Uptown Summer 2012: Neighborhood Chef
A collaboration of Troy Bike Rescue, Collard City Growers, Missing Link Street Ministry and Youth Media Sanctuary.
Uptown Summer is a 5-week series of activities for young people in North Troy, NY. Participants gain hands-on experience gardening in the Collard City Growers lot, fixing bikes and learning bike maintenance at Troy Bike Rescue, cooking and sharing food in “DIY SnackShops” at the garden and in the Sanctuary Kitchen, and documenting their experiences through digital storytelling and media production techniques with Youth Media Sanctuary. Tuesdays are “Do-It-Yourself Day,” and everyday there are three meals offered at the Missing Link Street Ministry. Uptown Summer unites resources and connects the sites of these four community programs, all located within one block on 6th Avenue.
Check out the videos they created! Watch the entire Uptown Summer 2012 Video playlist here:
Plus, the Uptown Summer youth took a field trip to WGXC Radio Station in Hudson, traveled from North Troy NY to WGXC’s Hudson studio on August 20, 2012 to learn about community radio and share their ideas about youth in the media.
Edited by Ethan Seeley
And for a final field trip, they journeyed from the food desert of North Central Troy to the hills of Rensselaer County to see the community-supported agriculture operation at Soul Fire Farm!
with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Uptown Summer 2012 Participants
“Neighborhood Chef” Producer/Curator Ellie Markovitch
ARTIST/ MENTORS
Ellie Markovitch
Branda Miller
Andrew Lynn
Troy Pohl
YOUTH
Denise Delvalle
Greg Darnley
Kira Derocher
Sanctuary Interns
John Gehrlein
INTERNS
Patrick Dodson
Vanessa Foster
Allie Untracht
SANCTUARY SUPPORT
Jonathan Segol, KitchenSanctuary
Steve Pierce
Abby Lublin
Nancy Weber
Caryn Halle
Mary Vickerman
