Season Two is over!
Thank you for supporting the community arts!
A grass-roots approach to providing small grants to community artists
October 9, November 13, December 11, 2011
January 8, February 12, 2012
Planet Altered provides an opportunity through C.A.F.E. for local artists to receive local funding through small grants that can be put directly back into the community through projects done in the area. C.A.F.E. is local community investing in arts and artists providing a direct impact to the local economy.
Our monthly Sunday C.A.F.E. grant event is a grass roots gathering of community where everyone pays to attend a delicous soup supper, listen to a description of the artist's project, and then vote for their favorite. The winner of the grant received $10.00 of each ticket sold for that evening's gathering.
Pictures from October C.A.F.E. Grant
Six delicious soups!
Andromeda Chili (vegetarian)
Wild Mushroom and Rice
(vegetarian and gluten-free)
Stone Soup (vegan and gluten-free)
Chicken Taco with Black Beans
Chicken Noodle with Bok Choy
Tomato with Bacon
Three fabulous Artist Presenters!
Kevin Bate shares with us his proposal to create a large mural on the side of the Lindsay Hall near MLK. He would like the C.A.F.E. Grant to help pay for photograph rights of Martin Luther King.
Facebook information on Kevin and this project
You can find more of Kevin's large murals at Track 29, Brewhaus and the discoteca. You can also purchase a smaller piece of Kevin's Face art at Planet Altered.
Rick Davis, a local musician, shares his request to continue coaching to finesse his verbal introductions to his dulicmer arrangements. Then he delighted us with a wistful Scottish tune.
Facebook information about Rick's Dulcimer Music
You can meet Rick on Wednesday evenings during Main-St Farmers-Market and Planet Altered also has his CD's available for sale.
Heather Price shares her passion for raku pottery. Her request for the C.A.F.E. Grant is for materials to build a mobile raku kiln.
The audience voted and...
Heather is the winner
of the 2011 October C.A.F.E. Grant for $360 !
Pictures from November C.A.F.E. Grant
Chad Lawhorn, local photographer, casts his vision for
documenting Chattanoogans and favorite
landmarks with his dramatic photography.
Molly Schimpf, self-taught silver artist, creates unique and stunning
wrapped gemstone jewelry.
Facebook contact for Molly Schimpf
Rhonda Seeber, folk musician, sings some great little
ditties and gets the audience to join in for a rousing chorus.
Her passion is sharing stories through community song.
Facebook contact for Rhonda Seeber
The audience voted and...
Rhonda is the winner
of the 2011 November C.A.F.E. Grant for $360 !
Pictures from December C.A.F.E. Grant
Susan Cresswell created our festive December
C.A.F.E. Grant tablescapes using found
objects and vintage holiday lights.
Always a delicious selection of artisan soups!
Frances McDonald, Executive Director of MarkMaking, shares the her journey
in creating this community non-profit organization of art and story.
More about MarkMaking
Marian Heintz, potter and creator of "RubbleWear", seeks a C.A.F.E. Grant
to provide local community women the skills and opportunity to create
and market jewelry through community jewelry classes.
More about the RubbleWear
Richard Thompson, local artist, uses glass and special bonding
materials to create unique pieces of art. Richard suffers from bi-lateral radial nerve
syndrome and cannot open his fingers without use of another object.
His creative expressions are available at Hart Gallery (Planet's neighbor).
More information about Hart Gallery and to view other works of Richard's.
The audience voted and...
Richard is the winner
of the 2011 December C.A.F.E. Grant for $360 !
Pictures from January C.A.F.E. Grant
Nora Bernhart shows examples from a creative book making project.
Her grant proposal is for the community to create a "Book of Loving Kindess".
More about Nora's creative bookmaking group, Chattanooga Book Arts Collaborative
Todd Grafe shows an example of an original design in stained glass.
Todd has been involved in designing and creating stained glass for many years
and now is making that his full-time career.
Grafe Stained Glass Studio is located at the corner
of 47th Street and St Elmo Avenue in St. Elmo.
Facebook contact for Todd Grafe
Tim Hinck invites the community to participate in the
Easy Lemon Loft Shows. Tim proposes that
a frequent dose of art/music
is a necessity for members of every thriving community.
The Easy Lemon Loft shows
“loft shows” is to provide short
15 to 30 minute doses of artistic stimulation an extremely convenient way.
More information about Easy Lemon
The audience voted and...
Nora is the winner
of the 2012 January C.A.F.E. Grant for $360 !
2.12.2012 Update:
The Book of Loving Kindness is now ready for your participation!
It will be at Planet Altered from
February 12 through February 24, 2012.
Follow it on Facebook!
Website
My name is Nora Bernhardt. I am inspired by stories about kindness. There are thousands of these stories. Everybody has a story to tell. I want to hear the stories of kindness that come from people in my community.
I am a book artist... which means that I design and bind handmade books. I am currently making a book that will have many blank pages. The leather-bound book will be big and sturd ... y so that it can hold stories of kindness from hundreds of people. It will be called The Book of Loving Kindness.
In the next few months, the book will circulate to various locations in Chattanooga, Tennessee so that people can write and draw on its pages, telling their own stories of kindness.
At the same time, blank pages will be given to schools and organizations, so more people can tell their stories. Perhaps art teachers might have their students draw pictures and create images of kindness on the blank pages. Writing teachers might have their students create poetry and prose about kindness. A group of senior citizens might write about their experiences. People at an animal shelter may chronicle acts of loving kindness they have witnessed. All of the pages will eventually be collected and bound into The Book of Loving Kindness.
The completed The Book of Loving Kindness will be shown in different locations in Chattanooga later this year.
I look forward to what can happen!
Public Locations currently scheduled (more to come!):
February 12-24, 2012
PLANET ALTERED
48 E. Main Street
Chattanooga TN 37408
March 18-25, 2012
JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER
5461 N. Terrace Road
Chattanooga TN 37411
HATCH Festival
Location TBA
April 16-20, 2012
Participating Schools and Organizations (more to come!):
Barger Academy
Battle Academy
Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts
Chattanooga Book Arts Collaborative
A local women's "spirit circle"
A local "creativity group"
