July 21
More than 300 teens in 21 California libraries are exploring, photographing and writing about their everyday environments in an innovative 10-week Council program – How I See It: My Place — based on the ideas of John Stilgoe, a Harvard landscape history professor. Most of the projects are currently underway and Angie Miraflor, teen services librarian at the San Jose Public Library, recently sent us some photographs taken by her group. See photographs.
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June 6, 2008
Live in the L.A. area? The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is screening films from the Council’s California Stories projects on Sunday, June 8 starting at 11 am. Filmmakers Arthur Dong (“Hollywood Chinese”) and Jon Wilkman (“Chicano Rock”), among others, will be there to discuss their films and show clips. More information.
Teens from Mt. Shasta High School and Happy Camp High School will screen their film — “Voices Between the Mountains: Coming of Age in the Siskiyous” — about growing up in a small rural town — at College of the Sikiyous in Weed on Thurs., June 19, at 7:30 pm and at Klamath-Siskiyou Art Center in Happy Camp on Fri., June 27, at 9 pm. The students will discuss their filmmaking experiences following both screenings. The Happy Camp screening will be preceded by an organic dinner at 5 p.m. followed by an art opening. The film was created as part of the Council’s How I See It: Youth Digital Filmmakers program.
“Going On 13,” a California Documentary Project film about the growth and challenges of four preteen girls of color in Oakland, has been selected for screening at the Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival in the Washington, DC area. More.
Radio broadcast: “Prison Town, USA,” a California Documentary Project film about the effect of the prison boom on the small town of Susanville, Calif., now has a radio version, which will be airing on a number of stations from July 30 to Aug. 6. More.
Do You Represent an Arts Organization in California? Learn valuable proposal writing skills and hear insider tips on how to apply to the James Irvine Foundation’s new Creative Connections Fund at free workshops in various California locations in June. To find out more and to register, visit the Foundation Center’s website.
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May 23, 2008
CCH Board member named head of NAACP. Benjamin Todd Jealous, who has been on the CCH Board since March 2007, has been named president and chief executive of the NAACP. Jealous is currently president of the Rosenberg Foundation, which supports social justice organizations. Jealous will assume his new position in September. More.
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May 22, 2008
This is a shoutout to all our friends in the L. A. area. A collection of short films made by youths in our Youth Digital Filmmakers program will be featured at the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival, which runs from June 19 to 29. Congratulations to the young filmmakers in Long Beach, Los Angeles and Concord whose films were singled out for the honor. The youths’ films will be screened on Sunday, June 29 at noon at the Italian Cultural Institute (1023 Hilgard Avenue). The young filmmakers will there in person to discuss their work and answer questions. There is no charge for admission. Please show your support by attending the screening. More.
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May 16, 2008
“Hollywood Chinese,” Arthur Dong’s fast-paced delightful film about how the Chinese have been portrayed in American feature films, has been receiving terrific reviews everywhere it has played. Next up, L.A. and Pasadena, where the film opens on May 30 at Beverly Hill’s Laemmle’s Music Hall ((9036 Wilshire Blvd.) and at
Pasadena’s Laemmle One Colorado (42 Miller Alley). Catch the filmmaker in person in Beverly Hills on May 30, 7:40 screening only; in Pasadena on May 31, 7:40 screening only. Watch a film clip and read the reviews.
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May 5, 2008
Picturing America, an exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings masterpieces of American art to schools and libraries. Applications for the program will be accepted online beginning August 4, with a deadline of October 31, 2008.
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May 5, 2008
Drug abuse among teens, cliques on campus and dealing with ethnic differences are among the topics of a series of films made by teens in a video production class at Lodi High School as part of the Council’s Youth Digital Filmmakers program. You can catch the films at 6 pm, Tuesday, May 13, at the Student Union, California State University, Stanislaus, 1 University Circle, Turlock; and at 9 am, Saturday, May 17, at Lodi Stadium 12 Cinemas, 109 North School Street., Lodi. More.
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May 5, 2008
The California Council for the Humanities and the California History-Social Science Project have teamed up to offer three professional development workshops for California K-12 history teachers this summer. The workshops, to be held at UC Irvine (July 9), Stanford (July 28) and UC Davis (July 30), will provide teachers with model lessons and other material to use with the Council’s We Are California website about the history of California immigration and migration. The website launches this fall.
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May 1, 2008
The guidelines for the 2008 round of funding for California Documentary Project are now available. New this round of funding. The Council is now offering grants for those interested in creating web-based story projects using new media technologies. This is in addition to the production and research and development grants offered under the grant line. The new media grants support the creation of original web-based media projects that document contemporary California life and explore issues of significance to Californians.
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April 14, 2008
Hollywood Chinese heads to third week! After its highly celebrated two-week run at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland and the Sundance Kabuki Theater in San Francisco, Arthur Dong’s HOLLYWOOD CHINESE, a California Documentary Project film, has moved to the 4 Star Theater in San Francisco, 2200 Clement St. at 34th Ave. Screening daily @12. 3:40 and 7:20. View a clip of the film and find out more.
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