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How to help small things grow: Conversation and outreach at PLUG, 1/17 3 PM
Small artist-driven projects and organizations are sprouting up all around our regional community, with Rocket Grants and other funding opportunities helping to till the soil. But what happens next?...
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Impact through Insight
Hello, my name is Meredith and I’m a new feature writer for the Rocketblog. This is the first is a series of posts that will be running through the spring that will be focusing on taking a more in...
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Last outreach sessions for 2015
Are you interested in applying for up to $6,000 to implement an innovative, under-the-radar project that engages a public audience? Rocket Grants applications for the 2015-2016 season are due on March...
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Four exciting new Rocket Grants critical arts writing initiatives launching...
illustration by Amy Kligman A large part of what the Rocket Grants program does is aimed towards developing new kinds of audiences and connecting artists with our community in novel and unexpected...
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For The Love Of Beeps
Last summer Beep Goes The Weasel came to the Boulevard Drive In, and aired on local TV and radio stations. This year the project has added more venues, widened audience interaction, and picked up a...
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Joseph Keehn Discusses A MYSTIC BOND OF BROTHERHOOD MAKES ALL MEN ONE
Listen to Joseph Keehn discuss A Mystic Bond of Brotherhood Makes All Men One https://rocketgrants.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/20150316-112434-1.mp3 Transcript of recording. Joseph Keehn speaks: “Today...
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Object Origins
Damia Smith has long been fascinated with interactions between humans and their world, and has often worked with themes of empathy. Her current project, The Weight of an Object, encourages a similar...
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Awards announced for 2015-2016 Rocket Grants Program!
Charlotte Street Foundation and the KU Spencer Museum of Art proudly announce twelve new Rocket Grants (nine Full Project Awards and three Research & Development Awards) making up the largest...
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Maker Village KC Project with Longfellow Farm
Coming up on May 30th, Maker Village KC will be helping Longfellow Farm build harvest tables for the vacant lots at 30th and Harrison that they have transformed into a community garden! The volunteer...
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My new, short film, SHADOW, is an Official Selection of Free State Festival...
I am so pleased that my short film, SHADOW, is an official selection of Free State Festival and will be screened during the Short Film Showcase 1, on Sunday, June 28th at 1:30 pm at Liberty Hall in...
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Columbus Park – Build Days This Weekend At The Skate Park
This coming Friday and Saturday, September 11 & 12, Harrison Street DIY will be working on the build out of the 2015 Rocket Grants awarded project The Columbus Park Skate Park. As part of the...
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Traces & Trajectories exhibit features Rocket Grants projects from the first...
Friday February 5, 2016 from 6-9 PM at La Esquina Gallery (1000 W. 25th Street) Please join Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art at KU at an opening reception for Traces &...
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2016 Rocket Grants Award Winners Announced!
The Charlotte Street Foundation and Spencer Museum of Art at KU are delighted to announce the winners of 2016 Rocket Grants Awards: Eleven innovative and public-facing projects were chosen from among a...
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ARE YOU DOING ENOUGH?
Opportunities though, are just around the corner. Within the month, the days will shorten and the evenings cool. You will carry a refreshing beverage named Pleasantville to the porch and watch the sun...
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Sharpen your scissors.
It’s not always easy being a socialist. Sometimes it’s work. Here’s some of the research we’ve been examining over the summer as we prepare to Cut Your Hair in the Socialist Style.
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THE GOLD STANDARD
Admit it; you were keeping score.The Rio Olympics turned watching gymnastics—once shunned as the Cold-War provenance of Eastern Europe—into a Red State, core family value. Despite the protestations of...
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The Floor Continues
Come through to the Quilombo at 3504 Woodland Ave, KCMO, Saturday, September 10, 2016 Part II of The Floor! Featuring UpCOMING LEGENDARY ACE FADEL! 6:30-9:30pm Filed under: The Floor, Upcoming Events...
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TONIGHT!
Come out to the Quilombo! At 3504 Woodland Ave KCMO For Part 2 of The Floor ! 6:30-9:30pmFiled under: 2016 Projects, The Floor, Upcoming Events
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See ya on the floor!
Please join us for the FINAL INSTALLMENT of The Floor! An overlapping engagement in the experiential tracing of repetition and Blackness in relation to the #GreatBlackMigrations of the 20th Century. It...
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The Fade: Muralist’s Called to Walls
Citizens of the Republic! Early voting has already begun. The summer light is fading but not your dreams. They remain resolute as will your interest in the next iteration of Cut Your Hair in the...
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