We amplify voices in our community through the arts.
By collaborating with diverse people and ideas, participants develop an understanding of self and other, making choices that connect us rather than divide us. Participants are empowered to live their authentic lives, feeling seen, feeling heard.
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In Community
VOICES Awarded $50,000 in grants from DOLA & BPAC!
VOICES has been awarded grants through the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), administered by Yampa Valley Community Foundation, and the Basalt Public Arts Commissions (BPAC). With these awards, VOICES will be able to expand its capacity and impact to the communities west of Glenwood Springs, bringing our dynamic projects In School, In Community, and On Stage to New Castle, Silt, Rifle, and Parachute. With the DOLA grant, VOICES specifically will be bringing Hero’s Journaling Project to Garfield School District Re-2, VOICES Radio Hour, VOICES Summertime Stories and Music, as well as one of the anchor On Stage programs, Nuestras VOCES, to new communities. The BPAC grant will go into supporting programming, outreach, and youth residency for 2024's Queer VOICES Theater Project, with final performances taking place October 18, 19, 20 at TACAW.
ON STAGE
THANK YOU to all who joined us for Objects In Mirror, a Women’s VOICES Theater Project at TRTC!
The recent performances of Objects in Mirror was an absolute success, with three sold out performances. We can not complete our mission of providing a stage, page and a microphone for the not yet heard stories and voices of our community with out an audience!
We also extend gratitude to the Cast & Crew of the Women’s VOICES Theater Project for their most exquisite, intimate, and moving performance of Objects In Mirror.
In Community
VOICES Radio Hour On KDNK | 2nd Friday of the Month, 6-7pm!
In May’s episode, created in collaboration with Circa 71 Productions, we hear from four new mothers with babies ranging from 7 weeks to 19 months old, and one expectant mother. They share about the wonder, overwhelm, and gratitude they’ve felt, their birth experiences, postpartum surprises, the ways in which their community has shown up for them, and their hopes for the future. Listen close to hear one of the sweet babies sharing their thoughts and feelings as well! This episode features the voices of Marlin Gonzalez, Lindsay Gurley, Emma Leake-Parker, Sonya Meyer-Schaffer, and Claire Wright.
To listen, tune into KDNK at 88.1 FM Carbondale this Friday, March 8 from 6-7pm.
