One Million Bones

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One Million Bones is a large-scale social arts practice, which means combining education, hands-on art making, and public installations to raise awareness of ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in places like Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Burma.

The project goal is collecting 1,000,000 handcrafted bones for a three-day installation event, June 8-10, 2013, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C

The installation will exist as a collaborative site of conscience to honor victims and survivors, and will also serve as a visual petition against ongoing conflicts and a resounding call for much needed and long overdue action.

The National Mall installation will feature international speakers and performers, educational workshops, a candlelight vigil, and the opportunity to Act Against Atrocities during an advocacy day on Capitol Hill led by our partners at the Enough Project.

About Project
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Heading to Skopelos Greece

Before we travel to the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, each student is required to participate in a two week prep course at Gulf Coast State College. See below photos of the students and their work. We have not fired the work yet. When it gets placed in the kiln, the clay will get bright orange and red, black and white. Once the process is complete, I will post more photos.

 

 

The Skopelos Foundation

Hello folks,

I am leaving next week for Greece. This is my third year teaching at "the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts" on the Island of Skopelos. I am looking forward to my adventure and seeing the students reactions to their experiences.

Here is a link:
SkopArt

Below you can read information about the class:

Gulf Coast State College  
Study Abroad Ceramics Program – May 30 –  June -18th

Athens / Skopelos /Greece

This ceramics class will focus on the rich heritage of Greece as well as the student’s travel experience. It will begin with a two-week preparation period in hand building methods at Gulf Coast State College.

After two weeks of ceramic “boot camp” students will leave Panama City FL, to work in Greece. The first stop will be Athens, where students will visit the Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum, and the National Archeological Museum.

The group will then travel to the island of Skopelos and continue with the hands-on part of the class. The students will draw on the rich artistic and cultural traditions of Greece, the Island of Skopelos and their experience as a traveler to create work in clay.

In order for students to get a taste of the island living, housing for students will be provided by the local residents in the area.

Instruction will be offered in the morning and afternoon with an ample mid-day break for lunch and exploration.

Images from the last two years:

 

Tammy Marinuzzi ceramics for sale at MudFire Gallery for studio pottery, ceramic, sculpture, clay, craft and fine art in Atlanta, Decatur GA

Tammy Marinuzzi ceramics for sale at MudFire Gallery for studio pottery, ceramic, sculpture, clay, craft and fine art in Atlanta, Decatur GA

Tell Me Your Secrets

About a year ago I had an idea for a show based around secrets. I was going to make containers for holding secrets. The idea was inspired from being an educator and being in the classroom, hearing everyone’s private stories. Students can be so candid when talking about their projects, or sometimes, just in casual conversation with their classmates. I consider myself a story-teller, but I have never asked anyone directly to share a story. It has always been my secret that I collect stories and make work that is based on those stories. I have definitely borrowed information for my work from my surroundings, especially my jobs. I have been a hairdresser, photographer, caregiver, artist and educator.

So this project started with the task of collecting secrets. I made up packets, and asked friends, across the country, to be "secret collectors". Each collector received a group of packets. Each packet contained envelopes with a piece of paper inside. The paper stated: “Many of us have secrets, feel free to share your secret, please be anonymous, and put your secret back in your envelope, seal the envelope and give the secrets back to your secret collector."I did not want to know who wrote the secret. When I got the secret packets back, I purposely mixed them up, so that I could not identify the author or the location from which they came.

I received about a hundred envelopes back out of a hundred fifty that I’ve sent out. Lately I have been in the habit of opening a secret a day, and the responses are fascinating. Some people say they do not have secrets (whatever), some people talk about their desire to sleep with certain people. Others wrote about their childhood secrets.

The funny thing is that in my daily life people often reveal their secrets to me without much prompting; however, when an individual is asked to share their secret in writing they are much more apprehensive. The act of committing something to paper, giving it a physical form, making it permanent has a halting affect. Some people stapled their envelope, as if to provide extra protection to the secret inside.

The next step was to make the containers to house the secrets. The containers are to reflect the secrets inside. There is a caveat. While the actual secrets will be placed inside the container, they will remain a mystery until the container is purchased. Until the decision is made to purchase the container; until there is a commitment to own it, the secret remains inside. The concept is based on the premise that we do not always know what we are getting into when we start a relationship. Each container, just like each of us has something inside, it might be remarkably good, or it might be extraordinarily harmful, whatever it is, it is hidden inside and is not readily revealed. Eventually it comes out. We are all human and, we all have greed, lust, jealousy, fear, love, and joy. The containers will surely be reflective of the secret inside, and just like in real life the buyer has to be observant

The show will be held at the Mudfire Studio, 175 Laredo Drive in Decatur, GA. Opening night day/date/times will be announced soon. Stay tuned for more details to follow…



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Tammy