[NEohioPAL] Who's Your Mama? Earth Day and Environmental Film Festival

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Greetings,

WHO: Standing Rock Cultural Arts is pleased to announce

WHAT: The 2nd Annual “Who’s Your Mama?” Earth Day and Environmental Film 
Festival
-Block Party, Main St., Downtown Kent, April 19
-Films at The Kent Stage, April 19 & 20
-FEATURED FILM "RETURN OF THE CUYAHOGA", Sun. April 20, KENT STAGE

WHEN: April, 2008

WHERE: Downtown Kent and throughout Portage County
-Headline Event at The Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St., April 19 & 20
-Block Party on Main Street, Downtown Kent on April 19, 11am-5pm.
-Green Building Tour, Old Brady Lake School, Lake St. Kent, April 18
-Studio 425, 425 Gougler Ave, Sculpture, Film, and Poetry
-Films at Portage County Libraries. Locations TBA

ADMISSION TO KENT STAGE:
-$10 one day
-$15 week-end pass
-$3 off for Students/Seniors

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT KENT STAGE, SPIN MORE RECORDS, WOODSY’S MUSIC, AND 
NORTH WATER STREET GALLERY.

CONTACT: 330-673-4970
-www.kentstage.org

DIRECTIONS: www.kentstage.org/directions/html

UPDATES AND FILM SCHEDULE: www.whosyourmama.org

STANDING ROCK CULTURAL ARTS: www.standingrock.net


FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION AND REQUEST FOR SPONSORS:


We are currently planning The 2nd Annual “Who’s Your Mama?” Earth Day 
and Environmental Film Festival to take place between April 16 and April 
20, 2008. Many of the events and activities will take place at The 
Historic Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St. in downtown Kent.

The purpose of the festival is to celebrate Earth Day and bring a 
greater awareness to the idea of sustainable, ecological activities to a 
large number of people in our region.

We truly appreciate Mama Earth and would like to invite you to come join 
in the celebration!

There are 4 Main Themes.

1. Alternative Energy
2. Sustainable Agriculture
3. Conservation
4. Multi-Media Environmental Education (Films, Fashion, Dance..)

Here’s what has been planned so far:

-MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN KENT WILL BE CLOSED ON APRIL 19, between 
Depeyester and Water Streets for environmental activities and displays.

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

-A Solar Power Station will be set up to provide solar power for the 
event and run the DVD Projector for the films. Solar Trailer provided by 
The Wayne County Sustainable Energy Network and Habitat for Humanity.

-A Windmill Demonstration featuring AZ Renewable Energy

-A Pedal Powered Generator or “Energy Bike” will be on display as a 
demonstration for how to use human power to charge cell phone batteries 
or run a laptop. This is a collaborative project involving Standing Rock 
Cultural Arts, The Ravenna Athletic Center, and The Kent Roosevelt High 
School’s Environmental Science Class and Environmental Club.

-The Bio Bus, a biodiesel mobile eco-bus of the Portage Park District 
will be on hand. Staff of the Park District will lead a mask making 
activity featuring 200 years of Wildlife in Portage County.

-The Grease Machine, An F-250 Pick-up truck that runs on Waste Vegetable 
Oil from Ray’s Place restaurant will be on display.

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

-There will be a Local Food Challenge at downtown restaurants and 
eateries. Each chef, cook, or baker will be invited to include an item 
on their menu that uses local, and if possible, organic ingredients.
Participants TBA.

-Kent Natural Foods Co-Operative will be having an Open House on April 
19, offering food samples and a member discount to the general public.

- Totally Cooked Catering will be providing sumptuous delectables that 
are locally grown and masterfully prepared to please the palette at The 
Kent Stage, April 19.

CONSERVATION

-The Portage County Soil and Water Conservation District will have a 
Rain Garden Display in the downtown area. Location TBA.

-Design with a Vision Architecture will offer a multi-media presentation 
on Designing a Green Building at the Kent Stage at noon on April 19.

-Green Building Tour presented by Builder’s Diversified on Lake Street 
in Kent. Tour begins Friday, April 18, 10pm.

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES

-Storytelling with full blooded Native Cherokee, Edwin George. Time and 
location TBA.

-A Portage County Bicentennial Coloring Contest featuring Native Plants 
and Animals at the Kent Stage, April 19, 10-11:30am. There will be three 
winners drawn from a hat and each will receive a bicycle and helmet.

-The Portage County Recycling Center will have a vermiculture display. 
Children and the Public will have a chance to see what a Worm Farm is.

-Native Seed Planting. Master Gardeners of Portage County will have 
recycled containers, a pile of dirt, and a choice of native plant seeds 
for children to plant and take home.


MULTI-MEDIA ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATION

-PBS's WVIZ Ideastream, is planning to screen the film they recently 
co-produce titled, "*The Return of The Cuyahoga**"*

-The Davey Tree Company is planning on screening a film they helped 
support called "The Return of The American Elm". Filmmakers Daniel and 
Catherine Smith will be present.

-A Panel Discussion on the theme of Conservation is to be held at the 
Kent Stage on Sunday, April 20.

-Elaine Mattern and the Filmmakers Daniel and Catherine Smith will lead 
a discussion about the film "The Return of The American Elm."

DANCE

-A modern dance performance by SAFMOD, a Cleveland-based dance 
phenomenon performing work on the theme of Wildlife Conservation.

FASHION

-A Fashion Show highlighting recycled clothing by Tragically Delicious 
Eco-Fashions

MUSIC

-Music by The Speedbumps, The Shiva Zoo, Hal Walker and others TBA

POETRY AND SCULPTURE

-“Sculpture and Poems from the Tree”
-Studio 425, 425 Gougler Ave., Kent
-Tree Sculpture by Jim VandenBoom (tree from John Davey’s land)
-Poems by Home Schooled, Holden and Davey Elementary and Maplewood 
Career Center Students


RAFFLE

-A Green Item Raffle will take place at the Kent Stage on April 19. 
Items donated by local businesses.

-Local businesses such as Kent Natural Foods Co-Operative, Haymaker Farm 
Market, Design With A Vision, Builder's Diversified, Organic Roots 
Horticulture, EnviroScience, and Renewable Lubricants will be on display 
in the lobby of the Kent Stage and on Main Street between Depeyster and 
Water Streets.

-There will also be craft booths of earth friendly crafts.

-Standing Rock Cultural Arts is working in cooperation with the The 
Portage Park District, The Kent Parks and Recreation Department, The 
Ravenna Parks and Recreation Department, The Portage County Soil and 
Water Conservation District, The Portage County Recycling Center, The 
Portage County Bicentennial Committee, Main Street Kent and The Portage 
County Library District on this event.

-Standing Rock Cultural Arts has been awarded grants from the Ohio Arts 
Council (Arts Innovation), The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 
(Environmental Education Mini Grant), The Kent Environmental Council, 
and The Sylvia Coogan Foundation for the 2008 festival.

-Current sponsors include The Record Publishing Co, The Davey Tree 
Expert Company, AZ Renewable Energy, Green Energy Ohio, Portage Area 
Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA) and EnviroScience Inc, The 
Water Resources Research Institute of Kent State University, The Portage 
County Health District, Organic Roots Horticulture, H-W Organic Farms, 
Balanced Living Magazine, The Daily Kent Stater, City Bank Antiques, 
Design with a Vision Green Building Designs, The Portage County Local 
Emergency Planning Committee (PCLEPC), The Hoppin Frog Brewery, The 
Great Lakes Brewing Company, Abruzzos Wine and Homebrew Supply, The 
Master Gardeners of Portage County and more..

-We are also looking for sponsors who would like to be a part of this 
exciting and worthwhile event on April 19.

-Sponsors would receive free passes to the event at The Kent Stage, 
April 19 and 20, 2008.


Sponsorship Levels:

Gardener: Wood $100
-Listed in the program of the event:

Farmer: Bronze $300
-Listed on printed materials (posters, fliers, program):
-Booth Space at Event:

Solarian: Silver $500
-Business Card Size Ad in program (plus logo on printed materials)
-Booth Space at Event

Aquarian (Lead Sponsor:) Gold $1000
-Logo on 12' x 15' banner and all promotional materials.
-Booth Space at Event.

Champion Tree Sponsor: Platinum $1,500.00 +
-Top Billing on all promotional materials
-Booth Space at Event
-Mentioned on Main Stage at Event

In-Kind Donations such as solar panels or deep cycle batteries, 
marketing and publicity materials, and compact fluorescent bulbs are 
accepted and appreciated as well.

Checks payable to
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
257 N. Water St
Kent, OH 44240

Thank you for your time and consideration,

"Who's Your Mama?" Earth Day and Environmental Film Festival
Standing Rock Cultural Arts
257 N. Water St.
Kent, OH 44240
330-673-4970
www.standingrock.net

www.whosyourmama.org


Current Schedule of Festival Events and Activities.

Check www.whosyourmama.org for updates.



APRIL 5, 8pm, “DRYADS” ART Exhibition
-North Water St. Gallery,
-257 N. Water St., Kent
-5th Annual Environmental Art Exhibition curated by Vince Packard
-Paintings, Masks, Fiber Art, Sculpture
-closes May 3



APRIL 16-20

“SCULPTURE AND POEMS FROM THE TREE”
-STUDIO 425, 425 GOUGLER AVE., KENT, OH

APRIL 16, 1-5pm, Studio 425, at 425 Gougler Ave, Kent
-“Sculpture and Poems from the Tree” Exhibition
-Log carvings by Jim VandenBoom including a table carved from a Tree 
that stood on John Davey’s property in Kent (founder of Davey Tree 
Company), paintings, poems

APRIL 17, 7-9pm, Studio 425, Gougler Ave, FILM
-Screening of “Rivers and Tides” by Andrew Goldsworthy
-Free Screening

APRIL 18, 5-8:30pm, Studio 425, Gougler Ave. POETRY
-Poems about trees by local schools and Maplewood Career center
-Poetry begins at 6pm

APRIL 19, 6-9pm, Studio 425, Gougler Ave. ART EXHIBITION
-Opening/Closing Reception for “SCULPTURES AND POEMS FROM THE TREE”

APRIL 20, 1-5PM, Studio 425, Gougler Ave, ART EXHIBITION



APRIL 18, 9:30am

GREEN BUILDING TOUR
-Builder’s Diversified Building on Lake Street in Kent.
-Formerly the Brady Lake School.
-Geothermal Well in Operation



APRIL 19 & 20, DOWNTOWN KENT

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008. 10am-10pm
The Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St., & Main Street in Downtown, Kent

9:00-11:00am. Set up the Solar Trailer on Main Street in front of the 
Theatre, and wire it to the Projector inside the Theatre.

-Set up Booths, back to back in the middle of Main Street.

-BOOTHS OPEN 11AM -5PM.

10:00-11:30. Portage Bicentennial Coloring Contest inside Kent Stage.

11:30-1:00. Set up Displays in Lobby of Stage.
-set up table with GREEN ITEMS FOR RAFFLE

Noon-12:45pm. Green Building Design presentation by architect Rick 
Hawksley from Design with a Vision

The Films at THE KENT STAGE begin at 1pm with a Children's Hour.

1:00-2:00. Children's Films at KENT STAGE.
- MUSIC BEGINS AT HOME SAVINGS PLAZA

15 minute break.

2:15-3:15. More Films.
- Free Screening of John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature
-DANCE PERFORMANCE by SAFMOD AT HOME SAVINGS PLAZA, MAIN STREET

15 minute break

3:30-5:00. More Films
-FASHION SHOW OF RECYCLED WEARABLE ART

5:00pm. 60 minute break in film screenings. Break Down Outdoor Displays

5:00-7:00. Totally Cooked Catering Begins to Serve Delectable Food in Lobby

6:00-7:30. More Films

-GREEN ITEM RAFFLE DRAWING, 7:30PM

30 minute break.

8:00-10:00. More Films then End Program for the Day.



SUNDAY, APRIL 20 2008. The Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St.

12:00 noon. Set up Solar Trailer.

1:00-2:00 FILM: Screening of "The Return of the Cuyahoga" Opening 
remarks by Dr. Robert Heath from the Water Resources Research Institute 
of Kent State University.

2:00-3:00. Panel Discussion on Conservation.

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-4-30 FILM: Screening of the "Return of the American Elm". 
Filmmakers present.

4:30-5:00 Discussion of Film with Elaine Mattern of Davey Tree Company 
and Filmmakers Daniel & Catherine Smith

5:15 Tree Planting Dedication Ceremony and Tree Planting on Kent Park Land

5:30pm END OF FESTIVAL



NOTES:


PANELISTS FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT CONSERVATION

1. Eddie Dengg: Western Reserve Land Conservancy
2. Jennifer Hillmer: Holden Arboretum (Nature Conservancy)
3. Christine Craycroft: Portage Park District
4. Jack Kiser: Columnist and Host of Buckeye Angler TV show
5. Bill Pennel: Rootstown Organic Farm
6. Karen Wise: Davey Tree Company
7. Lynne Erickson: Portage County Regional Planning Commission

Time: Sunday, April 20, 2:00pm after a screening of "Return of the 
Cuyahoga"

Place: The Kent Stage, 175 E. Main

The Discussion

-Short intro of Panelists

-Moderator asks each to answer three questions.

1. What is your role in relation to the conservation of natural 
resources and our natural heritage?

2. Do you think conservation is an important aspect of urban planning?

3. What direction should we go with regard to conserving our natural 
resources for future generations?

-Moderator opens discussion up to the public. Questions from Audience. 50
minutes total for discussion.



QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR FILM “THE RETURN OF THE AMERICAN ELM”

30 minutes allotted for a public Q&A with the FILMMAKERS DANIEL AND 
CATHERINE SMITH PRESENT.

Time: Sunday, 4:30pm after the screening of the film at The Kent Stage.



A MESSAGE FROM DR. ROBERT HEATH, DIRECTOR OF THE WATER RESOURCES 
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF KENT STATE UNIVERSITY.

The Water Resources Research Institute's (WRRI’s) main purpose is to 
foster collaboration across departmental boundaries, conducting research 
and graduate education in topics related to water quality and quantity, 
their maintenance and management, locally, regionally and nationally. 
The rationale for WRRI’s formation in 1988 was that independent 
investigators can address research issues limited to their own 
discipline, but interdisciplinary teams of investigators can address a 
broader range of topics without sacrificing their individuality. Since 
it inception a dozen years ago, the combination of investigators from 
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Geography and Geology has addressed 
interdisciplinary issues, ranging from topics such as the 
biogeochemistry of dissolved humic materials in iron mobilization and 
transport through a wetland ecosystem, to the trophic status of lakes 
determined through a national volunteer monitoring program and placed in 
a GIS context.

Website: http://dept.kent.edu/wrri/

Currently, we are involved in developing projects in partnership with 
the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP) and with the Harran University in 
Turkey. In January 2000 I was invited by the Turkish government to 
participate in a conference on water quality and quantity in Ankara, TY. 
Following the conference, we flew to Sanliurfa, in the southeastern 
region near the Syrian border, where a system of dams are being 
constructed on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The dams will provide 
hydroelectric power and irrigation waters to the Harran Plain. A 
Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Kent State and GAP in 
February; in November another MOU will be signed between Kent State and 
Harran University. WRRI is cooperating in establishing partnerships to 
the mutual benefit of all parties (KSU, GAP, and HU) to develop projects 
related to prediction and maintenance of water quantity and quality in 
this dam system.

Sincerely,

Dr. Robert T. Heath, Director

Pollution Threatens the Great Lakes

Despite the importance of the lake as a source of drinking water, water 
quality did not become an express concern to the public until the 1960s. 
At that time, the lake was “dying” — like a person with an undetected 
terminal disease — as excessive phosphorus from agricultural runoff, 
detergent-laden wastewater and insufficiently treated sewage entered the 
lake. Together, these posed a health threat to swimmers and wildlife and 
stimulated the growth of algae and bacteria. The rapid growth of these 
organisms created oxygen-starved, or eutrophic, conditions, Heath says.

The Great Lakes share their borders with states that relied heavily upon 
industry for growth and prosperity. With industrial prosperity came 
industrial pollution in the form of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 
which often were discharged into tributaries or lake waters. Though 
their use has been banned, PCBs are hearty organic chemicals that don’t 
degrade well — they remain in the ecosystem, accumulated in sediment 
near harbors and industrial sites.

As invasive species of plants and microbial life-forms jockeyed for 
position within the lake ecosystem, a similar battle played out on the 
lake’s shores, as the fishing industry, shipping industry, residents and 
politicians campaigned for lake management policies to satisfy their 
special interests. Everyone would lose if something wasn’t done to stop 
the cycle of nature set in motion by human activity.



ART EXHIBIT: “SCULPTURE AND POEMS FROM THE TREE”

Local Sculpture Jim Vandenboom presents a multi-media event at Studio 
425 Gallery a 425 Gougler, in Kent, Ohio.

On view will be; an overview of the past 25 years of Jim’s explorations 
of the tree as form and subject, new log carvings, and a display of 
drawings, paintings by Crystal Burns and Jerome Bragg, photos and poems 
From the Tree.

Poems will be written and read by the local resources of Home School 
students, Davey and Holden Elementary School students, Maplewood Career 
Center students, and Local Poets. Also Table carved from John Davey’s 
Tree (founder of Davey Tree)


WHERE: Studio 425, 425 Gougler Ave., Kent, OH
Across from Triangle Cleaners on Mantua St.Rt. 43 south

WHEN: April 16-20, 2008

CONTACT: Jim VandenBoom 330 592-6498, v-boom@xxxxxxxxxxx

JIM VANDENBOOM BIO:

BIOGRAPHICAL INFO:
In 1958 I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up underneath huge canopies 
of Elms, Maples and Oaks, and later earned a BFA in Sculpture from The 
Cleveland Institute of Art in 1983, a MFA in Sculpture from Kent State 
University in Dec. 1991. In June of ’83, after graduating from CIA, I 
took off to Southern France to work as a Teaching Assistant in the stone 
quarry of the L’ecole des Beaux Arts in Lacoste, the actual medieval 
castle and village of the Marquis De Sade. After deciding to stay for 
one more full year in 1984, I worked with masons reconstructing medieval 
ruins, tended a huge fruit and vegetable garden-oh ya forgot about the 
chickens-, house sitting and carving stone. In August 1985 moved to 
Chicago, built, lived and worked in an 8,000 sq.ft. warehouse studio. I 
worked in the cabinetry and automation stainless steel fabrication 
trades, and building my portfolio. Fall of 1989- Dec. 1991, as a KSU 
grad student, wood logs became my primary material and subject, taught 
Beginning Sculpture for four semesters on a TA Scholarship. From 1993-96 
I worked as a Technical Assistant in the Sculpture Dept. at CIA. 
Responsible for $10,000 budget, purchasing, repair and maintenance of 
tools and facilities, demonstrations, technical assistance and 
periodical critiques. In spring of 1995 I was commissioned to cast an 
eight foot set of stainless steel silverware for the Avongrove Diner in 
the southeast corner of Pennsylvania. For the past 10 years or so my 
energies have been diverted towards personal family relationships and 
needs. Today my energies are back to improving my studio practices and 
pursuing the opportunities my art has to offer.




ARTIST STATEMENT:
My predominant interest has been in the carving process. My process 
involves looking inside, searching below the surface and breaking 
through the other side, while retaining the original forms and textures 
that are unique to that particular stone or log. My earlier forms were 
figurative with the top heavy proportions observed in insects with large 
bodies on skinny legs. Occasionally the outcome was a precarious balance 
that could insinuate great strength and physical tension required to 
keep the stance in balance. As a student at CIA I investigated 
possibilities of large outdoor sculpture. Once placed outside they 
immediately became dwarfed and insignificant to the 60’ trees nearby. I 
remember thinking “how can I compete with the scale of trees?” Today I 
bring the trees inside to an architectural setting where their weight 
and mass have a direct relationship to a figurative scale, while the 
carved structural rhythms have a direct relationships with architectural 
and utilitarian forms.