Saturday, July 9, 2016

The Results are In! Meet our host families for the the Snow People Island Intergalactic exchange!!!



So happy to announce!!! The chosen host families for the upcoming Snow People Island Intergalactic Exchange! Here are the "teams" our selection committee chose:

Becky Cathy Adventures

Home of Joy

Emma and the Snow Guardians

Queer Feminist Casa in the Old Sixth Ward

The Ones that Carry Sack Lunches

Moondog Manor

The Cassel Oliver Clan

Justin Jannise

Akshay the Greatest Snow Friend Ever in the History of All

The Place of Princesses

A huge thank you to our selection committee which included: 
Abijan Johnson, Beatrice Chan and Nathaniel Donnett!

This project is made possible with the support from The Idea Fund. The Idea Fund is a re-granting program administered by DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, and Project Row Houses and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Friday, June 3, 2016

Snow People Space Travel to Texas Initiative

This Summer Snow People Will Be Coming to Houston, TEXAS! Do you have what it takes to host an intergalactic exchange traveller? Apply now! Deadline is June 20th!





GROUP PORTRAIT OF JUST A FEW OF THE SNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE
ON A WAITING LIST TO COME TO EARTH FOR THIS INTERGALACTIC
EXCHANGE PROGRAM.


With the help of a grant from the Idea Fund and the Idea Fund Partners: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Aurora Picture Show, Diverse Works and Project Row Houses, six Snow peoples will arrive to earth in the form of puppets designed by JooYoung Choi. 

Puppets and snow people both rely on human imagination to exist, without the attention of viewers puppets become heaps of fabric, and snowmen become piles of snow.  Choi will create a collaborative interactive project with a unique set of Snow People puppets that will be distributed to six Houstonians who will be their caretakers for the summer. Through the construction and distribution of snow puppets, this project will explore how imaginative play objects can enhance our lives.Each of these Snow People puppets will get live with a host family here in Houston for one week. 

To apply for this unique opportunity to host a Snow Person for one week please go to: https://thesnowpeoplespacetraveltotexasinitiative.submittable.com 
-OR-
click below to begin the application process on Submittable.com





Latest updates on this project can found on our the Snow People Island facebook page located at: https://www.facebook.com/snowpeopleisland/