The Restoration Project is the creative identity of musician-artist-activist Tracy Howe, and RestorationVillage.com is the home to her and the individuals and communities knit together through her work. Restoration Village is a vision of musical and artistic partnership. It is founded upon eternal hope in a loving and just Creator. We believes that artists able to express anything about this hope and Creator become a vehicle for spiritual and relational restoration. The Restoration Project has deepening relationships with a handful of global communities in this Village, built around regular teaching, prayer and worship (also done in Spanish and Portuguese). We focus on equipping and exploring alternative and sustainable models of touring and artistry that release people into their work and worship, regardless of socioeconomic situation or community size. Tracy Howe, songwriter and activist, has been touring full time as an independent artist since 2000, playing on university campuses, in prisons, churches, living rooms and touring throughout North, Central and South America. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and would like to summit Ancongagua in South America some day. She is currently artist-in-residence with New York Faith and Justice and has partnered with many other leaders and groups internationally including Dios Con Nosotros in Juarez, Mexico, Brian McLaren, Enter the Worship Circle and Amahoro-Africa. Many different words and genres have described her in different seasons, from cultural-fusion to contemplative electronica. But mostly Tracy seeks to engage leaders and communities working for restoration and justice, and create music that proclaims goodness and hope in a world that is largely condemning. She has a great dane named Neve (Nev-ee). 'Other' Aboutness: Tracy recently gave an interview to 'The Other Journal,' a publication of Mars Hill Graduate School, that explores further the call, vision and mission of her work and that of Restoration Village. READ IT HERE! Biodynamic: To learn more of Tracy's biography and the genesis and progression of The Restoration Project, check out the PROMO PAGE. Communion: Be sure to check out some of the network of faces, friends and fellowship that comprise this Restoration Village over at the COMMUNITY PAGE. Stimulus Packages: Restoration Village and the work of The Restoration Project relies solely on the prayerful support of partners who believe in our work. If you feel so called or are interested in learning more about some very exciting opportunities for the Village in 2009 - thank you in advance for visiting the PARTNERSHIP PAGE.
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Restoration Village was established as a nonprofit in 2003 to enable The Restoration Project to work more effectively with communities in the margins of a globalized world.