Building Cultural Bridges
Newcomer Arts and Culture Directory
 Arlington
Cultural Affairs
Arlington, Virginia
Hearabouts
An arts incubator program that builds the professional
capacity of tradition-based artists and arts groups
through providing performance and work space, technical assistance
and grant money, as well as skills development in business
management and promotion.
 ArtCorps,
Inc.
Beverly, Massachusetts
Our Land and the Eagle
Partnering with nonprofit organizations in developing countries
to create local opportunities through community-based art
projects like Our Land and the Eagle, through which youth
worked with a visiting artist to create a mural.
 Burlington
City Arts/The Write Place
Burlington, Vermont
New Americans, New Voices
Giving voice to New American experiencess while advancing
literacy, promoting creativity, and extending and strengthening
community through writing.
 Central
New York Community Arts Council's Arts in Education Institute/
Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
Utica, New York
Routes of Dislocation
A collaborative Arts in Education project focusing on the
stories of Utica-area refugee community members.
Chippewa Valley Museum
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Arrivals
Traditional arts documentation and public programming focusing
on recently arrived immigrants in Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley.
 City
of Santa Fe Arts Commission
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Cultural Voices Initiative
Documenting and bringing recognition to Santa Fe's diverse
artistic and cultural traditions, while working to bring community
members together through the arts.
 Empowered
Women International
Alexandria, Virginia
Training for Success-An Artist Entrepreneurship Program
Building sustainable livelihoods through the arts by providing
opportunities for immigrant and refugee women to become part
of an artists' network and participate in business incubator
training modules that focus on developing practical skills.
 Erie
Art Museum
Erie, Pennsylvania
Old Songs, New Opportunities
A collaborative project drawing on traditional songs from
diverse refugee and immigrant cultures to enhance multicultural
programming in area daycares, while providing daycare training
and employment opportunities for Erie's newcomer women.
 Filipino
American Foundation of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico Cultural
Dance Group
Teaching and sharing Filipino traditional dance as a means
of cultural preservation and pride, and of promoting unity
among Albuquerque's diverse ethnic communities.
 Iowa
Arts Council Folklife Program
Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Culture and Language Conference, Folklife Stream
An interdisciplinary collaboration providing folk
and traditional arts content for educators, service providers,
and others working with Iowa's refugee and immigrant communities.
 Khmer
Arts Academy
Long Beach, California
Classical Dance Training & Performance Program Providing multifaceted
instruction and performance opportunities in Cambodian classical
dance, in Long Beach and Cambodia.
 Littleglobe,
Inc.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Memorylines: Voces de Nuestras Jornadas/Voices from
Our Journeys
Engaging community through a contemporary opera collaboratively
developed by artists and newcomer community members to encourage
dialogue around complex issues and nurture mutual understanding.
 Los
Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
San Pablo, California
Reviving and presenting the art of Mexican immigrants and
Mexican Americans to encourage social connection and cross-cultural
understanding through the Community Heritage Project, a youth
arts education program, and Cultures of Mexico in California,
which develops musical CDs and documentary films and performances
for the general public.
 Louisiana
Division of the Arts
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
New Populations
Reaching out to and documenting the traditional arts and artists
of Louisiana's immigrant and refugee communities.
 Rivers
of Steel
Homestead, Pennsylvania
Developing projects that support the traditional arts of newcomers
in southwestern Pennsylvania, including the Tradition-Bearers:
Voices from the Rivers of Steel Heritage Area Radio Series,
Roots to Routes Driving Guide, Shaped by Steel audio CD, and
an Artisans Market.
 Somos
Los Otros
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A collaborative sponsored project of the Albuquerque Center
for Peace and Justice, using music and theater to educate,
empower, and promote dialogue among Albuquerque's diverse
communities.
 SOMOS
Mayfair
San Jose, California
La Dulce Vida: Participatory Theater Takes on Diabetes
& Reclaiming Culture: ĦQue Viva La Posada!
Two community-based projects drawing on popular theater and
traditional Mexican drama to address the contemporary realities
of immigrants, in particular focusing on the theme of health
and family unity in the face of a diabetes epidemic and the
pressures of assimilation.
 Syracuse
University Department of Anthropology
Syracuse, New York
The New Soul of Syracuse
Supporting the heritage of traditional arts of Syracuse-area
refugees and immigrants by identifying, interpreting, and
presenting their traditional arts.
 Washington
State Parks and Recreation Commission Folk and Traditional
Arts in the Parks Program
Folk & Traditional Arts in the Parks Program
A collaborative project of the Washington State Parks and
Recreation Commission and the Washington State Arts Commission,
presenting public events in state parks that reflect Washington's
cultural diversity, such as concerts, festivals, storytelling
sessions, dance performances, and craft demonstrations.
 Western
Folklife Center
Elko, Nevada
Beyond Borderlands: Mexican-American Ranch Traditions
in the American West
Presenting a series of public programs exploring the cultural
threads that link communities in Mexico and the U.S., focusing
on the living legacies of family-based Mexican ranch culture-the
corridos, band music, craft work, foodways, stories, and occupational
skills-as expressed in the American West today.
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