclusion of StreamLines in Indianapolis in August to the ramping up of our projects in Milwaukee and New York City, a summer of hard work has gotten us excited about what the remainder of the year will bring! We hope you'll join us for some of the programming we have lined up.

Over the last month, we've seen a real demonstration of the immense challenges climate change has on our cities and communities. CALL's mission to make  sustainability tangible through the arts  provides an avenue to truly help people in local communities understand the impact of ecological challenges in visible, interactive, and proactive ways. CALL is dedicated to generating programs and projects that will lead to the development of creative, integrated solutions to mitigate the problems our cities (and the world) face. We are grateful for the support you provide us, which bring our efforts to life.

Keep in touch,

Mary & Olivia
Summer's Highlights
Our summer this year kicked off with a series of walks in West Harlem, where our +SPACE/EPIK project will be situated. Miguel Luciano and Daniel Carrion led us from the new Lenfest Center, where Luciano was in the inaugural exhibition Uptown , to the Manhattanville Houses around West Harlem and finally ending at the Hudson. The walk explored cultural identity, health, and history through an environmental lens.

Images to the right are from our walk through the beautiful Jenny's Garden, lead by Artist Kanene Holder and Biologist Paul Mankiewicz. Pictured are Julio Benitez (Jenny's son), Kanene Holder and Paul Mankiewicz on the WALK. This glorious Riverside garden, established more than 25 years ago, has grown over the decades with the help of the Benitez family and many dedicated volunteers.

CALL has been pleased to support the launch of Juanli Carrion's community gardening project,  OSS#MH  in Marble Hill; read all about it below.

The continued development of Mary Miss's urban-scale WATERMARKS project has been given an important boost with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support programs created in partnership with the  Marquette University Haggerty Museum . 
Marble Hill Garden grows food, cultivates friendships

For Yolanda Perez, the opportunity to grow fresh food in her community came right to her doorstep. About a year ago, members of Outer Seed Shadow - an interactive public art and community garden project - knocked on her door at the Marble Hill...

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riverdalepress.com
Marquette's Haggerty Museum of Art receives $146,000...

Funds are for a public art project by renowned artist Mary Miss MILWAUKEE - Marquette University's Haggerty Museum of Art has been awarded a federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a public art project by...

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urbanmilwaukee.com
Coming Up this Autumn
+SPACE/EPIC

Saturday September 16th, we had a wonderful turnout from the local community for the Emergency Preparedness and Information Kiosk we are developing in West Harlem with Elliott Maltby, WeAct and thread collective.

Save the Date: Finding Tibbitts Brook WALK, Sunday October 29th @2pm

At the end of October, we'll be leading a walk along one of the proposed routes for daylighting Tibbitts Brook, from Van Cortlandt Park to the Harlem River.

Look out for registration details next week!
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