Grant will allow Lexington author to share the extraordinary stories of ordinary people in Davidson County
Everyone has a story worth telling and preserving, according to local author Tonya Lanier.
And thanks to a $1,194 grant from ArtsGreensboro and The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Lanier will be able to tell the stories of 20 more African-American residents age 70 or older in a new book, Lost in the Shuffle .Too: More Stories That Need to be Told.
Sitting in the living rooms and around the kitchen table of Davidson County residents, Lanier does a simple task so many people in our busy world don t have time to do anymore she listens. In those visits, she learns about people like Inez Pruitt, a Lexington woman who with no formal education who raised three of her own children and approximately 90 foster children.
In August 2020, Chad Cheek wanted to do something to help the arts community that had been suffering for months because of the pandemic. So he created Artarie, a curated streaming media platform.
Artarie, pronounced âar-ter-y,â debuted Feb. 12. The platform focuses on arts and cultural content for television, computer and mobile devices. This includes world premieres, live and recorded performances, online classes, lectures and exclusive content.
Through conversations with people on the various boards of directors of arts organizations he serves on, it became clear to Cheek late last summer that organizations were struggling to figure out ways to keep busy.
Film and discussion being presented as part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up Program
WINSTON-SALEM, NC (DECEMBER 29, 2020)â RiverRun International Film Festival has announced the upcoming screening of â9to5: The Story of a Movement,â on Tuesday, January 5 at 7 p.m. This screening is being presented alongside UNC-TV PBS North Carolina and the State Library of North Carolina
. â9to5: The Story of a Movementâ is being screened as part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up program.
When Dolly Parton sang â9 to 5,â she was doing more than just shining a light on the fate of American working women. Parton was singing the true story of a movement that started with 9to5, a group of Boston secretaries in the early 1970s. Their goals were simpleâbetter pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassmentâbut their unconventional approach attracted the press and shamed their bosses into change. Featuring interviews with 9to5âs founders, as
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Featured photo: Dale Pollock, Henry Grillo s successor, was the dean from 1998-2006 and was recently retired this year until he decided to assume the duties until a permanent dean can be sought.
Henry Grillo, a teacher and administrator at the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) for over 35 years and interim dean of the School of Filmmaking since 2019, will retire at year s end.
His successor, named earlier this month, is someone already familiar with the position: Dale Pollock, the dean from 1998-2006. Pollock, who continued to teach at the School of Filmmaking until retiring earlier this year, will assume the duties of interim dean for the spring 2021 semester, while a permanent dean is sought.