AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Imagine East Hollywood:autobiography of a neighborhood

Seeking actors of all ages & experience for an interactive happening as part
of the Barnsdall Art Gallery exhibit: Actions, Conversations & Intersections

Especially seeking people who can converse in one of the many languages
inhabiting East Hollywood (English, Spanish, Armenian, Thai, Tagalog, ASL,
Braille, Ukrainian, etc.)

Time commitment: 1-2 days/week beginning in February and 2-3 performances in
late March/early April

Please email ImagineEastHwood@gmail.com with your headshot or recent
picture, resume, and why you are interested. PLEASE review the below
information and the website so you are familiar with the project before
submitting.

*LOS ANGELES **-* The East Hollywood Neighborhood Council has undertaken
perhaps the most ambitious community outreach and envisioning project ever
attempted by a Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. The “Imagine East
Hollywood” project gathers individual responses from a wide range of East
Hollywood stakeholders about what they would like to see as the future of East
Hollywood, and in doing so bridges the gap between the neighborhood council
and the community it represents.

The responses are collected through a variety of media, including video and
audio interviews, essays, poems, stories, illustrations; Facebook, Twitter,
and YouTube, just to name a few. Cindy Marie Jenkins, the director for the
project, explains that “We are really trying to reach out to all the
different demographics in as many different ways we can. The more we
collect, the better.” The final collection of responses will be displayed at
the Barnsdall Art Park/Gallery Fluxus exhibit from February through April,
2010.

Cindy further comments that “Residents are ecstatic about the fact that
they’re being asked. When they do bring up issues, they are then asked to
help figure out solutions. It’s not venting, it’s trying to figure out how
we can solve problems and bring cultural groups together.”

Jennifer Moran, a board member of the EHNC, explains how the project helps
her to be a better representative, “I usually only interact with
Neighborhood Council people, people involved in committees. These people are
off the streets. This provides an opportunity to really listen to people. It
seems like an excellent way to make the role of a Neighborhood Council
member truly relevant, rather than just being part of a board that doesn’t
have a lot of first hand knowledge about what the man or woman on the street
thinks.”

EHNC President, David Bell, has already seen strong excitement generated
from volunteers about the project. “We are already getting a lot of insight
and involvement from the community that we wouldn’t have had. It’s a way to
get the people who live in the community involved in creating their own
community. Its potential is unlimited.”

But that potential depends on how many people actually participate in the
project. If you can find a way to participate, you can have a hand in the
future of East Hollywood.

To participate, contact Cindy at (323) 552-3333, *ImagineEastHwood@gmail.com
* , or visit the website
http://imagineEastHollywood.com .

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Cindy Marie Jenkins
http://www.actionsconversationsintersections.com/?page_id=7
cindymariejenkins.wordpress.com/
twitter.com/cindymariej
www.imagineeasthollywood.com
www.voicesfromchornobyl.com
www.antaeus.org

from LA Culture Net