Did you all read the latest from Helen? I'm not quite sure what it all means, but I think it bodes well for us... www.createhere.org

DRAFT rev1.0

Capture Chattanooga is an interdisciplinary group of photographers, filmmakers, folklorists, storytellers, painters, musicians and writers working together to create and present culture-centered contextural works of art in, for, and about Chattanooga.

Capture Chattanooga will produce collaborative and solo projects including exhibits, live performances, publications, online multimedia, and film, and provide technical resources for Chattanoogans to creatively document their lives and archive their stories.

Because we recognize the synergistic potential of this location, Capture Chattanooga has chosen a studio space on Rossville Avenue. We join Terry Cannon, Ignis Glass Studios, Thomas Mann, and the Chattanooga Pulse in this burgeoning creative movement on the southside.

Our centralized location on the southside will put us literally at the crossroads both physically and metaphorically. We envision working in an open studio where anyone can see works in progress, record their own story in the soundbooth, search our archives, browse the current exhibit, make a purchase, or contribute ideas for our next project. We endeavour to create an atmosphere that inspires and illuminates our commitment to the bigger picture as a body of work.

In its first year, Capture Chattanooga will produce four unique events showcasing the intersection of artists in the collective, beginning with a portfolio exhibition of the group's principal artists. The entire series of exhibit events will be held in the all new Loose Cannon performance hall and gallery.

The statement

Is there no way to show how the doc has changed? I didn't see the old versus the new in the changes Mary & Christie had made.

Statement of Purpose Redux

I converted Jim's SOP to a Google doc, and Mary and Christie have been tweaking it all afternoon. You can see it here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddfm7ntp_0c67h42

If you can't see it, then I misspelled yr. email address, contact me and let me know and I'll change it. Also, if you think that there are others who should be allowed to edit this, let me know too, and I'll add them.

thanks.

Beginning Statement of Purpose

Here's the beginning of a statement of purpose from this morning's meeting. Please share your thoughts.

Capture Chattanooga is an interdisciplinary group of photographers, filmmakers, historians, folklorists, storytellers, painters, musicians and writers working together to explore, document, preserve, and share Chattanooga’s people, history, & neighborhoods through the arts.

Capture Chattanooga will produce collaborative and solo shows including performance arts, gallery shows, online multimedia and film, and provide technical resources for Chattanoogans to document their lives and archive their stories.

In its first year, Capture Chattanooga will produce four shows, beginning with a portfolio showing of participating artists in the brand new Loose Cannon performance hall and gallery.

In our space on the south side, visitors can see works in progress, visit the recording booth to record their own story, search our archives and library for information and photographs, or offer ideas for our next project.

Funding for Filmmakers

You all may already know about this, but I just got this in an email from the CDS at Duke:

Foundation Center: Reference Guide for Film and Videomakers -
http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/guides/film.html

If you are looking for financial support to make a film or to work on a video project, the information on this website can help you in your search.

Rick

Next Meeting

Hello all,
Jim and I have decided we'd like to see all your faces again, and so would like to have a meeting on either Tuesday or Thursday this week. Email Jim or me to let us know if either of those times work for you.

Thanks!!