Current Projects

Littleglobe.orgCURRENT PROJECTS

TOC FESTIVAL (CUBA, NM) & I-YOU COUNCIL


TOC FESTIVAL (CUBA, NM) & I-YOU COUNCIL

In 2008, Littleglobe and a group of 150 residents in the Torreon, Ojo Encino and Cuba (TOC) areas of New Mexico created a community festival. Residents subsequently formed the I-YOU Regional Council which is currently administering art and community development projects in the area.

LITTLEGLOBE CENTER FOR CREATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT


LITTLEGLOBE CENTER FOR CREATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Littleglobe, together with a range of community partners, is developing a training initiative that will develop a pool of skilled artists and cultural workers to promote arts-based civic engagement in the southwest and nationwide.

Coal: A Musical Fable


COAL: A MUSICAL FABLE

We are hungry for the power of coal. We love it and it is killing us. COAL is a high-end musical and grassroots engagement process that takes us to the heart of this paradox. More than a musical, COAL is an experience that invites us into a shared, imaginative response to our current global situation. Here is a mythical story told through music and theater that brings us together as we shape our common future in the spirit of connection.

TURN THE LENS: COMMUNITY FILM PROJECT


TURN THE LENS: COMMUNITY FILM PROJECT

Turn the Lens is a series of filmmaking projects empowering community members to tell their stories. The pilot project, "Centennial Class," is funded by the NM Dept. of Higher Ed/GEAR UP and produced/directed by Littleglobe. The pilot utilizes collaboration and mentorship to create a feature-length documentary about five NM students in their last two years of high school.

SANTA FE BUS OPERA


SANTA FE BUS OPERA

Littleglobe, in collaboration with city residents, is creating an interactive, inter-media new opera that will premiere on active Santa Fe bus lines. The bus opera will delve into the real and imagined stories, interactions, and personal dreamscapes of bus riders, those who live and work along city bus routes, and city residents.

Garden


GARDEN

GARDEN is a series of live, music-driven intermedia performances, developed over five years, that uses linear-immersive media (live music, installation, transparent screens and projected video) to explore expressive, atmospheric, metaphorical and cross-cultural realms of night-time and the intersection of the human and natural environment.

Lifesongs


LIFESONGS

Lifesongs, a project of The Academy for the Love of Learning and Littleglobe, is an intergenerational arts project that promotes social inclusion and dignity for elders and people in hospice care. Central to the Lifesongs process is the artist-facilitated creation of original musical works by people in nursing homes and hospice care. For more information about Lifesongs: www.aloveoflearning.org

RIVERS RUN THROUGH US


RIVERS RUN THROUGH US

From May 17-20 2012, three Littleglobe artists will walk the length of the Santa Fe River, meeting members of the community who will present river art, restoration projects and other tributes to the river and water. This four-day journey will serve as a deep exploration of our river and the Santa Fe Watershed, catalyzing restoration efforts. Please meet us at the riverbank!

ARTIST-TO-ARTIST/OPEN BOOKS


ARTIST-TO-ARTIST/OPEN BOOKS

Littleglobe artists are working closely with at-risk youth (ages 16-21) in foster care to encourage new creative work, nurture their artistic development, and publish/present their artwork and poetry. Drawing by Jerry G-- (youth artist)

COMMON GROUND NEW MEXICO


COMMON GROUND NEW MEXICO

Littleglobe’s Common Ground New Mexico Projects revolve around creative community collaboration and capacity-building. Littleglobe collaborates with inter-generational, diverse communities on long-term, large-scale creative projects that generate significant works of art/performance followed by community-led development work.