People: Community Collaborations
The Sanctuary for Independent Media is the “Hub” for the Breathing Lights project. Our hope to use participatory arts practice to educate and empower people to make a change in their communities. Our organization is dedicated to giving voice to …
Iliona Outram Khalili has been a pioneer of sustainable architecture for more than two decades and is an impassioned advocate of sustainable development, who stives to encourage students by passing on the fruits of years of research …
Pastor Nina Nichols is an at-large City Council member and Head of the Public Safety Counsil for the City of Troy. In her current role as Senior Pastor of Christ Church United Methodist, she is skilled and nationally recognized …
Rita Cao-Garcia is a member of the Sanctuary for Independent Media, working with students from the neighborhood. She has helped the community get involved in the mural and arts workshops that the Sanctuary has put together. Garcia is the …
Women Against War is a group of women based out of the Capital District, who advocate for peace and change in United States foreign policies through lobbying, leafleting, vigils, media outreach, and educational events. Founded in 2002, …
Troy Alley Action is a grassroots movement that focuses on “Increasing the quality of neighborhood life by providing inspiration and guidance to accomplish alley improvement projects.” With support from a NYSCA Community Arts Grant, …
Brenda Ann Kenneally, a Soros Criminal Justice Media Fellow, attended the University of Miami and earned a B.S. in Sociology and Photojournalism, as well as New York University where she received an M.A. in Studio Art. …
Tovey Halleck lead the Sanctuary’s welding sculpture workshops for our public art project. His sculptures are made out of metal bars, rails, beams, and other found objects. He saws them systematically before shaping and soldering them, thus suggesting and …
Marcus Kwame Anderson, born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1976, moved to Albany, NY at 2 years old. He loves creativity, music, life, love, happiness, and freedom of expression, all of which has helped him create art …
Isaiah Zagar, a Philadelphia legend, has covered more than 50,000 square feet of the Pennsylvania city with stunning mosaic murals, created from recycled broken bottle and other found objects. Through this creation of artwork, …
Pastor Willie D. Bacote is an ordained elder from the A.M.E. Zion Church and the founder and leader of The Missing Link Street Ministry. He is a great help to the Sanctuary with his goals of bringing …
Troy Bike Rescue is a collective of cycling enthusiasts committed to removing bikes from the waste stream and getting them back on the streets. TBR opperates a volunteer-run community bike space where they organize DiY bike repair, hands on …
Barb Nelson is an architect, community mural artist, and Project Manager of Campus Planning and Facilities at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is a leading member of Troy Alley Action, and has extensive collaborations with Media Alliance, …
Dee Dee Halleck is a media artist, activist, and theorist, founder of Paper Tiger Television, and co-founder of the Deep Dish Satellite Network, which is the first grass roots community television …
Kian Tjong is an Independent filmmaker currently in Troy, NY. TYING THE KNOT is Kian’s first film; he views it as the perfect combination of his passions in human rights activism and filmmaking. Kian received his MBA from …
