Mission

Today Marks the Beginning uses art to impact public awareness of social issues. Innovative projects join with creative talents to help bring about unifying and compassionate solutions.

Project Highlights

Based on our mission and our belief in art as an instrument of action and healing, Today Marks the Beginning chooses enlightening and provocative projects. Current and ongoing projects include:

STATIONS - an interactive public artwork accompanying the international tour of the play "Truth in Translation" about post-aparthied South Africa. STATIONS is a stark reminder about the healing power of forgiveness. The steel wall serves as a writing surface with markers attached to write reactions and microphones embedded in the wall to electronically record words of forgiveness and peace. Project artists: Nancy Rebal, Tim Coursey, James Neel, David Searcy (more)
       



NON-VIOLENCE AND HEROES OF HUMAN RIGHTS – workshops teaching about non-violent communication, great peacemakers, and conflict resolution for Dallas students through the use of visual art and theatrical improvisation. The workshops are a model for problem solving in the school and the community at large. (more)
               



PROUD FLESH/Uninvited Changes – a series of performance workshops that culminates in a theatrical piece about mother/daughter relationships when one or both are diagnosed with breast cancer. (more)
 



Today Marks the Beginning . . . is a network of creative individuals and organizations dedicated to collaborative exploration of and engagement with the arts in ways that challenge and serve our communities. Through programs and projects involving diverse forms of artistic expression, Today Marks the Beginning seeks to inspire public dialogue about social problems and community participation in imaginative and compassionate solutions. Join us now!

"Today Marks the Beginning . . . of a relationship between you and me."—words of Mrs. Mary Kathumba, African village elder and champion of AIDS orphans, in Mpinganjira, Malawi, to Today Marks the Beginning past president, Karen Blessen

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Women Who Rock the World
We had two inspiring sessions with Carol Lee Flinders, author of Enduring Lives.
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Read TMtB's inaugural newsletter.
Truth Be Told was a resounding success! Read more >

Today Marks the Beginning brought World Peace Day to Dallas a week early! Read more >

 

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