Wednesday Lemonade
June 10, 2020
Welcome back to Wednesday Lemonade, a community newsletter focused on keeping VCCA Fellows, staff, and supporters connected.
There's a lot to pay attention to and act on these days, so we're keeping this issue brief with a virtual event invitation, a fully-funded fellowship opportunity for visual artists, and another call to work together to determine what roles artists can play in a world demanding change.
Plus, a note of appreciation from former Resident Director David Garratt to those who submitted words of thanks and farewell upon his VCCA departure: "Barbara and I are grateful for all the heartfelt messages and good wishes received from VCCA Fellows. Thank you!"
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VCCA Fireplace Series: Carlos Sirah and Felicia van Bork
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Tomorrow,
Thursday, June 11
, brings another virtual event in the VCCA Fireplace Series. We're grateful to be joined by writer and performer
Carlos Sirah
and visual artist
Felicia van Bork
, bo
th of whom will share recent work with us.
Sirah's debut work,
The High Alive: An Epic Hoodoo Diptych
, is published by
The 3rd Thing Press
.
The High Alive
was released in late winter, but is receiving a modified roll-out due to the g
lobal pandemic.
This week, there are
two ways to watch
the live event. You can tune in either
on Facebook
or
on YouTube
. The live streams will be begin at
7:30 p.m. ET.
Our host, writer and Fellows Council member
David Ebenbach
, will be facilitating questions. You can post real-time questions in the comments on Facebook or YouTube.
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We are
now accepting applications
for the
2021 Wachtmeister Award
.
The application deadline is Sept. 15, 2020. There is no application fee.
For the 2021 award, one established
visual artist
working in any discipline or in a cross-
disciplinary way who has
not had a previous VCCA residency
will receive: a fully-funded fellowship of up to 30 days (between
July 1, 2021 and January 31, 2023
) at VCCA’s Mt. San Angelo in Amherst, VA; an honorarium of $1,000; and reimbursed travel expenses of up to $750.
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Please share this opportunity widely
with prominent visual artists who you think would benefit from uninterrupted time and space at VCCA. VCCA encourages artists of all backgrounds to apply.
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Second Line: Finding a Way Through Grief
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We've created a
new topic page in Virtual VCCA
that we invite you to use as a focused forum for grappling with the overabundance of grief in our wounded country. We invite your words, your art, your music, your recommendations, your calls to action, and more. Let's grieve together, rage together, learn together, and most important, work together.
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Here's a glimpse at some of what's been shared so far:
Online Event:
Let's Talk Activism: Black Lives Matter
Books, Novels, Short Stories, Poems:
- "When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving" by Reginald Dwayne Betts
- "The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family" by Sylvia A. Harvey
- "Stamped from the Beginning" by Ibram X. Kendi
- "Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor" by Layla F Saad
- "In the Castle of My Skin" by George Lamming
- "In Darkness and Confusion" and "Like a Winding Sheet" by Ann Petry
- "Palmalysis" by Aaron Levy Samuels
- "Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People" by Anthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji
Listening Recommendation:
- "Policing Black Lives" by Robyn Maynard, audiobook read by Marcia Johnson
- "Freedom Suite" album by Sonny Rollins
- "We Insist!" album by Max Roach
- "Free for All" album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
If you're not already a member of Virtual VCCA, powered by Mighty Networks, you can
use this link to join
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🧡
Stay safe, and be well.
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