10 artists will each collaborate with an unhoused person and housed person and create new songs, danc
We had a moving and informative event last night!
More than 30 Santa Cruz County community members came to the 418 Project on Thursday to hear local city and law enforcement officials discuss positives and negatives surrounding the city and county’s housing crisis. While there are more resources on the law enforcement side, many social workers…
Join us tonight!
Today I’ll be helping film/record a performance and panel discussion at the screening of a beautiful documentary project I filmed a bit on by Andrew Purchin - What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences down at the The 418 Project! It’s from 7-9pm, it’s also a fundraiser and tickets are donating based, I’ll drop the link in the comments below! And here’s some more info 🔽
Please join artist and documentarian Andrew Purchin and The Free Guide, a burgeoning homeless services provider in Santa Cruz County, for this exciting community-building event and fundraiser!
See excerpts from episodes of "What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences," a documentary film series in which thirteen Santa Cruz based visual artists, theater artists, choreographers, writers and musicians each collaborated with both an unhoused and a housed person to make new art. The project is designed to create an open-minded atmosphere of cooperation between those of us without homes and those of us who have reliable housing, so that we can address our mutual needs for well being, dignity, and safety.
Enjoy a live performance by rap artists Alwa Gordon and Alexandra the Author of the collaborative song "Don't Give Up On Me Now." Alwa conversed with unhoused musician Sonny Lopez and housed Santa Cruz Chief of Police Bernie Escalante as part of the documentary project. From those conversations, Alwa created a beautiful song which combines two intertwining melodies, reflecting a conversation between a person who lives in a stable household with privacy and another who doesn’t have this kind of shelter/security.
Join the conversation with Alwa Gordon and Alexandra the Author, Bernie Escalante, Sonny Lopez, and other panel members for a community discussion on housing and homelessness.
Benefit for the Santa Cruz Free Guide (go to santacruzfreeguide.org to learn more about the nonprofit). To read more about "What's Home?", check out whatshome.org.
Don't Give Up On Us Now:
A Community Gathering on Housing and Homelessness
Thursday October 12 7-9 PM
at The 418 Project
Sliding Scale Donation $0- $2000
This is a fundraiser for the The Free Guide, a burgeoning homeless services provider in Santa Cruz County.
Reserve your tickets on eventbrite, Link in Bio
See an excerpt from the What's Home? documentary in which Alwa and Alexandra converse with Santa Cruz Chief of Police Bernie Escalante (housed) and Musician Sonny Lopez (unhoused) to get inspiration for his new song!
Watch Alwa and Alexandra perform, "Don't Give Up On Me Now"
Join the conversation with Bernie and Alwa and Santa Cruz Housing Response Manager and others moderated by Elaine Johnson, executive Director of NAACP and Housing Santa Cruz County
Alwa Gordon and Alexandra The Author performed "Don't Give Up on Me Now" to a sold out audience last April. I was moved to tears multiple times while making this documentary and experiencing this performance.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dont-give-up-on-us-now-a-community-gathering-on-housing-and-homelessness-tickets-718184427957?utm_experiment=control_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios
Save the date! See What's Home Documentary footage, experience live performance by Alwa Gordon and Alexandra the Author and Join the community conversation with Police Chief Bernie Escalante, Alwa, Alexandra and others . Moderated by Elaine Johnson ED of NAACP and Housing Santa Cruz County.
A documentary screening, live performance, and community conversation centered around solutions to our housing crisis.
W E D N E S D A Y • N I G H T
“Understanding Comes in Fragments” by: Cynthia Strauss & Saki
Don’t miss this one of a kind performance! Our participants Michelle, Grim, Patrick and Niall will be there in person to converse with dancers Saki and Cynthia and YOU! This experience consists of a remarkable dance, documentary and conversation.
👥SEE the documentary
🫂EXPERIENCE the dance by Cynthia Strauss & Saki accompanied by an original score by Ken Bewick.
🗣️JOIN the conversation of What’s Home?
Wednesday, May 8th • 6:30pm
📍Radius Gallery at the Tannery Art Center, 1050 River St #127
Santa Cruz, Ca.
Tickets are by donation and available at the door. *Seating is limited - but tickets are available now on Eventbrite or the
“Understanding Comes in Fragments”
By: Cynthia Strauss & Sami
This dance part of the project What’s Home? designed to create an atmosphere of open minded cooperation between those without homes and those who have reliable housing. Ten artists from a range of disciplines are each paired with an unhoused person and housed person. The trios collaborate together to make a new dance, music, theater and visual art.
This event is free to attend - Details:
Radius Gallery at the Tannery Art Center
1050 River St, #127 Santa Cruz
Wednesday, May 3rd • 6:30pm
Ticket
Dear Friends ~ I hope you got a chance to see this sold out performance last week at The 418 Project, the audience was wowed!
We have another special opportunity to dive deep into our What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences Project:
Join the conversation with the dancers & participants 🌞
See the short documentary with dancers Cynthia Strauss and Sami & participants Michelle, Grim, Patrick and Niall.
Experience the dance by Cynthia Strauss and Sami with original score by Ken Bewick.
Wednesday May 3rd • 6:30pm
Radius Gallery at the Tannery Art Center 1050 River St. #127 Santa Cruz
Tickets Available on Eventbrite or the
Monday May 3 6:30 pm at the Radius Gallery
Dancers Cynthia Strauss and Saki will dance, screen video of the What's Home process & converse live with housed and unhoused participants.
T O D A Y, April 15th •7pm
What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences premiers at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz! Tickets available on Eventbrite or
See new work by:
Amy Allen
Angela Gleason
Carmen Leon
Josefina Rocha
Joy Schendledecker
Linda Cover
View new short documentaries that will be displayed near each artwork. See what happens when the artists conversed and made art with their unhoused & housed participants.
Learn more about the artists, participants and programming by visiting www.whatshome.org
T O M O R R O W, April 16th, 2-4pm
Opening Reception in Radius Gallery, at the Tannery Art Center
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Meet Cynthia Strauss💫
The process of ‘Understanding comes in Fragments’
“The idea of spectrums has always fascinated me. Tipping points you might say. When does pedestrian movement become dance? When does a person become housed? Unhoused? When they sleep on their friend’s couch because they have nowhere else to go? Or when they sleeps on a hard, cold sidewalk? When do we develop empathy? When does the sound around us become music? When instruments are added? Or when a voice is added? This dance explores the idea that fragments of understanding are all we have until they coalesce into something greater.”
Listens and learn from more perspectives like this and others at the premieres of What’s Home?
Creative Listening Across Differences.
Tickets are donation based, so please purchase tickets at the highest price you can afford to the following events:
Film Screening + Performances
Saturday, April 15th • 7pm
📍The 418 Project, 155 S River St
Santa Cruz
Opening Reception
Sunday, April 16th • 2-4pm
📍Radius Galley at the Tannery Art Center, 1050 River St, #127
Santa Cruz
Meet the Artists of What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences - first in this series: Andrew Yabroff✨
Andrew is thrilled to be working on this project! He has a BFA in Acting with a minor in Shakespeare Studies from Southern Oregon University. He was last seen performing in 8 Tens @ Eight with the Santa Cruz Actor’s Theater & Jewel Theater’s The Explorers Club in 2019. You may have also seen Andrew perform regionally during five seasons of Island Shakespeare on Whidbey Island.
Other credits include:
Harlequin Theater, Greenstage, the Tacoma Arts Live (Puget Sound area), The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland & performing in LA with his companies “Shakes on the Rocks” & “RIOT!”
With such a diverse acting background he brings a compelling element to his performance.
For more information about Andrew visit his website: www.andrewyabroff.com
Ticket
Saturday, April 15th • 7pm
The 418 Project
155 S River Street, Santa Cruz
Sunday, April 16th
Opening Reception at Radius Gallery
Tannery Art Center, 1050 River St. #127
Santa Cruz
Your support means a lot to us. Thank you Santa Cruz City Arts Recovery and Design, Arts Council Santa Cruz and all of you who have contributed to and supported this project so far.
Because of you, we can bring joy, empathy and mutual understanding right to the spots where hopelessness and division fester in the midst of our housing crisis.
We hope to see you at our events!
What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences ~
Documentary Screening + Performances
Saturday, April 15th • 7pm
The 418 Project, 155 S River, St.
Santa Cruz
Exhibit
April 13th - May 7th (Wed - Sun 12-5pm)
Opening Reception
Sunday, April 16th • 2-4pm
Radius Gallery at the Tannery Art Center
1050 River St. #127, Santa Cruz
Reserve Tickets on Eventbrite or click the
What’s Home? Creative Differences Across Differences premiers this weekend! Two ways to join this important conversation:
Film Screening & Performances
Saturday, April 15th from 7-9pm at
📌The 418 Project
Opening Reception at Radius Gallery
Sunday, April 16th from 2-4pm
📌Tannery Arts Center
Ticket
Q: What do you care most about for yourself and all people?
What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences is an exploration of our housing crisis in Santa Cruz county viewed through the lens of film and art.
Explore this question and more at the documentary screening & performance exhibition world premieres presented by artist Andrew Purchin.
See what happened when the artists converse and made art with their unhoused & housed participants.
Film Screening
Saturday • April 15th at 7pm
📍The 418 Project
Exhibit
April 13th - May 7 / Opening Reception: April 16th from 2-4pm
📍 Radius Gallery
at the Tannery Art center
It was such a gift to hear from and create with our participants. We are grateful for all the risks they took and we look forward to sharing their experiences with you.
Thanks! ❤️
Q: What is Home to you?
What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences began with 10 artists each conversing with a houses person and an unhoused person separately.
Next, the artists each brought their two people together to explore this question & others in hopes of gaining a deeper insight into each other’s perspective.
Each artist has drawn inspiration from these conversations to make a new play, song dance of visual art piece sharing the broad range of housing scarcity stories that exist in Santa Cruz.
The completed performances will be premiered along with short documentary clips
📍Saturday, April 15th, 7pm at The 418 Project,
and the new artworks and corresponding short documentary clips will be exhibited at the
📍Radius Gallery at the Tannery Arts Center from April 13 - May 7.
Initial work & trailer available to view at whatshome.org/documentaries
Ticket link to 4/15 available on Eventbrite or
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Join us for a film screening + conversation at The 418 Project Saturday, April 15th at 7pm of What's Home? Documentaries and Performances ~ Eventbrite ticket link here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-home-creative-listening-across-differences-tickets-600898632987?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
In this two minute proof of concept video, singer songwriter Michael Levy meets Angie and Jason and Shemeika and Danny. He elicits their stories of home and begins to create a new song.
Artist Angela Gleason engages housed and unhoused people to make art on sheet metal. This outreach for What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences occurred as part of an event put on by San Lorenzo Park Neighbors SNLP. We ask the question, What is home to you?
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In this two minute proof of concept video, singer songwriter Michael Levy meets Angie and Jason and Shemeika and Danny. He elicits their stories of home and begins to create a new song.
Artist Angela Gleason engages housed and unhoused people to make art on sheet metal. This outreach for What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences occurred as part of an event put on by San Lorenzo Park Neighbors SNLP. We ask the question, What is home to you? #santacruzcityarts @choosesantacruz @santacruzcityarts @slpnsc
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