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Educational Organization: Organic Arts Ltd.

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Activities: Educational
Type: Educational Organization
Scope: regional
We Speak: English
Website: www.organicarts.info
Main Email: organicarts [at] sbcglobal.net
Contact Name: David HB Drake
Contact Email: david [at] davidhbdrake.com
Phone: 414-486-1694
Headquarters: 2609 South Delaware Ave
PO Box 070646
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53207
United States
Staff: 1
Volunteers: 8
Members: 20
Local Time: Fri Sep 5 04:37:19

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A Collaboration of
Artists in Education

Locally grown arts experiences
by free range artists
with no commercial additives

Organic Arts Ltd. is a down-to-earth collaboration of fine artists and educators using the arts to teach kids about music, storytelling, history, social justice, the environment and genuine grassroots art. Organic Arts serves as a clearinghouse that connects educational projects by artists with educators, donors, and community service providers to serve communities with professional arts experiences. The Organic Arts umbrella also serves as fiscal receiver for unique and important projects proposed by professional artists with a lifetime commitment of service to the community.

Our school and in-service programs are created with state standards and curriculum guidelines in mind.


MISSION

The mission of Organic Arts Ltd.

shall be to serve as an educational resource to schools,
communities, and artists interested in
organic, grassroots and earth-friendly art forms
including music, theatre, dance, visual arts,
poetry, the environment and history.
The organization shall facilitate
connecting arts providers to
educational and community presenters,
mentor emerging talent, assist artists in need,
and produce publicly accessible arts events



Our projects address many different art forms and needs, including:

H
eartland Heritage Music Project: lead artist David HB Drake
Traditional music of the Midwest and Great Lakes, State History, and American Folk Music for all ages performed on guitar and hand made banjo, dulcimer, concertina, and Native American Flute
http://www.davidhbdrake.com 

Forgotten Audiences Project:
lead artist Skip Jones
Programs for Elders, “Differently Abled”/AODA
and “Bully-Proofing” school workshops using folk music and stories.
Songs from “Grandpa’s River” teach basic human values
and a love for the earth and each other.
http://www.skipjones.net

Storylore Project:
lead artist Jean-Andrew Dickmann
Stories from around the world for all ages bringing insight into time-honored wisdom. The joy we remember as children being told a story face to face is revisited. Stories come to life through this oldest form of oral teaching, the art of the storyteller.
http://www.storylore.net 


Amazing Science Project: lead artist Dr. Sky Schultz, Ph.D.
Science, magic, and “genius” lessons from Professor Oops, who uses humor, magic, and science to show us the wonders all around us and within us.
http://www.professoroops.com

Dangerous Folk Project: lead artist Eldon “Cap” Lee
The time has come again for the folk music of change and those fine old folk music anthems that taught us that “We shall overcome” and to “Make Love, not War”.
http://www.dangerousfolk.com


Earth-Keepers Project:lead artist Fintan Dooley
Sculpture, cross-cultural and early American history stories. Fin has been a guide, a historian, and advocate who tells the stories through sculpture and lore of lost cultures and our Native and pioneer heritage
http://www.findooley.com



Most lead artists are available for concert, festival, school assembly and workshop, library, and elders programs.

For bookings, calendars, and additional information, contact artists directly through their websites!

For additional fine artists, see our list of Cooperating Artists.

Services

Organic Arts also offers connections to various related consulting services including
  • curriculum writing
  • on-site sound recording and CD production
  • theatrical directing and lighting
  • choreography
  • songwriting
  • consultation in arts-in-schools programs
  • young artist mentoring
  • connecting the arts to traditional subjects such as reading and math for improved comprehension.
Visit our Cooperating Artists page.

Donations

Any contribution of grant or gift money or services is deeply appreciated, tax-deductible, and vitally needed to help our artists continue their public service through the arts toward a better tomorrow. Your donation can be earmarked to benefit a specific project, or help keep us operating through the Organic Arts general fund. Organic Arts is a registered 501c3 Educational Non-Profit and Tax Exempt Organization based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Non-profit umbrella, “Fiscal Receiver” function

In addition to our primary artists, Organic Arts acts as fiscal receiver for:

The Sacred Sites Run: administrator:David HB Drake
Brings runners from around the Midwest to Milwaukee
’s Indian Summer Festival, bringing the sacred earth of our ancestors to use in raising awareness of Native heritage.
www.sacredsitesrun.org

For more information on our projects, artists, and philanthropy opportunities…



Contact Us


www.organicarts.info


Organic Arts Ltd. is proud to be a Group Affiliate Member of The North American Folk Music and Dance
Alliance
.
Visit
Folk.org for information. Organic Arts Ltd. is proud to be a member of Arts Wisconsin.
Visit
ArtsWisconsin.org for information

For information on our public events and arts all over Wisconsin, search on our artists’ names at: www.
PortalWisconsin.org

 

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