Visions of Rainy, Inc.
Visionary & Creator
Lorraine K. McCall was raised in Oakland, CA. It was there that she began to cultivate her love for writing short stories, poetry, and one-act plays; in addition, to dancing African, Modern, Salsa and Jazz dance forms. Later on in her continuation to express herself artistically she developed visual art capabilities. Ms. McCall bestows fifteen years teaching experience in the fields of academia and art education as well as twenty years of volunteer service in the community working with youth. Her purpose is to serve as a catalyst of thought via the narrative depictions of the African American community and the world at large utilizing the performing arts as her vehicle. She began writing poetry after participating in a poetry program conducted by J. California Cooper in 1982. This exposure led to Ms. McCall attainment of the Ambassador Scholarship at UC Santa Barbara for creative writing and jazz dance. As an undergraduate student at Bethune-Cookman College, her poetry won literary competitions on campus and her work was published in the campus literary magazine and the Bethune-Cookman College Voice Newspaper. As a graduate
student of Tuskegee University, she
wrote the following three one act
plays The Blues of Black Women,
African Holocaust & Womb Man.
All three plays were produced &
performed at the Tuskegee Little
Theater. Later, her play African Holocaust was televised locally on Marcus Cable Television. A year after her arrival to
Atlanta, Georgia, Ms. McCall organized & founded Winds of Change Production Company. Under which her first Atlanta production I Am Not the Descendant of Slaves debuted at Morris Brown College on February 15, 1999 for Black History Month. Later to be performed at Butler Street CME Church. In collaboration with Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Ms. McCall organized and promoted spoken word and local poets via her poetry set Pieces of Inspiration at the Herndon Plaza. The year 1999 also marks the year Ms. McCall created her first visual art series entitled The Visions of a Black Girl, which consists of 41 pieces. The medium of her art is graphic and it projects cultural
warmth through its abstract
disposition.
As a result of Ms. McCall history being an advocate of the arts and children, she founded Visions of Rainy, Inc., September 2002, a non-profit organization that utilizes the arts (dance, drama, creative writing, and visual art) to promote the self-identity, self-esteem, self-love, creativity, and critical thinking of youth. Visions of Rainy, Inc. has cultivated the minds and spirits of hundreds of youth in recreational centers; shelters, after-school programs, weekend art programs, and juvenile detention centers within the Atlanta metro and internationally. Visions of Rainy, Inc. art education programs has been supported by the following: Dekalb Housing Authority, The Womens Resource Center of Atlanta, Larson & Juhl, the Jones Family, Sams Club, and Nordstrom.
In conclusion, Ms. McCall has utilized her ability to observe and analyze the circumstances of the time in which we live to develop and implement programs that foster self-worth, self-resolve, and self-realization for children. She believes that her purpose is not only to serve her community
through the investment of time, energy, and love in our children but to
also be the voice of the community to a world they may think is not
listening.
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