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SUMMARY:Community Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Art Spark Texas introduced our virtual arts roundtable series “Community Conversations” in Spring of 2020\, as a way of staying connected and continuing our mission during this time of the pandemic. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 7-8pm CST\, and invite visual artists\, musicians\, dancers\, actors\, writers\, disability advocates and others to engage with the Art Spark community. \nJoin the conversation! All are welcome. \nA link to the virtual event will be posted here several days beforehand and join our newsletter to get the information via email.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2021-05-12/2021-05-12/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations
ORGANIZER;CN="Art Spark Texas - Artworks%2C Susan":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations: Nathan Brown
DESCRIPTION:Songwriting Series\nWe are bringing back our popular songwriting workshop series! Each session will feature a different professional songwriter to share tools of the trade and facilitate a writing activity to help you get those creative juices flowing. \nWe encourage musicians and songwriters of all skill levels to attend! If you are an absolute beginner who aspires to write lyrics or melodies\, you will learn some tools and activities to help you get started. Or if you already have a few songs in your repertoire\, you’ll gain some new prompts and a space to do more writing\, receive constructive feedback\, and meet other creatives. \nMeeting Link\nMeeting ID: 952 1905 7440\nPasscode: 315053 \nThe meeting link will be posted a week before the event. For updates\, sign up for our Community Conversations email list here. Email eric@artsparktx.org if you have any questions. Please let us know one week in advance if you need any accommodations. \nWe are excited for Nathan Brown to facilitate our May 2021 workshop! \nNathan Brown\nAbout Nathan Brown\nNathan Brown is an author\, songwriter\, and award-winning poet living in Wimberley\, Texas. He holds a PhD in English and Journalism from the University of Oklahoma where he’s taught for over 20 years. He served as Poet Laureate for the State of Oklahoma in 2013/14\, and now travels full-time performing readings\, concerts\, workshops and speaking on creativity\, poetry\, and songwriting. \nNathan has published over 20 books. Most recent are his new collection of poems\, In the Days of Our Unrest\, the second in a series now known as the Pandemic Poems Project\, that deals with the year of Covid-19\, and a new travel memoir Just Another Honeymoon in France: A Vagabond at Large. Karma Crisis: New and Selected Poems\, was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize and the Oklahoma Book Award. His earlier book\, Two Tables Over\, won the 2009 Oklahoma Book Award. His album of all-original songs\, The Streets of San Miguel\, was released this last year. \nHe’s taught memoir\, poetry\, songwriting\, and performance workshops from Tuscany and Ireland to the Sisters Folk Festival in Oregon\, the Taos Poetry Festival\, the Woody Guthrie Festival\, Laity Lodge\, the Everwood Farmstead Foundation in Wisconsin\, as well as for Blue Rock Artist Ranch near Austin\, Texas. \nAnd his online live video series The Fire Pit Sessions—inspired by the Pandemic Poems Project—has had over 35\,000 views. At over 100 episodes now\, in which Nathan reads a few poems from the book series and performs a song at the end\, now has an established following of loyal viewers. \nNaomi Shihab Nye said about Nathan’s book\, My Salvaged Heart: “Brave new world! The sizzle of couplings and uncouplings – attraction and romance\, ineffable magnetism\, mysterious as ever – but doused with a savory dose of Nathan Brown humor\, a tilted long-ranging eye that sees the next bend in the road even when he’s standing right here\, firmly planted.”
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/songwriting-series-nathan-brown/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations,Songwriting Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eric Clow":MAILTO:eric@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations: Susie Angel
DESCRIPTION:Art Spark Texas introduced our virtual arts roundtable series “Community Conversations” in Spring of 2020\, as a way of staying connected and continuing our mission during this time of the pandemic. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 7-8pm CST\, and invite visual artists\, musicians\, dancers\, actors\, writers\, disability advocates and others to engage with the Art Spark community. \n\nLearn more about our June artist of the month Susie Angel on our blog.\nSee our Facebook event for more information about this month’s Community Conversation.\n\nJoin the conversation! All are welcome. \nMeeting Link via Zoom \nMeeting ID: 984 2050 5609\nPasscode: 201146\nJoin our newsletter to get the information via email.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2021-06-23/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="Art Spark Texas - Artworks%2C Susan":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Art Spark Texas introduced our virtual arts roundtable series “Community Conversations” in Spring of 2020\, as a way of staying connected and continuing our mission during this time of the pandemic. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 7-8pm CST\, and invite visual artists\, musicians\, dancers\, actors\, writers\, disability advocates and others to engage with the Art Spark community. \nJoin the conversation! All are welcome. \nA link to the virtual event will be posted here several days beforehand and join our newsletter to get the information via email.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2021-05-12/2021-07-14/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations
ORGANIZER;CN="Art Spark Texas - Artworks%2C Susan":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Art Spark Texas introduced our virtual arts roundtable series “Community Conversations” in Spring of 2020\, as a way of staying connected and continuing our mission during this time of the pandemic. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 7-8pm CST\, and invite visual artists\, musicians\, dancers\, actors\, writers\, disability advocates and others to engage with the Art Spark community. \nJoin the conversation! All are welcome. \nA link to the virtual event will be posted here several days beforehand and join our newsletter to get the information via email.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2021-08-11/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations
ORGANIZER;CN="Art Spark Texas - Artworks%2C Susan":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Art Spark Texas introduced our virtual arts roundtable series “Community Conversations” in Spring of 2020\, as a way of staying connected and continuing our mission during this time of the pandemic. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 7-8pm CST\, and invite visual artists\, musicians\, dancers\, actors\, writers\, disability advocates and others to engage with the Art Spark community. \nJoin the conversation! All are welcome. \nA link to the virtual event will be posted here several days beforehand and join our newsletter to get the information via email.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2021-05-12/2021-09-08/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations
ORGANIZER;CN="Art Spark Texas - Artworks%2C Susan":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Art Spark Texas introduced our virtual arts roundtable series “Community Conversations” in Spring of 2020\, as a way of staying connected and continuing our mission during this time of the pandemic. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 7-8pm CST\, and invite visual artists\, musicians\, dancers\, actors\, writers\, disability advocates and others to engage with the Art Spark community. \nJoin the conversation! All are welcome. \nA link to the virtual event will be posted here several days beforehand and join our newsletter to get the information via email.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2021-05-12/2021-10-13/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations
ORGANIZER;CN="Art Spark Texas - Artworks%2C Susan":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Art Spark Texas introduced our virtual arts roundtable series “Community Conversations” in Spring of 2020\, as a way of staying connected and continuing our mission during this time of the pandemic. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 7-8pm CST\, and invite visual artists\, musicians\, dancers\, actors\, writers\, disability advocates and others to engage with the Art Spark community. \nJoin the conversation! All are welcome. \nA link to the virtual event will be posted here several days beforehand and join our newsletter to get the information via email.
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2021-05-12/2021-11-10/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations
ORGANIZER;CN="Art Spark Texas - Artworks%2C Susan":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversations with Art Spark Dance & Civic Arts
DESCRIPTION:This month’s virtual Community Conversation topic is our creation of a national gathering focused on dance and disability education in the U.S. – Refocusing Dance Education: Deafness and Disability – in Spring 2023\, to bring together those who are invested in inclusive dance practice and pedagogy at multiple levels. The planning team will present our process to date from a series of in-depth interviews and our exploration of the Austin dance and performing arts scene. Our work is a continuation of what is currently taking place in our local and national communities. ASL interpretation and Closed Captioning for this conversation will be provided. Questions can be directed to outreach@artsparktx.org \nCommunity Conversation with Art Spark Texas & Civic Arts\nWed\, Dec 8\, 2021 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (CST)\n\n\nPlease join my meeting from your computer\, tablet\, or smartphone.\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86253225288?pwd=ajBuaVBuUHorNkZFWm9lMjR3UTJMUT09
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2021-05-12-2021-12-08/
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="Art Spark Texas - Artworks%2C Susan":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation with Artist of the Month Kemi Yemi-Ese
DESCRIPTION:Join us to meet our February Artist of the Month\, Kemi Yemi-Ese! Kemi is a Nigerian-American artist living in Austin. She was raised in Houston\, Texas and moved to Austin eleven years ago for physical therapy and to gain independence after a car accident in 2006\, which left her with a spinal cord injury. Kemi is now a fully-licensed therapist who focuses her counseling practice on helping those with stress\, anxiety\, and childhood trauma. She is also an artist and an art teacher. Her belief is that art can promote emotional healing\, and this is core to her practice as both an artist and a therapist. Kemi will also lead us in a drawing activity. The only supplies needed are paper and markers. \nJoin the Community Conversation here on Wednesday\, February 9th @ 7-9 PM CST. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversation-with-artist-of-the-month-kemi-yemi-ese/
CATEGORIES:Artworks,Community Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Slattery":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T200000
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation with April Artist of the Month Thom the World Poet
DESCRIPTION:April is National Poetry Month and this month our Artist of the Month is the delightful Thom Woodruff\, also known as Thom the World Poet\, the Texas Beat Poet Laureate 2020-2022! Join us for a virtual conversation and POETRY JAM with Thom! \nLink for the virtual event: https://meet.goto.com/211088573
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversation-with-april-artist-of-the-month-thom-the-world-poet/
CATEGORIES:Artworks,Community Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Slattery":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us virtually on Wednesday\, May 25th\, (7:00 PM CDT) when our May Artist of the Month\, veteran dancer\, choreographer\, and educator David Voss comes to chat with us! We will be hearing about David’s passion for dance that has led him to profound\, and often surprising\, work—always with a recognition for the healing power of movement. David will also help us wind down with a guided relaxation activity. \nTune in to the conversation here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82038182706?pwd=Z2oxVXJmVEZVVTNyRkg3Ykljd0xDZz09
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Artworks,Community Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Slattery":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220629T200000
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation with June Artist of the Month Ruth McIntosh
DESCRIPTION:Join us virtually on Wednesday\, June 29th\, (7:00 PM CDT) when our Artist of the Month\, Ruth McIntosh\, a multimedia visual artist\, writer\, dancer\, and Air Force Veteran\, comes to chat with us. Ruth will be showing some of her visual work and telling us the stories behind the art. Ruth will also lead a mini creative prompt session that we can all participate in \nJoin the conversation using this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82038182706?pwd=Z2oxVXJmVEZVVTNyRkg3Ykljd0xDZz09 \n 
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations/
CATEGORIES:Artworks,Community Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Slattery":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220810T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220810T200000
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation with August Artist of the Month Joanne State
DESCRIPTION:Ever wonder how a songwriter comes up with a good opening line? Join us Wednesday\, August 10th\, (7-8:00 PM CDT) for a virtual Community Conversation with August Artist of the Month Joanne Stato and find out! Joanne\, a songwriter\, musician and recording artist\, will discuss her songwriting process with us. She will also facilitate a songwriting activity for attendees. \nJoin the conversation using this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82038182706?pwd=Z2oxVXJmVEZVVTNyRkg3Ykljd0xDZz09
URL:https://www.artsparktx.org/event/community-conversations-2022-07-13-2022-08-10/
CATEGORIES:Artworks,Community Conversations
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Slattery":MAILTO:susan@artsparktx.org
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