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Tats Cru Inc.

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TATS CRU INC. THE MURAL KINGS
INNOVATORS OF URBAN ADVERTISING
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Davis, Karen A

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11-30-2003
RISD Museum celebrates wonders of visual art
Karen A. Davis
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bird in the hand 
IN THE SHADOWS: Leland Faulkner, mime, magician and a storyteller who also plays with shadows, gives a demonstration of his 
work to a photog~pher before his free show yesterday at RISD Auditorium in Providenr.e. Above, F;m!kner uses h!s head and hands 
to form an owl and then jack-o' -lantern, while below he creates a bunny, camel and swan. 
RISD Museum celebrates wonders of visual art 
BY KAREN A. DAVIS ~ 
./OUIIN/\1. STAFF W!<ITEI< f. 
PROVIDENCE - Yester-
day was a picture day of sorts 
at the Rhode Island School pf 
Design Museum. 
The scene in the museum's 
print classroom resemb.led 
school picture day, as fami-
lies took turns having th~ir 
Polaroid photos snapped ?at 
the end of a workshop on ttie 
inner workings of a camera.' 
With a canvas-backed 
flashbulb stand perched in 
the corner, a photographer 
from AS220 Broad Street 
Studio counted to three, 
pushed a button and created 
the take-home family photos from an old-fashioned 4x5, 
tripod-anchored camera. . 
The workshop and museum galleries that honored the 
work of acclaimed photogr~pher Aaron Siskind were part 
! 
of "Picture This!"- the muse-
um's daylong celebration of 
visual art. 
The ce lebration also 
included workshops on mak-
ing string art and photo puz-
zles, amateur-art exhibitions 
and a scavenger hunt featur-
ing a search for specific 
Siskind photos. 
Paul Phou, 6, of Warwick, 
who harbors a love for 
photogrilphy, had anx iously 
awaited the event, which was 
held as part of the museum's 
monthly Free-For-All Satur-
day program. 
"He said 'Mommy, Mommy, 
I can't wait for that one,' " said 
Paul 's mother, Serei Tan, who brings Paul and his sister 
Nora, 10, to the free programs each month. 
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"It's very educational," she said. 
" !like to bring them so that they 
can see different activities and 
learn about different things." 
Tan 's family was not the only 
one drawn to the event by a love 
of photography and a desire to 
expand horizons. 
Also in at;tendance were new-
comers, such as Karen Monti and 
her daughter Alexa, 13, of East 
Greenwich. 
Alexa, who plans to take up pho-
tography as a hobby and has a 
camera topping her Christmas list, 
was first to anive for the workshop 
on the history and inner workings 
of a camera, presented by AS220 
Broad Street Studio. 
She listened as high school ju-
nior Sheri Newton explained that 
she "had no clue" about cameras 
when she entered a class at the 
Broad Street Studio two years 
ago. But yesterday, Newton 
worked with Scott Lapham and 
Eric Link to dissect and reassem-
ble the 4x5 cameras, which she 
said are still most effective in tak-
ing portraits. 
The Monti family was inspired 
to come to the museum because 
they wanted to expose their out-
of-town guests to "cultural offer-
ings in Rhode Island," Karen 
Monti said. 
The ProVIC:ience Sunday Journal 
Yesterday's museum activi- _ 
ties ended an hour early so that 
parti cipants could attend a per-
formance by Leland Fau lkner, 
an intern ationally acclaimed 
mime/magician/shadow pup-
pct'eer who presented a show in 
the I~ ISO Aud itorium. 
Fau lkner, who wa_s born in 
Afghanistan to Native American 
parents, uses a mixture of hand 
shadows, pantomime, humor and 
storytelling to take his audience on 
a tour through his "world of won-
der," the title of his performance. 
One of the hi!fhlights of his 
show incorpQrates~his -skills as a 
magician - turning a paper 
swan that he received from a 
group of children from Hiroshi-
ma, .Japan into a live dove, as a 
symhol of peace. 
Faulkner - who spent 20 
years touring as a theater per-
former before spending 7 years 
in the film industry - said he 
returned to theater performing 
because he prefers the imme-
diate response of a live audience. 
" If it [my performance) evokes 
a little bit of wonder, than I'm 
doing my j ob," Faulkner said. 
CHILD'S PLAY: Sarah 
Andrews, 6, left, and her 
brother William, 4, make a 
string of beads at the RISD 
Museum yesterday. 
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Marceau, Corinne

Rhode Island College
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Broad Street Studio Youth Program
7-21-2003
Arts, business merge for youth at Broad Street
Studio
Corinne Marceau
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Arts, business merge for youth at Broad Street Studio 
By Corinne Marceau 
Contributing Writer 
In 2001, Jason Magnan, now 19, 
went to the Broad Street Studio on a 
field trip from a group home. Other 
teens at the studio were on a stage bang-
ing on bongo drums, and Magnan soon 
found himself on the stage with them. 
Today, Magnan is the manager of 
the Broad Street Orchestra, which has 
grown from a small group of eight peo-
ple to an enterprise of approximately 15 
people with a full-length CD in the 
works and revenue coming in. 
At the Broad Street Studio, 
Magnan received training crucial to the 
business aspect of the orchestra. His 
skills include budgeting, business plan-
ning and customer relations. 
"I learned everything I know about 
business here," he said. 
The Broad Street Studio, located in 
Providence's south side, is part of an 
alliance of Rhode Island nonprofit 
organizations formed by the 
Corporation for National Service and 
AS220 through the Statewide Arts 
Mission. SAM's goal is to provide arts 
opportunities to all people. 
The Broad Street Studio reaches 
out to young people in the community 
and offers them an environment for 
artistic expression as well as an oppor-
tunity to acquire valuable vocational 
skills. 
Included in the Broad Street 
Studio's many programs are five youth-
run businesses. The businesses have 
A young man participates in the music program at the Broad 
Street Studio in Providence. 
two sides. Their main focus is to pro-
vide artistic opportunities to the youth 
(mostly teenagers) involved. The 
other side is entrepreneurial. 
As they participate in the busi-
nesses, the teens learn skills such as 
budgeting and business planning. 
They attend weekly workshops where 
they learn skills involved in their busi-
nesses and work on jobs. 
The teens draft their own busi-
ness plans with assistance from train-
ing programs provided by organiza-
tions such as the Rhode Island 
MicroEnterprise Association and 
Bryant College. 
Although run by the young artists, 
each business group has an adult leader 
or instructor to provide consistency and 
guidance. Scott Lapham, an adult 
instructor for the Photographic Memory 
business, says the program gives the 
teens "real on-the-job experience. 
"We try to cultivate and expose 
youth to real-life skills and give them 
real-life experiences so they can com-
prehend what it is to be a professional," 
said Lapham. 
The five businesses encompass 
many different areas of the arts while 
operating in a business environment 
The young musicians of the Broad 
Street Orchestra petform traditional and 
original songs at paid events around the 
Providence area at locations such as the 
Roger Williams Casino, the Federal 
Reserve and Rhode Island College. 
Broad Street Visuals' group of 
young graphic artists does graphic 
design for other nonprofit organizations 
and local businesses. They have 
d_esigned ads-to appear iii newspapers as 
well as logo and flyer designs. Broad 
Street Visuals has also been commis-
sioned to create murals - among them, 
one commissioned by Met Life and an 
anti-smoking mural commissioned by 
the Rhode Island Department of Health. 
Photographic Memory creates 
high-quality black and white photo-
graphs. They do portrait and event pho-
tography as well as public relations pho-
tography for other nonprofit organiza-
tions. 
Hip-Hop 220 is a petformance 
group and hip-hop label that takes its 
show on the road throughout Rhode 
Island. The Broad Street Press publishes 
Muzine and the Hidden T.R.E.W.T.H., 
and sells advertising in the literary pub-
lications. 
At least one-tenth of the business-
es' revenues go back into the adminis-
tration of the Broad Street Studio and at 
least one-tenth must go back into the 
business. Through group discussion, the 
business as a whole then has the deci-
sion-making power. They can choose to 
pay themselves, buy supplies, invest 
more money in the business, etc. The 
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decision reached by the young 
artists and their adult supervisors 
should reflect their previousb made 
business plan. . 
Approximately two-!hirds of· 
the Broad Street Studio's funding ~ 
comes from the state. The remainin) 
one-third comes from varimfs 
sources. Although the studio works 
with community youth and does 
many projects in the community, 
there is little support from local 
businesses according to Sam Seidel, 
director of the youth program. 
Much of the studio's business 
now comes from other nonprofit 
organizations but the studio is trying 
to focus on the grassroots aspect of 
the businesses. 
Local businesses are a clientele 
they would love to see make use of 
their many services. Whether a busi-
ness needs graphic design for an 
advertisement, a photographer for a 
function, or simply a mural to draw 
attention to their building, the 
young artists are anxious to help. 
Magnan said: "Sometimes no 
one is willing to give us the time of 
day. It bas gotten a little easier to 
book gi~s, but it is still . a little 
aggravating." . 
Seidel belitwh the Broad Street 
Studio provides valuabl. s.~ices to 
the community. 
The art-based entrepreneurial 
programs train and prepare future 
employees and bu~iness leaders. In 
addition, the studio· engages young 
people ~ ·.,o~itive activities, dis- · 
couraging cJ:i.we. :. ,., ... 
For example, the murals created 
by Broad Street ·Visuals not only 
beautify the neighborhood, but also 
decrease vandalism by giving young 
people another outlet for their artis-
tic expression. 
Art and business come together 
at the Broad Street Studio to create a 
setting where young people can 
express themselves artistically 
while also participating in a busi-
ness environment and in · the com-
munity. 
As Seidel explained, "When 
people talk about . the Providence 
renaissance, this is a part of it. 
We're helping to make the city an 
exciting, vital place." 
PBN intern Corinne Marceau is a 
senior at Providence College. 


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Colhoun, Damaris

Rhode Island College
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10-10-2003
A Writer, Not An Artist
Damaris Colhoun
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Suave

Watson, Bob

Nishita, Nishita

Unknowns, Unknowns

Rhode Island College
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8-11-2003
Journal Reflections
Suave
Bob Watson
Nishita Nishita
Unknowns Unknowns
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Broad Street Studio

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New York Trip Contacts
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Rhode Island Training School

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6-25-2003
Muse Union Be There
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