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Artists: Apply for One-Year Residency with Community Groups

Posted Sunday July 07 2013 at 5:28 pm

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The Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI) and Community Labor United are excited to announce a new Boston-based fellowship and residency program for socially engaged artists - The Department of Public Imagination. For our pilot year, which will run from September 2013 to April 2014, three artists will be selected to participate in an interdisciplinary program that builds creative partnerships between artists and member-led community groups in the greater Boston area.

Each artist who is selected to participate in the program will receive a stipend, shared workspace at DS4SI, and will participate in an ongoing training workshop that brings together leaders in the arts and social justice sectors.

For more information, visit the residency webpage.

Application deadline is July 19, 2013.

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SpeakEasy Stage Company Holding Auditions for TRIBES

Posted Tuesday June 11 2013 at 10:51 pm

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SpeakEasy Stage Company describes TRIBES as: Born deaf into a garrulous academic family, Billy was pushed to assimilate into the hearing world as best he could by reading lips and staying out of the way. But when a young woman introduces him to the Deaf community, Billy decides it is time his family learns to communicate with him on his terms.

Audition for the following characters:

Billy (Male 20-30): Deaf since birth. Brought up oral. Wears hearing aids. He meets Sylvia who teaches him to sign, opening him up to a world he never knew before. Sheltered. Considerate. A gentle spirit.

Sylvia (Female 25-35): Born with hearing but now rapidly going deaf. While she hasn't wanted to let someone in, she falls for Billy. While Billy might see her as a vibrant new light in his life the rest of the family sees her as "nice and funny". Experience with ASL and the piano a PLUS.