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FRONT PAGE - ARTS BY PEW CHARITABLE TRUST

ARTS IN CORRECTIONS
TRAIN-THE-TRAINER WORKSHOPS

​Interactive Zoom workshops provide training in Arts Facilitators’ Best Practices for Coordinating Organizations working in corrections. Starting February 2021, Teaching Artists (Arts Providers) can register for the Train-The-Trainer workshops that are rehabilitative in nature. The curriculum will draw from Rhodessa Jones' groundbreaking Performative Methodology that instructs on working with disenfranchised populations. ​Workshops are free.

This Ain't Your Mother's Theater Company

Under the California Arts Council's Local Impact program, the Medea Project will present free screenings of "This Ain't Your Mother's Theater Company!", a film by Bruce Schmiechena.  This documentary is a searing dramatic narrative of the deep connections between women’s health and reproductive rights. It addresses the stark realities of rape, living with HIV, and women finding their voices in society.

THE MEDEA ACADEMY
EMPOWERING SURVIVAL
& ​RE-ENTRY

FINAL SHOW AIRED THURSDAY MAY 13, 2021.
Three month writing workshop on Zoom introduced important methods to advance the re-entry experience. All workshops were free.
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IN THE NEWS...

KPFA FLASHPOINTS
Investigative Reporter Dennis Bernstein speaks with Rhodessa Jones on Friday, August 27th at 5:40 PM.
Click link to listen. Audio begins at 42:15. 
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San Francisco Public Library Jails & Re-Entry Program
San Francisco Public Library "Jail & Reentry Services program" presents Teaching Art for Personal and Social Transformation with Rhodessa Jones.  This free online program takes place on Sunday, August 29, 2021 at 1 PM PST. To register, please click this link: Register Info Link. To watch the recording of the Youtube Live Stream, click here. 
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KQED FORUM 
Hosted by Michael Krasny on Feb 3 at 9:40 AM
Rhodessa Jones on Decades of Art and Activism [AUDIO]
https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101881883/rhodessa-jones-on-decades-of-art-and-activism
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​PEW CENTER FOR THE ARTS & HERITAGE
Pew Fellow of the Week: Rhodessa Jones
PEW CENTER FOR THE ARTS
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HARVARD CENTER FOR HELLENIC STUDIES
Rhodessa Jones, Director of the Medea Project, will be presenting on "Medea in Lockdown" as part of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies' Visiting Artist Series.
KLEOS CHS HARVARD 
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HAYWARD PUBLIC LIBRARY BROADCAST
Filmmaker Bruce Schmiechen prepared a 20-min excerpt of his documentary, "This Ain’t Your Mother’s Theater Company!" Rhodessa Jones and the Medea Project present in response to the book Just Mercy.
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FRAMELINE TALK: MAKING ART IN VULNERABLE TIMES & COMMUNITIES 
Hear the perspectives of artists making work in the midst of—and responding to—tumultuous societal challenges. How does art-making—dance, theater, or film—make a difference in the lives of vulnerable communities, and how might we turn to art to help make sense out of the multiple crises we have?
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Communal Healing through Expressive Arts
A pilot project for Black/African-American healthcare providers
Join Uzo Nwankpa MSN-PH, RN, virtually, Wednesdays through July. 12-1:30pm.
Register Free for Zoom Link.  More info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STo23vUYUfU


​Rhodessa Jones & The Medea Project
A CULTURAL ODYSSEY PROGRAM
info@CulturalOdyssey.org
​Post Office Box 156620
S.F., CA  94115
(415) 292-1850