Searching for Democracy and Art

ARTISTS WANTED
for SEARCHING FOR DEMOCRACY Exhibit

WHO: Mendocino County residents only, all ages welcome.

WHAT: ready-to-hang wall art in any medium, not to exceed 30”x40,” except with special permission.

WHEN: 10/26/12. JPEG images to acugallery@att.net or mail/deliver photos to Corner Gallery (11-5 pm). Please include short artist bio or statement and contact information.

10/29/12: Jury will review all entries. Artist notification will be made on Monday, 10/29/12 by    email or phone.

            11/01/12: artwork delivery to the CORNER GALLERY, 201 S State St, Ukiah, 11-5 pm.

            Exhibit dates: 11/2/12--11/30/12. Artwork must be picked up on 11/30/12 between 11-5 pm.

RECEPTION: Corner Gallery First Friday reception, 11/02/12, 5-8 pm.

WHY: Mendocino County Library is participating in statewide initiative for books, exhibits, lectures and programs to drive discussions about the nature and needs of our democracy in Searching for Democracy, an unprecedented statewide initiative by Cal Humanities (formerly the California Council for the Humanities) designed to animate public conversation on the nature and needs of democracy.

Mendocino County Library is presenting a range of public programs inspired by our focus book, A Paradise Built in Hell: the Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster, by Rebecca Solnit. Programs include a poetry reading, lectures, community discussions, a October author visit and talk by Solnit, and a juried art show featuring interpretations of the theme, “Searching for Democracy.” Students, families and people from all walks-of-life will explore what discoveries and lessons about democracy lie in works of fiction and nonfiction, provocative cultural exhibits and public conversations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

            The Corner Gallery: 462-1400 or acugallery@att.net (please use “Searching for Democracy” in the subject line. OR

Anne Shirako, Ukiah Library: 463-4490 or shirakoa@co.mendocino.ca.us. Please use the subject line “Searching for Democracy.”

who are we?

who are we?

"Be gentle with each person you meet, for each of them is fighting a great battle." -St. Ephrem the Syrian

When I was dying

I decided everything I knew

Was skewed or wrong
My reason for living

Dianne Durham has a passion for facilitating

personal and societal transformation through

our use of inquiry and imagination. Two years

ago, feeling absolutely imprisoned by a job in

Ohio that provided little fulfillment, Dianne was

compelled to rely largely on her imagination in

order to transition to living in Mendocino County.

                         

Dianne’s transformative process gave her a better understanding of “the construct”,the set of invisible boundaries and unwritten rules which limit our thinking.  Last September, Dianne founded Ukiah Aware, a small production company for the purpose of developing innovative productions which challenge our basic assumptions.

You are invited to a conversation at the Ukiah Library
Wednesday, June 6^th at 6:00 pm

Questions? 463-4493

   Sponsored by the Mendocino County Library. This program is part of a grant from Cal Humanities, “Searching for Democracy, California READS and in partnership with California Center for the Book