The Arts Council of Winston
Salem and Forsyth County has
announced its second round of
2016 Community Enrichment
Mini-Grant recipients. They
are:
(First Row, Left to Right)
Bridget Orengo (Sowing Seeds
Children's Festival), May tun
Marshall (student, Thomas
Jefferson Middle School),
Katherine Foster (New
Winston Museum), Barbara
Campbell (Lewisville Spring
Arts Festival), Jacqueline
Henry (Insight Human
Services), Daphne Holmes
Johnson (Delta Arts Center),
Amatullah Saleem (Mami
Wata Cultural Arts Collective);
(Second Row, Left to Right)
Owens Daniels (photograph
er/New Winston Museum),
Lori Prescott (Winston-Salem
Youth Chorus), Martin WiUdns
(The Basement Tattoo and
Beauty Studio), Jen Brown
(The Engaging Educator),
Rebecca Bryant (Mami Wata
Cultural Arts Collective), and
Olivia Sledge (The Dancing
Ground).
Arts Council announces 13 mini-grant recipients
"SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
The Arts Council of
Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County has
announced its second
round of 2016 grants made
through its Community
Enrichment Mini-Grant
initiative. These awards
provide community groups
and individuals with grants
up to $500 to infuse the
arts into all segments of the
community, promote cre
ativity, provide greater
access to the arts, and bring
people together. This pro
gram is sponsored by Wells
Fargo.
"These summer mini
grants will provide free
cultural neighborhood pro
gramming and support
many youth opportunities
to engage with the arts and
reach from Lewisville to
Kernersville" said Dara
Silver, Grant Program
Manager for The Arts
Council. "We continue to
be inspired by the ideas
and initiatives coming
from individuals, churches,
community organizations,
and businesses that have
the desire to make a differ
ence in our community
through the arts."
Projects selected: v
?ABC of NC is a non
profit providing services
for children with autism
and their families. They
will partner with
Peppercorn Theater to pro
vide a visiting artist to
work with their students,
host the cast of The Tourist
Tfep, and purchase sup
plies so children can make
themown puppets.
?Mayfon Marshall
(student) , and Wendy
Broadstreet (English
teacher) will start an after
school creative writing
club at Thomas Jefferson
Middle School. The club
will inspire and support
students to write stories,
songs, poems, and essays.
Funding will be used to
bring in Melissa McLeod,
creative writing instructor,
author, and songwriter for
three sessions with the
club.
?Delta Arts Center will
host a Haitian Community
Day on August 27 in con
junction with their current
exhibition, "Selebrasyon!
Haitian Art from Local
Collections." The event
will feature a local Haitian
food truck vendor, King
Queen Haitian Cuisine,
entertainment by local per
cussionist and scholar on
African Diaspora Music,
Oesiku Dan, traditional
Haitian dancers, and a per
formance by Kernersville's
First Haitian Wesleyan
Church. Eyeglasses will
be collected for ongoing
relief efforts and sent to
Haiti.
?Insight Human
Services in partnership
with Un Nuevo Renecer
De Reyes y Sarcerdotes
Ubicados in Kemersville
will create summer enrich
ment opportunities for the
Hispanic community.
Three weeks of summer
programming will be
offered for youth 5-19
focusing on arts, culture,
gardening and civic
involvement.
?Mami Wata Cultural
Arts Collective will pro
vide five weeks of summer
program enrichment for
youth at Alders Point
Senior Apartments in the
Happy Hill neighborhood
in partnership with the
William C. Sims, Sr.
Recreation Center. The
program will feature story
telling, writing, and illus
tration by local artists,
Amatullah Saleem and
Gilbert Young.
?New Winston
Museum partnered with
artist Owens Daniels to
present his photography
exhibition, "The Birth of
the Cool" this past June.
The exhibition featured
local jazz and blues musi
cians who have contributed
to our local musical her
itage and beyond.
?Olivia Sledge will
provide a series of
Community Bantabas (The
Dancing Ground), a West
African tradition of com
munal gathering, fellow
ship, and cultural affirma
tion. These free events will
feature African drumming
and dancers, songs, games,
and educational activities
in a variety of neighbor
hoods.
?Paper Lantern Theatre
Company will present
BORN BAD by award
winning playwright debbie
tucker green, August 25
September 4 at the Milton
Rhodes Center for the Arts.
The work is based on con
temporary African
American themes and will
be directed by Ms. Donna
Bradby, NC A&T profes
sor and feature a diverse
cast.
?The inaugural Sowing
Seeds Children's Festival
will feature areas for chil
dren to sell their own art,
children's music and per
forming arts, along with a
make-your-own craft area.
The festival will be held on
September 25 at Bailey
Park. Partners include
Imagination Installations,
Arts Based School, and
Temple Emmanuel.
?Spring Arts Festival
took place on June 4 at The
Coffee Mill in Lewisville.
This free festival featured
over 40 artisans who sold
all handmade arts and
crafts. Community part
ners included Piedmont
Transit Authority, Animal
Hospital of Lewisville, the
Lewisville Historical
Society, The Olio Glass
Studio, and The Produce
Box.
?The Basement Tattoo
and Beauty Studio will
host a Summer Youth
Camp taught by artists
Shawn Wright and Erran
Hamlin. Youth will be
from the area surrounding
the tattoo shop in East
Winston who are primarily
at-risk and in need of sum
mer enrichment and men
torship.
?The Engaging
Educator, Jen Brown, will
present her workshop,
"Presentation Skills
through Improv," to John
F. Kennedy High School
students in September.
Improvisational theatre
increases confidence and
begins mastery of public
speaking, as well as
enhances leadership skills,
initiative and positive risk
taking.
?Winston-Salem Youth
Chorus will acquire SO
recorders (musical instru
ments) for their singers to
play in their upcoming sea
?
son and in community out
reach events, specifically a
new partnership with the
Winston-Salem
Symphony's Mary Starling
Program.
In this round of
Community Enrichment
Mini-Grants, The Arts
Council received 26 appli
cations and selected 13 to
receive awards of $500
each. To date, 50 mini
grants have been awarded
totaling $25j000.
The next due date for
mini-grant applications are
Sept. 1 by 5 pan. for proj
ects taking place Oct. 1 -
Nov. 30,2016.
For more information
about Community
Enrichment Mini-Grants,
contact Dara Silver, senior
administrative assistant,
special projects, and grant
program manager at 336
747-1426 or
dsilver@intothearts.org.
Michael L. Robinson sworn in as
newest judge for North Carolina
Business Court at Wake Forest Law
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
The Wake Forest
University School of Law
hosted a swearing-in cere
mony on July 1 for
Michael Lindsay
Robinson, who will preside
as Special Superior Court
Judge for Complex
Business Cases of the new
North Carolina Business
Court, which is set to open
January 2017.
Judge Robinson is a
managing partner at
Robinson & Lawling, LLP.
He resides on the
Executive Committee of
the State Bar Council and
is a chair on the State Bar
Council's Special
Litigation Committee and
Authorized Practice
Committee.
As a North Carolina
Business Court Special
Superior Court Judge, he
will work with cases
involving complex and sig
nificant issues of corporate
at|f>KX>mmercial law in
North Carolina. Cases will
p>be designated by Chief
Justice of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina
Mark Martin. Judge
Robinson will oversee all
aspects of cases from the
time of designation
through trial or other reso
lution.
Officials announced on
May 9 that Wake Forest
Law'8 courtroom would
serve as the newest North
Carolina Business Court.
It is the fourth Business
Court in the state and the
second in the Triad area. It
will begin accepting cases
in January 2017 when con
struction on the new court
room is complete, accord
ing to Wake Forest Law's
Dean Suzanne Reynolds
(JD '77). Until the Wake
Forest site is complete.
Judge Robinson's cham
bers will be in Greensboro
at the site of another
Business Court.
The North Carolina
Business Court was creat
ed in 199S to handle com
plex business disputes. In
2006, the North Carolina
General Assembly expand
ed the Business Court to
Raleigh and Charlotte.
The addition of another
court in Winston-Salem,
due to recent demands, will
make it more convenient to
litigate business disputes,
officials say.
"We look forward to a
wonderful partnership with
the Business Court," Dean
Reynolds said. The
opportunity ' to observe
great lawyers from across
the state and region argu
ing before Judge Robinson
will enrich our students'
experience. As he hears
motions and presides over
trials, Judge Robinson will
serve as a role model for
every student who hears
him. The naming of Wake
Forest as the site of the
newest Business Court
enhances the law school
and entire university."
For more information
about the N.C. Business
Court visit www.ncbusi
nesscourt.net, and for more
information about the N.C.
Judicial Branch and
Unified Court System visit
www.NCcourts.org.
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