Call for Participants: Separate Paths Common Goals: East Nashville Community Crime Awareness and Prevention

Call for Participants

Separate Paths Common Goals: East Nashville Community Crime Awareness and Prevention.

"Separate Paths Common Goals" is an ongoing project to raise awareness about crime prevention in the East Nashville area, while bringing together local community through fun and informative events. There will be three "Separate Paths Common Goals" (SPCG) events scheduled throughout East Nashville during the fall of 2009. Five different activities are planned during each event. Each activity will address the issue of crime and prevention through video documentation, interactive art projects, questionnaires, information areas and guest speakers.

The first activity of each event will be video testimonials recorded from the attendees of the SPCG events. Attendees will be asked questions about neighborhood crimes and their thoughts on crime prevention. During the second activity, attendees are invited to paint together on flat figurative sculptures. These sculptures will be life-size wooden cut-outs of figures of children. This hands-on, collaborative project will bring together individuals and initiate dialog between community members. The finished, painted figures will be shared with attendees to be displayed outside of their homes as public art in private spaces in East Nashville neighborhoods. The third activity of each event will be a questionnaire addressing neighborhood crime awareness and prevention. An information area will be set up as the fourth activity where printed materials will be available from various local resources related to helping family and young people dealing with issues in the community. The fifth activity will consist of guest speakers who will address crime related issues.

The SPCG project will continue into 2010 with events in additional East Nashville locations. The information gathered through SPCG events will be shared with community leaders to better serve East Nashville neighborhoods. An exhibition is planned of the SPCG project at Blend Studio in 2010 in downtown Nashville.
Locations for the SPCG events:

The Family Wash at 2038 Greenwood Ave., Nashville, TN 37206
Website: http://www.familywash.com
Date: October 24, 2009 Start time: 1 PM to 5 PM
Guest Speakers TBA


Art & Invention Gallery at 1106 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN 37206
Website: http://www.artandinvention.com
Date: November 14, 2009 Start time: 1 PM to 5 PM
Guest Speakers TBA


The Open Lot at 1307 Jewell Street, Nashville, TN 37207
Website: http://www.theopenlot.org
Date: November 21, 2009 Start time: 1 PM to 5 PM
Guest Speakers TBA

Contact: Ben C. Vitualla
E-mail: southernartpunk@yahoo.com