Selasa, 30 April 2013
The Doc gets good news...
2013 Tony Award Nominations Announced!
2013 Tony Award
Nominations Announced!
Tony Award
67th Tony Awards
Awarded for Excellence in Broadway theatre
First awarded 1947
The Antoinette Perry
Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known informally as the Tony
Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are given
for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional
theatre. Several discretionary non-competitive awards are also given, including
a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the
Isabelle Stevenson Award.[2] The awards are named after Antoinette Perry,
co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.
The nominations for the 2013 Tony Awards are finally here!
BEST PLAY
Lucky Guy Author: Nora
Ephron
BEST MUSICAL
A Christmas Story, The
Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical
Kinky Boots – Harvey
Fierstein
Matilda The Musical –
Dennis Kelly
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s
Cinderella – Douglas Carter Beane
Kinky Boots, Music &
Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Matilda The Musical,
Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Golden Boy
Orphans
Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
The Mystery of Edwin
Drood
Pippin
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s
Cinderella
Tom Hanks, Lucky Guy
Tom Sturridge, Orphans
Bertie Carvel, Matilda
The Musical
Santino Fontana, Rodgers
+ Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Stark Sands, Kinky Boots
Valisia LeKae, Motown The
Musical
Patina Miller, Pippin
Danny Burstein, Golden
Boy
Tony Shalhoub, Golden Boy
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Charl Brown, Motown The
Musical
Gabriel Ebert, Matilda
The Musical
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN
ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky
Boots
Andrea Martin, Pippin
Lauren Ward, Matilda The
Musical
Bartlett Sher, Golden Boy
BEST DIRECTION OF A
MUSICAL
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky
Boots
Matthew Warchus, Matilda
The Musical
Peter Darling – Matilda
The Musical
Chris Nightingale –
Matilda The Musical
Danny Troob – Rodgers +
Hammerstein’s Cinderella
David Rockwell – Lucky
Guy
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A
MUSICAL
Rob Howell – Matilda The
Musical
Scott Pask – Pippin
David Rockwell – Kinky
Boots
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A
MUSICAL
Rob Howell – Matilda The
Musical
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A
PLAY
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A
MUSICAL
Kenneth Posner – Kinky
Boots
Kenneth Posner – Rodgers
+ Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Hugh Vanstone – Matilda
The Musical
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A
MUSICAL
Peter Hylenski – Motown
The Musical
John Shivers – Kinky
Boots
About :
Tony Award
About :
Tony Award
Senin, 29 April 2013
Art Fair dynamics
From a post almost a decade ago:
One of the more eye-opening things in attending an art fair is seeing the dynamics that go onto the decision to buy a piece of art.
Put together a few thousand people, paying an entry fee to enter the fair, an assortment of dealers, and a huge diverse variety of offerings and it's an education in people watching.
The married couple:
"Do you like it?"
"Yeah, I like it- it's just what we've been looking for."
"Where would we put it?"
"We have a couple of spots that it'd fit."
"Do you really like it."
"Yeah, how about you?"
"Yeah, I kinda of like it."
"Should we get it?"
"If you want it."
(five minutes later)
"Let's think about it."
"OK" [To me] "Do you have a business card?"
The couple (not married):
Her: "Do you like it?"
Him: "Sssoright"
Her: "Where would we put it?"
Him: "Dunno."
Her: "Do you really like it."
Him: "So'OK.. Yeah, how about you?"
Her: "Yeah, I kinda, sorta, really like it."
Him: "Dunno though"
Her: "What? You don't like it?"
Him: "If you want it."
(five minutes later)
Him: "Let's think about it."
Her or Him: "OK" [To me] "Do you have a business card?"
The Single Woman (SW) with a Woman Friend:
SW: "WOW! Now, I really like this!"
Friend: "Yeah... it's nice"
SW: "It's exactly what I've been looking for!"
Friend: "I have a friend who does work just like this..."
SW: "I am really drawn to it!"
Friend: "Are you really sure you like it?"
SW: "Uh - yeah!... why? Don't you like it?"
Friend: "Yeah... it's OK"
SW: "I think it's really good... I think it's the first piece in this whole show that I really like."
Friend: "There's a few more booths we haven't seen."
SW: "I think I'm going to buy this."
Friend: "Are you sure?"
SW: "Uh - yeah!... It's a good price too.... why? Don't you like it?"
(five minutes later)
SW: "Do you have a business card?"
The Single Woman (SW) with a Man Friend:
SW: "WOW! Now, I really like this!"
Friend: "Yeah... Cool"
SW: "It's exactly what I've been looking for!"
Friend: "I think it's a lithograph" [it's actually a charcoal]
SW: "I am really drawn to it!"
Friend: "Are you really sure you like it?"
SW: "Uh - yeah!... why? Don't you like it?"
Friend: "I have something like it... I got it cheaper though..."
SW: "I think it's really good... I think it's the first piece in this whole show that I really like."
Friend: "You like lithographs?"
SW: "I think I'm going to buy this."
Friend: "Are you sure?"
SW: "Uh - yeah!... It's a good price too.... why? Don't you like it?"
(five minutes later)
SW: "Do you have a business card?"
The Single Focus Dream Buyer:
[Walks straight up to one piece, never looks at the rest of the work in your booth]
"I'll take this"
[Me] "Thank you... it's a very striking charcoal drawing - will be that be a check or charge?"
"Charge"
[Me] "I can send you more information on this artist..."
"That will be great - I love this work - it's exactly what I'm interested in!"
[Me] "I have a few more pieces here, would you like to see them?"
"No, thanks..."
The "I'm glad you're here guy (IGYHG)":
IGYHG: "Hey! I've been looking for you!"
[Me]: "Hi, how are you?"
IGYHG: "... been walking this whole fair looking for you!"
[Me]: "Yeah... lots of dealers this year... glad you found us!"
IGYHG: "Howsa been goin'?"
[Me]: "Yes... quite good actually..."
IGYHG: "Well, let me look at what you've got!"
[three minutes later]
IGYHG: "Well... I'm glad you're here... see ya next year!"
The "I Shudda Bought It Last Year Guy (Shudda)":
Shudda: "Hey! You're here again!"
[Me]: "Hi, how are you? Yeah... It's our 7th year here..."
Shudda: "... been walking this whole fair looking for you!"
[Me]: "Yeah... lots of dealers this year... glad you found us!"
Shudda: "Howsa been goin'?"
[Me]: "Yes... quite good actually..."
Shudda: "Well, let me look at what you've got!"
[three minutes later]
Shudda: "Where's that really good watercolor of the fill-in-the-blank?"
[Me]: "Uh... I sold it last year - but I have a few more pieces by that artist."
Shudda: "Ah! - I really wanted that one! Do you have another one?"
[Me]: "Well, no... it was an original watercolor, and I sold it; but I have ---"
Shudda: "I really wanted that piece; and it was a good price too..."
[Me]: "Maybe you'd like some of his new work..."
Shudda: "I shudda bought it last year"
[Walks away]
Shudda: "You gonna be here next year?"
The "Where's That Piece Guy (WTP)":
WTP: "Hey! You're here again!"
[Me]: "Hi, how are you? Yeah... It's our 7th year here..."
WTP: "... been walking this whole fair specifically looking for you!"
[Me]: "Yeah... lots of dealers this year... glad you found us!"
WTP: "Howsa been goin'?"
[Me]: "Yes... quite good actually..."
WTP: "OK... last year I saw this piece... it was a fill-in-the-bank and I should have bought it then! "
[Me]: "Yeah... that is a nice piece."
WTP: "I've been thinking about it for a whole year"
[Looks around the booth and doesn't see it]
WTP: "Do you still have it?"
[From here there are two paths...]
Path One -
[Me]: "Uh... I sold it last year - but I have a few more pieces by that artist."
WTP: "Ah! - I really wanted that one! Do you have another one?"
[Me]: "Well, no... it was an original watercolor, and I sold it; but I have ---"
WTP: "I really wanted that piece; and it was a good price too..."
[Me]: "Maybe you'd like some of his new work..."
WTP: "I shudda bought it last year"
[Walks away]
WTP: "You gonna be here next year?"
Path Two
[Me]: "Let me get it for you... I have it in the back!"
WTP: "Great"
[I bring it out and give to WTP]
WTP: "Yeah this is it! It's great!"
[Me]: "This artist has done really well this last year and ---"
WTP: [Handing it back] "Excellent! I'm glad you still have it... until what time are you going to be here?"
One of the more eye-opening things in attending an art fair is seeing the dynamics that go onto the decision to buy a piece of art.
Put together a few thousand people, paying an entry fee to enter the fair, an assortment of dealers, and a huge diverse variety of offerings and it's an education in people watching.
The married couple:
"Do you like it?"
"Yeah, I like it- it's just what we've been looking for."
"Where would we put it?"
"We have a couple of spots that it'd fit."
"Do you really like it."
"Yeah, how about you?"
"Yeah, I kinda of like it."
"Should we get it?"
"If you want it."
(five minutes later)
"Let's think about it."
"OK" [To me] "Do you have a business card?"
The couple (not married):
Her: "Do you like it?"
Him: "Sssoright"
Her: "Where would we put it?"
Him: "Dunno."
Her: "Do you really like it."
Him: "So'OK.. Yeah, how about you?"
Her: "Yeah, I kinda, sorta, really like it."
Him: "Dunno though"
Her: "What? You don't like it?"
Him: "If you want it."
(five minutes later)
Him: "Let's think about it."
Her or Him: "OK" [To me] "Do you have a business card?"
The Single Woman (SW) with a Woman Friend:
SW: "WOW! Now, I really like this!"
Friend: "Yeah... it's nice"
SW: "It's exactly what I've been looking for!"
Friend: "I have a friend who does work just like this..."
SW: "I am really drawn to it!"
Friend: "Are you really sure you like it?"
SW: "Uh - yeah!... why? Don't you like it?"
Friend: "Yeah... it's OK"
SW: "I think it's really good... I think it's the first piece in this whole show that I really like."
Friend: "There's a few more booths we haven't seen."
SW: "I think I'm going to buy this."
Friend: "Are you sure?"
SW: "Uh - yeah!... It's a good price too.... why? Don't you like it?"
(five minutes later)
SW: "Do you have a business card?"
The Single Woman (SW) with a Man Friend:
SW: "WOW! Now, I really like this!"
Friend: "Yeah... Cool"
SW: "It's exactly what I've been looking for!"
Friend: "I think it's a lithograph" [it's actually a charcoal]
SW: "I am really drawn to it!"
Friend: "Are you really sure you like it?"
SW: "Uh - yeah!... why? Don't you like it?"
Friend: "I have something like it... I got it cheaper though..."
SW: "I think it's really good... I think it's the first piece in this whole show that I really like."
Friend: "You like lithographs?"
SW: "I think I'm going to buy this."
Friend: "Are you sure?"
SW: "Uh - yeah!... It's a good price too.... why? Don't you like it?"
(five minutes later)
SW: "Do you have a business card?"
The Single Focus Dream Buyer:
[Walks straight up to one piece, never looks at the rest of the work in your booth]
"I'll take this"
[Me] "Thank you... it's a very striking charcoal drawing - will be that be a check or charge?"
"Charge"
[Me] "I can send you more information on this artist..."
"That will be great - I love this work - it's exactly what I'm interested in!"
[Me] "I have a few more pieces here, would you like to see them?"
"No, thanks..."
The "I'm glad you're here guy (IGYHG)":
IGYHG: "Hey! I've been looking for you!"
[Me]: "Hi, how are you?"
IGYHG: "... been walking this whole fair looking for you!"
[Me]: "Yeah... lots of dealers this year... glad you found us!"
IGYHG: "Howsa been goin'?"
[Me]: "Yes... quite good actually..."
IGYHG: "Well, let me look at what you've got!"
[three minutes later]
IGYHG: "Well... I'm glad you're here... see ya next year!"
The "I Shudda Bought It Last Year Guy (Shudda)":
Shudda: "Hey! You're here again!"
[Me]: "Hi, how are you? Yeah... It's our 7th year here..."
Shudda: "... been walking this whole fair looking for you!"
[Me]: "Yeah... lots of dealers this year... glad you found us!"
Shudda: "Howsa been goin'?"
[Me]: "Yes... quite good actually..."
Shudda: "Well, let me look at what you've got!"
[three minutes later]
Shudda: "Where's that really good watercolor of the fill-in-the-blank?"
[Me]: "Uh... I sold it last year - but I have a few more pieces by that artist."
Shudda: "Ah! - I really wanted that one! Do you have another one?"
[Me]: "Well, no... it was an original watercolor, and I sold it; but I have ---"
Shudda: "I really wanted that piece; and it was a good price too..."
[Me]: "Maybe you'd like some of his new work..."
Shudda: "I shudda bought it last year"
[Walks away]
Shudda: "You gonna be here next year?"
The "Where's That Piece Guy (WTP)":
WTP: "Hey! You're here again!"
[Me]: "Hi, how are you? Yeah... It's our 7th year here..."
WTP: "... been walking this whole fair specifically looking for you!"
[Me]: "Yeah... lots of dealers this year... glad you found us!"
WTP: "Howsa been goin'?"
[Me]: "Yes... quite good actually..."
WTP: "OK... last year I saw this piece... it was a fill-in-the-bank and I should have bought it then! "
[Me]: "Yeah... that is a nice piece."
WTP: "I've been thinking about it for a whole year"
[Looks around the booth and doesn't see it]
WTP: "Do you still have it?"
[From here there are two paths...]
Path One -
[Me]: "Uh... I sold it last year - but I have a few more pieces by that artist."
WTP: "Ah! - I really wanted that one! Do you have another one?"
[Me]: "Well, no... it was an original watercolor, and I sold it; but I have ---"
WTP: "I really wanted that piece; and it was a good price too..."
[Me]: "Maybe you'd like some of his new work..."
WTP: "I shudda bought it last year"
[Walks away]
WTP: "You gonna be here next year?"
Path Two
[Me]: "Let me get it for you... I have it in the back!"
WTP: "Great"
[I bring it out and give to WTP]
WTP: "Yeah this is it! It's great!"
[Me]: "This artist has done really well this last year and ---"
WTP: [Handing it back] "Excellent! I'm glad you still have it... until what time are you going to be here?"
Jason Paul Collins is an American professional basketball
Jason Paul Collins
Jason Paul
Collins is an American professional basketball center with the Washington
Wizards of the National Basketball Association. Collins attended Stanford
University, where he was an All-American in 2000–01. Wikipedia
Born:
December 2, 1978 (age 34), Los Angeles
Team: Washington
Wizards (#98 / Center)
Siblings:
Jarron Collins
Education:
Stanford University, Harvard-Westlake School
Professional career
As a
rookie along with Richard Jefferson, Collins played a significant role in the
New Jersey Nets' first ever NBA Finals berth in 2002 against the Los Angeles
Lakers. In the 2002–03 NBA season Collins took over the starting center role
for the Nets and helped the franchise back to the NBA Finals. Collins signed
with the Atlanta Hawks on September 2, 2009.[11] Collins re-signed with the
Hawks in the 2010 offseason.[12]
On July
31, 2012, Collins signed an undisclosed deal with the Boston Celtics.[13] On
February 21, 2013, Collins and Leandro Barbosa were traded to the Washington
Wizards in exchange for Jordan Crawford.[14]
Collins'
twin brother, Jarron Collins, also played in the NBA.[16]
“I didn’t
set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team
sport,” Collins wrote. The first wave of public reaction to Collins’s
announcement was overwhelmingly positive. President Obama called Collins “to
express his support and said he was impressed by his courage,” according to a
White House official. Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, former NFL star and
current daytime TV talk host Michael Strahan and former president Bill Clinton
were among others who issed public salutes to Collins.
Even amid
widespread speculation that one or more male athletes would soon break the
sexuality barrier — former Ravens safety Brendon Ayanbadejo suggested in recent
interviews that one or more NFL players were preparing to come out — Collins’s
announcement stunned people around the NBA, including his Wizards teammates. Several
of them said they had no inclination Collins was gay.
about : Jason Paul Collins
about : Jason Paul Collins
SABDA RINDU - GLENN FREDLY SINGLE - DOWNLOAD MP3 and LIRIK
SABDA RINDU GLENN FREDLY LIRIK
Berteman sepi berkawan kelam
Di sudut ruang menata hati
Selami makna yang menyapa kalbu
'Tuk selaksa relung tertawan rindu
Wahai malam kupanggil engkau
bukan dengan rasa dendam
Lepaskan s'gala syair yang meredam
Maka bawalah salam penawar sendu
Kurindu lebih baik katakan apa adanya bila memang rindu
Kurindu, karena waktu takkan mampu berpihak pada perasaan yang meragu
Kurayu malam kubelai sunyi, bukan dengan rasa dendam
Luruhkan lara yang menikam kalbu
Maka bawalah salam penawar sendu
Risalah asa yang terikat yang membawa sabda rindu
Kan kutempuh semua perjalanan tuk pulang ke hatimu
DOWNLOAD SABDA RINDU
Minggu, 28 April 2013
SF morning
ECOUTEZ ALBUM EVOLUTION - DOWNLOAD FULL ALBUM
setelah ganti dengan vokalis baru ecoutez kembali mengeluarkan album ketiganya yang bertajuk evolution. Semoga anda bisa menikmati alunan jazzy ecoutez dengan vokalisa anyarnya ini. Sedangkan singgle andalannya adalah sendiri.
Tracklist»
01. Intro (Have A Nice Day)
02. Jatuh Cinta
03. Indonesia Terhebat
04. Ku Tak Bisa (Feat. Paut T-Five)
05. Sendiri
06. Semoga Kau Bahagia
07. Seakan Kau Mencintaiku
08. Tak Mungkin Bersatu
09. Outro (Believe In Your Self)
DOWNLOAD FULL ALBUM ECOUTEZ EVOLUTION
Tracklist»
01. Intro (Have A Nice Day)
02. Jatuh Cinta
03. Indonesia Terhebat
04. Ku Tak Bisa (Feat. Paut T-Five)
05. Sendiri
06. Semoga Kau Bahagia
07. Seakan Kau Mencintaiku
08. Tak Mungkin Bersatu
09. Outro (Believe In Your Self)
DOWNLOAD FULL ALBUM ECOUTEZ EVOLUTION
Sabtu, 27 April 2013
JKT48 1st Album Heavy Rotation (Full Album Download)
Girlband ini punya banyak penggemar fans cowok-cowok yang sangat fanatik dengan mereka. Download JKT48 1st Album Heavy Rotation (Full Album) Tracklist:
- JKT48 - 01. Heavy Rotation
- JKT48 - 02. Kimi no koto ga suki dakara / karena kusuka dirimu
- JKT48 - 03. Ponytail to Chou-Chou / Ponytail Dan shu-shu
- JKT48 - 04. Baby! Baby! Baby
- JKT48 - 05. Shonichi / Hari Pertama
- JKT48 - 06. Wasshoi J!
- JKT48 - 07. Ooge Diamond / Teriakan Diamond
- JKT48 - 08. Gomen ne, Summer / Maafkan, Summer
- JKT48 - 09. Namida Surprise / Air mata Surprise!
- JKT48 - 10. Hikoukigumo / Jejak Awan Pesawat
Want free artwork for your non profit agency?
The Art Connection in the Capital Region (ACCR) is currently accepting applications from nonprofit community service organizations within the Greater Metropolitan Washington, DC area interested in receiving a permanent collection of artwork for their agencies.
ACCR is a nonprofit organization that enriches lives by expanding access to original works of visual at within under served communities throughout Washington DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia.
By bringing art to more members of our community, we are contributing to the creation of nurturing environments and providing individuals who might not otherwise have the opportunity, to experience the beauty, inspiration and hope that art enables.
The types of organizations with which ACCR partners serve their clients directly and include: homeless and battered women's shelters, children's centers, mental health facilities, and low-income senior housing agencies, amongst several others.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
* Be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization
* Provide direct services to the residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland or Northern Virginia
* Have space to place artwork in public areas of the agency that is safe and accessible (administrative offices are generally not considered unless regularly used for public programming)
* Have no funds for in-house art purchases
To learn more about ACCR, to view recent placements, or to download an application, please visit: www.artconnection-cr.org
Please direct questions to: jcavnor@artconnection-cr.org
ACCR is a nonprofit organization that enriches lives by expanding access to original works of visual at within under served communities throughout Washington DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia.
By bringing art to more members of our community, we are contributing to the creation of nurturing environments and providing individuals who might not otherwise have the opportunity, to experience the beauty, inspiration and hope that art enables.
The types of organizations with which ACCR partners serve their clients directly and include: homeless and battered women's shelters, children's centers, mental health facilities, and low-income senior housing agencies, amongst several others.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
* Be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization
* Provide direct services to the residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland or Northern Virginia
* Have space to place artwork in public areas of the agency that is safe and accessible (administrative offices are generally not considered unless regularly used for public programming)
* Have no funds for in-house art purchases
To learn more about ACCR, to view recent placements, or to download an application, please visit: www.artconnection-cr.org
Please direct questions to: jcavnor@artconnection-cr.org
Jumat, 26 April 2013
Airborne
Heading to San Francisco for the weekend as the Professor has two papers to present at a conference there and I am hand-delivering a major video piece to one of the top video collectors in the world.
Alchemical Vessels Opens Tonight!
Join me for this exclusive benefit event at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery and add one of the 125 Alchemical Vessels works to your own collection! Opening is tonight - Friday from 7-9 PM.
This unique exhibition will feature the work of 125 artists, hand-selected by 16 invited curators (including yours truly) , to engage in a community dialogue on healing and transformation through the arts. Each artist will transform the ceramic bowl by means of his or her own personal aesthetic and medium, drawing inspiration from the bowl as a place of holding, open community, a circle of care, sacred space, nourishment, and even the alchemical vessel.
100% of the ticket sale proceeds will go to support Smith Center’s life-enhancing work and programs for people living with and recovering from cancer.
- Supporter ticket: $50: This price level is good for entrance to the Benefit only. Ticket holders at this level do not get to keep a piece of art.
If you have trouble purchasing tickets, please call 202.483.8600 or email them at outreach@smithcenter.org.
See the Facebook Event for more photos from the Artists!
Benefit attendees will also be invited to the Artists' Closing Reception for Alchemical Vessels on June 7, 2013!
My donation to this event is below. I debated what to create, and in the end, I gessoed the bowl and once again delivered the visage of the most transformative artist that I know: Frida Kahlo.
This unique exhibition will feature the work of 125 artists, hand-selected by 16 invited curators (including yours truly) , to engage in a community dialogue on healing and transformation through the arts. Each artist will transform the ceramic bowl by means of his or her own personal aesthetic and medium, drawing inspiration from the bowl as a place of holding, open community, a circle of care, sacred space, nourishment, and even the alchemical vessel.
100% of the ticket sale proceeds will go to support Smith Center’s life-enhancing work and programs for people living with and recovering from cancer.
Ticket information:
- Benefit tickets $125: 125 Benefit tickets will be sold, and each ticket holder at this level will be given the opportunity to select a piece of art. Priority will be given by the order in which the tickets were purchased—so the first to buy a ticket will be awarded first pick of the 125 works, and so on. All 125 works will remain in the show until after the closing of the exhibition on June 7, at which time the new owners can pick them up.- Supporter ticket: $50: This price level is good for entrance to the Benefit only. Ticket holders at this level do not get to keep a piece of art.
If you have trouble purchasing tickets, please call 202.483.8600 or email them at outreach@smithcenter.org.
See the Facebook Event for more photos from the Artists!
Benefit attendees will also be invited to the Artists' Closing Reception for Alchemical Vessels on June 7, 2013!
My donation to this event is below. I debated what to create, and in the end, I gessoed the bowl and once again delivered the visage of the most transformative artist that I know: Frida Kahlo.
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| The Secret Substance of Frida Kahlo Charcoal, conte and graphite on gessoed ceramic |
Seldom has human history seen an artist so transformed by destiny, events and the agony of constant pain as Frida Kahlo. When Kahlo's young body was nearly destroyed and re-arranged by a horrible accident in her youth, where the young art student was impaled on a handrail that pierced her vagina and emerged through her chest, her agony transformed her into another being who then proceeded to gift onto the world some of the most spectacular portraits of pain that we've ever seen.
The intense brutality of pain transformed Kahlo with the same intensity that a thermonuclear reaction transforms its surroundings. She became a being submerged in constant pain for the rest of her life, both physical (she underwent dozens of surgeries) and mental (she experienced many miscarriages and was never able to have a child). And that transformation was the catalyst the propelled her to paint her own image as a mirror of the pain in her life, and in the process to become one of history’s great artists.
The intense brutality of pain transformed Kahlo with the same intensity that a thermonuclear reaction transforms its surroundings. She became a being submerged in constant pain for the rest of her life, both physical (she underwent dozens of surgeries) and mental (she experienced many miscarriages and was never able to have a child). And that transformation was the catalyst the propelled her to paint her own image as a mirror of the pain in her life, and in the process to become one of history’s great artists.
In the process, Kahlo transformed all of us, as a little bit of her artistic alchemic powers infect all of us who become hypnotized by her portraits; the power of her gaze, the eloquence of her eye brows and the intensity of her face, all leave a little bit of the secret substance that changes artistic matter from the mundane to an aspiration to the sublime.
Next month...
Bethesda Fine Arts Festival - May 11 & 12
Saturday, May 11, 10am - 6pm
Sunday, May 12, 10am - 5pm
130 artists from throughout the United States and Canada will converge in Bethesda's Woodmont Triangle for the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival. Along with booths of fine art and fine craft, the festival will feature live musical, great eats from Bethesda restaurants and a children's activity area.
Join them for a unique shopping experience in downtown Bethesda. Browse jewelry, furniture, painting, photography, sculpture and more.
Admission to the festival is free and free parking is available in the public parking garage on Auburn Avenue. This event is held rain or shine.
Kamis, 25 April 2013
Give a kid a camera and...
The below are Little June's first photographic experiments, which are generally focused (cough, cough) on his beloved Cars characters...
These are all available in a limited signed and numbered edition of five. All circa 2013... cough, cough.
These are all available in a limited signed and numbered edition of five. All circa 2013... cough, cough.
Rabu, 24 April 2013
One of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast
We skipped the light fandango-- Keith Reid & Gary Brooker
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
And the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, "There is no reason
And the truth is plain to see."
But I wandered through my playing cards
And they would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open wide
They might have just as well been closed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, "I'm here on a shore leave,"
Though we were miles at sea.
I pointed out this detail
And forced her to agree,
Saying, "You must be the mermaid
Who took King Neptune for a ride."
And she smiled at me so sweetly
That my anger straightway died.
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
If music be the food of love
Then laughter is it's queen
And likewise if behind is in front
Then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
Seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
And attacked the ocean bed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
Landlord orders gallery to partially cover nude photo
"A nude model who used a topless tour to convince cops not to shut down a racy photo exhibit at a Lower East Side gallery has been forced to cover up after the landlord threatened to terminate the gallery’s lease.
On the owner’s orders, the operators of the ROX Gallery have put a caution sign over a lurid picture hanging in their Delancey Street window that shows model Natalie White masturbating...
... None of the other two dozen works inside the gallery has been censored, and White has not been banned from performing the live masturbation shows that are an occasional part of her act."Initial details here and a really good report by the HuffPost's very fair Priscilla Frank (who studied Rhetoric of Narrative and Image at UC Berkeley and has written for art galleries in California and New York, as well as being the editor of the Berkeley Poetry Review and a sex columnist for the Daily Californian) is here... (Prissie call me!).
Brilliant publicity stunt on the part of the gallery or by the even more publicity-brilliant Natalie White (channeling Vito Acconci or maybe Andrea Fraser)... whatever works!
I'd like to see her invited to perform at (e)merge and see how the DMV reacts to it! They might shut down the whole fair!
Natalie!!! You're performing in the wrong place! If you want to really get arrested for simply showing your body... DO (e)merge!!!! ...... (and the pun is sooooooo intended!).
Selasa, 23 April 2013
Like mother, like son
I actually did the "One Mile Fun Run" before the actual race... together with Anderson, who in spite of a 3-5 minute all stop protest in the middle of the race about being ordered to take his hands out of his pockets while he ran, managed to finish the one mile in less than 20 minutes.
It's all about genetics folks... not mine!
His mom, Doctor Alida The A, came in second overall, while still noting that she had a "slow race because it was so freaking cold!"
Technical Workshop: 3D Printing
Date: May 2, 2013, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: ABC Imaging, 1155 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
To Attend: The workshop is free for WPA members, with a $5.00 reservation fee for non-members. To RSVP, contact Membership Manager Christopher Cunetto by e-mail at ccunetto@wpadc.org or by phone at 202.234.7103 x 2.
Seating is limited.
Join Washington Project for the Arts and ABC Imaging for a technical workshop covering the basics of current 3D printing technologies and techniques, discussion on the different models and types of materials used in the process, as well as a tour of the 3D printing facilities at ABC imaging. ABC team members Tom Ashley, Major Account Sales Manager, John Lee, 3D Manger, and Chris Cole, Director of Graphics, will present.
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