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Proposals,
Sloup #49
Special thanks to:
CIC @4240
Schlafly Brewery
Nebula Coworking Space
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[email protected].
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"A Road Trip"
Bill Perry
I am a teacher in the St Louis Public Schools. I am also a working
artist. You can see my work on the North Riverfront Trail, at the
Audubon Migratory Bird Sanctuary, and at the College School of
Webster Groves.
When my son was three years old, I created a book for him to drive
his toy cars through. It is a long picture of a road that goes through or
past everything my son loved to see, do, or play with when he was
small. The book is called "A Road Trip". It is 8 inches tall and 37 feet
long, in 30 foldout pages. It is sized exactly to a Matchbox toy car, so
children can drive through the book as they drive through their
imagination. I did the paintings for this book in watercolor and pen
and ink, then scanned and copied them into the book that my son
played with.
Many children have played with "A Road Trip" over the past 15 years.
Now I want to self-publish "A Road Trip"
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Cakes For Cops David and Shirley Strom 314 277 7832 This project has a singular purpose: to make small gestures of appreciation to local law enforcement officers for the sacrifices that they make in keeping our communities safe. Our motivation comes from the current conflicts in Ferguson between residents and police. While certainly there are a few bad cops, most cops do a terrific job protecting their communities. However, the events of the past summer have cast many officers in the same negative light. We wanted a way that citizens could show their appreciation and make it easier for members of the public to express their gratitude. What is the project? Simply this: We buy them a sheet cake and deliver it to their police station. Who doesn’t like cake? Exactly. We will set up a website, CakesForCops.com, which will work with a bakery partner and a delivery service provider. Visitors to the site can pay for a cake and specify what station house they want it delivered, and what message they would like to include on the cake. They can also make an additional donation to Backstoppers, a charity for first-­‐responders. What will we do with the funds from tonight? We are just beginning to set up this effort, and we’ll need money to pay for website development and to create the databases needed for the ordering and delivery processes. Thanks for your support with our project! #3
Paint Start to Finish:
– the Cotton Belt Mural Project
“Migrate” #3
The Cotton Belt Mural Project is underway. It needs your support…
Artica founders Nita Turnage and Hap Phillips are creating
"Migrate": The Cotton Belt Mural Project Phase 1. The project began
on September 10, 2014, with the expected completion by Saturday
October 10, 2014 and the Artica Festival. SLOUP funds extend that
deadline, enrich the mural, and make a new vision of St. Louis’
skyline.
SLOUP funds rent at least one more week with a 80 foot lift
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boom, add at least 150 horizontal and 50 vertical feet of paint,
and seed fundraising for the mural’s 750 x 50 feet completion.
"Migrate” is a monumental endeavor to create a massive,
welcoming image in dialogue with the new Stan Musial Veterans
Memorial Bridge, the Mississippi River, the Near North Riverside
neighborhood, and the city skyline. This exciting project is changing
the face of this area.
“Nearly half of North America's bird species, and
about 40 percent of its waterfowl, spend at least
part of their lives in the Mississippi Flyway.
Extending north to Canada's tundra and boreal
forest, this much-traveled flyway includes the
vast Mackenzie River watershed and then follows
the mighty Mississippi through America's heartland to the Gulf Coast and continues south as far
as Patagonia.”
- The National Audubon Society
Visually, "Migrate" incorporates a brightly colored, repetitive bird
motif. The birds are arranged in such a way that the pattern, from
the holistic perspective, appears to be a landscape or flowing river
stretching across the entire building facade.
Once a thriving industrial and commercial district, the Near North
Riverside Neighborhood is now a strange mix of riverfront, bricks,
business, infrastructure, homes of the homeless, the North Riverfront bicycle trail and an urban nature landscape.
Now that this mural is underway, “Migrate": The Cotton Belt Mural
Project, Phase I needs your support for completion.
Contact:
www.facebook.com/CottonBeltRailDepot
#CottonBelt
[email protected]
[email protected]
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FoodSpark: Lunch with a Side of Race, Class, and Privilege
3:00–5:00pm · Saturday, October 11th, 2014
Nine Network · Ferguson’s Farmers Market · RAC · Kiener Plaza · Your House?
WHAT | We are organizing city-wide conversations about race, class, and privilege via free,
public lunches at pop-up locations around the city. Our goal is to lower barriers for these
meaningful exchanges. We will also have kits that allow others to self-host private gatherings.
WHY | The shooting death of Michael Brown continues to reveal issues that many people in our
nation are unaware of. We aim to bridge these gaps by creating safe-spaces for people to
connect to others in their communities, share personal experiences, and change perceptions and
awareness. Ultimately, we want people to talk about how and why they’re the same but also why
they’re different. Our community is hurting and without each other it’s hard for us to heal.
There’s rich culture in St. Louis around food, and participating in meals is a social
experience that we all share. Meals reach all kinds of people—look at this Sloup. Meals are also
great opportunities for people to share experiences about their day and their life. We want to
bring together people who normally don’t engage topics of race, class, and privilege, people
who see these issues everyday, and people who recognize these things but don’t have a safe
space to discuss them.
WHO | Hopefully you! With plans for at least 100 more attendees at each of our public locations.
And us! We are a group that represents a collaborative effort between organizations including:
Hands Up United, Karen House, Cross Cultural Competence Institute, UMSL Department of
Counseling & Family Therapy, The Red Table Project, AIGA/CRXLab & The Feast.
WHEN & WHERE | Our timeline is short—two weeks. The event will occur Saturday, October
11th between 3 and 5pm as part of Ferguson October (10th-13th). We will encourage hosts of
private groups to organize their meals around the same time. The Hands Up United march will
coincide with the start of the event so that those marching may easily join us to break bread at
our Kiener Plaza location, too.
HOW | The general format of the meal is a potluck, and supplemental food will be donated by
local venues. We seek funds for certain materials such as compostable plates, compostable
sporks, transportation costs, facilitator packets, self-hosting kits, tables, chairs, and marketing
materials (posters, flyers, signs, etc.). We estimate we’d need to cover costs of $550.
We have a large group of collaborators organizing this event—many of us have organized
similar events. So, we have the power and resources to organize people and locations. That said,
we welcome anyone who’d like to volunteer or host; if you’re interested in volunteering or
hosting your own dinner, please contact us at: [email protected].
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Freedom Quilts: “Who are your people?” My people come with stories; stories that wrap themselves in Saint Louis, up and down the Mississippi River and afar. My people want to share their stories. In honor of the great quilters before me, such as Faith Ringgold, folk artists, and Underground Railroad quilters, I use quilting as a tool to carry on oral traditions, shared history and collective imagining for the future. “Who are your people?” is a quote by Ella Baker, civil rights leader. Art making at it’s finest, communicates the heart of a people. I will publicly hold workshops to actively listen to the stories of others, as they answer the question: “Who are your people?” while simultaneously working on the group quilt project. Quilts are comforting power objects and have a purpose. The community quilted for those who dared to journey through the Underground Railroad. What would the women’s suffrage movement be without the quilters? Would the labor movement and civil rights movement have been so successful? Now is the time to celebrate our freedom with those we choose in our lives. In a culture where community engagement is a hot topic, we have to ask ourselves: who are the lives we affect each day and who do we relate to? By identifying who our people are, we gain a stronger sense of self awareness and strength. The quilt creates a symbol of collectivity and honor. Winter is the perfect time to quilt! To create the quilt it will take time, fabric, sewing supplies and photography paper. I expect the project to cost $900. If unable to raise the funds through Sloup, I will also ask for material and in kind donations. I will start my process in my neighborhood, Cherokee, work with Yeyo Arts Collective and the neighbors in Benton Park West, then move the project to the neighborhood of my art studio, St. Louis Place in North Saint Louis. From there, I will further connect with people from a variety of institutions and organizations. I expect the foundation of this ongoing project will take three months. Afterwards, I will seek organizational and/or public display of the quilts on a rotating schedule. My people are Scott Joplin, Maya Angelou, Katherine Dunham, Josephine Baker, T.S. Elliot, my family, friends, neighbors, collaborators and YOU! I am a local community and practicing studio artist. I am the founder of Yeyo Arts Collective and have a few awards such as an Aldermanic Resolution, a Proclamation, and Grand Center Emerging Artist Award. I’m rooted in expanding voice and creative economic platforms for women, families and cultural workers in the area. Art manifests in social sculpturing, anthropology and cultural archiving. I am thankful for the elders who came before me, who sacrificed their lives for the future and for the those who live their stories day to day in our shared space and city, Saint Louis and beyond. ­Dail Chambers [email protected] dailchambers1.blogspot.com #4
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REFAB
is a nonprofit organization, seeking 501(c)3 status, which
promotes the collective and creative re-use of our built
environment. This mission is sustained by deconstructing
buildings otherwise slated for demolition, retraining
community members for careers in green industry, and
refabricating materials for resale. We work with the St.
Patrick Center and the Veterans Administration to create
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training and employment opportunities for
veterans seeking to reenter the workforce,
community groups to provide material and
technical support for projects that feature
reclaimed materials, and local government to
educate contractors on the sustainable practices of
deconstruction and re-use.
SINCE 2012
→ 8 veterans find full-time employment—3 with us!
→ 1,250 tons of material diverted from area landfills
→ 15 community groups with creative re-use projects
GOAL
Realize the “refabrication” component of our
mission, to build a 6,000 square-foot
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
for community
members to take their skills to the next level and
develop products with Refab’s reclaimed materials
surplus. We want to expand our training program to
include equipment safety protocol, material
processing, and product design. Our success will be
measured by the number of creative individuals
who go on from our workshop to start community
projects or local businesses of their own.
VISION
Refab aims to establish a hub of creative activity focused on the sustainable re-use of local materials and the creation of
jobs. We envision a St. Louis that is renowned for great local design, environmental stewardship, and unparalleled
resourcefulness.
FUNDING + TIMELINE
Our funding model is self-sustaining—100% of the materials we offer for resale are donated and all of the “profits” from materials
resold to local rehabbers, remodelers, DIYers, artists, designers, and crafters go back into the program. We receive generous grant
funding from the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District and the St. Louis County Department of Health to cover portions
of our startup and administrative expenses. Funding from SLOUP would be used to kick start a two-year capital campaign to raise
$250,000 for the rehabilitation of our warehouse, construction of the community workshop, and training stipends for community
members. Construction will wrap up by December 2016, and the following spring we will launch Refab Lab.