Sustainable Development Goal Action for World Water Week

For Immediate Release

Broward County, FL

March 28, 2023

 

Contact: Tara Chadwick 

612.600.8272

Last week marked the intersection of World Water Day, National Ag Day, World Forest Day and the first day of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere of Mother Earth. It was also the one year anniversary of the #PapalotlProject's "Art of Gardening" intergenerational science and story sharing initiative launched by Cogenerate Innovation Fellow Tara Chadwick, in collaboration with the City of Miramar Community Services Department.* 

Starting last February, #PapalotlProject began to engage with elders and preschoolers across Broward County and beyond to increase awareness and appreciation of our diverse cultural heritage. Over the year-long pilot project, an ongoing conversation around science, art and healthy living was established among program participants, staff, and families. Each season, topics such as urban agricultural cycles, cultural food traditions, migration, hibernation and pollination were shared among and between the diverse generations and geographies in which we are rooted.

Last week's series of UN recognized, interactive art installations featured a decorative take home seed planter disbursing native milkweed, beans, sunflowers and perennial marigolds to homes throughout the county. Participatory evaluation revealed a deep appreciation for the opportunity to engage in culture and art based, intergenerational learning activities. The final public interaction for the #PapalotlProject "Art of Gardening" pilot will take place on April 20th at 10:30-11:30 am in Miramar. Spaces are limited and pre-registration is required [RSVP here https://www.artscalendar.com/event/international-mother-earth-day/].

* Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture. the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts. Support has also been provided by Broward County Cultural Division and the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward: Helen and Frank Stoykov Charitable Endowment Fund, Louise and Rudi Dill Charitable Fund, Mary and Alex Mackenzie Community Impact Fund. Photo courtesy Tara Chadwick. Limited mobility, vision and hearing assistance available, please email wabigun@yahoo.com with detailed request one week prior to event date.

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Post what you thought of the #PapalotlProject

This spring marks the one year anniversary of a pilot project to reach the youngest and oldest of our communities with opportunities to share knowledge through art, science, music and agriculture. 

#PapalotlProject at Miramar Community Services

by Adrienne Chadwick (c) 2022

If you are or have recently attended a #PapalotlProject event, please take a moment to help measure our impact with your insights on seven short questions. If you are already signed into gmail, click the link below to complete the form online. Remember to hit "submit" at the end. If not, click here to complete. If you have any issues or need an alternative format, call or text your email address to 786-671-8272. #PapalotlProject Qs no gmail required. You can also have a friend or family member complete the form with you by scanning this code with a smartphone camera then clicking on "open in browser."

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Funding for this project is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Support has also been provided by the following funds at the Community Foundation of Broward: Helen and Frank Stoykov Charitable Endowment Fund, Louise and Rudi Dill Charitable Fund, Mary and Alex MacKenzie Community Impact Fund. 

Post your thoughts on #PapalotlProject!

This spring marks the one year anniversary of a pilot project to reach the youngest and oldest of our communities with opportunities to share knowledge through art, science, music and agriculture. 

#PapalotlProject at Miramar Community Services

by Adrienne Chadwick (c) 2022

If you are or have recently attended a #PapalotlProject event, please take a moment to help measure our impact with your insights on seven short questions. Remember to hit "submit" at the end. If you have any issues or need an alternative format, call or text your email address to 786-671-8272. #PapalotlProject 7Qs. You can also have a friend or family member complete the form with you by scanning this code with a smartphone camera then clicking on "open in browser."

Scan code above or click to complete.

Your feedback is important to us and will be incorporated as we plan for the future.

Thank you!!

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Global Tourism Resilience

To mark this Global Tourism Resilience Day, I am announcing the inclusion of #PapalotlProject in the effort to attain #sustainabledevelopment. 

By conducting local efforts to cogenerate solutions to persistent challenges such as poverty, water quality, marine and terrestrial ecosystems, the Papalotl Project is helping to achieve the #globalgoals. 

Join me for #worldwaterweek or #earthday and learn how you can participate in #sdgaction49893.

A Decade of Dedication to Seminole Contemporary Artists

In honor of all the wonderful endeavors currently unfurling, and the many incredible collaborators I've had the opportunity to serve and work with these past 10 years, here is a brief timeline of #ContemporarySeminoleArt exhibitions I've curated at The New River Inn Museum of History dba History Fort Lauderdale (formerly Fort Lauderdale Historical Society.) 

Special thanks to all the co-curators, doers, encourages, instigators and to #ElginJumper for starting it all and to the late great #JimmyOsceola for always fanning the fire. 

2022 #ChonoThleeSparkingANewEraInSeminoleArt

https://seminoletribune.org/new-seminole-art-exhibit-to-open-in-fort-lauderdale/

2021 

#AReturnToSelfTheArtOfHealing

https://seminoletribune.org/seminole-art-takes-center-stage/

https://seminoletribune.org/wonderful-time-for-seminole-art-exhibition-opens-at-history-fort-lauderdale/

2020 

#CircleOfUnityExhibition

https://seminoletribune.org/history-fort-lauderdales-circle-of-unity-exhibit-highlights-local-native-american-artists/

2019 

#PatchworkMosaic

https://seminoletribune.org/art-basel-presents-patchwork-mosaic-an-indigenous-gathering-of-seminole-masterworks/

https://seminoletribune.org/seminole-artists-gather-at-seminole-okalee-indian-village/

2018 

#SeminoleArtSceneFromTheFrontlines

https://seminoletribune.org/seminole-art-scene-from-the-frontlines-opens-nov-11/

https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/arts/things-to-do-during-art-basel-2018-seminole-art-scene-from-the-frontlines-showcases-work-of-indigenous-south-florida-artists-10096733

https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/arts/things-to-do-seminole-artists-collaborate-for-heritage-month-exhibition-in-fort-lauderdale-10367035

https://news.wgcu.org/2019-01-07/fort-lauderdale-artists-seek-to-protect-the-history-of-the-seminole-tribe-of-south-florida

https://seminoletribune.org/elgin-jumper-heads-earth-day-celebration-at-fort-lauderdale-historical-society/

2017

#TheBigShow

#SeminoleWomenArtists

https://seminoletribune.org/native-american-art-sale/

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/event/native-american-contemporary-art-sale/

2016 

#ArtistsSeminoli

https://seminoletribune.org/artists-seminoli-exhibit-plays-role-in-native-american-heritage-month/

https://fortlauderdalemagazine.com/fort-lauderdale-historical-society-artists-seminoli/

https://www.artscalendar.com/event/elgin-jumper-a-seminoles-story/

https://www.wlrn.org/culture/2016-11-03/audio-portrait-as-a-seminole-poet-its-always-been-about-the-land

2015

#CentennialStorytelling

https://seminoletribune.org/prominent-role-for-seminoles-in-fort-lauderdale-art-series/

2014

https://images.app.goo.gl/AFZAnJQDAJFM94nr8

https://www.artscalendar.com/event/art-salon-the-creative-process-of-the-seminole-artist/

Tara A Chadwick

@wabigun 

@bawshkeengwabigun

taraalomachadwick.blogspot.com

Awan-iban

This rainy Sunday evening, I am taking just a few moments to pause and reflect on yet another dear one called home this week. Joe Martineau, Awan-iban, I am already missing your presence here. Though we may not have seen other in person this past decade, your presence and the work you did on behalf of us all requires a massive recalibration of all the kindness and hopefulness in the world. Your kindness was exponential, remarkable. I am forever grateful for the enormous feeling of trust, belief and encouragement I always notice from you whener we were faced with a new task. Thank you for all the moccasins you made, for all the pelts you tanned, and for encouraging us all to learn and practice the important traditions that help us to live a good and balanced life. Thank you for all the visits, laughs and inspiration. Thank you for supporting me and so many others in our life and community work. Thank you also for swinging by for our farewell visit. 

We will keep your encouraging words and memories close to our hearts and keep going. 

Until we meet again later, Awan-iban.

Love, Bawshkeengwabigun 🪻

A Farewell to Aunt J: Last of the Great Tamales Makers

Aunt J was always there for me. Someone I could talk to, ask questions of, or just watch as she went about her normal busy life, working, taking care of my older cousins, cooking, laundering and cleaning after taking the bus to work and back each day. 

My favorite times with her were taking the bus around Miami, to the brand new Omni Mall on weekends, or watching as she harvested and prepared banana leaves from the trees Uncle Len tended at the end of our duplex back yard for tamales making. 

Anyone who knows me much knows my favorite foods are tea, butter tarts and tamales! But tamales were not always my favorite food! Mom and Aunt J could tell you, when I was little I didn't much like tamales. But Aunt J took Angie and me to the back of the yard with a machete, cut off the smoothest leaves, gave them to us to hold for her, and then brought us inside to help as she carefully heated each leaf to prepare it for use as a wrap to hold in the fragrant masa, cull, meat and veggies. The peculiar smell of the heated banana leaves piqued my interest, and eventually won me over as I sampled the finished product many hours later. Since that day, my love of tamales has only grown. They have become a comfort food, sought after in the rarest of Salvadoreno or Oaxaceno restaurants in Powderhorn, Kensington or Chitown. I am always happy when I hear from one of my favorite tamales makers... Betty in Toronto, the late great Mr. Neale in Miramar, Mr. Vernon here in Sistrunk and now Barbara in Hollywood... There are times when verde or rojo tamales from El Burrito Mercado or La Union Bakery have to do... but there is no substitute for the fragrant perfection of a Belizean tamales. 

I have Aunt J to thank for my love of tamales, and my mom, of course, for always insisting that I continue to sample foods I don't like. Aunt J was the last of the great tamales makers of my youth. Hopefully my generation will continue to work to learn the art of creating this sacred delicacy. In the mean time, I'll go water the fledgling banana trees in anticipation of the day we go harvest the leaves and prepare them for use as wrappers to hold the corn masa, cull, meat and veggies....

Love you Angie, Dave, Heathcliff & Jaylen.