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Cultural Participation by Mark Rodriguez
Ten Thousand Ripples is a public art initiative focused on promoting peace and civic engagement through community-driven arts programs and educational initiatives. It seeks to enhance cultural understanding and community interaction while fostering collaboration among artists, community leaders, and residents in Chicago. The project includes various activities such as community dialogues, school partnerships, and beautification efforts, resulting in increased engagement and support for the arts in local neighborhoods.
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- 2. Changing Worlds -An educational arts nonprofit devoted to fostering inclusive communities through oral history, writing and art programs that improve student learning, affirm identity and enhance cross-cultural understanding. Ten Thousand Ripples - An innovative public art, peace and civic engagement initiative that placed artists, community leaders and residents at the center of arts planning and community engagement processes. The project highlights public art and its role to serve as a creative catalyst for community conversations, artistic residencies and interactions about art, peace and contemporary social issues About Changing Worlds & Ten Thousand Ripples
- 3. Ten Thousand Ripplesin Action
- 4. TTR Initiated Activities 15% 13% 10% 12%13% 8% 7% 7% 7% 5% 3% CommunityDialogues Peace/nonviolenceprogramming Community ArtPrograms Community Arts Planning School-based ArtsPrograms Interfaith Dialogues Community Beautification Efforts Community Forums/Conferences Intergenerationalprogramming Health and Wellness Activities Rallies and parades
- 6. • Expanded ArtsEducation opportunities in partnership with over 16 Chicago Public Schools • Increased community engagement in key partner communities with public art and non-violence community initiatives developed • Increased collaboration among community-based organizations, artists, community planners and art organizations. • Project linked residents and neighborhoods together and helped promote cultural awareness understanding. •Supported and cultivated neighborhood based planning around public space, arts and cultural programs. Initial Project Outcomes
- 7. Future Planned Activities Framework forAnnual / Routine Community Dialogues 8% Peace/Nonviolence Programming 11% Community-Based Art Programs 17% Neighborhood Based Arts Planning 11% School-based Arts Programs 9% Interfaith Dialogues 11% Arts and Community Economic Development 9% Community Forums/Conferences 3% Rallies and Parades 3% Community Beautification Efforts 9% Arts and Youth Restorative Justice Iniatitives 3% Urban Gardening 6%
- 9. • Intergenerational • Artsand Advocacy • Sustainability through Community Art Action Plans • Micro (individual)/Macro (community) relationships • Cross-Sector • Resource Leveraging • Asset-based Approach • Citizen Driven Program Common Elements
- 10. • 100 Buddhasculptures installed across the Chicago area • 940 Facebook followers from Chicago and over 20 different countries. • 87 community, education and art organizations involved • 9 Chicago area communities engaged in the project • 16 Chicago Public Schools engaged in expanded arts, peace and nonviolence programming. • 32 community and artistic programming planning meetings • 2 new community arts planning initiatives underway and 1 new arts corridor in discussion • 11 artist employed • 14 public spaces transformed into gardens or urban retreats By the Numbers - The Ripple Effect