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Lawine USA The Baltimore Rotterdam Sister City Committee hosted Kathie diStefano as “artist in residence” in December of 2013. Kathie, educational director Avalanche Arts, visited Curtis Bay Elementary/Middle School and Ben Franklin High with workshops and performances about environmental issues. This was part of the ongoing project “Playing in a Cleaner Neighborhood” designed to teach trash management and increased recycling responsibilities. Afgelopen december was Kathie diStefano op uitnodiging van de Baltimore Rotterdam Sister City Committee “artist in residence” in Baltimore. Daar heeft zij scholen bezocht met “Spelen in een Schonere Wijk”. |
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HarborTraces HarborTraces explores two different cultures and places that share similar characteristics such as a evolving harbor town, now surrounded by industry, interstates and rail systems as part of a metropolitan city. Heijplaat, Rotterdam, Netherlands and Brooklyn-Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland, USA are the two cities that are the subject of an environmental cultural arts exchange between the residents of these places through the efforts of Steve Bradley, media artist/educator and Kathie diStefano, theatre artist/educator. |
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A collaboration between Avalanche and the Baltimore Rotterdam Sister City Committee. Professor Steve Bradley, University of Maryland Baltimore County, was hosted for two weeks by Kathie diStefano of the Foundation Avalanche in Heijplaat, Rotterdam. During his stay, Steve gave art and animation workshops to a group of young people who work in Heijplaat. This Rotterdam target group are young people of Heijplaat Green Supply, a collaboration between Woonbron & ASVZ. This club is a special group of young people in different ways. ASVZ is an organization for people with intellectual disabilities, and secondly, these people almost daily to the litter problem in the district Heijplaat. For a week long series of workshops where help in which trash was transformed into art. The workshop help process and final product in equal regard. As they collected waste and processed it into artistic objects pictures were recorded and turned into a animated films. Similar workshops were are also given to young people in Curtis Bay, Baltimore and the best films of both cities were shown on 27 and 28 October in “The Trash News”. On Sunday the 28th at 3:30 p.m a reception will be held. The reception is in the context of the Baltimore Rotterdam Sister City Committee. Avalanche uses art and play to teach enviormetnal awarness, correct waste behavior and the reality of recycling. |
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For more information about Avalanche Foundation’s Harbor Traces: Kathie DiStefano, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , (+31) 10-4292518. |
Video items covering "Harbor Traces" 2012 oktober (in dutch) announcing Harbor Traces and the Trash News Show & The Trash Show |
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Sponsors and generous support Heijplaat, Rotterdam, NL: Stichting Lawine, Duurzaam Heijplaat / Sustainable Heijplaat, Woonbron, Charlois 550, Heijplaat Groen / Green Heijplaat, ASVZ and de Kolk |
Video items covering "Harbor Traces" 2012 oktober (in dutch) announcing Harbor Traces and the Trash News Show & The Trash Show |
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