Art Not Apathy, Organization for Inspiration's gathering for Unity was held at the Brewing Grounds for Change coffee house July 25th 2009 at 7:00 pm. The show was a complete success despite the fact that the venue was changed at the last minute from Bucketworks to The Brewing Grounds. Among the acts were Llysa Spencer, James McGarvey, Michael Hoppe, Jacob Hey and Jacob green. The show included film, Music, Poetry and immense socialization. The show was a complete success. Planning is now being held for November for Art Not Apathy, a gathering to promote Ecological Awareness. Keep up to date on all of O4I's Art Not Apathy events at our website, O4I.weebly.com.

Stay tuned, we will release a short film about Art Not Apathy shortly with footage from our second event.

Also, if you are interested, Peggy Sue of the Shepherd Express wrote a short bio about me, Jacob Hey, on the Shepherd Express website.

Here's the URL;
http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blog-4004-artist-to-remember-jacob-hey.html

Thank you Melanie Hupfer for your wonderful summary of Organization for Inspiration in the July 2009 issue of The Riverwest Currents! Be sure to pick up a copy when in the Riverwest

Multi-talented, multi-disciplined Nomusa Xaba was born in Chicago, IL and is veteran of the Civil Rights Movement. During those years she was trained a community organizer and served in her native Chicago and in rural Mississippi, her ancestral home. She credits her family and the Civil Rights movement with instilling in her a keen awareness of the potential of all human beings and she uses that awareness to motivate and inspire her audiences.
    As a performing artist Mama Nomusa, as she is affectionately known by her audiences, has amassed a wealth of games, songs and stories that allow the audience to interact with the performance. These performances have occurred in numerous venues, schools, churches, museums and libraries all over the United States, Canada and East Africa. She and her family spent 2 years performing in Canada and 3 years teaching school and performing in Tanzania, East Africa. These were memorable and unique experiences that she shares in her presentations.
    Mama Nomusa uses an array of indigenous African instruments including the Mbira (African thumb piano), Shekere (a beaded gourd), Ngoma (wooden xylophone), bells, tambourines, drums, etc. To enhance her stories, which come from the vast reservoir of folk stories which permeate the African continent, the Americas and the world.
    Mama Nomusa is an artist/educator in process, a real cultural ambassador, always using her skills to improve and better serve the needs of the global community.

Dead Man's Carnival as explained on their myspace
(  www.myspace.com/karnalville  )
This is a mutli medium sensory short circuit experience. The combined effects of... Live Music, Magic, Tumbling, Theatrics, Gymnastics, Juggling, Burlesque, Prizes, Dancing, Interactive Games, Side Show Circus Stunts, Fire (eating, spinning, breathing), Beautiful and Terrifying Costumes. There is no word or combination of them that could ever replace or define the mind warping and life changing entertainment that is weaved at The Dead Man's Carnival.

Please join us July 25th 7:00 pm at Bucketworks, 1340 on the south eastern corner of 6th and Vliet. Suggested Donation, $5.00.

Just went through it all, cutting the crap and showing the basics of O4I.
Hope to see you at the gathering on the 25th of July!

On Sunday, June 7th 2009 from 10:00 to 4:00 we will be having a booth open to talk about Organization for Inspiration at the Sherman Park Art Fair. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering at the booth. We may be collaborating with the MNSC to give away free clothing as well.

Hope to see you there!

After a recent meeting we decided that we should re-name our community artpiece to be less impersonal than "Twick and Jake's" Organization for Inspiration a name which implies that it is OUR Organization when in actuality it is YOURS. O4I is a tool with which you can network with folks in the community, and express yourself. We do not, and can not own it in any way.

Is scheduled for 7:00, July 25th at Bucketworks on the southeast corner of 6th and Vliet. Please contact us if you are an artist, and would like to become involved. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you all that this is YOUR organization, not Twick's, and not mine.  We wish for you to recognize this organization as your own. And we wish for you to take part in it, contribute ideas and perform or show your artwork.

Here are pictures from our February 2009 "Art Not Apathy" gathering.
Click on a picture below to see it full size. Our apologies to Eric and James  whose photos we did not manage to take, thank you for your contributions!
The photos are;

John Sieger - Pictures 1, 3, 4, and 12
Llysa Spencer - Picture 10
Mama Nomusa - Pictures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 16
Audience members at the painting station - pictures 2 and 11