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Carnival Connection
March 1-31, 2012
Carnival Connection explores the customs and historic relationships between carnival traditions in the Caribbean, Latin America and the Gulf Coast. The month-long celebration kicked off in March 2011 with a series of cultural exchange events, lectures and workshops presented by award-winning artisans, musicians, dancers and folklorists. Highlights include a photo exhibit, "Carnaval Popular" by Mariano Hernández, and a screening of "Colores del Carnaval Dominicano", a documentary film made by Houstonians Rubén Durán and Donna Pinnick over three years in the Dominican Republic. It culminated at Miller Outdoor Theatre on March 27 with an exciting performance of Dominican folkloric and carnival dance, and diverse styles of Brazilian samba music.
Carnival Connection (Conexión Carnaval) is presented by Houston Institute for Culture with the support of the City of Houston, Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Partner organizations, businesses and sponsors should contact Houston Institute for Culture to take part in Carnival Connection 2012.
View photos of Carnival Connection on facebook.
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Traditional Arts Programs
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City-wide Events
Houston Institute for Culture's city-wide events add to the quality of life for thousands of Houstonians, while they develop greater interest in regional and international traditional arts.
With an emphasis on reaching unexpected or under-exposed audiences, the events provide excellent cross-cultural experience for many communities that would not have access to high caliber arts and cultural activities, while expanding opportunities for artists and preserving cultural traditions.
Several large festival events are currently being planned for the fall and spring. Some exciting news about a new area music festival that will partner with Houston Institute for Culture will be released soon.
Learn how to get involved at: www.visionforhouston.org
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East End Studio Gallery
708-C Telephone Road
Houston, TX 77023
The East End Studio Gallery provides valuable space and resources for artists and organizations. The gallery is the site of numerous valuable youth activities, including a summer arts camp that provides area students with instruction by highly qualified professional and cultural artists.
The gallery provides a venue for many diverse activities, from topical events and community advocacy meetings, to fundraisers for important causes. It has hosted international painters and poets. And there are classes and workshops for the community.
Help is needed to provide this valuable community resource. Volunteers may coordinate programs, help with maintenance, work with students and staff the office during exhibits. People may help by donating and by joining the East End Arts Association.
For information about upcoming events, please see: www.eestudiogallery.com
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Educational Travel Programs
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Traditions of New Mexico: Intertribal Ceremonial
August 7 - 14, 2011
Houston Institute for Culture provides many educational travel opportunities, including our upcoming trip to the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial.
Attend traditional events and visit historic sites in New Mexico, including the annual Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial, Feast of San Lorenzo activities (a more than 300-year-old tradition), Santa Fe, Taos, Museum of New Mexico, El Malpais, El Morro and Acoma Pueblo.
Register by June 30, 2011. 8 Days - $725; leaving from Houston, TX; air travel optional to/from Albuquerque, NM. Contact mark@houstonculture.org for more information.
Other upcoming tours include:
West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY
September 1 - 7, 2011
As part of Carnival Connection and our cultural exchange program, Houston Institute for Culture volunteers will travel to New York for the West Indian American Day Parade and Celebration in Brooklyn. We will participate in activities, meet organizers and learn the history of Brooklyn's West Indian carnival. We will also visit interesting Caribbean communities in Brooklyn and Queens, visit Manhattan and tour Ellis Island.
Colorado Plateau Fall Photographic Adventure
September 24 - October 2, 2011
Hike and photograph in scenic national parks across southern Utah's Colorado Plateau, including Arches, Capital Reef, Bryce Canyon and Zion. Travel across dramatic Boulder Mountain, Escalante/Grand Staircase, and the lower Rocky Mountains.
Southeastern Archaeology Tour
November 19 - 27, 2011
Visit southeastern US archaeological sites, including Poverty Point, Emerald Mound, Crystal River, Lake Jackson Mounds and more. Tour colonial sites, including Castillo De San Marcos (St. Augustine, FL), New Orleans and the Natchez Trace.
Contact mark@houstonculture.org for more information.
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Houston Institute for Culture Youth Camps
The youth camp program provides students from at-risk communities with the "experience of a lifetime" to help them achieve success in their lives. Students are nomonated by teachers to attend Camp Dos Cabezas, where they explore many interesting academic subjects and get first-hand experience as they hike through wondrous rock formations and archaeological sites. Following their camp experience the students participate in a program that takes them on monthly field trips to museums, arts events and workshops, after which they learn to apply for a scholarship to attend Camp Chaco, which helps them experience and understand more complex fields of study. The advanced camp explores several UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Mesa Verde National Park and Taos Pueblo. It helps students understand scholarships and how to apply for them, while it motivates them to attend college and develop lifelong interests.
Our goal for the camp program is to build a great adventure and education camp for kids by establishing a permanent site for the camp in New Mexico. Through the permanent site we can even host other non-profit organizations to increase the numbers of students who benefit from the camp. In addition to the current benefits, the permanent camp can utilize many environmentally friendly, low impact building techniques and sustainable practices, and provide very valuable cultural exchange opportunities for students from a wider region.
Significant volunteer help is needed for this effort.
Get more information at: www.doscabezas.org
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Youth Education Programs
Houston Institute for Culture provides excellent youth programs in school and afterschool to promote communication skills, civic engagement, community advocacy, self esteem and empowerment.
We provide activities like: Youth Voices and Media Makers, where students learn to produce media for radio, in-school closed circuit TV or for peer groups to raise awareness, discuss issues and develop interests; and, Students for a Better Houston, where middle school student groups form into sort of "13-year-old think tanks" to deliberate about the problems they see in their communities and their visions for the city in the future, and create important media messages or awareness events to make positive changes. Through the students' voices and the quality of their work, the results truly speak for themselves.
We are working to increase our environmental education programs and implement excellent advanced environmental literacy programs to empower youth greater knowledge and safety information in the region's most industrial areas.
Learn how to get involved at: www.visionforhouston.org
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Media Arts Programs
Houston Institute for Culture presents numerous film screenings, as well as talks and workshops by film directors. The organization produces significant media programs, documents and archives, and offers classes in production and management of digital media.
A major initiative is the Digital Story Resource Center, which will become the most comprehensive digital media resource in the region. The center promotes community uses of digital technologies to express ideas, explore issues, tell family stories and bridge cultural divides. The center will develop a multifaceted media series called 'Houston Story' and partner with the Artery Media Project and others to preserve unique historical and cultural interests.
Learn how to get involved at: www.visionforhouston.org
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Houston Institute for Culture is working toward several important goals as part of our Vision for Houston 2010-2020. These include:
1. Establish and build the Houston Museum of Culture
2. Increase activities of the Digital Story Resource Center
3. Establish a permanent site for Camp Dos Cabezas
4. Extend youth programs to benefit more students
5. Increase public access to our traditional arts programs
Volunteers and donors are asked to support these important initiatives. Dedicated volunteers are needed to plan and facilitate the development of major programs. Most have excellent track records and established program histories, while others are in formation.
Founders and Founding Advisory Board Members are currently forming for the Houston Museum of Culture. Visionary leaders should visit www.hmoc.org to learn more about being involved.
Leaders may take on the fundraising needs for youth scholarships to help send children to camp and to provide safe and productive after-school activities the most marginalized children in our communities.
Supporters of the Artery are encouraged to be "Friends of the Artery" by donating $50 per year (or as little as $10 per month over six months) to sustain the Artery and to ensure that its archieves enrich the lives of people around the world.
Get more information at: www.visionforhouston.org
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Houston's Juneteenth Celebration
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During Houston's Juneteenth Celebration at Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston Mayor Annise Parker honored Ms Izola Collins, author of the book Island of Color: Where Juneteenth Started with a proclamation for her contribution to the our region's cultural history.
Houston's Juneteenth Celebration
7pm, Sunday, June 19, 2011
Free at Miller Outdoor Theatre
6000 Hermann Park Drive
Houston, TX 77030
An audience of over 6,000 celebrated Juneteenth at Miller Outdoor Theatre with Houston mayor Annise Parker, city council member Wanda Adams, and honored guest Ms Izola Collins, author of Island of Color: Where Juneteenth Started.
Juneteenth commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas based on the events of June 18 and 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and read General Order #3, proclaiming "Slaves are free."
For this important city-wide celebration, Houston Institute for Culture presented: New Orleans musician Glen David Andrews, a versatile, audience-thrilling performer who is featured on the hit HBO show Tremé; Corey Ledet, a rising star in Zydeco music; and Houston legend Texas Johnny Brown with the Quality Blues Band.
Houston's Juneteenth Celebration was produced by Houston Institute for Culture with support of the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board, Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Learn more about Houston's Juneteenth Celebration:
www.houstonculture.org/juneteenth
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Glen David Andrews performing at Houston's Juneteenth Celebration at Miller Outdoor Theatre.
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