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_ # Pholos h\ I Cl> I.I [ .II UK I kianga Ford will soon unveil a local project. The Art of Listening Artists comes to town to showcase her unique talent BY LAYl.A FARMER nil CHRONICI I Internationally known artist Kianga Ford will unveil the latest installment of her "The Story of this Plaee" proj eutin Winston-Salem on Aug. 5. The project is one of a handful of exhibitions present ed by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art's (SECCA) Inside Out: Artists in the Community II series, which brings artists to the community outside the muse um while the physical building undergoes renovations. SECCA Curator Steven Matijcio says Inside Out is part of a larger transformation the the museum is undergoing with respect to its image and scope . "SECCA in the past has had quite a predigious history, but we wanted to make it even more dynamic." he explained. "These seven projects (in the series) draw upon the past ... but also show the new face of SECCA ... by presenting art in a way that I think most people wouldn't expect." Matijcio took the helm at SECCA last summer. Renovations began there in January 2009 and are expected to extend into the start of next year. Through the Inside Out exhibition, the museum has been able to maintain its visi bility during the time the build ing is closed and introduce new concepts of art to the com munity, Matijcio said. "I'm happy to open peo ple's eyes to new experiences, and I think Inside Out is a good way to do that," he remarked. "We're using Winston-Salem not only as canvas for these projects, but also as a subject." Ford has traveled the world with the 'Place' project, which she launched in 2003. Winston-Salem will be her sixth completed project, join ing the ranks of cities like Miami. Fla.. Los Angeles, Calif.. Baltimore, Md., and locales in Norway and Egypt. Ford describes "The Story of this Place" as "experiential lis tening." She researches the area she is highlighting, and talks to locals about their expe riences. Then she composes a fictional narrative, which is set to original music, typically produced by local groups, and maps out a walking or driving course for listeners to follow. Listeners download the audio files onto mp3 players, and journey to familiar destinations throughout the area. "What's at the core of this project is the fact that I give you the provocation to look at where you are" the artist explained. "... it's not really a historical tour. It really is just about making you present and maybe giving you a few basic ideas to work with when Steven Matijcio you're thinking about a place." ? The narrative is centered around key locations along the trip, and is designed to help people see the world around them differently. Ford says. "Kianga's project I thought beautifully activated a really large cross-section of Winston Salem," Matijcio commented. "You could literally walk through these places'and redis cover them through her words." While some may classify her work as spoken word. Ford says that her words are not the chief focus of the project. By telling her stories. Ford says she hopes to inspire listeners to reevaluate the way they inher ently view the people and places they see daily, and to help them become more intro spective and conscious of the way they see the world. "When people are trying to read you. they are trying to read in between a pop culture fiction and a historical place," she explained. "This project in particular has let me just sort of wrap all those things together and give people an experience of watching and being watched." The project will open dur ing the National Black Theatre Festival, slated for Aug. 3-8, Ford, who says theater and cin ema have been big influences in her work, is excited to intro duce her work to the Festival crowd. "I can't wait to get some feedback "from a real theater crowd," she declared. "I'm really curious about how they'll interact (with the proj ect)." The Story of this Place will officially launch on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 6 p.m. at The Garage. HO W. 7th Street. During the festival. mp3 play ers will he available at SECCA's booth at the MC Benton Convention Center. Audio will be available for download at www.secca.org. For more information, contact F.ndia Real, at (336) 397-2109 or endiaJyeal<fl ncdcr.gov. For more information on Kianga Ford. vfsil MVH>:kiungajbrdicom . 1 News Clips ( fun ii staff . win and w ihimtnJ if parts . VVH debate team leader dies Ross K Smith. who led Wake Forest University debate teams to national championships during his 25 years at the university, died July 19 at his home after suffer jng a heart attack. He was 5T. Just last year. Smith led a Wake Forest team to capture the 2008 National Debate Smith Tournament championship. He also coached the univer sity's 1997 national cham pionship team. A funeral service was held July 23 in Wake Forest's Wait Chapel. A guestbook has been created on the university Web site at http://www.wfu.edu/wow.f/ guest/smith/index. php. In his long career in debate. Smith encountered thousands of college and high school debaters from all over the United States. Smith was the jcoajh and eventual director of Wake Forest's debate program, led debate competitions at Wake Forest for college and high school debaters, judged debate competitions nationwide, and taught at summer debate workshops nt Wake Forest and else where in the country. In recent years. Smith also worked with eastern European high school stu dents who came to Wake Forest for summer debate programs sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Smith, who became Wake Forest's debate coach in 1984 and its debate pro gram director two years ago. was named National Debate Coach of the Year tn I W4 and IWX B-PAI. gala honoring Burke On August 22. 2009, B PAL will celebrate its 30th anniversary by honoring Dr. Vivian H. Burke. The gala will be held at the Benton Convention Center, begin ning w ith a meet and greet at 5 p.m. The gala starts at 6 p.m Tickets are $30 and available at Special Occasion, TES Engraving, the LaDeara Crest Community Center Office, the Delta Arts Center and Ervin's Beauty Salon. For more information, contact Naomi Jones at 336-724 3759 or Evelyn W. Sanders at 336-785-4272. HELPIine to shut dow n The HELPIine. a pro gram of Family Services, Inc. will phase out services on July 31. Uncertain eco nomic times forced funding cuts that resulted in a sig nificant loss of financial support for the HELPIine. a phone line that provides mental health assistance to local and regional callers. The HELPIine program began in -1970 through the efforts of community vol unteers and has been fund ed by the United Way of Forsyth County since the late 1990s. The HELPIine was a program of an inde pendent agency and became a program of Family Services, Inc. in 2<>0I . Family Service*, Inc will offer clients of (he HELPIine program a vari ety of options for their mental health needs during and alter the transition. These options include out patient treatment with Family Services, Inc coun seling staff and other com munity providers, access to other mental health tele phone crisis services, and referral to other Family Services, Inc. programs Roland Martin in Greensboro ?CNN . commentator Roland S. Martin will pro vide the keynote address for the Aspire Foundation Awards dinner on Tuesday. July 2X. beginning at 6 p.m. at the Revolution Mills Studio Event Center at 900 Revolution Mills Drive in Greensboro Founded by businessmen Jonathan Graham, president of Horus Construction, and Todd Baldwin. M/WBE Coordinator for Guilford County Schools, the Aspire Foundation's mission is to increase opportunities for minority-owned businesses in the construction industry by informing stakeholders about construction opportu nities and promoting efforts of inclusion and collabora tion among minority busi nesses. The event is open to the -business community. Tickets are $150. and the attire is business dress. To register for the event, pur chase tickets or secure spon sorship opportunities, log on t o www.aspfreawardsfoundatio n.org. 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