KNOXVILLE – Art & Community Think Tank Hits Central Appalach ia October 25-28\, as the city of Knoxville and Harlan County\, Ky. serve as the second stop for MicroFest USA.
\nFestival activities will inc lude panel discussions\; neighborhood arts tours\; dance\, music and theat er productions\; workshops\; a trip to Harlan Ky. and more.
\nFor mo re information visit: www.ensem bletheaters.net.
\nA MicroFest Pass is $5 and can be purchased a t Remedy Coffee at 125 W. Jackson Ave.
\nSCHEDULE:
\nFriday —
Oct. 26\, 2012
\n8:30am — MicroFest Welcome\, Opening and Framing
\n9:15am–12:00pm — Community Tour Tracks (choose one)
\nTrack One:
Youth Development @ Tribe One Carpetbag Digital Storytelling and Tribe One
\, two leading arts organizations provide hands-on workshop focused on art
s\, storytelling\, and entrepreneurship.
\nTrack Two: Cultural Organi
zing @ The Emporium Center
\nHighlander Research and Education Center
: Representatives from Highlander will share
\npopular education
\ntechniques\, case studies\, and their definition for cultural organizin
g.
\nTrack Three: Food Justice @ Beardsley Community Farm
\nThe
Hungry Heart\, Grow Appalachia\, and Open Waters Theater Arts will perform
and provide a hands-on workshop about food access.
\n12:15pm — Lunch
\nBlue Plate Special Concert @ Knoxville Visitors Center and Radio S
tation
\n1:30pm — Plenary @ The Emporium
\n3:30pm — Travel from
Knoxville to Lynch\, KY. The Jo Carson Project Workshop and Roadside Theat
er will host conversations about the history of the region on this guided
bus tour.
\n8:00pm — Appalachia Performs @ Eastern Kentucky Social Cl
ub
\nPam Holcomb\, Noah Hughes\, Courageous\, and the Kudzu Killers\n
Saturday — October 27\, 2012
\n9:00am–12:00pm — Community Tour
Tracks (choose one)
\nTrack One: Art in Rural Planning
\nHigher
Ground/Harlan\, KY and Built NRV/Blacksburg\, VA
\nLearn how these t
wo communities—Harlan County\, Ky. and the Town of Blacksburg\, Va .—are
using art as a tool for city planning and community development. Participa
nts will take away tools for civic engagement with city planners and local
business owners to incorporate art into planning
\nprocesses and nei
ghborhood development.
\nTrack Two: Art in Environmental Issues
\nKentuckians for the Commonwealth\, Appalshop and Higher Ground: Appalsho
p\, Representatives from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and the cast of
Higher Ground will provide a tour to local mining sites.
\n12:30pm —
Lunch with Community@ Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College\n1:30pm–3:30pm — Higher Ground Performance and Discussion
\n4:00
pm–5:00pm — Reflection Forum
\n5:00pm — Dinner
\nOption One:
\n5:00pm–7:30 — Crawdadoween @ Southeast Kentucky Community and Technica
l College
\nHalloween Appalachian youth music festival
\nOption
Two:
\n6:30pm — Dinner at Pine Mountain Settlement School
\n8:00
pm — Square Dance @ Pine Mountain Settlement School
Sunday — Octob
er 28\, 2012
\n8:00am — Town Hall Breakfast @ Pine Mountain Settlemen
t School