peace. All the doves will be collected, and hung in a public art installation in the lobby of the Richmond Memorial Auditorium. 6. Media Arts/Visual Arts: “The Storyteller Project” Project Manager: Lisa Foote This project will create a semi-permanent, kinetic mini-mural in a high-traffic, public space. The project will involve a series of community members’ portraits printed on ceramic tiles, and place permanently on a wall to create a mural of local faces. Youth and senior citizens will be paired together for a dialogue on video, sharing personal stories that define each of them. They will then photograph each other, and those photos will be used for the mural. 7. Visual Arts/Crafts: “9th Street Park Mosaic Project” Project Manager: Daryl Henline/Linda Whitmore This project will engage Santa Fe Neighborhood’s elementary school students in creating 142 individual 6” mosaic decorative medallions for the fence surrounding the park at 6th Street and Virginia Avenue. Mosaic artist, Daud Abdullah will go into local classrooms lead the students in the design process, providing materials and doing the final installation. Each student will complete a worksheet describing his/her piece. Santa Fe Neighborhood council will host a Saturday open house at the playground to celebrate the students’ work and their schools. 8. Performing Arts: “Assemblies in the Schools” Project Manager: Eugene Rodriguez This grant will support five separate student assemblies in Richmond schools in the WCCUSD. The assemblies will include concerts and interactive arts learning activities in traditional and popular Mexican music and dance. Prior to the assemblies, teachers will receive study guides with lessons tying Performing Arts Standards and students’ personal experience to the traditional Mexican art forms at the assemblies. Performances will be done by members of Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy, serving Richmond and San Pablo for more than 20 years. 9. Literary Arts/Visual Arts: “Richmond’s Little Free Libraries” Project Manager: Cristal Banagan The “Richmond Little Free Libraries” (LFL) project will use their 2nd NPA grant to continue building, designing and installing more small, freestanding LFLs in areas of Richmond that are not near public libraries or Bookmobile services. Local community members will learn construction and art skills, and will decorate each LFL with their own designs. The LFLs will be stocked with used books, and “stewards” will replenish them on a regular basis. The LFLs will encourage reading and literacy at the neighborhood level for both children and adults. 10. Media Arts: “Richmond Rides, a Photo Cyclist Project” Project Manager: Josue Hernandez Funded by an NPA grant last year, Josue Hernandez documented over 40 bicyclists in and around Richmond through photographs and interviews, assisted by participants who currently have little to no skills in photography. The resulting exhibit was so successful that he wanted to take it to the next step. This year Josue will work with a professional videographer to document Richmond’s vibrant, emerging bicycle culture. “The Peace Dove Project”
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