Attention Northeastern InterPlay folks!! Join in for multicultural play!
World Voices, World Visions Music & Arts CAMP at Univ. of Rhode Island
Diane Saliba Ault and
Masankho Banda
Kingston, RI
Sun. evening through Fri. night 5 & 1/2 days July 17-22
The Multicultural Center of Rhode Island, (Kingston Campus) sponsors World Voices World Visions 2005! Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, sitar, or drums for hands-on instructions. Practice your singing, songwriting, dancing, cloth-making, and visual arts. Masankho will be leading drumming and dance circles, and he and Diane will be weaving InterPlay throughout the conference as a form for cross-cultural dialogue and bridge-building. There are full days and full evenings with a wide variety of offerings, including a WORLD VILLAGE track for children ages 5-12
WORLD ARTS- Besides the extensive American and Celtic music and dance programs, the camp will also offer an array of workshops addressing diverse traditions of music, dance, and the creative arts from Cambodia, Nigeria, India, Cape Verde and Guatemala, along with a capstone public dialogue intended to knit together the themes of the camp.
WORLD LEARNING for Teachers The camp will also offer two classes for graduate students as well as elementary and secondary teachers who wish to more effectively understand and incorporate folk music into their classroom practice. Through the University of Rhode Island School of Education, either of these classes can be taken for graduate course credit.
The week ends with a great Grand Concert on the evening of Friday, July 22 featuring the entire faculty at 7pm.
WVWV MISSION--World Voices, World Visions is designed to build understanding and respect for people and cultures around the world through participation in and exposure to the folk arts, public dialogue, study and reflection."The mission of World Voices, World Visions is to help participants understand what it means to be a global citizen and to develop a sense of responsibility for each other beyond the limits of family and nation," says Melvin Wade, director of the Multicultural Center. "The folk arts allow us to understand our own identities; and as we become more secure in our own identities we can become influenced by others and build bridges."
The arts are a way to help bridge cultures and to explore our own identities.
Actually practicing the arts of other cultures narrows the distance between cultures and helps us understand the roots of our identities." Melvin Wade, Director, URI Multicultural Center
for more information see the website at http://www.uri.edu/mcc/WorldVoicesWorldVisions/2005/
or contact Diane Ault at www.interplaytn.org, or Masankho at www.ucandanc.org
Cost: resident & commuter options available.. see URI website
Registration/Information: To Register- see World Voices, World Visions homepage at http://www.uri.edu/mcc/WorldVoicesWorldVisions/2005/
Venue
University of Rhode Island, Multicultural Center
Kingston, RI
Masankho and I will be offering InterPlay thoughout this conference and would welcome the participation of other InterPlayers interested in Multicultural work/play!
Ron and I went to this event last year and had a great time! contact them to register. thanks, Diane Ault
Leaders
Diane Saliba Ault
Diane is a longtime community organizer, activist and artist who wears lots of hats! Her roles are many but her vision is one: wholeness for all.
She has served on the boards & staff of many church and community non-profit organizations, locally, regionally and nationally and has a passion for community-building across lines of race, class and culture.
She loves the simplicity and elegance of the InterPlay forms and shares them with other adventurous souls in Nashville and other parts of TN! She has organized over 350 InterPlay gatherings in the last 6 years and is building a strong mutual support network of community artists. She is in the fifthyear of teaching the InterPlay Leadership Program.
She has recently become the grandmother of twin boys and then another baby girl and enjoys the multicultural nature of her family. Her Moroccan son-in-law and daughter Sara live next door and between them they speak 5 languages.
She is interested in supporting the development of InterPlay in more areas, especially in the South. She is available for travel and exchange (body barters!) with other InterPlayers in other communities.
Cell phone is 615-594-4410
Masankho Banda
Masankho is a multi - disciplinary Performing Artist, Certified InterPlay Leader, Educator and PeaceBuilder. He brings many unique perspectives to his work around the world. He learned the fine arts of storytelling and dance from his Malawian culture spending many long days and nights listening to stories and dancing to music that captivated his mind, shaped his being, nourished his soul and strengthened his spirit. Using performing arts Masankho motivates and inspires people of all ages to work together to bring about peace, social justice and cultural understanding. In 1997, he started UCanDanc—African Healing Arts to bring his passion for dance and storytelling to communities around the world. Masankho has been a Certified InterPlay Leader since 1999.
Masankho can also be reached at these phone numbers: +265 99 255 5338 or 88 113 8655 (available on Whatsapp / FaceTime)
Also: Skype : kamsisi
Facebook / Twitter: storytelling4u