In our tribute below to Indigenous Peoples Day, October 11th, we highlight portraits and quotations from Shetterly's new book.
Photo: Lynne Elizabeth, Rob Shetterly, and our wonderful book-signing host, Cynthia Hyde of the Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine.
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How Spaces Become Places:
Place Makers Tell Their Stories
Edited by John Forester
“Simply the best text available for understanding how to create more just, beautiful, convivial, and safe places. . . .This book is a gift of hope and possibility, revealing how the participatory art and craft of placemaking can be a small laboratory for democracy.”
—Leonie Sandercock, Professor in Community Planning,
University of British Columbia
We are excited to announce John Forester's collected "practice stories" of community members acting together to transform empty, contested, or unsafe spaces into functional, safe, convivial places. It's told by a diverse set of place makers, from activists to architects, moderators to planners, spanning four countries and ten US locales.
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Portraits of Racial Justice:
Americans Who Tell the Truth
by Robert Shetterly
“These are healing, breathing portraits. People once met,
we now feel compelled to know. We can sense their palpable presences across time and their fierce struggles.”
—Jack Tchen, Professor and Director of the Clement Price Institute, Rutgers University, Newark
Artist Robert Shetterly's book, the first in a series, features 50 of his exquisite color portraits of inspirational social changemakers. Essays by Sherri Mitchell, Ai-Jen Poo, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and Dave Zirin open the book. Blending history, social commentary, and stunning art, Portraits of Racial Justice makes a beautiful
and powerful work for our time.
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Forthcoming:
Healing from Genocide in Rwanda
By Susan Viguers and Lily Yeh
“[This book] brings the transformative power of art to a very dark place.” —JoAnn Greco, The Pennsylvania Gazette
Healing from Genocide in Rwanda demonstrates the power of art in the service of healing, and is a testimony to responsive community process in a highly sensitive environment. The work immerses readers in the stories of two Rwandans who as small children experienced the 1994 Genocide. Their moving accounts are framed by chronicling the transformation, in the Rugerero Survivors’ Village, of a concrete burial slab into a powerful genocide memorial, designed by artist Lily Yeh and built by the villagers.
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Featured Voices: Indigenous Peoples Day |
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There is power in unity.
When tribal nations are seen as sovereign bodies we can work together toward a better relationship with other governments. When cities and towns celebrate Indigenous People's Day, a foundation of trust and understanding can be created.
When we are seen as people and not stereotypes or mascots, we can build on shared humanity.
It is truly all about respect.
– Portraits of Racial Justice
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Chief Joseph, Hinmatóowyalahtq̓it |
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Sherri Mitchell
Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset
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The last four hundred years of racial “science” have proved one thing—that dividing human beings into racial categories has no basis
in science.
– Portraits of Racial Justice
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Truth Tellers Screening at the Virginia Film Festival
with Portraits of Racial Justice
book signing
Sunday, October 31, 1:15 PM
The Paramount Theater, Charlottesville, VA
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Confronting Injustice: The Ethics and Politics of Undergraduate Research in the San Joaquin Valley with
Daniel O'Connell & Scott Peters
Tuesday, October 12, 5:00 PM PDT
Virtual, California State University, Fresno
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In the Struggle Book Talk with Daniel O’Connell and Scott Peters at Fresno City College
Tuesday, October 12, 12:30 PM PT
In-Person, Forum Hall 103
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In the Struggle Event Hosted by the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz
Wednesday, October 14, 5:30 PM PT
In-Person UC Santa Cruz Haybarn
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A Call to Action in the Ongoing Battle Against Industrial Agriculture book talk at the Sierra Club
Wednesday, October 20, 7:00 PM PT
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Jane Jacobs' First City:
What Comes Next?
Wednesday, October 7, 12:00 PM
University of Scranton
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Thursday, October 14, 8:00 AM
Virtual
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Dr. Mindy Fullilove
to give the opening plenary
“Main Streets as the Next Thing”
for the Heritage Ohio annual conference
Tuesday, October 19, 9:00 AM EST
In-Person, Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center, Springfield, OH
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Imagining America National Gathering
October 21–23 – Virtual
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Ecoart in Action artist
Betsy Damon to present
Passages: Rites and Rituals
at LaMaMa Galleria
Thursday, October 15 – Sunday November 21,
1:00–7:00 PM
LaMaMa Galleria, New York, NY
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Special thanks to Ecoart in Action supporters! |
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has been a great success!
We thank the donors below for supporting the educational work of internationally established ecoart practitioners. Your funding helps them present their work
with other networks of educators, artists, activists, and scientists.
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Alice Sjolander
Allyson Holtz
Amara Geffen
Amelia J Carr
Anita McKeown
Ann Elizabeth Areson
Ann Rosenthal
Arlene Goldbard
Aviva Rahmani
Betsy Damon
Beverly Naidus
Carissa Welton
Cathy Fitzgerald
Changwoo Ahn
Chris Fremantle
Chrissie Barrie Orr
Christina Bertea
Christopher McNulty
Christy Rupp
Claude Schryer
Connie Merriman
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Cynthia Cutting
Deanna Pindell
Deborah Barndt
Dhara Rivera
Eileen Hutton
Fern Shaffer
Francine Tompkins
Gail Anderson and Mark B
Greg Giannis
Helen Klebesadel
Hope Sandrow
Ileana Soto
John Vanco and Kelly Armor
Karin Bolender
LAGI
Lenore Malen
Linda Weintraub
Lorna Stevens
Lorraine Leeson
Lynne Behrendt
Lynne Elizabeth
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Marcia Annenberg
Marlene Creates
Mary Mattingly
Mo Dawley
Patricia Sanders
Rob and Nancy Smith
Roxana Perez-Mendez
Ruth Wallen
S Michele McFadden
Stacy Levy
Steffi Domike
Stephanie Goloway
Susan Leibovitz Steinman
Susan Platt
Tom Hansell
Travis DiNicola - PennFuture Vaughn Bell
Virginia Stearns
Wendy Brawer
+ 10 anonymous
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