A lot has happened since the last issue of CAN hit the streets. Change and uncertainty have become the backdrop of our lives as we attempt to adapt and reorient, with conflicting bits of news swirling in an overwhelming eddy of information. Most of us in the arts or nonprofit world understand the importance of flexibility and creativity. It’s […]
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Debido a la crisis actual de COVID-19, las residencias y las actividades del programa Fusión Creativa 2020: CONTAR, han sido pospuestas. Esta ha sido una decisión desgarradora. Pero sin la certeza de poder tener eventos públicos seguros en el futuro, más las dificultades que representan para nuestros artistas internacionales invitados poder tramitar una visa en las condiciones actuales, además de […]
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Because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the residencies and programming of Creative Fusion 2020: CONTAR have been postponed. This has been a heartbreaking decision. But with the future safety of public gatherings in doubt, the anticipated difficulty of securing visas for international artists, and mandatory quarantine regulations for US-based artists entering Ohio from other states, it became increasingly clear that […]
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Los más recientes acontecimientos, sobre todo los relacionados con la crisis migratoria de los últimos meses en nuestro país, han provocado gran confusión respecto al Censo poblacional 2020, un esfuerzo que ocurre una vez cada década para contar a todas las personas de los Estados Unidos, no solo a los ciudadanos, sino a cualquiera que viva acá. Los fondos federales […]
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Recent events including changing immigration policies have led to significant confusion surrounding the 2020 Census, which is a once-in-a-decade effort to count all the people living in the United States—not all the citizens, but all the people living here. Both congressional representation and federal funding for a range of social programs are pegged to the number of inhabitants. And Cleveland […]
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(from a phrase in Animal Farm, by George Orwell) Let’s Count Together Once again, we, the inhabitants of the United States, are going to be counted. The government assigns an extraordinary amount of resources to make sure the census officers reach even the most remote places. Officially, Census 2020 began this past January 21 by counting people who live in any […]
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(De una frase de La granja de los animales, de George Orwell) Contemos juntos Una vez más nosotros, los habitantes de los Estados Unidos, vamos a ser contados. El gobierno asigna una extraordinaria cantidad de recursos para asegurarse de que los oficiales de Censo lleguen hasta los más remotos parajes. Oficialmente, el Censo 2020 comenzó el pasado 21 de enero […]
Read moreEste año los Estados Unidos llevarán al cabo su censo poblacional número 24. El objetivo es contar al total de individuos que residen en este país. Pero los números fuera de contexto, sin una explicación, significan muy poco. Por otra parte, cuando consideramos grupos específicos, los números tienen una historia que contar. Tales grupos pueden ser considerados a partir de […]
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This year the United States will undertake its 24th census. The goal will be to arrive at a total number of the individuals who live in this country. But numbers without context, without narrative, mean very little. On the other hand, when considered in contextualized groups, numbers have a story to tell. Such groupings can be based on geography or […]
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When you walk past Praxis Fiber Workshop’s front windows in the Waterloo Arts District, you’ll see bright blue child-size body bags mounted elegantly on the walls. If that’s not enough to pique your curiosity about this community-based studio space and gallery, I don’t know what is. Praxis owes this not-quite-living enticement into their space to their current gallery exhibition, AMALA: […]
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