Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project Photographs by Eric Rowley (Eric Rowley Imaging) Professional photographer Eric Rowley is a graduate of Iowa State University. He has won numerous photograph and photo-journalism awards including the 2003 Hearst Journalism Award. He worked as a staff photographer at the Des Moines Register and Tampa Tribune and documented the new public education system in Kenya, Africa. Eric Rowley Imaging The Exhibit Gallery Eric Rowley after reviewing the photos decided to mount the exhibit in black and white. This medium conveyed the images message the best. The full scale images are 10 inches x 16 inches framed and matted cost $300. Send check or money order made payable to Community Arts Advocates to: Community Arts Advocates, Inc., PO Box 300112, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030 Canadian & Mexican orders rates are $25 more other international orders are $50 more, payment in international postal money orders in US Dollars only. Terelle Brown and Bobby Bishop at Downtown Crossing on the Orange Line Email: tastybeats@yahoo.com or rellish33@hotmail.com Web site http://www.steppersheaven.com/ Chris Wilhelm in Harvard Square, Cambridge Email: chris@chriswilhelm.net Web site: http://www.chriswilhelm.net Break Dancers at Sam Adams Park, Boston Street Performer at Faneuil Hall Marketplace Greg Sulvia Downtown Crossing Orange Line Station, Boston Manning in Davis Square, Somerville Living Statue in Sam Adams Park, Boston, MA John Patton at Park Street Station Red Line Central Platform, Boston (SOLD) Gifants "The Haitian Troubadour" at Harvard Square Station Red Line Email: gifrants@yahoo.com Web site: http://gifrants.com/ Gifants "The Haitian Troubadour" at Harvard Square Station Red Line, Cambridge Email: gifrants@yahoo.com Web site: http://gifrants.com/ Sheet Music Paulo Cesar Alves Pereirs Harvard Square Red Line Station, Cambridge Email: paulocesar55@hotmail.com Lloyd Thayer in Harvard Square, Cambridge Note: The full scale picture shows images of the slide guitar in his sun glasses. Email lloydthayer@mac.com Web site: http://www.lloydthayer.com (SOLD) Lloyd Thayer in Harvard Square, Cambridge Email lloydthayer@mac.com Web site: http://www.lloydthayer.com Lloyd Thayer in Harvard Square, Cambridge Email lloydthayer@mac.com Web site: http://www.lloydthayer.com Manny B and John Rogers at the Boston Pub;lic Gardens Manny B and John Rogers at the Boston Pub;lic Gardens George Markey on the Boston Common   George Markey on the Boston Common (SOLD) Break dancer Harvard Square, Cambridge

The Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project will document street artists in Cambridge, Boston and MBTA Subway Platforms. The primary objective of this Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project is to publish the photographs with brief artists descriptions and contact information on the Street Arts and Buskers Advocates pages on the Community Arts Advocates web site.

The Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project goals are:

• To document the depth and diversity of talent of street artists in Greater Boston, Cambridge and Somerville parks, sidewalks, transit platforms and public spaces
• To enhance the visibility and reputations of the participating street artists
• To increase public awareness, understanding and support for the street arts and street artists

The Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project objectives are:

• To photograph, document and interview street artists and street audiences in:
  • Boston -- Boston Common, Copley Square, Downtown Crossing, and Faneuil Hall Marketplace
  • Cambridge -- Brattle and Harvard Square, Central Square, and Kendall Square
  • Somerville -- Davis Square
  • Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)
    • Harvard Square Station (Red Line)
    • Park Street Station (Red and Green Line)
    • Washington Street Station (Red and Orange Line)
    • Government Station (Green and Blue Line)
    • Back Bay Station (Orange Line)
    • Davis Square Station (Red Line)
    • Alewife Station (Red Line)
• To publish the photographs with brief artists descriptions and contact information on the Street Arts and Buskers Advocates pages on the Community Arts Advocates web site
• To promote and link the Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project web site with city, state, regional, national and international arts councils, arts festivals and arts organizations
• To provide Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project web site information to area tourism and business associations

Photographer Eric Rowley (Eric Rowley Imaging) will document street artists during thethe years 2005-2006. Street artists and street audiences will be photographed with digital and/or film cameras plus interviewed in writing and/or with an audio recorder. Professional photographer Eric Rowley is a graduate of Iowa State University. He has won numerous photograph and photo-journalism awards including the 2003 Hearst Journalism Award. He worked as a staff photographer at the Des Moines Register and Tampa Tribune and documented the new public education system in Kenya, Africa.

Sample questions may include:

• Name and contact information, web site and email address?
• Age and background of person being interviewed?
• How long performing on the street?
• Motivation for performing on the street?
• A short story highlighting the person's street performance experience?

Street artists are encouraged to send additional support material of reviews, photographs, recordings and brochures for the Street and Buskers Advocates artists resource files. All participating street artists and street audience members interviewed are encouraged to sign the Consent and Release Agreement.

This program is supported in part by grants from the Cambridge Arts Council and Somerville Arts Council, through the local cultural council grant programs which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

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Exhibits and Events:

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Thursday, June 29 - Thursday, July 6

Opening Reception Thursday, June 29, 7 PM

Central Square Branch Cambridge Public Library

45 Pearl Street, Cambridge, MA Wheelchair Accessible 617-349-4010

http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~CPL/hours/central.html

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Saturday, June 17th, 12-6 PM, Cambridge River Festival

Community Tables section on Memorial Drive, Cambridge

Cambridge Arts Council, 344 Broadway, Second Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: 617-349-4385 Fax: 617-349-4669 Email: ewhite@CambridgeMA.gov Web: http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/CAC/community_river.html

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Monday, February 13, 2006, Cambridge City Hall Annex

The Cambridge Arts Council will be hosting a public reception to recognize grant recipients at the City Hall Annex on Monday, February 13, 2006. Information displays will be on view throughout the day, and a reception will take place from 6pm-8pm. The CAC Grant Awards Celebration is free and open to the public.

Elizabeth White, Community Arts Administrator, Cambridge Arts Council, 344 Broadway, Second Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: 617-349-4385 Fax: 617-349-4669 Email: ewhite@CambridgeMA.gov Web: http://www.cambridgeartscouncil.org/

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Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project

Street Arts and Buskers Advocates

• Introduction, Background and Services
• Street Arts Advocates Email List
• Code of Ethics
• Legal Issues
  • Legal Court Citations article by Stephen Baird
    • Goldstein v. Town of Nantucket, 477 F. Supp., 606, (1979)
    • Davenport v Alexandria, VA 683 F2d 853 (1983), 710 F2d 148 (1983), 748 F2d 208 (1984)
    • Friedrich v Chicago 619 F. Supp., 1129. (D.C. Ill 1985)
    • Carew-Reid v. Metropolitan Transportation Auth., 903 F2d 914 (2nd Cir. 1990) (Subway)
    • Jews for Jesus v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1991) (Subway)
    • Bery v. New York, 97 F. 3d 684 (2d Cir. 1996)
    • Turley v. NYC 988 F.Supp, 667 & 675 (1997). See US 2nd Cir Appeal 98-7114 (1999)
    • Perry v. LAPD, US 9th Cir Appeals 96-55545 (1997)
    • Horton v. St. Augustine, Florida US 11th Cir Appeal No. 00-16220 (2001)
    • Christopher Mastrovincinzo (a.k.a. "MASTRO"), and Kevin Santos (a.k.a. "NAC" OR "NAK") v NEW YORK CITY 313 F SUPP 2D 280 (2004)
  • Boston Legal Battle 1972-2004
    • Overview with articles and photographs
    • Police Rule 75
    • FLASH NEWS: Federal Law Suit to protect rights of street artists in Boston served on August 3, 2004
      • Complaint Motion
      • Preliminary Injunction Motion
      • Response From City of Boston
      • Reply and Second Memorandum
      • Federal Court Hearing December 17, 2004
      • Ciy Repeals Police Rules and Regulations determined Unconstitutional in Federal Court on December 23, 2004
      • Issues and timeline
      • Media articles
      • Petition
  • Boston MBTA Subway Legal Battle 1986-2004
    • Overview with articles and photographs
    • December 2003 MBTA Restrictions Battle
    • Wesleyan University Olin Fellowship Thesis by Maggie Starr
  • Cambridge Legal Battle 1973-2003
    • Overview with articles and photographs
    • Cambridge, MA Ordinance
  • Alexandria, Virginia Legal Battle 1982-1984
    • Overview with articles and photographs
    • Historical statement by Stephen Baird
    • Davenport v Alexandria, VA 683 F2d 853 (1983), 710 F2d 148 (1983), 748 F2d 208 (1984)
  • Baltimore, Maryland Legal Battle 2002 on
    • Overview with articles and photographs
  • Chicago Legal Battle 1982-1986
    • Overview with articles and photographs
    • Urban Studies Statement by Dr. Allan Schnaiberg, Professor of Sociology and Urban Affairs at Northwestern University
    • Friedrich v Chicago 619 F. Supp., 1129. (D.C. Ill 1985)
  • New Orleans Legal Battle
    • New Orleans Code
  • New York City Street Entertainers 1700 - 2005
    • Mayor LaGuadia bans New York City street entertainers 1935
    • South Street Seaport
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts Street Performers
  • Saint Augustine, Florida Legal Battle 1998 on
    • Horton v. St. Augustine, Florida US 11th Cir Appeal No. 00-16220 (2001)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah Legal Battle 2001 on
    • Salt Lake City, Utah Ordinance
  • Santa Cruz, California Legal Battle 1978-2003
    • Santa Cruz Street Performance Voluntary Guidelines
  • Waikiki Street Performers Win Lawsuit 2002
  • The Malling of America: The Selling of America's Public Parks and Streets--The Economic Censorship and Suppression of First Amendment Rights article by Stephen Baird
    • Citizens to End Animal Suffering v Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Inc., 745 F. Supp. 65 (1990)
  • Amplification Ethics article by Stephen Baird
• Model Regulations introduction and three samples
  • Cambridge, MA
  • Worcester, MA
  • Chicago, IL
  • Hartford, CT
  • East Lansing, MI
  • St. Louis, MO
  • Toledo, OH
  • Santa Monica, CA
  • Sidewalk Democracy: Municipalities and the Regulation of Public Space
• Performance Locations
  • Introduction
  • North America
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa
• History and Cultural Impact of Street Performing in America
  • Avenues of Self Expression article by Stephen Baird
  • Ben Franklin on the Streets of Boston in 1718
  • Busking in Colonial Williamsburg in 1738
  • Rope Walking from Church Steeple in 1757
  • Patrick Henry and Sam Adams on the Revolutionary Streets
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne "All vagrants are interesting"
  • Boston Street Music 1869
  • Irving Berlin to George Burns--Immigrants Fill The Streets With Music
  • Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Eubie Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, Louis Armstrong and the African American Diaspora on the Streets
  • Mayor La Guardia Bans Street Music in New York City in 1935
  • Hurdy-gurdy man Marino Persechini in Boston 1899-1974
  • Street Artists in Fine Arts Paintings, Photographs and Films
  • Books and References
    • Sidewalk Democracy: Municipalities and the Regulation of Public Space
  • Women Street Performers and Sexual Safety By Kirsten Anderberg
• History and Cultural Impact of Street Performing International
  • Germany 1990
  • "In Transit Railscapes" -- India's Street and Transit Music By Navin Thomas
• Links and References
  • General References
  • City and Government Regulation Web Sites
    • Sidewalk Democracy: Municipalities and the Regulation of Public Space
  • Individual Performer and Artists Web Sites
  • Professional Vaudeville Organization and School Web Sites
  • Busker and Street Performer Festival Web Sites
  • Performance Opportunities
  • Research Web Sites
• Street and Vaudeville Artists Directory Data Base
  • Mimes, Magicians, Musicians, Jugglers, Jesters, Sidewalk Chalk Artists, Clowns, Puppeteers, Storytellers and !!!
• Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project
  • Project Description
  • Consent and Release Agreement
  • The Photos
• Stephen Baird -- Street Performer with Music, Puppets & Lore
  • Stephen Baird's Home Page
  • Festivals Programs
  • Colleges and Universities Programs
  • Children, Libraries and Schools Programs
  • Lecture and Teacher Guide
  • Hammered Dulcimer and Mountain Dulcimer
  • Tour Calendar
  • Appearances List
  • Articles and Reviews
  • Press Release Sample
  • Press Kit PDF and Photographs
  • Stephen Baird's Resume
  • Travel and Nature Photographs
  • Moon in Virgo
  • Video and Sound Clips
  For translations into different languages -- Arabic, Chinese, Italian, French, German, Russian, Spanish or others visit the web site: http://babel.altavista.com