ok, i'm gonna post all the meeting notes from the past few months here for the sake of posterity, and then we can also use this thread to plan future meetings and delegate responsibilities.
--sarah
Sarah here sending out some meeting notes from yesterday. Ok, so here goes:
Who was there:
Sarah Misled
Sarah Dinan
Leanne
Jeremy
Isis
Brendan
Jacob
So we met at Bluestockings to discuss some of the things we wanna work on together. We were joined by Jacob, a junior in HS who volunteers at Bluestockings. Welcome Jacob!
We started off with some plan to go to the Grassroots Media Conference (tommorow from 10am to 5:15pm, 5 bucks if yr under 21, this is the link http://www.nycgrassrootsmedia.org/conference) Also that pillow fight is happening in union sq. at 2pm. Maybe we can check that out.
Then at 7pm is the Urban Word Teen Poetry Slam Finals taking place in Bklyn -- here's the info. Apparently the tickets are almost sold out. I have to call tommorow tand try to buy them over the phonw. So let me know if you wanna come so i can see how many tix to get (they're $12). It's really a great event.
Sunday we're have a bunch of you over at our house. Hopefully the weather will be half decent.
Anyway, enough announcements. We spoke about the idea of YELL passing on its leadership to younger students at the renaissance school. Everyone felt that thre wasn't enough interest among the younger students to continue the organization once the current members graduate. (which is kinda sad). So the question is how YELL will exist in the future outside of TRS. What will its focus be? Where will it be based? Lots of questions...
We discussed making flyers for NCOR as well as getting started on the split zine we've been talking about. We realized that creating the content fpr all these materials will depend on us figuring out organizations will be working together -- especially in the case of the split zine, since it's meant to represent our collective efforts and aspirations. Members of YELL were wondering what kind of content they'd create for their half of the zine. We brainstormed some ideas like: stories about how you got into youth activism, recollections of events like the annual conference, bullet points on what you've learned from working in the organization, interviews with students, etc. So hopefully we'll get all this accomplished by the anarchist bookfair on April 14th! (we'll be having separate meetings for planning that workshop pretty soon).
Ok, I'm putting all these note up on our web forums so we can discuss all this stuff more. If you don't already have an account, go to misled-youth.org and create one. Then you can post in forums, have your own blog, and join and start groups.
hope to see you this weekend!
--sarah
What's up everybody
A few people came over to our place in Staten Island this past saturday. We had some home made pizza and prepared more for our upcoming workshop this saturday at the anarchist bookfair. We have a lot to do to get ready! I am in the process of making a little packet we'll be handing out to the participants. We broke down our workshop agenda into different parts, each with its own facilitator. Here is the updated/revised agenda. Please speak up if you think it needs changing!:
Learning from the Inside Out: Community-Based and Peer Education
Workshop Agenda
Set up – sit in circle, have “talking object” (bean bag), set up large paper
Part 1: Introduce the workshop, Introduce ourselves as organizations, individuals, and self-educators. Talk briefly about current learning groups/projects. Explain the goal of the workshop (to enable participants to self-educate as groups and individuals). We will do this by thinking about and sharing our interests, curiosities, and aspirations, and talk about how we can work together to learn what and how we want. [10 min, Sarah Q facilitates, everyone introduces themselves, we’ll have a go-around if there’s time]
Part 2: What is self-education? Why is it important? What are obstacles to self-education?
What are alternative/creative ways to learn about subjects traditionally taught in a more formal/academic way? Is there someone in your community who you see as having a lot of knowledge, but who might not be seen as a teacher or mentor?
Why is the ability to gain skills and knowledge independently of institutional structures so vital for young people, activists, and anyone who wants to create their own life and world to live in?
What are obstacles to self-education? Lack of direction? The habit of viewing learning as work? Lack of resources, information, time, or support?
[20 min: participants will group up according to their interests and share their ideas, Brendan facilitates]
Part 3: What do you want to learn?
Are there subjects that you feel are not being covered in school, which you are interested in? How can you tell what’s important to know in your life? [5 min written brainstorm, 20 min sharing, Leanne and Sarah D. facilitate]
Part 4: How can we learn together? Where do we go from here?
What learning interests do we have in common? How would we go about pursuing these interests, as individuals and as a community? How can we make sure that everyone can contribute to the collective knowledge of a group, yet still learn and do things in their own way? How can a group be inclusive to people with all levels of skill and experience? What steps can we take to move towards building communities based on independent and collaborative learning? How can we keep our momentum going after this workshop? What do we want to focus on in the future? (follow up meetings, online, etc) [10 min group discussion – we will identify some of the most popular topics people are interested in, and talk about how we would go about learning more about this example topic] [10 min wrap up/coordination, Sarah Q facilitates]
Materials we need:
Large paper
Markers
Tape
Talking Object
Other roles: Nick – timekeeper
Brendan – photographer
Needed roles – notetakers, people to bring participants over from Judson location
things that need to get done:
Sarah Q needs to create workshop packet
a bunch of us need to print shirts/patches
Sarah D said she could make buttons. (we also need to decide on prices for merch, and get change so we can sell stuff)
Leanne will copy flyers for tabling
Sarah Q will set up meeting at Fountain House this thursday at 4, all of us need to practice workshop then
Leanne and Sarah D. will try to bring more people from TRS
Sarah Q and Nick will make some kind of signs announcing the workshop(I sent out an announcement to about 30 people, and posted it on our website. Spread the word!)
did i miss anything? I'm gonna post the above agenda on the website, we can discuss it more there. Hope to see you all thursday at Fountain House (435 west 47th st between 9th and 10th aves). You have to sign in at say you're with the Icarus project, then take the steps up to the 4th floor.
ok, i know that was long, we're gonna rock this workshop saturday!
--sarah/misled youth
Hey Everybody
We had a great meeting today! We came up with six learning groups we’re interested in, and figured out who was interested in each, and who would bottom line each. Now we just have to get them started! I just created homepages for all of them on the website -- http://www.misled-youth.org/projects
here are the groups:
Learning Groups
Spanish – Brendan*, Michael*, Sarah D., Ceecee, Leanne, maybe Jose and Xochitl
Silkscreening – Nick*, Sarah Q*, Sarah D, Brendan, Gabe, CeeCee, Leanne
Art (General)– Gabe*, Ceecee*, Sarah Q*, Michael, Nick, Sarah D, Leanne
Writing – Sarah Q*, Brendan*, Ceecee, Gabe, Leanne, Michael*
Gardening – Sarah Q*, Michael, Brian, Nick, Ceecee, Gabe, Jeremy
Photography – Brendan*, Leanne, Ceecee, Gabe, Michael, Sarah D
*means that person agreed to bottom line the group
All of the names and descriptions and stuff were just random crap off the top of my head. Someone from each group who has internet access can become a manager and change all that. And everyone should create an account and join some groups! It’s really easy. Also check out the forums if you haven’t already. Groups on the site can have their own forums, blogs, calendar, pictures, and other kinds of files. This is really exciting! We should start scheduling activities and stuff.
We have a meeting planned for this Thursday at 4pm at Fountain house, located at 435 west 47th st between 9th and 10th aves. When you enter, you have to sign in and say you’re with the Icarus Project. Then you take the staircase on your left up to the 4th floor. Call me at 347 583 7177 if you get confused. Our agenda can include: the silkscreen project, starting the learning groups, ideas about getting a space, the upcoming YELL conference, and more.
Also, it’s supposed to be really nice weather this Sunday. You all are invited to come out to our house in Staten Island (right near the ferry), we can have lunch and maybe do some planting in the garden. Let us know if you can make it.
OK, I think I covered everything. You guys are great. Go make an account on the website if you haven’t already!
--sarah/misled youth
what's up everyone! i'm gonna do a quick run down of everything we talked about today
who was there:
Sarah Q
Sarah D
Brendan
Gabe
Ceecee
(and a cute baby with a yellow bucket on his head who stopped by)
1) we talked about the idea of getting a space with a bunch of other organizations by fundraising a lot and pooling our resources. We'll probably organize a big meeting soon so all the organizations involved can plan how we'll do this. Ceecee brought up one way of making money, which is that her dad has a permit to have a table at any street fair, so if we can pay the fee we can have a table to sell stuff. Once we make a bunch of things we can look into different street fairs to go to.
2)we also talked about the silkscreen project some more. It seems like we pretty much have the ok to reprint some band patches and shirts to sell at shows. We're going to ABC No Rio next thursday to start on that, so we'll have some graphics ready to go by them.
3)then we talked about how to get the learning groups we started on tuesday off the ground. we agreed that we wouldnt be able to do them at full speed until after school finished. However, we could ease into them and also spend time planning what we want to focus on. So we decided that in each weekly meeting we'd focus on one of the topics and elaborate on what we wanted to explore within it. Today we talked about the art group/mobile art squad.
We had tons of ideas. On the practical tip, we had a few artistic things we need to get done soon. One thing is making a banner for tabling. We want to get together soon and paint a cloth with a cool design. I'll start a post in the forums so we can discuss it online.
Another major thing is that we want to do the silkscreen project and also the Print It Yourself workshop at the YELL conference on May 25th. in the workshop, we'll be doing a demonstration of silkscreening, stenciling, and lino cut printing methods. So we need to practice these techniques and also create the screen, stencil, and linoleum block for the workshop. So Friday May 4th we'll get together and do lino printing at a yet-to be determined location. Gabe and Ceecee are getting supplies.
Other art ideas included: street art (posters, stencils, etc), mosaics, button making, outdoor sketching and art making, junk/metal sculpture, studying from books such as Keys to Drawing, bookmaking, and going to the figure drawing session on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Society of Illustrators. All these ideas sound really great. I would like to do the book-making soon so we have books to put all our projects in. I can host that activity sometime.
Also a topic we didn't bring up on Tuesday is bike repair. There are free workshops at Time's Up and Recycle-a-Bike we can go to. Also there is a free welding workshop on wednesdays we can look into.
I think that's everything. We can meet next thurday at 4 at the Dias y Flores Community Garden on 13th street between Aves A and B. We had a lot of fun meeting today and it looks like we're gonna do lot's of great projects this summer!
--sarah/misled youth
Hey folks, here are the notes from Thursday’s meeting
Who was there:
Sarah Q
Nick
Brendan
Leanne
Gabe
Ceecee (who came later)
Ingrid (this was her first meeting – welcome Ingrid!)
Ok, our meeting was pretty disorganized today and we started late…that’s me and Nick’s fault for not preparing enough…next week will be better. So there were a few main points of conversation. First we talked about the space we want to get. We brainstormed some new ideas like sliding scale classes and self education resources, bike repair, a zine library, sewing/crafts, movie nite, a distro, caepoera, a youth gallery, and more. We discussed more fundraising ideas like BBQ’s, parties, selling handmade books and crafts, asking people for $, etc.
We tentatively scheduled a big meeting for all the organizations who want to collaborate on getting a space for Saturday, June 2nd. I will find a space and send out emails and stuff. We should spend time in the next month planning an agenda and preparing for this.
There’s a thread on our forums we’ve been using to talk about the space here -- http://www.misled-youth.org/node/193
The next thing we discussed was the writing circle. We said we wanted to spend some time sharing our writing and talking about what sort of writers we want to be, and then do activities that tie into those goals. We scheduled our first writing circle for Tuesday, may 8th at 4pm, probably at fountain house. Check our calendar to for any updates.
I also showed a mock-up of the poster I’m designing for YELL’s conference, which I will be printing next a week. Speaking of the conference (on May 25th) we need to get our PIY workshop planned out really well soon, I think it should be a topic at our next meeting. Also we should help YELL with any other coordination things that need to happen.
So then we headed over to ABC No rio to burn the screens of the band patches and hopefully print some. Unfortunately we didn’t bring any fabric, and the fabric store was already closed. So we didn’t get to print, and the volunteer ended up burning the screens without us getting involved. Hopefully next time we go there (next Thursday) we’ll get more done and be more involved. I think we’ll bring some non-band designs to burn, and I’ll also be printing the YELL poster.
One other thing I wanted to bring up is that I have basically facilitating all the meetings and I think that should be rotated more. It wouldn’t be hard to plan the agenda together online or over the phone, and then just have different people make sure we stick to that agenda each week. I think this would be a big improvement. I'm gonna make a forum thread just for that.
So next week we’re having our thurday meeting at Dias y Flores as long as the weather’s nice, and then on Friday we’re gonna make some linocuts. Gabe is trying to get us a space for that, hopefully he’ll confirm it soon.
Ok, thanks everyone for being involved, let’s stick together and make all these great ideas happen!
--sarah/misled youth
ok, here are a few things i think we shoudl talk about next week:
-- check-in on getting a space
-- check-in on selling patches -- start finding out about more shows
-- PIY workshop planning
-- discuss remain learning groups -- gardening, photography, spanish
-- make sure we're ready for linocutting the next day
any other ideas?
--sarah
1. PIY Workshop Notes
- structure:
1) Introduce Misled Youth and the importance of self-education
2) Talk about the importance of printing
3) Hands-on printing
4) Questions and answers
- maybe we could have an airbrush for stencils? Ceecee said she had one.
- we should have handout packets. Ceecee offered to bring linoleum handouts
- Sarah offered write the agenda and to bring craft paper and a bucket to wash screens and stuff. Nick offered to bring ink.
- the designs we make for people to print at the workshop should be focused on printmaking, self-impowerment, or Misled Youth. Most everyone volunteered to make designs.
- we wanted to ask YELL when we need a workshop description, and if we can help with organizing the conference in any way but nobody from YELL was there.
2. Learning Groups
- the groups so far are:
- Printmaking
- Photography
- Mobile Art Squad
- Writing Circle
- Language
- Poi
- Gardening
- we also want to start an Event Collective and a Merch/Art-Selling Collective
- How much time do people have for learning groups? Everyone was in the 3-4 days a week range
- Sarah and Michael? will co-facilitate the writing group on Tuesday, May 8th
- We're gonna start threads on the website about the bookmaking and banner-making projects
- anyone interested in doing the fine art study group should bring references of things they'd like to learn to draw/paint
- Spaces we can do learning groups in:
- Bluestockings
- Washington Square Park
- Tompkins
- ABC No Rio
- Bowery Poetry Club
- Fountain House
- Staten Island House
- Sarah D.'s House
- Ceecee's House
- Dias Y Flores
- Sixth Street Community Center ($40/month)
3. The Space
- organizations we're gonna ask:
1. misled youth
2. the icarus project
3. all city
4. yell
5. cafety / youth act
6. nyra
7. a new world in our hearts
8. freedom school
9. visual resistance
- the overall vision for the space is "A by-youth for-youth community and cultural center".
- everyone wants to be involved at looking at spaces and getting a feel for exactly how big a space we want / how much it will cost
- to raise money, plans so far are
a) starting a distro
b) hosting various events, including parties, open mics, shows, and an auction
c) printing art and selling it on the street
After the meeting, we went to ABC No Rio and printed some band patches. Not all of them came out well, but i think we learned some approaches to improve the printing for next time. On Friday some of us got together at out place in Staten Island to make linoleum blocks and also go to a local Rabia show. We didn't get to finish the blocks, but hopefully we'll get to complete them on our own. I know I want to work on mine this week.
Also we talked about doing some fine arts study from books, I will post more info about the art books i have on the website and hopefully we'll get started soon. Then we headed over to the show, not everyone got to stay, but we all still had fun.
Next tuesday at 4pm we have our first writing circle scheduled at fountain house. Michael and I are supposed to be facilitating that. I'm really looking forward to it! If you're interested, please bring some writing you've done and/or be prepared to share something about yourself a a writer.
Who was there:
Sarah Q
Sarah D
Leanne
Nick
Brendan
Joselito
Gabe
The first topic was the PIY workshop. This is the agenda we came up with:
1) Introduce ourselves as an organization and individuals, talk a little about the learning groups
2) Introduce the workshop and talk about why printing it ourselves is important
3) Ask people in the room about their familiarity with these three printing processes
4) Briefly describe the three printing processes
5) Give everyone a chance to make a print at each of the three printing stations (logistics?)
6) Do some Q&A and close the workshops
Next week we’ll figure out how long each topic will be and who will facilitate it. There is a bunch of other things we have to consider for the workshop, a lot of it is posted on the forums -- http://www.misled-youth.org/node/236.
Then we checked in with YELL on how the organizing for the conference was going. They got all the workshops they need and are now just looking for more performers for the open mic part of the conference. Contact them at or
718-803-0060 Ext. 313 if you’re interested. The other thing we learned is that YELL is doing a workshop right before ours about People’s History and telling our own stories, using the Celebrate People’s History poster series as an example. This is perfect because it will generate interest in the PIY workshop to provide the hands-on aspect of printmaking as a means to have a voice.
The next thing we discussed was the welcome summer party. Check out the conversation on this topic here -- http://www.misled-youth.org/node/228.
After that we briefly discussed our progress with getting a meeting together for everyone who wants to collaborate with us on getting a space. I am looking into this really nice space in Brooklyn – here is some info -- http://www.seedsoftolerance.org/initiative_tmf_center.html.
Also I’m gonna ask Brooke from bluestockings about facilitating this meeting. And there’s an ongoing discussion of the space on our site -- http://www.misled-youth.org/node/193.
Also I announced that we might be making a trip to my friend’s organic farm upstate next weekend, let me know if you’re interested in coming.
Hope to see you all this week! We have a lot of big projects coming up, so let’s keep in touch!
--sarah/misled youth
Thanks for posting these -- it helps to see how things have progressed at recent meetings.
I can facilitate one or more topics at Thursday's meeting. Let's come up with an agenda posted on the web site before the meeting. It's getting close for this meeting, but maybe next week we can post a preliminary agenda soon after the meeting and people can suggest adjustments as the meeting approaches.
Hey everybody! Here are the notes from today --
First off, we decided to start meeting at 4:30 instead of 4 cause nobody gets there on time anyway. Hooray!
The next topic is the PIY workshop. We got the example stencil sorted out -- Michael has ideas, Gabe and Ceecee will create it. We can brainstorm more on the forums. Something badass yet simple would be good. Then we got the whole PIY agenda figured out. Here it is:
PIY agenda
1) Introduce ourselves as an organization and individuals, talk a little about the learning groups – 5 to10 min, Sarah, everybody
2) Introduce the workshop and talk about why printing it ourselves is important 5 to10 min – Gabe and CeeCee
3) Ask people in the room about their familiarity with these three printing processes (what other questions could engage the audience in this subject? Maybe we should bring up topics from the Peoples’ History workshop. How could you use printmaking for expression or communication?) – 15 min -- CeeCee
4) Briefly describe the three printing processes and show examples
a. Stencil – 5 min -- Gabe and CeeCee
b. Screenprinting 5 min – Nick
c. Linoleum 5 min -- Sarah
5) Give everyone a chance to make a print at each of the three printing stations (logistics?) – 30 min -- everybody
6) Do some Q&A and close the workshops – 15 min – everybody
We’re gonna rehearse parts of the workshop next week
n talking about misled youth
n talking about why printing it ourselves is important (creative control, aesthetics, self-reliance/independence, to learn and understand)
n discuss how we want to engage our participants
n knowing our shit about printmaking
We also need to discuss logistics of setting up printing stations, access to water, clean up
How-To materials – CeeCee will bring something about lino printing, Nick and Sarah will bring some zines, Sarah will compile a resource list
The next topic was the space meeting. We proposed these dates: June 16th or 17th, or the 23rd or 24th.
Brooke is interested in helping to facilitate. I’m going to call about booking the meeting space for those dates, and also gauge other organization’s availability on those dates.
Update on the benefit party – we asked about Time’s Up and they said they don’t do parties any more! Back to square one. But then the girl I called last week (who’s also named Sarah) got back to us tonight with a message saying she could to the party at her place in Bklyn. More details soon.
We talked about having misled youth messages at the party. Here are some ways to do that:
n flyers talking about misled youth and the space
n banners
n artwork and posters
n getting on the mic
n piñata (school shaped?)
Last but not least -- next week’s meeting:
Obviously the PIY workshop is the priority. We need to rehearse! We’ll probably spend at least an hour and a half on that. We’ll also talk about the party, Gabe will facilitate. Who wants to take notes?
Ok, that’s all folks. Let’s stay on point till next week and make this stuff happen!!
--sarah/misled youth
who was there:
gabe, ceecee, sarah q, sarah d, leanne, ingrid, michael, brendan, joselito
we talked a little about how the piy workshop went andwere pretty happy with how we did, and would like to create and present more workshops in the future
we talked about the space meeting happening on june 16th
we decided that we would facilitate it ourselves
we also started planning the agenda. In the first meeting, everyone will get a change to introduce themselves and we'll present our idea for the space. We'll brainstorm together what the space can be and how it can work. We'll then schedule our second meeting where we can discuss strategeies for collaborating on how we'll get the space.
next up was the benefit party -- Friday June 29th at 8pm. We're gonna invite kids from out-of-town who use our site to come out for the weekend. We want to do a envisioning the summer bbq thing on that sunday july 1st. I'm gonna see if dias y flores is available for that. We need to make some flyers for the party -- i'm gonna start a forum thread about that. Also we should sell soda, water, and juice at the party.
onto the learning groups:
We scheduled Spanish learning groups meet ups on Tuesdays at 4:30 and Saturdays at noon -- I think both times at bluestockings?
We scheduled a bookmaking activity for thursday june 7th at 1:30pm at our place in staten island. After that we'll have our weekly meeting in the same place.
and we're gonna try and get the reading group started soon -- there's a forum thread about it, check it out. http://www.misled-youth.org/node/240
ok, that's all folks
have a great week
sarah/misled youth
Who as there:
Sarah, Nick, Brendan, Michael, Joselito, Gabe, Ceecee, Sarah D, Felipe
Space Meeting:
Below is the agenda that we’ve created so far:
1) Introductions – Welcome everyone, give everyone a chance to talk a little about themselves and their organization. [30 min, Ceecee facilitates]
2) Present Our Vision For the Space
This should be broken down into parts like:
Why the space is needed
What the space can provide (programs, activities, events)
How it can work (who will take on responsibilities, how decisions will be made, finances, etc)
At the next meeting we should definitely choose who will facilitate each of these topics. We said this part would take 15 minutes, but it may need more.
-- Break w/snacks --
3) Group Brainstorm
Everyone gets a change to throw our ideas about the space [1hr]
4) Schedule next meeting, plan how to stay in touch [15 min, Sarah facilitates]
Benefit Party
We took pics of us jumping to use as references for the flyer design. There are updates on the flyer here – http://www.misled-youth.org/node/228
We also talked about what the piñata should look like (school building? School bus?) but didn’t decide on one thing or plan when we would make it.
We want to have different drinks like water, smoothies, ice tea, etc. We need to find out the best way to get cheap bulk beer. We discussed having both free food and sold food. Free things can be chips and dip and things we dumpster, and sold food can be pizza by the slice. And maybe watermelon.
We need to figure out the decorations and colored lights and hopefully get a banner done too.
We didn’t get to talk about the learning groups much, but there is definitely a lot to discuss! First off, the Spanish learning group is meeting up this Saturday at noon at a Spanish restaurant on the LES. More details here – http://www.misled-youth.org/node/249. Also there are some other cool things happening this Saturday – some free art workshops and also a benefit party for another community space. Info on those things here -- http://www.misled-youth.org/node/255
We still need to re-schedule the writing circle, maybe soon after the space meeting on June 16th?
People are trying to get the reading group started online, we really need to just set a few goals and get started. Here is the link on that -- http://www.misled-youth.org/node/240
A lot of us want to see the Mobile Art Squad get under way, a lot of ideas were building up but then we had a lot of other things to do so we couldn’t give it much attention. We were gonna work on that Keys to Drawing book and to sketching and a bunch of other things. Let’s give that some time at the next meeting.
Notes 7/7/07
Hey folks
Some of us met today at the new space to discuss all the things we need to do. Here are my notes. We’re sending everyone’s contact info about so that we can keep in touch through email, and there is a discussion about the space happening on Misled Youth’s website, if you create an account you can post.
Who was there:
Sarah
Nick
Thaddeaus
Leanne
Michael
Brian
Jillian
A lot of people couldn’t make it for various reasons. This made it hard to make decisions because we didn’t feel there were enough opinions present to reach consensus. We decided to have a quorum, meaning a minimum number of people present at a meeting in order to make a decision. That number is four from In Our Hearts and four from Misled Youth. Hopefully at future meetings we’ll have at least 8 people.
Nick and I presented a floor plan we created, attached. We used it to discuss possibilities for configuring the space. The room we’d build towards the front can be either a bedroom or office space that would go for about $550. Office space would be better because it would cater to more people and the walls for the room could possibly be collapsible. The register in the store along with the desks and stuff in the office could be moved to the side, creating a lot of open space for events and activities. The organizations that seem most likely to be renting office space are The Icarus Project and Youth Act. They will probably be using the space for workshops and art therapy and things in addition to administrative stuff.
It was also proposed that we build a big L-shaped loft extending over the bathroom and the art making space. It could go for $350 as a bedroom. Misled Youth might pay $300 for the art space – we need to figure out how we’ll come up with the money! It’s important for us to think about screenprinting and other projects as a way to raise money, so that we can start utilizing the space asap. Also the freegan bike workshop will be paying $600 a month for the basement. This leaves only $400 a month to be raised through the store and events. Probably we’ll focus on events at first because they require almost no start up, as opposed to the store. As the store grows, it can start contributing more towards the rent.
Another important topic we discussed is the name of the space. It looks the the most likely choice will be b.rad. It’s a reference to Brad Will, a dedicated activist and friend to many people involved in the space, who was killed “in the line of duty” last October. Here is a website about him -- http://www.friendsofbradwill.org/.
The nice thing about the name “b-rad” (which is how Brad signed his name) is that a) it has a double meaning referring to a radical space, and b) it’s not immediately recognizable as a reference to an individual person, so that won’t overshadow the mission of the space. Also, because Brad Will is known all over the world, the reference to him may attract support from many people. However, none of this has been officially decided, so please voice your opinion on this issue. Nick offered to build a simple website for the space, but in order to buy the domain name we need to know what the space will be called.
Another thing we need to do real soon is make copies of the keys and distribute them to some responsible people in this project.
I brainstormed a bunch of different tasks/working groups that need to get formed and put into action. I’m writing them in order of priority, not that many of these things won’t be happening at once:
Building: walls, lofts, shelves, etc
Furnishing: couches, chairs, tables, etc
Events: organizing shows and parties to raise money, fixing up the basement
Book Keeping
Fundraising: getting grants and donations
Store: getting inventory, making a business plan, publicizing
Developing the Art Space: gathering supplies, coordinating activities such as the mural project, etc
Community Relations: connecting with people and groups in the neighborhood
Decoration: painting walls, signs, etc
Gardening and fixing up the backyard
I think that forming these groups should be the focus of our next meeting.
We’re planning to get together at the space or at Thadeaus’ house two blocks away this Monday at 6:30. Please let us know if you can make it! Also people are going to Materials for the Arts in LIC this Tuesday at noon to get stuff for the space. Thing we’re looking for include: interior paint, tempera paint, brushes, rollers, printmaking supplies, paper, office supplies, and whatever else they have. Let someone know if you’re interested in going to MFTA to help pick out supplies, we’ll hook it up.
Directions to the space:
The address is 123 Tompkins Ave in Brooklyn.
G Train to Myrtle-Wiloughby (not so reliable on the weekends – check the MTA site)
Exit on Myrtle Ave and walk a block east on Myrtle to Tompkins. Make a right on Tompkins and go to 123.
J/M/Z to Myrtle
Walk 4 long blocks down Myrtle pat the projects (the building numbers will get smaller) to Tompkins. Make a left on Tompkins and go to 123.
Bus directions coming soon.
Honestly, the fastest way to get to the space is by bike – no more than 20 minutes from any of the bridges that go into Brooklyn. Get a free bike at the Freegan Bike Workshop once it’s set up in the space!
Please keep in touch! Hope to see you all Monday! Misled Youth has weekly meetings every Thursday at 4:30 at Dias y Flores Community Garden on 13th Street bet Ave A and B, people are welcome to stop by to talk about the space.
--Sarah/Misled Youth
we should also see if anyone has any kind of supplies they're interested in bringing. I have gallons and gallons of paint because my family moves so damn much. I guess I'm a little bit out of the loop so I don't have a whole lot to say right now, but I'd really like to help work on the space, especially the mannual part, building and painting and gardening and stuff.
oh wow this sounds amazing i cant wait. I will try extreamley hard to make tomorrow. I have community service till about 3 i think cuz if its any longer ill be working for longer than 8 hours which must be illegal. So tomorrow sounds like good. i was thinking that the basement would be a sweet show space, but now that the freegan bike workshop will be using it, it wont really be available to us. but the top room will probably work, we have the backyard right? Now that we have groups and priorities we can organize and do a bunch things at once, then we can really start to build ourselves into a wonderful community. man, i am excited!
Hey folks
So much has been happening, here is my attempt to write it down. I always post the notes on our forum too, so we can discuss everything that’s being brought up online.
Of course, the main thing we discussed was the space. One of the main issues was how we’ll raise the money to both fix up our space and also pay $300 a month rent starting in September. Right now, Misled Youth has only $95. So we were talking about ways to raise money both short and long term. In the really short term, we need to get a bunch of patches made for the Tompkins show on July 22nd. I’m planning on being at ABC No Rio next Tuesday and Wednesday, let me know if you wanna come! Also, Jared said he could easily set up a show with some of the same bands that played at the party if we can get the loft space reserved again. I left a message with Mel from the loft today, hopefully we’ll set something up. People wanted to have it next Thursday the 19th. We’ll see what’s good for the people from the space and also for the bands. We also talked about asking people for money by having flyers abut what we’re doing and a donate button on our website.
Here are some other things coming up in the real near future:
There’s a meeting at the space tomorrow at noon. It will probably be mostly people from in our hearts. Myself, Nick, Ingrid, and possibly others are gonna go to represent misled youth. Give me a call if you think you can make it. After the meeting we’re going to look at the stuff we got from materials for the arts and start gathering hardware and tools so that we’ll be ready to build things together this Sunday at 10am, which was the time we decided to have our first work day at the space. Please come if you can! It should be fun. The print shop at no rio is now open sudays from 6-8:30pm, so we can even head over there if we’re not totally exhausted. We scheduled another work day for next Friday at either 10am or 2pm, depending on peoples’ schedules. Also Terror Eyes is playing next Sat the 21st at 4pm at club Europa. Come out and support diy all ages music!
Anyway, getting back with the meeting notes…
One thing we discussed was ideas for things that could get sold in the store part of the space. We brainstormed ideas ranging from selling books and zines to CDs from local artists to snacks and drinks to hand made clothes and crafts and custom skateboards. I guess the store will be mostly the responsibility of in our hearts, but misled youth can have a role too. We also liked the idea of doing community dinners in the space.
The last thing we talked about was names for the space. I think the most popular one was 123 b rad. Gabe started a thread about names, check it out. Nick also posted some thoughts about the space and who it may serve which is really important to think about.
Also Brendan said he would look into the possibility of insurance for the space, something we may want to think about.
I’m sure I’m leaving things out, let’s keep discussing.
Hope to see you all this weekend!
--sarah/misled youth
Hey everybody
So there weren’t that many people at this past Sunday’s meeting, but there was definitely a lot that we discussed! Myself, Nick, Leanne, and Elizabeth (an old friend who’s new to misled youth) were there.
Obviously most of the discussion centered around the space. The main topics were the screenprinting studio and organizing different workshops and projects in the space. As soon as we have the print shop set up, we want to have it open to the public one or two days a week, so we’ll need to rotate volunteers to keep it open at those times. We were saying Friday evenings or Sunday afternoons might be good times. We also need to decide what to charge for burning screens and for printing. I also think it would be good to have some screens at the space that ppl can buy, because you really can’t get screens in bed-stuy.
The bulk of the time we spent talking about both workshops we could create and also educational and creative activities that others could bring into the space. It looks likely that at least one or two friends will be doing a poetry/spoken word workshop. We also talked about a workshop misled youth could do. We were inspired by the “art of communication” class that Leanne did in school, and were talking about a multi-part workshop, where we discuss things like what we can express in images and how we can get our message out, cover basic design principals and stuff. We would look at radical art and design for inspiration, and we'd help ppl with whatever they're trying to create. People could use the art studio during open hours to work on their projects. And it could be about other forms of communication besides visual, maybe it could link up with the poetry workshop. I would love to work on putting this workshop together with misled youth!
We are also thinking of having a grand opening at some point, but we decided we can’t really plan it until we have a better idea of what will be happening once we’re open.
Elizabeth mentioned a bunch of contacts who may be interested in doing other workshops in the space. I think we really need to have a meeting soon for anyone who wants to do these kinds of projects in the near future, so we’re all on the same page and we can schedule everything.
We also talked about how we need to have some benefits really soon. Rabia agreed to play, they said they could do it the 31st. Jose’s talking to other bands too. I was thinking of having the summer b-day party that day, what day are we gonna do it??
I’m sure there’s more, but its 2am, we can always have more emails later
Xoxo
sarah
Hello misled friends…
So over the summer our meetings became pretty sporadic, but it looks like now we’re getting back into the swing of things. We had a really fun summer b-day party in staten island last Friday, which was the first time everyone was together in a while. We are getting work done setting up the screenprinting studio at 123, we still need to build the light table and build and install the washout booth, plus some other stuff. We’re applying for a youth venture grant ($1000) to help pay for screenprinting stuff and supplies for workshops. I think that will be the focus of this week’s meeting, to look at the application, plan the steps for this project, and find out who wants to do what. It looks like we’ll be meeting on Wednesday this week, at 4:30 at the garden.
Ceecee’s house will be available for parties for the next few months, so we have been discussing ways to take advantage of this as a fundraiser to help pay the rent. We are talking about doing a regular series of parties with different themes and creative activities. People want to do a retro/80’s/futuristic theme for the first party. It looks like that can happen on September 28th, so we should start planning pretty soon.
Getting back with the space, there is interest in doing both visual and poetry workshops at 123. Some of us thought it would be a good idea to ease into these workshops by starting with more open ended activities like the open screenprinting studio and a writing circle. It looks like we should be ready to open up the studio by October 1st, but the writing circle we can start sooner as long as there are people to make sure it happens. As we meet people in the neighborhood who are interested in these areas, we can work together to finalize the plans for the workshops and share the responsibility more.
So that’s all for now, hope to see you all Wednesday!!
--sarah/misled youth
Hey everybody
We met yesterday (Wednesday) at the garden. It looks like our new meeting time will be Wednesdays at 4:30 at the garden, at least until it gets cold.
The main thing we discussed was answering the questions on the Youth Venture application. These are the notes I took from what everyone said. I’m gonna open a google docs account and we can start forming these notes into solid writing.
Here’s what I have:
1) Our name – This project will be called Misled Studios
2) Our Idea (purpose of the project, benefit to the community, etc)
We want to set up a screenprinting studio, arts workshops, a gallery, and a way to disseminate ppl’s work (store/distro) at 123 Tompkins. This will enable/empower young people, people from bed-stuy, and all over the city learn the skills and access the materials they need to develop messages and express them using various media.
Talk about our experience with the PIY workshop and how we want to do that on a bigger scale
3) Our plan – We need to finish setting up the studio, start publicizing/outreaching for it (making flyers, connecting with local artists, screenprinting in front of the space, doing an open mic/performance to set off the writing circles and the poetry workshop
4) Our Timeline –
September – finish setting up studio, make more contacts in bed stuy
October – have an open house with an open studio, open mic, and other activities to jump start the studio, writing circle, and workshops
Start structured workshops in late October
November – all the projects mentioned are running
December – workshops end in a night of performance and art exhibition
…what about the next 8 months? Starting the distro/store? Mural? After school program? Art shows and auctions? Events?
5) How we’ll maintain our project in the long term –
Membership – outreach to local youth, artists, activists through events, printing on the street in front of 123, flyers, etc
Fundraising – raise funds through other grants, selling things we make, charging studio fees, benefit shows and events, donations
Leadership – help the youth who get involved learn leadership skills and take on more responsibility to run projects, have monthly community meeting where anyone can come and give input, etc
So that’s how far we got with the application. Next week we should work on the next parts of the application, which ask about what roles each person will play in this project, and also the budget.
We should start planning for some of these things. With the open house, we should start looking for poets and performers and set a date. Also, I am looking into booking some bands for a benefit show soon. Jose said A.P.P.L.E. might be willing to play, we’ll see.
There are probably other things I’m leaving out, but this email is getting really long. Ok! See you all next week!
--sarah/misled youth
All of this sounds good, the youth venture grant is coming along great. We really do need to get this planning into full swing. We need to start talking to people. Lets sit down with a calender and plan out not just meetings, but any shows, events, and whatever else we want to do.
The benfit show sounds like a rally good way to make some money. If we could get A.P.P.L.E. The play that would be really awesome. We should do it like the live wire festival , a lot of bands, the m ore bands the better. So that sounds good lets contact some people. I've heard some taslk about a memorial show for the drummer of Thriller. I dont know if people want that to be its own thing, nd maybe it really should be, but if we could do both, i would really like to be apart of it. It that seems disrespectful, lets not do it. But the show sounds awesome.
About the space, you wrote something about membership. I would like to know what the means. If it means that there would be a membership to 123, I dont think ther should be. If there was a membership it would seem like kinda of exclusive.
But the grant is coming along great, and def within the next 8 months lets get the distro and art stuff up and running.
PEace and LOVEEE
Gabeeee
Last week there were only four of us there but we agreed on more evenly dividing up the tasks of getting together a meeting and mediating it. so gabe and I offered to take on the roll of making an agenda and since I'm still not really sure how to use the yahoo thing, I decided to post here and see what other people want to make sure we address.
lemme know by tomorrow,
cec
hey ceecee
thanks for doing this
some things we need to talk about...
benefit show on oct 5th
grand opening at the 123 sept 29th (having a screen, misled youth materials, etc)
setting aside time to work on the youth venture application together and also to develop the art workshop plan
those are the things i can remember off the top of my head...
sarah
We had a really good meeting today. Lots accomplished, or at least decided, but we still need to do a lot more...
Present:
-Cece, Gabe, Ingrid, Brendan, Sarah and Leanne
I. The Grand opening for the 123 space will be this saturday starting at 12. MYN will be silk screening I <3 BDSTY for anyone who wants to participate. New flyers about us and future activities will be given out. We also decided to display pictures from past activities and exhibit old prints/artwork we've produced.
*as a side note: we plan to make stickers soon so we can ride our bikes for a night of stickering mayhem
II. Funds Funds Funds
A. We'll be throwing bi-weekly parties at Cece's house to help with rent. Tentative dates for the next benefits are on Oct. 12 and 26. We decided to charge suggested $5.
*We need to make it extra special and in the words of the great Gabe W "bangin" So we need the following materials to make an awesome ambiance: projector, christmas lights, strobe light, face paint, shiny fabric, red/blue light bulbs and any kind of snacks or mixers.
B. A HUGE benefit show for Decemeber is on the works, we're still chewing out the idea. Cece and Gabe will be in charge of check out the location and figuring out costs. We need a definite space by end of October to move forward on this and hype hype, hypehype it UPP
C. We can also do bake sales in front of the 123 space.
(We can chant "we have a bake sale" like those cute harlem girls do)
D. October 5th Benefit Show!
Ketchup will be making the flyer so dont forget to help her out with ideas if you're interested. It will be at 1087 Broadway in Brooklyn. 7pm, suggested $5-10
Ingrid got Modrock to play an early set at 7:30 which will help attract sidewalk traffic and provide music while people come in. We're still waiting for Archetype's confirmation. Gabe will be responsible for getting Fiasco.
So far the line up includes: Modroc, Animanible and Each Other's Mothers. THIS WILL BE INSAAAANE!
E. Youth Venture Grant
We decided to split up questions from the grant so we can finally get some shit done.
Q #1= Ingrid, #2= Cece, #3= Leanne, #4= Everybody, #5= Gabe, #6= Everybody, #7= Sarah and Brendan
Bring your rough draft next meeting then we can put everything together and do some editing.
III. We have all these parties planned and we have to keep in mind that though a lot of us like to party it up and throwing benefits does make rent, we are also working on other important things that would provide resources for art and forms of communication at the 123 space.
Anyone interested in developing workshops are invited to a meeting at the 123 space at 4pm. The space meeting will be at 5pm so ideas that are developed at the 4 o'clock meeting will be presented in the latter.
ALRIGHT! That's that folks.
GODDAMN, I SAY GODDAMN WE ARE STARTING SHIT UP!
much love
-Leanne
thanks leanne! you rule
i'm gonna post up the youth venture questions so we can all reference them online
a quick correction -- ingrid booked dr. robot, not modrocket. gabe knows modrocket, and we'd be lucky to book them cause apparently they're getting big
i also appreciate you bringing up the importance of the workshops and other educational stuff, i'm gonna post all the notes i've brainstormed on the art workshop
xoxo
sarah
Who was there
Sarah
Leanne
Gabe
Ceecee
What we talked about
Grant – not everyone got a chance to work on their section of the grant, it looks like we’ll have a day to all work together on it on October 12th, since there’s no school that day. Sarah presented a rough outline of the budget, it looked like this:
Building/plumbing/art supplies we’ve already paid for -- $420 (Sarah will get paid back $180 and we’ll have $240 left to spend on other things)
5 pairs of hinge clamps -- $100
special bulbs for light table -- $65
light fixture -- $10
two big (at least 16”) squeegees -- $40 (other people might be able to get squeegees or we might get cheaper ones)
two emulsion scoops (one large, one small) -- $30
sink for washout booth -- $75 (estimated)
computer -- $50
2 quarts emulsion -- $40
this comes to $830, so we still have room (the grant is for $1000) we were talking about saying we need x amount of money for ink and it can always be allocated to other things. Other supplies we thought of were paper for printing on, office type supplies, transparencies, x acto blades, baking supplies for bake sales, interior paint and additives to make the paint chalkboard/magnetic.
So speak up if you have any ideas for the budget. I just thought of getting a garden hose and some wood to build raised beds in the back yard. I have some seeds to donate and we can get compost for free.
The next thing we discussed was opening the screenprinting studio. It looks like our first day will be Friday octover 19th from 5 to 8pm, and we said we’d get there an hour early to get ready. So everyone try to make it! It looks like we’ll be open every Friday, ever other Saturday, and possibly other days as well. We need a flyer to advertise the studio, anyone down to help out?
The last topic was the show this Friday. We are still scrambling to get all the equipment (we need a drum set and bass and guitar amps) and also one more band since Dr Robot just dropped out. Promotion is going well, we have two flyer designs and word is spreading. It looks like we’ll be playing mix cds after the bands finish and have a dance party.
The line up is currently:
? need a band – 7:30
Fiasco – 8:15
Radiates – 9pm
R-Tronika – 9:45
Animandible – 10:30
Then a dance party
Ok, those are the notes!
Xo
sarah
hey everybody!
so we finally had a good meeting today...
a bunch of us (leanne, ingrid, gabe, ceecee,myself, and nick,) met at bluestocking today. i think we were all happy to see each other together in one place, and we discussed a bunch of things...
we talked a little about ways to re-organized misled youth so that it can evolve and sustain...
one really straight forward way is were gonna have misled community dinners at 123 every few fridays after the print shop hours. the first one is this friday...am looking forward to it. we are also talking about ways to share roles and responsibilities in better ways.
the biggest thing we've been needing to work on is the youth venture grant. we spend some time discussing it tonight and got some good notes which i;m gonna include. Myself, nick, and leanne are gonna work on turning the notes into finished writing for the grant on friday at 2. others are welcome to come help out...
these are the notes from discussing the grant:
#1: The name of our "venture": 123 printshop
#2 Our venture idea: First we'll give some background info about 123 in general and what we're trying to do there. then we'll reference CC's writing on the 123 printshop. basically she touches on how the printshop will be open to the neighborhood, an outlet for community issues/expression, by-youth-for-youth, and other points.
#3 Our plan:
we are planning on:
-- opening the printshop to the community and offering educational workshops and how-to zines on screenprinting
-- doing the PIY workshop at Renaissance and having the students print at 123 next friday.
-- setting up internships at 123 through City-As-School. pursuing connections at brooklyn free school and city and country where gabe's mom works
3a: How we'll measure our success:
-- how many ppl get involved, use the printshop, contribute, benefit
-- work that comes out of the printshop (art exhibit?)
4: Timeline -- we're gonna work on this friday
5: maintaining our venture:
-- at some point having the printshop generate income to cover our rent
-- doing benefits (shows, parties, art auctions) in the mean time
-- getting more people involved, training volunteers, connecting w/local artists, integrating more of misled youth with 123
6: everyone's roles: we talked a bit about what each of this contribute to misled youth. we're gonna desribe how we'll be sharing/rotating various responsibilities
7: budget: me and nick are gonna work on this
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that was most of the meeting
we also talked about the "hear me now" spoken word workshop series, the mural project, doing a writing circle, and more
the meeting was really positive and encouraging....thanks everyone...see you friday!!
---sarah
Who was there: Ingrid, Cece, Gabe, and Sarah.
Our notes today are really mostly ideas,
We talked about our plans for the next few months and began to address the fourth question of the youth venture grant about our "timeline". Also we talked about infiltrating the education system through Nicholas and the renaissance charter school, City As (sarah and Ingrid will work on that), LaGuardia (Gabe and I will work on that) and City and Country (gabe and sarah). We thought about using PIY or DIY workshops to get into these schools and maybe eventually get money out of working with these schools. We'll talk about misled youth's values and our projects at these workshops as well. Speaking of workshops, A PIY in bedstuy potluck was suggested for December 7th at the space. Followed by a free market of some kind on the eighth which we are going to discuss and possibly collaborate with a new world in our hearts.
Sarah is going to post up the schedules of events we started, we got up to march and there's going to be a forum for people to add ideas onto so do it mates.
Hey everyone!
We had a great positive meeting today, here are my notes, feel free to chime in!
We spent some time catching up with each other, and then we got down to business:
First, the Funksgiving benefit on November 30th. This is the lineup:
7-8:30 -- DJ Dooga
8:45 – 9:30 – Fiasco
9:45 – 10:30 -- DJ Dooga
10:45 – 11:30 – Animandible
11:30 – late -- DJ Dooga
After the meeting, we made copies of the flyers for the show, and will get stacks to everyone over the next few days.
I just realized I left all the copies I had at bluestockings so now I can’t scan one to make a digital version. Can anyone else do this? If anyone comes to the printshop on Friday with flyers I can take one home to scan then.
I will coordinate with Joe what equipment we’ll need. If Gabe and Leanne can check with the bands that would be great.
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I announced that we’d been invited to be on a panel discussion at the Positive Youth Fest in DC Dec 29th and 30th. We’re excited and are trying to find out more info. Here are some details from Murphy’s email:
We're
>> aiming to have 16 bands (mostly punk bands), 8 workshops, a bunch of
>> tables, and a lot of fun. For an idea of what the fest is like, here
is
>> the website for this year's and last year's (respectively):
>> positiveyouthfest.org, myspace.com/positiveyouthfest2006
>>
>> Anywho, this year one of the workshops we wanted to put together was
>> looking at various ways Youth Liberation can look like when put into
>> practice. We wanted to have a panel-like thing (but with a LOT of
group
>> discussion) of 3 groups... Lancaster SDS (kids from 4 different high
>> schools in lancaster PA who are putting out an awesome paper and
going
>> counter-recruitment work in their schools and communities), the
>> Baltimore
>> Algebra Project (inner city baltimore public school students
organizing
>> to
>> have better schools, as evaluated by the students. pulled off a
2000+
>> student strike last year, plus a march a few weeks ago.), and the
misled
>> youth network (you!). Anyways, 1-2 people to come down and talk
about
>> what
>> you all do would be awesome!
I’m looking into transportation and housing while we are there. I just spoke with Murphy on the phone and he said he’d look into us possibly doing a PIY workshop there too, which would be good cause then it wouldn’t just be 1-2 “representatives” on the panel, we could do something all together.
Onto the next subject…
We checked in about the timeline and the “infiltrating schools” thing. First, the PIY workshop at Renaissance went really well, the kids had fun and learned a lot and made a ton of stuff. The principal saw what we were doing and liked it a lot, and there’s some talk of them opening up a printshop there and doing full time PIY!
With City-As, me and Indrid are gonan meet there next Thursday at 1 to speak with teachers about setting up an internship and maybe some cool classes.
Gabe updated us on a possible collaboration with City and Country school on 13th street. They have a program after school called “Add-Ins” that the students (parents) pay for that runs weekly for 10 weeks. We could get paid a minimum of $1000 (more if there are more students) if we facilitated a 10 week program with the students, aged 8 to 13. This would be next spring, through we’d have to submit our proposal some time in January. We discussed doing a multi-disciplinary “Art of Communication” sort of sampler workshop where the kids would get to try out a bunch of forms of expression such as printmaking, poetry/spoken word, book/zine making, etc. We can even bring in (young) guest artists and poets to supplement the workshops. So this is a really exciting opportunity. Next week we should bring in more ideas about what we can include in the curriculum.
We spoke briefly about doing the Bed-Stuy PIY on Friday December 7th. I will work on the flyer for this. In general, we need to work more in outreaching to teens in the neighborhood. Nicholas has some contact with schools, we really need to work on this. I forgot to announce this, but 123 is having another open house on Saturday Dec 15th. We should have some activities such as screenprinting then, maybe a poetry performance too. Before then, we have scheduled on dec 1st a clean-up day at the space, and on the 8th, an outreach day. So misled youth sould participate on those things.
Ok, these might be our longest notes ever…
Happy holidaze…
sarah
Hey everyone!
Here are the notes from today:
Who was there:
Myself
Leanne
Ingrid
Gabe
Cece
What was discussed:
Last week’s show and incident – we spent some time kinda venting about what happened. The big guns kids and/or their parents owe us $550, $450 for the window and $100 to pay Olu. Cece gave me the dad’s name, Hank Schlesinger. I looked it up on the online yellow pages, but no results in NY. I called Dimitri, but he said the police wouldn’t give him any info. However I think he would be willing to make the phone call since he sounds more legit. We need to get their phone number! Any suggestions? I think maybe we need to get a lawyer to call the precinct. Any ideas? I really don’t know any lawyers, but I can try to find one.
So sometime in January we’re gonna do a show at the Silent Barn, Gabe is gonna coordinate with Joe to figure that out. We discussed having some of our large male friends work as bouncers in exchange for beer and fame. That’s what’s going on with shows right now. We really need to track down these kids parents!
We had updates on the Youth Venture grant (submitted yesterday!) and checked in about the positive youth fest (nothing much new). I’d decided yesterday to push back the Screenprinting 101 workshop till next Friday, to give us more time to prepare. So we’ll focus on planning that next Wednesday. I looked into doing a workshop at the Grassroots Media Conference, it doesn’t look like they’re accepting applications yet.
We brainstormed further on what we’d want to do at for the Add-In at City and Country. We wanted to start by talking with the students about what issues were important to them, things they thought were unfair or misunderstood, and what they wanted to say, and talk about different ways they could express their thoughts and opinions on these issues. In the nest few weeks we’d try out different modes of expression, like printmaking, zines, poetry, and improv theater (none of us are really familiar with theater, but we’re gonna consult with some ppl). The last few weeks would allow the students to choose 1 or 2 modes of communication and develop a finished piece. It would end with some kind of showcase and zine celebrating the work create. Gabe is gonna submit a paragraph on this idea, and find out what a full proposal looks like so we can work on one together.
So that’s all for now. Me and Nick will be at the printshop this Friday, others are welcome to join us. I take it Gabe and/or Joe will be at the printshop on Saturday?
xo
sarah
ps -- does anybody wanna step up for facilitating/note-taking next week?
hey kids
so me, gabe, and cc got together this past wednesday at bluestockings and talked about some things. we spent most of the time going over the positive youth fest panel discussion questions, which i'm gonna paste below in the email. it looks like myself, nick, ingrid, and cc are the ones planning to go to the PYF on the 29th and 30th. So i just found out that the panel will be around 7pm on sat the 29th. So if we leave early that morning we should be able to get there in time and maybe have a few hours to chill before the panel. It's a 5 hr ride to dc. Also, Murphy (one of the organizers) says we can all stay at his place. He's gonna look into any rides leaving from nyc for us. If not, the chinatown bus is $35 round trip. I can try to use misled youth $ to pay for this for anyone who needs it. Plus you should bring money for food and the metro.
Next wednesday, our usual mtg day is the 26th, so I was thinking we could meet on the 27th or 28th just to wrap things up before we go. Also, just review the questions as much as possible to we're prepared up on that panel!
so that's the most important info i have for right now. i'm gonna try and print as many patches and shirts as possible to sell at the PYF cause they're letting us have a table.
xo
sarah
hey everyone --
So me, Leanne, Ingrid, Cece, and a new person, Saar got together at Bluestockings yesterday. It was actually our first official meeting of the year. We discussed:
Visual Agitation -- this is the 9-week printmaking and social justice program we are developing with help from the Sadie Nash Leadership Project. They're giving us $1000 plus helping with the planning. I'm attaching the rough draft of the curriculum Leanne worked on. It looks like it's gonna be every Tuesday starting March 11th at 123. Everyone can participate and planning and facilitating this, mark your calanders for this program!
Youth Venture grant -- Leanne did the panel over the phone and we should be receiving the check soon. Hooray! I'm gonna print the forms Ingrid, Cece, and gabe need to sign and bring them to next week's meeting.
Printshop -- we need more people to step up and volunteer at the printshop, fridays 5-8 or saturdays 3-6. Saar said she could do some Saturdays.
City-As Internships -- I met with John A from CAS, and it looks like we will start having interns in february. They will be able to make their own schedule helping out with any programs at 123 they choose.
YELL/4th Annual Youth Activist Conference -- Leanne met with members of the new YELL group at the Renaissance School. They are all freshmen and seemed to lack confidence in taking action on their ideas. but it sounded like she got them more excited and if we continue mentoring them they can pass on the torch and make the conference happen again this year.
Grassroots Media Conference -- this is happening on march 2nd at hunter college. Workshops proposals are due Jan 22nd, and we want to do a PIY workshop there. Leanne is working on the proposal. We should also request a table.
City and Country program -- this is something Gabe brought to the group a while back, and it looks like the deadline for the application is right now or already passed. Gabe wasn't there to speak on this, but there was the feeling that maybe we haven't prepared enough for this and we should wait until the next school year.
January fundraiser -- this is another project Gabe is working on, putting together a show at the Silent Barn on the 25th. We didn't have much info on this. Gabe?
February "Valendoom" Benefit -- The idea for this is to have an all-female fronted bands show on Feb 16th. The goal is to raise $ and also celebrate forms of love and community that don't come in little heart shaped boxes. Leanne is checking with Rosemary on some bands. We called some ppl from 1087 and hoepfully will be able to get the space.
Hey folks, here are the notes:
Who was there –
Sarah Q
Ingrid
Leanne
Sarah D
Rosemary
Gabe
Cece
What was discussed –
1) Visual Agitation Curriculum
We filled in everyone about the Visual Agitation nine-week printmaking and social justice program we are developing for 123. Here is the description:
This free youth-led program will provide a safe space for teens [ages 14-19] to analyze messages we receive from the media, and then to create our own media with the goal of visual agitation and thought provocation. We will use printmaking [screenprinting, stenciling, and linoleum block printing] to explore issues that matter to us, such as policing in schools, gangs, graffiti, youth empowerment, and role models in our communities. Participants will complete at least three finished prints, and will have the opportunity to show their work in an exhibit and celebration at the end of the program. Art supplies and snacks will be provided for each session.
It will be every Tuesday from 4:30 – 6:30 starting March 11th.
At the meeting we focused on developing an agenda for the first three sessions of the workshop. To my memory, this is what we came up with. However, I think Leanne took better notes than I did on this topic. Leanne, can you send them out?
Session 1 – Introduction to Program, Getting to Know Each Other, Intro to Printmaking, Sketchbooks
First, the facilitators will introduce themselves and the program. (5-10min) Then, we’ll have a go-around where everyone can introduce themselves and also talk about their experience in art-making, issues they want to cover in the program, etc. (20 min) After that we will do an art wall where everyone can draw and write about things that matter to them (I think we should clarify this a little). Then we will share and reflect a little on the art wall. After that, we will briefly explain the three printing techniques we will be using, and give everyone a chance to try each one. Finally, we will hand out sketchbooks which will have the outline for the entire nice weels enclosed in them. We’ll talk a little about how we can use the sketchbooks to gather and develop artistic ideas. Finally, we’ll have a check-out and close the workshop.
Facilitators – Leanne, Sarah Q, Ingrid, and possibly Gabe, Cece, and Sarah D.
Session Two – Political Art
This session will focus on giving the participants background information about different kinds of radical/political art, and various techniques artists use to communicate their message. We will start with a brief check-in where people will have an opportunity to share anything they may be working on in their sketchbooks. Then we will pay a game called “snowball” which involves people writing down three things about themselves, and then crumpling the papers up and tossing them around. People have to guess whose paper they have found.
Then we will show various examples of radical art, specifically prints. We will use a range of examples from famous artworks to pieces we have made ourselves. We will discuss the messages, context, style, and techniques used in each piece.
Finally we will have a brief closing, and also hand out a reading assignment that further explores political art.
Facilitators – Leanne, Ingrid (snowball game?), Sarah Q (prepare art presentation and reading), others
Session Three – Race, Class, and Gender Stereotypes in the Media
This session will explore various stereotypes found in magazines, songs, music videos, and other media. We’ll start with a brief check-in and discussion of the reading assignment. Then we will watch a music video for a song currently popular on a radio station such as Hot 97, and discuss the messages and stereotypes in the video. After that, we will make collages using images and words found in magazines that either reinforce or challenge stereotypes. Then we will share and discuss our collages, in terms of the images they portray, as well as the power of cutting and arranging the images to make a statement. The assignment for the week will be to brainstorm in our sketchbooks images and words that challenge a stereotype that ew feel strongly about.
Facilitators – Leanne, Ingrid, Sarah Q, others
That’s what we came up with for the curriculum. Please correct me if I misinterpreted anything. On to the next topic –
Grassroots Media Conference – we submitted the workshop proposal to do a PIY workshop. The conference will take place on March 2nd.
Printshop Hours – Sarah Q requested that people try and volunteer more hours at the printshop. Cece volunteered to be there Friday the 1st and the 8th. We have a misled family potluck scheduled at 123 for 8pm on Feb 1st , everyone is invited, so please bring some treats!
Valendoom Benefit Feb 16th, – We booked 1087, and Leanne is contacting some bands Rosemary suggested. I think Ingrid is also looking into some bands. Sarah Q. will secure the sounds equipment and possibly make the flyer.
Scheduling meetings for next semester – we couldn’t find a day that suited everyone. It looks like we will start having meetings on Tuesdays soon, but sadly Sarah D won’t be able to make it. Perhaps if we have more potlucks and other activities, everyone will be able to at least make it to something.
Youth Venture Grant – we were approved for the grant, but we won’t get the check until we get those forms sent in, and we need the $ to pay our rent next week! I’m attaching the form, please let me know if you have an issue with the file or whatever.
Ok, that’s all. It was a fun and productive meeting! Hope to see you all next week.
xo--sarah
Hey folks, here are the notes:
Who was there –
Sarah Q
Ingrid
Leanne
Sarah D
Rosemary
Gabe
Cece
What was discussed –
1) Visual Agitation Curriculum
We filled in everyone about the Visual Agitation nine-week printmaking and social justice program we are developing for 123. Here is the description:
This free youth-led program will provide a safe space for teens [ages 14-19] to analyze messages we receive from the media, and then to create our own media with the goal of visual agitation and thought provocation. We will use printmaking [screenprinting, stenciling, and linoleum block printing] to explore issues that matter to us, such as policing in schools, gangs, graffiti, youth empowerment, and role models in our communities. Participants will complete at least three finished prints, and will have the opportunity to show their work in an exhibit and celebration at the end of the program. Art supplies and snacks will be provided for each session.
It will be every Tuesday from 4:30 – 6:30 starting March 11th.
At the meeting we focused on developing an agenda for the first three sessions of the workshop. To my memory, this is what we came up with. However, I think Leanne took better notes than I did on this topic. Leanne, can you send them out?
Session 1 – Introduction to Program, Getting to Know Each Other, Intro to Printmaking, Sketchbooks
First, the facilitators will introduce themselves and the program. (5-10min) Then, we’ll have a go-around where everyone can introduce themselves and also talk about their experience in art-making, issues they want to cover in the program, etc. (20 min) After that we will do an art wall where everyone can draw and write about things that matter to them (I think we should clarify this a little). Then we will share and reflect a little on the art wall. After that, we will briefly explain the three printing techniques we will be using, and give everyone a chance to try each one. Finally, we will hand out sketchbooks which will have the outline for the entire nice weels enclosed in them. We’ll talk a little about how we can use the sketchbooks to gather and develop artistic ideas. Finally, we’ll have a check-out and close the workshop.
Facilitators – Leanne, Sarah Q, Ingrid, and possibly Gabe, Cece, and Sarah D.
Session Two – Political Art
This session will focus on giving the participants background information about different kinds of radical/political art, and various techniques artists use to communicate their message. We will start with a brief check-in where people will have an opportunity to share anything they may be working on in their sketchbooks. Then we will pay a game called “snowball” which involves people writing down three things about themselves, and then crumpling the papers up and tossing them around. People have to guess whose paper they have found.
Then we will show various examples of radical art, specifically prints. We will use a range of examples from famous artworks to pieces we have made ourselves. We will discuss the messages, context, style, and techniques used in each piece.
Finally we will have a brief closing, and also hand out a reading assignment that further explores political art.
Facilitators – Leanne, Ingrid (snowball game?), Sarah Q (prepare art presentation and reading), others
Session Three – Race, Class, and Gender Stereotypes in the Media
This session will explore various stereotypes found in magazines, songs, music videos, and other media. We’ll start with a brief check-in and discussion of the reading assignment. Then we will watch a music video for a song currently popular on a radio station such as Hot 97, and discuss the messages and stereotypes in the video. After that, we will make collages using images and words found in magazines that either reinforce or challenge stereotypes. Then we will share and discuss our collages, in terms of the images they portray, as well as the power of cutting and arranging the images to make a statement. The assignment for the week will be to brainstorm in our sketchbooks images and words that challenge a stereotype that ew feel strongly about.
Facilitators – Leanne, Ingrid, Sarah Q, others
That’s what we came up with for the curriculum. Please correct me if I misinterpreted anything. On to the next topic –
Grassroots Media Conference – we submitted the workshop proposal to do a PIY workshop. The conference will take place on March 2nd.
Printshop Hours – Sarah Q requested that people try and volunteer more hours at the printshop. Cece volunteered to be there Friday the 1st and the 8th. We have a misled family potluck scheduled at 123 for 8pm on Feb 1st , everyone is invited, so please bring some treats!
Valendoom Benefit Feb 16th, – We booked 1087, and Leanne is contacting some bands Rosemary suggested. I think Ingrid is also looking into some bands. Sarah Q. will secure the sounds equipment and possibly make the flyer.
Scheduling meetings for next semester – we couldn’t find a day that suited everyone. It looks like we will start having meetings on Tuesdays soon, but sadly Sarah D won’t be able to make it. Perhaps if we have more potlucks and other activities, everyone will be able to at least make it to something.
Youth Venture Grant – we were approved for the grant, but we won’t get the check until we get those forms sent in, and we need the $ to pay our rent next week! I’m attaching the form, please let me know if you have an issue with the file or whatever.
Ok, that’s all. It was a fun and productive meeting! Hope to see you all next week.
xo--sarah
Joined: 2006-10-31