tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27410935586555613302024-03-14T04:07:16.237-07:00Black ButterflyArts and Culture from Brooklyn to the Bay and BeyondMarissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-17377373351573737372011-07-08T22:08:00.000-07:002011-07-08T22:08:44.396-07:00Black Diamonds Shining Collective Spreads Love at Oakland's Rock Paper Scissors Gallery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> When I walked into the <a href="http://rpscollective.com/">Rock Paper Scissors Collective</a> gallery in Oakland last Friday, the word that kept running through my mind was <i>affirmation. </i>It was what I felt when I looked at the intricate murals and installations that covered the walls from top to bottom. It was the work of Black Diamonds Shining, an "Oakland based afro galactic black arts collective" comprised of artists Ras Terms, Safety First, Deadeyes, Antjuan Jones, Brooks Golden (Be Golden), and Larry Dobie.<br />
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</tbody></table> The best thing about gazing upon the work of these artists is that it serves as a reminder of our humanity and our beauty as people. I can't tell you how many times I stumbled across their work and it caused me to hold my head a little bit higher, or put a smile on my face and remember where I came from. The message they deliver is a powerfully positive one.<br />
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The way that BDS transformed this space truly has to be seen to be believed. There are messages and images in every corner, and they all come together to form a beautiful narrative.<br />
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Iconography of the African Diaspora and the message of ancestral reverence is strong throughout the mural, as evidenced by an area dedicated to elder and ancestor movers and shakers like Octavia E. Butler, George Clinton, and Malcolm X.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bay is home to some amazing graffiti and street artists, and they definitely have a unique aesthetic that celebrates the diverse cultures and natural beauty of the Bay Area. There are giant wheat pasted drawings of owls and foxes done with intricate detail, stencil pieces of cowrie shells and legendary afro beat musician Fela Kuti (shout out to ESU), and writing urging people to rise up and take a stand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqCLI1C7YI7iuoshR8ZuotGNz9j6L9W6vMCMymXFDr1X6pMCZzcroaUSKay3GJfLnvg7y9U27hHticcbRwIE5sgC4ZV8HcKoxiyUqvhOFBFjz8oOCRtpx9fIsFahYjn0sD_C96X9nvcHO/s1600/black+and+white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqCLI1C7YI7iuoshR8ZuotGNz9j6L9W6vMCMymXFDr1X6pMCZzcroaUSKay3GJfLnvg7y9U27hHticcbRwIE5sgC4ZV8HcKoxiyUqvhOFBFjz8oOCRtpx9fIsFahYjn0sD_C96X9nvcHO/s400/black+and+white.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can keep up with the work of Black Diamonds Shining Collective on their <a href="http://blackdiamondsshining.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> page</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can view more graffiti and murals by Bay Area artists on <a href="http://endlesscanvas.com/">Endless Canvas </a>. And if you're in the Bay, don't miss the show at <a href="http://rpscollective.com/">Rock Paper Scissors</a>, 2278 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. They're open Weds. through Sunday, 12-7pm </div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com1Oakland, CA, USA37.8043637 -122.271113737.6781142 -122.3916667 37.9306132 -122.1505607tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-5781685709811601312011-07-01T10:37:00.000-07:002011-07-01T14:30:43.706-07:00Soul Food: "The Gods Must Be Crazy--Reviving The Black Supernatural Experience'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZUYIDQ1iGeAHc2-x7ORC6HHv5cnaIEoOd7IL3Wu62UhJ3p_QqeQS4t2Xsg32kv2VDGR0P-cj9ifX8ixYsLceSJiGBZADxl2k0j789mj6d9hqYk-myeNk0uztjrl95uZv-EdcVwe_sR3c/s1600/257630_10150212677164792_180924889791_6689620_6556550_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZUYIDQ1iGeAHc2-x7ORC6HHv5cnaIEoOd7IL3Wu62UhJ3p_QqeQS4t2Xsg32kv2VDGR0P-cj9ifX8ixYsLceSJiGBZADxl2k0j789mj6d9hqYk-myeNk0uztjrl95uZv-EdcVwe_sR3c/s400/257630_10150212677164792_180924889791_6689620_6556550_o.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br />
There is a cultural renaissance taking place in Oakland. Creative people are coming together to not only support each other and collaborate as artists, but also to find ways to make positive things happen in the community. '"The Gods Must Be Crazy"--Reviving the Black Supernatural Experience', a two part event presented by <a href="http://www.toptensocial.com/">Top Ten Social</a> kicked off at Oakland's Fox Theater Thursday evening with a panel discussion featuring singer Jennifer Johns, spoken word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and DJ Rich Medina. Each artist (along with moderator Abel Habtegeorgis and host Ashara Ekundayo) lent a unique perspective, and what was most refreshing about this panel was the optimistic outlook of the speakers. Each has played a major part in the creative landscape for quite some time, so they had a lot of insight not only into the problems faced within the arts and our society but also solutions. There were many wonderful ideas presented, I thought I would share some of my notes with yall:<br />
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Create your own definition of success and victory, don't focus on someone else's.<br />
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Art can be the core for addressing social issues, which was the idea the <a href="http://www.lifeisliving.org/">Life Is Living Festival</a> is based on. Art can be at the center of a larger movement, as a way of bringing people together.<br />
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A "creative ecosystem": people with shared values coming together through different modalities (i.e. a painter and a civil engineer both working for access to healthy food in their neighborhood)<br />
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The issue of budget cuts and art programs being eliminated in public schools: We need to develop small communities around the arts to make up for what is not being taught in school. Artists and community members must find ways of coming together to give young people what they need.<br />
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How do we fortify future generations? How do we interact with/speak to the movement we benefited from (i.e. Black Power Movement, Civil Rights Movement, etc.) as the first generations to grow up with more opportunity than our parents and ancestors?<br />
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Gentrification sends more low income people of color further away from urban centers in search of affordable places to live. But what happens to these communities as the prices of food and fuel continue to rise? Resources will be more costly to access in spread out areas. Cities need to remain an affordable option for all people. <br />
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Dancer/choreographer Adia Whitaker's concept of "neo folklore": Diasporic people of the hip hop generation creating folklore<br />
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The body as a folkloric instrument, a radical revolutionary instrument to create new folklore<br />
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"I sing from a place of intelligence, letting them [the audience] know that I know who they are." -Nina Simone<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was so much food for thought, and the energy in the room was electric. Part 2 of 'The Gods Must Be Crazy' takes place tonight at <a href="http://www.thenewparish.com/">The New Parish</a> in Downtown Oakland, with a party featuring live performances by Jennifer Johns, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Martin Luther, Kev Choice, DJ Rich Medina, Scorpio Blues, and Ashara Ekundayo (who told last night's audience "don't show up trying to be all cute in your heels, come prepared to DANCE!" ) </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This event presents an exciting model for what is possible when combining art and social change: Having a consciousness raising session and presenting questions, ideas, and things to work on in the community, and then following it up with artistic food for the soul. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you're in the Bay Area, come out for what is sure to be a night to remember at The New Parish, 578 18th Street in Oakland. Show is from 8pm-2am, tickets are $20. Wear your flats and sneakers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And if you'd like to see photos from last night's discussion, check out the Top Ten Social <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kuishimbo/sets/72157626964687781/with/5890262358/">Flickr page</a></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0Oakland, CA, USA37.8043637 -122.271113737.6781142 -122.3916667 37.9306132 -122.1505607tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-64500649694762545472010-12-27T12:17:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.237-07:00A Creative Life: The Art of L. Frank Manriquez<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/THAvD6AC5TI/AAAAAAAAAgk/cfLOQWT0igY/s1600/l_franklg.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/THAvD6AC5TI/AAAAAAAAAgk/cfLOQWT0igY/s400/l_franklg.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507954088429675826" border="0" /></a><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/THAuV0G0hGI/AAAAAAAAAgc/KisOwWsmSRU/s1600/L+frank+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/THAuV0G0hGI/AAAAAAAAAgc/KisOwWsmSRU/s400/L+frank+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507953296573498466" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"> The Bowl Twists by L. Frank Manriquez</span><br /><br /> Sometimes in life we are lucky to come across people who make us stop and think, and appreciate our surroundings, history, and experiences on a deeper level. Artist L. Frank Manriquez is just such a person. Her strength and creativity extends to so many realms, from visual arts and storytelling, to singing, weaving, gardening, and preserving the rich history of California's Native Americans.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/THAvkDW7SmI/AAAAAAAAAgs/u3ehvqY3GMw/s1600/l+frank+condor+time+I.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/THAvkDW7SmI/AAAAAAAAAgs/u3ehvqY3GMw/s400/l+frank+condor+time+I.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507954640697379426" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">Condor Time I by L. Frank Manriquez<br /><br /></span> L. Frank is from Southern California and belongs to the Tongva and Ajachmem tribes. A tribal scholar and self-described "decolonizationist", she is a Board Member of the California Indian Basketweavers Association (which does awesome stuff like making sure that parents of adopted Indian children receive the handwoven baskets babies were traditionally carried in), and co-founder of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival. She has a wonderful way of making folklore and history come to life with her engaging stories and extensive knowledge. Her colorful paintings have been featured in galleries and museums nationally and internationally. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/THAz3ByVx8I/AAAAAAAAAg0/CrpSGFJRNtY/s1600/l+frank+this+is+yo+luck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/THAz3ByVx8I/AAAAAAAAAg0/CrpSGFJRNtY/s400/l+frank+this+is+yo+luck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507959364739516354" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">This Is Yo Luck by L. Frank Manriquez<br /><br /></span>Manriquez also cultivates an extensive garden at her Sonoma County home. She lives on nearly a half acre of land in Santa Rosa, and has three gardens: one for growing basket weaving materials, herbs, and medicinal plants, another for vegetables, and a cactus garden. She grows corn, butternut squash, radishes, onions, lettuce, acorns, and watermelons. The garden also produces many fruits, including blueberries, Santa Rosa plums, raspberries, and blackberries. "Gardening makes it necessary to value a season's passing," she says. "[It's] not something somebody tells you; it is something that you learn for yourself. It is not as technical as people think. It is an emotional relationship, it's all about how you feel." L. Frank is passionate about sustainable living, and builds straw bale and waddle and cob buildings. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TRl7CgKavwI/AAAAAAAAAig/BtG91K8niwQ/s1600/not%2Bto%2Bgive%2Bthe%2Bcockroach%2Ba%2Bbad%2Bname.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TRl7CgKavwI/AAAAAAAAAig/BtG91K8niwQ/s1600/not%2Bto%2Bgive%2Bthe%2Bcockroach%2Ba%2Bbad%2Bname.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KA32en5G7lM?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KA32en5G7lM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />One of the things L. Frank is best known for is her "Acorn Soup" cartoon, which appears in <span style="font-style: italic;">News From Native California.</span> The cartoon features the adventures of Coyote, who is the mischievous trickster of Native American folklore. Coyote is also the subject of many of L. Frank's paintings.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TRlzoWvlb9I/AAAAAAAAAiY/8KApZp5U3rU/s1600/the%2Bfemale%2Bcoyote.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TRlzoWvlb9I/AAAAAAAAAiY/8KApZp5U3rU/s400/the%2Bfemale%2Bcoyote.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555598752475344850" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">Female Coyote by L. Frank Manriquez</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TRly9voj79I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/VSycdm4xpYc/s1600/stop%2Bthe%2Bdance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TRly9voj79I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/VSycdm4xpYc/s400/stop%2Bthe%2Bdance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555598020422397906" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">Stop the Dance by L. Frank Manriquez</span><br /><br />Many of Manriquez's paintings are of animals, and contain symbols of nature and spirit. A core theme in her work is respect for the land and those we share it with, and showing appreciation for the animals, plants, and people whose homeland we are guests of wherever we go.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TRl7CgKavwI/AAAAAAAAAig/BtG91K8niwQ/s1600/not%2Bto%2Bgive%2Bthe%2Bcockroach%2Ba%2Bbad%2Bname.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TRl7CgKavwI/AAAAAAAAAig/BtG91K8niwQ/s400/not%2Bto%2Bgive%2Bthe%2Bcockroach%2Ba%2Bbad%2Bname.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555606898261802754" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">Not to give the cockroach a bad name by L. Frank Manriquez<br /></span> <br />In addition to her works on canvas, L. Frank paints murals, creates jewelry, photography, and weavings. The mixed media installation in the above photo reflects her wry sense of humor. Most recently she was part of a workshop at this year's Bioneers Conference focusing on "native efforts to revitalize indigenous watercraft and navigation systems as a way to restore indigenous knowledge and address climate disruption." <br /> L. Frank Manriquez is a powerful force for good. She has done so much to preserve Native American history and culture, and constantly expresses her deep knowledge in new and different ways. She is an inspiring example of how we can preserve and share our traditions.<br /><br />For more about L. Frank and her work:<br />http://crowsonthenose.com/home.html<br />http://www.nativeland.orgMarissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-89547710843544819652010-10-16T15:02:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.237-07:00Otherworldly Creativity: Karine Fleurima<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TLopxgNzgzI/AAAAAAAAAhc/fVFC_iQJA9c/s1600/fleurima+1.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TLopmUthphI/AAAAAAAAAhU/GEJc2ickjR8/s1600/fleurima+2.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TLohT5D7LhI/AAAAAAAAAhE/m5sEYvfPf0Y/s1600/fleurima+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TLohT5D7LhI/AAAAAAAAAhE/m5sEYvfPf0Y/s400/fleurima+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528768118169218578" border="0" /></a> So many words come to mind when describing multimedia artist Karine Fleurima: soulful, surreal, transformational, fluid, muse...I could go on. The Haitian-born artist creates a hybrid sound and visual experience: If Gal Costa, Grace Jones, and Bjork had a musical love child, it would be Karine.<br />Her latest offering is "An AfroFuturistic One Womyn Show" entitled AIN'T NO RESPECT (for the Soulsinger) which has its debut at FiveMyles Gallery in Brooklyn next Saturday. The story goes a little something like this:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">After several years of singing on planet Earth and getting no respect, soulsinger Xyana (zhy-ana) decides to leave Earth and explore the solar sy</span><span style="font-style: italic;">stem for other performance possibilities. After being lost in space for 20 years, she finally lands on an unknown planet in the outer regions of the solar system. J</span><span style="font-style: italic;">oin her as she embarks upon her epic journey to find other beings on this NuPlanet and discover the different realms that force her to confront the realities of her new home and her true nature...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TLonZ2uHCKI/AAAAAAAAAhM/cg8e1qVaIxE/s1600/fleurima+1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TLonZ2uHCKI/AAAAAAAAAhM/cg8e1qVaIxE/s400/fleurima+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528774817689831586" border="0" /></a> </span>Catch Karine Fleurima's AIN'T NO RESPECT (for the Soulsinger) at FiveMyles Gallery, 558 St. John's Place in Brooklyn, New York. Saturday October 23rd at 8pm and Sunday October 24th at 2pm.<br />For more about Karine and her body of work, check out her website:<br />http://www.karinefleurima.com<span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TLop6SIPBzI/AAAAAAAAAhk/3fAqO1zHjOg/s1600/fleurima+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TLop6SIPBzI/AAAAAAAAAhk/3fAqO1zHjOg/s400/fleurima+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528777573826234162" border="0" /></a></span>Photography: Carlos Ramirez<br />Styling: Afua Addo<br />Makeup: Alsarah Abunama-ElgadiMarissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-3379941298852975882010-07-07T16:27:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.238-07:00Deep Soul: Roberta Flack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TDUQ2u9w2sI/AAAAAAAAAf0/IbOpUyaX0iQ/s1600/roberta.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TDUQ2u9w2sI/AAAAAAAAAf0/IbOpUyaX0iQ/s400/roberta.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491313853154253506" border="0" /></a><br />Many singers have beautiful and strong voices. But then there are those who can sweep the listener away, the ones who can make you <span style="font-style: italic;">feel</span> every single note, and their words feel etched upon your soul. You close your eyes and it's not just a song on a record, it's <span style="font-style: italic;">your </span>man walking out the door for the last time, it's <span style="font-style: italic;">you </span>sitting in a dimly-lit smoky nightclub being killed softly with someone's song.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ueYBfceAQ94&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ueYBfceAQ94&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />Roberta Flack's music is like a rolling thunderstorm. It kind of creeps up on you at first, and then suddenly it surrounds you, enveloping you in its powerful depth and grace, and crackling with electric energy.<br /><br />Born Roberta Cleopatra Flack, the singer grew up as a member of a musical family in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She started playing piano at age 9 and studying music at Howard University (where she earned her Bachelor's degree in music) at age 15. She was discovered playing at a D.C. nightclub by piano great Les McCann, who presented her debut album 'First Take', and wrote that "Her voice touched, tapped, trapped, and kicked every emotion I've ever known. I laughed, cried, and screamed for more..." in its liner notes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TDUU1kerSdI/AAAAAAAAAf8/lhamfvVtLM4/s1600/Roberta+Flack+-+Killing+Me+Softly.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TDUU1kerSdI/AAAAAAAAAf8/lhamfvVtLM4/s400/Roberta+Flack+-+Killing+Me+Softly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491318231206152658" border="0" /></a>Roberta went on to have a string of Grammy-award winning hits such as 'The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)' and 'Killing Me Softly', and while those amazing singles speak to her incredible talent as an artist, if you just listen to her greatest hits you are not getting the whole story. My favorite Roberta Flack songs are those unsung gems that never made it on the radio. I have almost all of her albums, and each one in its entirety is a masterpiece. When it comes to Ms. Flack, it's best to go off the beaten path with incredible songs like 'I Told Jesus', 'Feelin' That Glow', and her gorgeous string-filled version of the folk classic 'Suzanne.' And of course the entire 'Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway' album of duets is EPIC.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VUXjgrCdcFI&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VUXjgrCdcFI&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TDUb5dttI4I/AAAAAAAAAgE/14JOarvHehI/s1600/donnyroberta.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TDUb5dttI4I/AAAAAAAAAgE/14JOarvHehI/s400/donnyroberta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491325994691011458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AF4wdd3xqV8&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AF4wdd3xqV8&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-11092215876397089772010-06-24T11:36:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.238-07:00Funk and Soul from Coast to Coast<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCO-sUDI8cI/AAAAAAAAAfk/B7vp_JiV1fM/s1600/transparent.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 1px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 1px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486438439572795842" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCO-sUDI8cI/AAAAAAAAAfk/B7vp_JiV1fM/s400/transparent.gif" /></a> <img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 275px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 362px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486414552119619794" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCOo94WfsNI/AAAAAAAAAe8/8WiLAGZ9aww/s400/betty_davis_bp.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCOohLyfOMI/AAAAAAAAAe0/6xHLUdtuxqI/s1600/marvingaye1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486414059121096898" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCOohLyfOMI/AAAAAAAAAe0/6xHLUdtuxqI/s400/marvingaye1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCOoPRPItxI/AAAAAAAAAes/TePmUzmaIWg/s1600/betty_davis_bp.jpg"></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCOo94WfsNI/AAAAAAAAAe8/8WiLAGZ9aww/s1600/betty_davis_bp.jpg"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCOohLyfOMI/AAAAAAAAAe0/6xHLUdtuxqI/s1600/marvingaye1.jpg"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Okay folks, I hereby declare July Funk and Soul Month on both coasts! We're gonna kick it off early because the festivities are already getting started. And watch this space throughout July as we continue the Black Butterfly Funk and Soulabration. So what's happening in July? </div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486423028754396162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCOwrSRttAI/AAAAAAAAAfU/BSOqk3nIbyo/s400/ohioplayers.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486420105899630754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCOuBJy1YKI/AAAAAAAAAfE/7225msmZqP4/s400/Parliament-Funkadelic072002.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div>For all you Brooklyn funk fans,<strong> George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic and The Ohio Players (!!!!) will take the stage July 12th for a FREE Concert</strong> at Wingate Park in Brooklyn, park of Wingate's Martin Luther King Jr. Free Concert Series. I have a feeling this show is gonna be EPIC. For more info. check out their website:</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.brooklyn.com/modules.php?name=Wingate_Field">http://www.brooklyn.com/modules.php?name=Wingate_Field</a></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486428822957108578" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TCO18jXSrWI/AAAAAAAAAfc/Cw85T-y-P8M/s400/G_UBIQshow_FRONT1.jpg" /> Meanwhile, Guerilla Cafe continues to add soul to the Left Coast...</div></div><div>Guerilla's game was already tight, but they just keep stepping it up. Over the past year this Berkeley, California favorite has extended its hours, going from the prime spot for coffee and brunch (Waffle of the Day, anyone?) to including an evening menu with scrumptious appetizer plates, wine, and sangria. And they are always throwing fun events (get on their mailing list so you don't miss out). This month the house of art, coffee, and vibes debuts <em>Bay Area Funk & Soul Legends, </em>an art exhibit celebrating the anniversary of Ubiquity Records, and the reissue of music by their Bay Area funk and soul artists on the Luv N' Haight label. </div><br /><div>The exhibit will feature the work and inspiration of Darondo, Eugene Blacknell, Sugarpie Desanto, and Twilight. </div><br /><div><strong>Opening reception is Friday, June 25th from 5-9pm</strong> and the show will be up until August 29th, 2010 with special events featuring DJ sets and guest appearances by the musicians throughout the summer. For more info, check out:</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.guerillacafe.com/">http://www.guerillacafe.com/</a> </div><div></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-33410410171570912472010-06-03T11:55:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.238-07:00Camille Rose Garcia: Sweet and Sour Storyteller<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgDgnTImHI/AAAAAAAAAeU/eBTcL51d8hA/s1600/camille-rose-garcia2.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAf8zDR-X1I/AAAAAAAAAd0/ntZeQ_XLP3M/s1600/dreamtime.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAf8zDR-X1I/AAAAAAAAAd0/ntZeQ_XLP3M/s400/dreamtime.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478625425703722834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Camille Rose Garcia tells stories in which sticky sweet characters maneuver through monstrous worlds of greed, temptation, and destruction. She uses pink swans and smiling cupcakes to tackle issues like addiction, environmental destruction, and corporate greed.<br />Each of Garcia's paintings has an accompanying story or theme. If you have the chance to catch one of her gallery shows, you'll see the paintings are usually displayed with a beautifully lettered painted piece outlining the story for that particular body of work. The story behind the <span style="font-style: italic;">Dreamtime Escape Plan </span>series (featured above) was "Created a short time after the giant tsunami that wreaked havoc on parts of Asia. Disaster is an everyday occurrence in this flooded world, the characters take pills, sleep a lot, and plan elaborate escapes from the quagmires implding around them."<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgAJa52WaI/AAAAAAAAAd8/SQu5GRC0WdI/s1600/chocowl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgAJa52WaI/AAAAAAAAAd8/SQu5GRC0WdI/s400/chocowl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478629108536990114" border="0" /></a></span></span>Camille's paintings have a balance exhibits her incredible skill as an artist. Her pieces are elaborately layered and have a real sense of depth and texture while also being "super flat", so they look like the pages of a storybook.<span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgAw2ujj0I/AAAAAAAAAeE/EH5W1dPaMko/s1600/plnb6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgAw2ujj0I/AAAAAAAAAeE/EH5W1dPaMko/s400/plnb6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478629786020712258" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />Camille grew up in Orange County, California, and was very much influenced by living in close to Disneyland, the "happiest place on earth", while witnessing darker things happening just outside Disney's walls.<span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgDtDCuFUI/AAAAAAAAAec/jE6_rtdpUgA/s1600/camille_72dpi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgDtDCuFUI/AAAAAAAAAec/jE6_rtdpUgA/s400/camille_72dpi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478633019141920066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Visiting one of Camille's exhibits is literally like stepping into another world. There are huge sculptural pieces surrounded by theatrical looking sets, and plush dolls that scale the walls. In addition to her amazing artist books, she also has a series of limited edition vinyl toys.<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgF8lIhXOI/AAAAAAAAAek/PrwrI_TfIcA/s1600/sdc2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/TAgF8lIhXOI/AAAAAAAAAek/PrwrI_TfIcA/s400/sdc2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478635485014351074" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Camille Rose Garcia holds a wonderfully distorted mirror up to our society, and tells stories we all know in a new and different kind of way. She blends the sweet with the sour to create a mix that is intoxicating and irresistible.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div align="right"><span class="style3"><!-- InstanceEndEditable --></span></div><table width="1026" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr> <td rowspan="4" valign="top" width="16"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oEX4vUWYcr4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oEX4vUWYcr4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />To see more of Camille Rose Garcia's work, visit her website<br />http://www.camillerosegarcia.com<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-13652675292919800452010-04-17T18:42:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.238-07:00Spoken Truth: The Art of Talia Taylor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S8uGR9X-00I/AAAAAAAAAdc/7-C616ojJJ4/s1600/talia+specs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S8uGR9X-00I/AAAAAAAAAdc/7-C616ojJJ4/s400/talia+specs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461606616207905602" border="0" /></a><br />It is hard to put into words what a treat it is to witness Talia Monique Taylor aka Klassiq bless the mic. Her poetry washes over you like colorful waves, the beauty and light of her message is powerful, her delivery intoxicating. Talia steps to the stage, grabs her audience, and draws us upward to the heavens.<br /><br /><object style="background-image: url("http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/sohHe6X6R6I/hqdefault.jpg");" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sohHe6X6R6I&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sohHe6X6R6I&hl=en_US&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />The Oakland, California based poetess and emcee has been writing and performing for over 10 years, and has performed alongside artists like Janelle Monae, Mystik, and Ursula Rucker. One pf her most recent performances was at Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen in the Bronx.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S8uRCnsO_YI/AAAAAAAAAdk/2vRHmaCH_m0/s1600/talia+stage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 349px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S8uRCnsO_YI/AAAAAAAAAdk/2vRHmaCH_m0/s400/talia+stage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461618447317138818" border="0" /></a> <object style="background-image: url("http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/4uC7gV4SHAU/hqdefault.jpg");" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4uC7gV4SHAU&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4uC7gV4SHAU&hl=en_US&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />As of late, Klassiq has been rapping, transforming her poetry into lyrics and laying down tracks with beats by Bay Area producers Gavin Grant, Nick James, and Bicasso. Talia has talent for days, and even sings the hooks on some of her tracks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S8ud34rS9GI/AAAAAAAAAds/4IxW7F0oyXs/s1600/talia+profile.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S8ud34rS9GI/AAAAAAAAAds/4IxW7F0oyXs/s400/talia+profile.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461632556549207138" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Ian Davis</span><br /><br />A graduate of the Creative Writing and Africana Studies programs at San Francisco State University, Talia has also started a scholarship fund, the FLOW Scholarship, to assist students interested in traveling abroad, an experience that enriched her own life.<br /><br />We'll definitely be hearing a lot more from this talented wordsmith.<br /><br />Here are some ways to keep up with Talia's offerings:<br /><br />Hear her tracks on myspace music: http://www.myspace.com/taliawashere<br />Follow her on twitter: http://twitter.com/eyekneeduhname<br />Her blog: http://since84.wordpress.com/<br />Her youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Klassiq84Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-87089626971083326882010-03-07T18:23:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.238-07:00The World of Mallory Michelle Dover<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5Rjg1FVIdI/AAAAAAAAAcs/TgA1JABZKYI/s1600-h/headdressClear.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5Rjg1FVIdI/AAAAAAAAAcs/TgA1JABZKYI/s400/headdressClear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446087265054171602" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"> Mallory Michelle Dover is a Kentucky-based artist who addresses themes ranging from black women's relationships with their hair to domestic violence with vibrant color and texture. Dover, who is currently an M.F.A. candidate at the University of Kentucky, says her work "is rooted in cultural acceptance, perceptions and identity. " Mallory has literally created her own universe, a language of elaborate shapes and symbols that are both eye-catching and thought-provoking. When she isn't teaching, Dover spends just about every waking moment hard at work in her studio, as she gears up for her M.F.A. Thesis exhibition, </span>Strange Malaise, <span style="font-style: italic;">on April 2nd.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">What was the inspiration behind your most recent body of work, The Angry Hair Series? What did you discover in the process of making and exhibiting this work?</span><br />My inspiration behind The Angry Hair Series came from personal experiences with relaxed and <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1268015208_0">natural hair</span>, along with the experiences of other women of African decent. At age 21, after 14 years of relaxing my naturally thick, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1268015208_1">curly hair</span>, I cut it all off and began wearing it natural. I was angry with all the women in my life that encouraged relaxed hair and discouraged natural hair. After awhile, I realized that even with my hair in its natural state, I felt that similar need to always do something to it. In the Angry Hair Series, I include women with natural and relaxed hair. I also include expressions that don't look so angry at all to comment on how we often mask our true emotions because of social constructs.<br />While making and exhibiting this work, I discovered that the issue of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1268015208_2">Black hair</span> is multi-layered. When older women see these paintings (i.e. my Gramma), there is a completely different discussion that occurs than when people in younger generations view them. With them, there is a stance that has been taking against natural hair that runs deeper than vanity, it is a means of protection. With these works, I leave traces of my actual thought process because of my desire to get people to talk about what is actually driving the need to permanently alter the natural state of their hair.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5RkchX6gDI/AAAAAAAAAc8/tXpYpAHpp_w/s1600-h/Angry+Hair+1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5RkchX6gDI/AAAAAAAAAc8/tXpYpAHpp_w/s400/Angry+Hair+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446088290555559986" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5RkE40X7lI/AAAAAAAAAc0/qwerEqrB2OI/s1600-h/Angry+Hair+Series+%286+of+9%29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5RkE40X7lI/AAAAAAAAAc0/qwerEqrB2OI/s400/Angry+Hair+Series+%286+of+9%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446087884532084306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">What was the inspiration for your extensive crocheted installations? What has the process of creating them been like?</span><br />My crochet installations are inspired by issues of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1268015208_3">domestic violence</span> and family dynamics. The process is monotonous, yet comforting. Tedious and uncomfortable, yet familiar and necessary. Crochet for this project is ideal, to me, because it serves as an umbrella for emotions that run deep within the dynamics of family.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5Rk_JRQa5I/AAAAAAAAAdE/uH3OyAO5fF8/s1600-h/Family+Dynamics+Installation.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5Rk_JRQa5I/AAAAAAAAAdE/uH3OyAO5fF8/s400/Family+Dynamics+Installation.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446088885380606866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The wigs you create are colorful and very tactile. What inspired you to create wigs "no one would actually wear in real life"?</span><br />The Wigs are a direct result of the Angry Hair Series, haha. I was doing public projects and interviewing so many people about hair--people of all races, both male and female and realized that no one was satisfied with the hair they were born with. I had people draw their favorite hairstyle and not one person ever drew something the resembled what they already had. So these wigs were created by drawing from the imagination and asking the question, "How would you like to see yourself?"<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">What artist has been particularly influential to you and why?</span><br />There are so many artists that I enjoy, but I would say <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1268015208_4">Chakaia Booker</span> has been one of the most influential. I admired and met her when I was in undergrad and she is just amazing. The way she dresses is uniquely and is unapologetically her. I am also always drawn to artists that think outside of the box. I love materials that are clever, so automatically I am wooed by what she does with tires. Her sculptures have such presence. You have to see them in person-photos just don't do justice.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5RlwkRFxTI/AAAAAAAAAdM/eNAYyiN2sVc/s1600-h/OnFireForYou-wig.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5RlwkRFxTI/AAAAAAAAAdM/eNAYyiN2sVc/s400/OnFireForYou-wig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446089734441256242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">You explore various aspects of African American culture in your work. What places and people have you drawn inspiration from?</span><br /> I am very interested in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1268015208_5">African American history</span> and varying family dynamics within this and other cultures. I draw inspiration from my grandmother and the older people in my family. I love listening to old stories-it's like a free history course. I also observe my own relationships with people-not limited to people of African decent-and am very much inspired.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">You are currently working towards your MFA in Arts Education. Has working on art with young people influence your practice in any way? And what made you want to go into arts education?</span><br />I am currently a MFA candidate in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1268015208_6">studio art</span>, although there was a period of time that I was going to get an additional degree (Masters in Arts Education). I am no longer pursuing that at this time but working with young people is still very important to me because these people need someone to help nourish their dreams. Working with young people has inevitably influenced my practice--I want to create work that inspires, encourages, informs, and transforms.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5RmfusNBSI/AAAAAAAAAdU/-2IxJaen3F8/s1600-h/Giant+Red+Rasta+Hat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S5RmfusNBSI/AAAAAAAAAdU/-2IxJaen3F8/s400/Giant+Red+Rasta+Hat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446090544693183778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What is the legacy you hope to leave as an artist?</span><br />I want to make great art that opens the minds and hearts of all people. I want to make art that touches lives. That's the legacy I intend to leave as an artist.<br /><br />Mallory Michelle Dover's MFA Thesis exhibition, <span style="font-style: italic;">Strange Malaise, </span>opens April 2nd, 2010 at the Tuska Center of Contemporary Art on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. The reception is from 5-7:30 pm<br /><br />For more on Mallory's work, check out her blog: http://mallorydover.blogspot.com/Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-52303951342534721092010-02-28T12:59:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.239-07:00Karen Seneferu Presents: Techno-Kisi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S4rag5WswiI/AAAAAAAAAck/xh47Ifxh-MU/s1600-h/kisi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S4rag5WswiI/AAAAAAAAAck/xh47Ifxh-MU/s400/kisi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443403358317363746" border="0" /></a><br />A few months ago I shared an interview with artist Karen Seneferu, who was then installing her latest work Techno-kisi, at the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles, California. Seneferu's piece got a lot of positive feedback, and was recently the subject of an interview for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's <span style="font-style: italic;">Open Space </span>blog, which you can read here:<br />http://blog.sfmoma.org/2010/02/techno-kisi-interview-with-artist-karen-seneferu/#more-9489<br /><br />Check out some video of the installation here:<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hC5pOlEqfi4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hC5pOlEqfi4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br /><br />And here is the artist's statement on Techno-kisi<br /><div class="left_metadata lfloat"><div id="photocaption_parent" class="clearfix"><div class="photocaption"><div class="photocaption_text">Karen Seneferu – Techno-kisi, 2009<br /><a href="http://anideacalledtomorrow.wordpress.com/category/karen-seneferu-and-kwahuumba/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),"><span>http://anideacalledtomorrow.wordpress.co</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>m/category/karen-seneferu-and-kwahuumba/</a><br />Technology has become the primary vehicle to navigate multiple discourses. But to some cultures, a future embedded in technology alone is not possible without engaging multiple mediums of communication for a sustainable future. Thus, collaboration will be at the center of inclusive change.<br /><br />The ancient force and form of the Nkisi is to protect. Out of the Congo Basin in Central Africa, the Nkisi literally means sacred medicine; the Nkisi takes a variety of forms from sculpture to container to a charm. Seneferu’s piece Techno-kisi is the first of its kind for the entire piece is made up of charms symbolic of individual community members in need of healing while multi-media, the center of the power force, protects the community.<br /><br />The technology symbolizes the belly. In this case, the console created by Buglabs shows a slide presentation of people Kwahuumba and Seneferu interviewed on film, named after the exhibition: An Idea Called Tomorrow. In collaborating with Buglabs, Seneferu attempts to unhook the seat of power, by enclosing the images of those who are often times outside of it.<br /><br />In a third element of the project, Kwahuumba and Seneferu recorded interviews of people from a broad cross-section of society to answer the questions “what is a sustainable future” and “who and how is it determined?” They were interested in looking at historically excluded communities who have been deterred from participating in the dialogue and the actions needed for change. They interviewed a wide range of activists both prominent to the world of the Green Movement, such as Majora Carter, an environmental justice advocate, who promotes green-collar jobs as a route out of poverty to Tyrone Stevenson, aka “Scraper Bike King,” a youth from East Oakland California who created a mobility craze that has gained worldwide fame by incorporating art and an eco-green philosophy to change his community. There are other diverse individuals who are just as relevant. What they all have in common is that they point out that in order for us to have a sustainable future, that “everyone on the planet must be seen as having a particular value that should be shared with the world.”<br /><br />Techno-Kisi is on display as part of the exhibition <span style="font-style: italic;">An Idea Called Tomorrow</span> until March 7th, 2010. http://www.skirball.org<br /></div></div></div><div id="phototags"><em><br /></em><span id="31098732_1275528338_0_name"></span> </div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hC5pOlEqfi4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hC5pOlEqfi4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-87535996400964088572010-02-08T17:25:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.239-07:00Performance: grunge*quest movement 10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S3DL9neK39I/AAAAAAAAAcM/rmqLkM0Vqag/s1600-h/DSCF0798.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S3DL9neK39I/AAAAAAAAAcM/rmqLkM0Vqag/s400/DSCF0798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436069009664171986" border="0" /></a><br />The atmosphere in Jon Delorme's playspace one cold February night was one of hushed awe. Audience members descended the staircase into a darkened room to find the floor scattered with "Kellyisms": purple glitter, a mirror framed in gold, candles, safety pins, honey, panties. A technicolor image of gumballs was projected on the back wall, casting a soft glow over a host of instruments: a drum set, an accordion, a keyboard, guitars. Tonight would be a special performance for many reasons: it was the 10th movement in Kelly Shaw Willman's remarkable grunge*quest series, her first live collaboration with avant-garde musician Jon Delorme, and the end of her New York residency. Willman will return home to Iowa for some quiet and space, along with a lot more bang for her buck.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S3DQKKJqbUI/AAAAAAAAAcU/UccKezV3sKs/s1600-h/DSCF0828.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S3DQKKJqbUI/AAAAAAAAAcU/UccKezV3sKs/s400/DSCF0828.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436073623178341698" border="0" /></a> The 10th installment of grunge*quest was delicate and magical in sound and imagery. Kelly utilized her voice, chanting her desire for "a quiet year." Delorme moved between a tabletop steel guitar and a Turkish banjo, building a sound that went from pixie dust to a thrashing crescendo. Kelly moved ritualistically through the space, cutting apples, placing panties at the feet of an audience member, spreading glitter.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S3DQxUGQo6I/AAAAAAAAAcc/Y8xqwvqci3A/s1600-h/DSCF0804.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S3DQxUGQo6I/AAAAAAAAAcc/Y8xqwvqci3A/s400/DSCF0804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436074295863321506" border="0" /></a> grunge*quest 10 was a perfect finale to the Brooklyn-based phase of this series of movements. It was the work of a woman coming into her own, and sharing that transformational journey. Her creative presence will truly be missed here, but I'm certain we'll be seeing much more of this energetically rising artist. Here is the full video of Kelly and Jon's performance:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9362851&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9362851&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9362851"><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9362851&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9362851&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></a></p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9362851">grunge*quest movement 10</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user395751">Marissa Arterberry</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">photos by Arhia Kohlmoos</span><br />Kelly Shaw Willman's blog:http://www.kellyshawwillman.blogspot.com<br />Jon Delorme's blog: http://www.jondelorme.blogspot.comMarissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-42777205668838347272010-01-22T15:44:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.239-07:00Marissa's Visual Diary: African Inspiration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1o7uQTp-7I/AAAAAAAAAbM/V20Rv0GwfJk/s1600-h/golden+lady.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1o7uQTp-7I/AAAAAAAAAbM/V20Rv0GwfJk/s400/golden+lady.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429717966585985970" border="0" /></a> Africa is the root of so much creativity which has spread throughout the world. Whether it's music, visual art, or fashion, you can find the presence of African aesthetics. I study a lot of images to feed my own creativity, and I wanted to share some of what I have in my "visual diary" that comes from Africa. The majority of these images were taken in two locations: The main library in Philadelphia had a wonderful exhibit of photography and sculpture over the summer that I was fortunate to get a look at, along with the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection of African art.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1o-KV41jfI/AAAAAAAAAbU/Yzg1eELuTAw/s1600-h/mask+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1o-KV41jfI/AAAAAAAAAbU/Yzg1eELuTAw/s400/mask+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429720648143703538" border="0" /></a> My work is heavily influenced by African imagery and sculpture, and I create facial markings, jewelry, and symbols for the characters I paint based on images such as these. Often it's not easy for African Americans to pinpoint what country in Africa they came from (although we do know that most descendants of those brought to the US during slavery have roots in West Africa), and my response to this has been to draw on the continent's rich cultural history and use my imagination to tell the story of my ancestors, powerful survivors and creators. My purpose is also to infuse the current phase of our journey with magic. Because as Mos Def says, we are living "life in marvelous times."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pBocIPTjI/AAAAAAAAAbc/PUPKbfDLvNo/s1600-h/woman+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pBocIPTjI/AAAAAAAAAbc/PUPKbfDLvNo/s400/woman+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429724463749877298" border="0" /></a> I also must give honorable mention to Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. What a resource! They have a photo archive where you can go in and request photos from a particular group, era, or topic, and they'll bring out boxes and boxes of archived material. You can lierally spend a day there just looking and soaking up visual information. I recently spent time there viewing photos from Bahia in the 1800s.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pDXXDf9YI/AAAAAAAAAbk/0oUDYLwOyRQ/s1600-h/braids+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pDXXDf9YI/AAAAAAAAAbk/0oUDYLwOyRQ/s400/braids+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429726369353299330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pGjqiK0kI/AAAAAAAAAbs/sxfY49xW9bU/s1600-h/braids+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pGjqiK0kI/AAAAAAAAAbs/sxfY49xW9bU/s400/braids+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429729879275524674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pHeVz6CsI/AAAAAAAAAb0/HM_Tm9V1hC4/s1600-h/sculpture+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pHeVz6CsI/AAAAAAAAAb0/HM_Tm9V1hC4/s400/sculpture+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429730887325059778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pIQE5vs3I/AAAAAAAAAb8/n7oCyq-arLA/s1600-h/heart+girl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pIQE5vs3I/AAAAAAAAAb8/n7oCyq-arLA/s400/heart+girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429731741779604338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pJLve1NBI/AAAAAAAAAcE/K2koJKCuplo/s1600-h/braids+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S1pJLve1NBI/AAAAAAAAAcE/K2koJKCuplo/s400/braids+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429732766821725202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-91465120310872416552010-01-10T11:25:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.239-07:00Now Showing: Marvelous Color<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0or_uVysQI/AAAAAAAAAak/P3jDEWXeNCg/s1600-h/storm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0or_uVysQI/AAAAAAAAAak/P3jDEWXeNCg/s400/storm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425197074892370178" border="0" /></a> The Caribbean Cultural Center and African Diasporan Institute in Manhattan's latest exhibit is <span style="font-style: italic;">Marvelous Color</span>, a tribute to Black superheroes of the Marvel Comics universe. The exhibition includes artwork from various comics series from the 1960s to the present. In addition to comic book sketches, covers, and illustrations, each wall was hand painted with these superheroes in larger-than-life size.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0ou9nJdmnI/AAAAAAAAAas/wtKEBs3VqwY/s1600-h/wall+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0ou9nJdmnI/AAAAAAAAAas/wtKEBs3VqwY/s400/wall+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425200337136753266" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0ov5ERs4dI/AAAAAAAAAa0/cxaN-pp1T7o/s1600-h/wall+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0ov5ERs4dI/AAAAAAAAAa0/cxaN-pp1T7o/s400/wall+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425201358568219090" border="0" /></a> The exhibition was produced by Somos Arte with the help of Marvel's editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada (who also created The Santerians, a team of superheroes based on the Orishas of the Santeria religion: www.santerians.com), and includes some of Marvel's most popular superheroes, such as Storm from the X-Men and The Black Panther, along with other heroes who had their heyday in the 60s and 70s, such as Luke Cage and The Falcon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0o0KYwcZvI/AAAAAAAAAa8/Tr_NqnJQDZo/s1600-h/blade.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0o0KYwcZvI/AAAAAAAAAa8/Tr_NqnJQDZo/s400/blade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425206054170158834" border="0" /></a> My personal favorite ( I was a HUGE X-Men comic book fan growing up) was the wall devoted to Storm, particularly the illustrations of her in that fabulous 1970s costume (she looks part superhero, part Bond girl!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0o1_zrdVbI/AAAAAAAAAbE/aXGkXhODQt8/s1600-h/storm2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0o1_zrdVbI/AAAAAAAAAbE/aXGkXhODQt8/s400/storm2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425208071441700274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> Marvelous Color</span> is on display until February 26th at CCCADI, 408 West 58th Street in New York City. For more information, log onto:<br />http://www.cccadi.org<br />http://www.marvelouscolor.com/<br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-61518306526122761722010-01-04T16:21:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.239-07:00Now Showing: Live To Change Something Through Art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0KGYTX1chI/AAAAAAAAAaE/zewMjDNHjrA/s1600-h/restoration+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0KGYTX1chI/AAAAAAAAAaE/zewMjDNHjrA/s400/restoration+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423044653382726162" border="0" /></a> There's an arts renaissance happening in Brooklyn. The lens of the New York art world, typically trained on Manhattan and its established artists, museums, and galleries, is shifting its focus towards Brooklyn, a borough fast becoming hotbed of emerging artists, galleries, and alternative spaces. Coup d' etat Arts Collective has captured much of this lively energy in their latest show, <span style="font-style: italic;">Live To Change Something Through Art. </span>The show, featuring a variety of Brooklyn-based emerging talent, was curated by Brownsville native Nakeisha Gumbs, and drew quite a crowd to the Skylight Gallery at Restoration Plaza in the heart of Bed-Stuy for its November opening reception. The show was sponsored by Puma (some of the artists even received pairs of complimentary sneakers) along with local Brooklyn businesses Karen's Body Beautiful and Kush.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0KLhE0pVbI/AAAAAAAAAaM/Z_4Z1-3LVdw/s1600-h/alzo_boat_boy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0KLhE0pVbI/AAAAAAAAAaM/Z_4Z1-3LVdw/s400/alzo_boat_boy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423050301653996978" border="0" /></a><br />Says Coup d'etat co-founder Rasu Jilani, "the voices of urban image-makers have too often been dismissed as inarticulate and underexposed. This exhibition was developed to help my fellow creators build positive awareness of their work while exposing our youth to the many vehicles of self-expression."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0KP5GcPoNI/AAAAAAAAAaU/YJWMllCs9LA/s1600-h/lichiban_wood.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0KP5GcPoNI/AAAAAAAAAaU/YJWMllCs9LA/s400/lichiban_wood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423055112451891410" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The works chosen for the show reflect a variety of perspectives, from the deeply personal, to political, and even spiritual. <span style="font-style: italic;">Live To Change Something Through </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Art </span>is on display <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>until January 31st at Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street, 3rd floor, Brooklyn, New York. Skylight Gallery hours: Wednesday through Friday 11am-6pm, Saturdays 1pm-6pm<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0KQj4IUI8I/AAAAAAAAAac/PoEwTOBsbT0/s1600-h/girl_woman_reflection+photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/S0KQj4IUI8I/AAAAAAAAAac/PoEwTOBsbT0/s400/girl_woman_reflection+photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423055847344579522" border="0" /></a> <br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-78497122085451714472009-12-26T21:16:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.239-07:00The Art of Sesame Street<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Szbvky9JfAI/AAAAAAAAAZc/f-bnolWcKc8/s1600-h/sesame+street+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Szbvky9JfAI/AAAAAAAAAZc/f-bnolWcKc8/s400/sesame+street+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419782617019546626" border="0" /></a><br />Many of us grew up on Sesame Street. It was how we learned about colors, numbers, and letters. For me, Sesame Street became a major creative influence, and I often revisit its imagery for inspiration. The Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary with an exhibition of artwork from yesteryear and now. I love this illustration (above) from the 1970s, with Bob sitting on the stoop (how Brooklyn is that?) and Big Bird looked so different!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Szb7W8oAH9I/AAAAAAAAAZk/5c5TgAMeH30/s1600-h/sesame+street+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Szb7W8oAH9I/AAAAAAAAAZk/5c5TgAMeH30/s400/sesame+street+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419795573236572114" border="0" /></a> Sesame Street introduced young audience to everyone from Richard Pryor to Buffy Sainte-Marie. Its multiracial cast (and multicolored puppets) taught kids about getting along with people from all backgrounds, and respect for different cultures. Here are some wonderful examples:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pROGfJ4qcmQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pROGfJ4qcmQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vLemMfRnNhU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vLemMfRnNhU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Szb_ilWlzEI/AAAAAAAAAZs/LfBI2yw9SPg/s1600-h/sesame+street+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Szb_ilWlzEI/AAAAAAAAAZs/LfBI2yw9SPg/s400/sesame+street+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419800171194469442" border="0" /></a><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eJh_EUrEAZg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eJh_EUrEAZg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /> Sesame Street was a mirror of the times, delving into folk music with the likes of Steve Zuckerman, and some segments were downright psychedelic, like pinball with the Pointer Sisters.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wc1RfFYxZ2I&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wc1RfFYxZ2I&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JZshZp-cxKg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JZshZp-cxKg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Sesame Street: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street is on display until Feb. 21st, 2010. Check it out and take a colorful stroll down memory lane. Log onto: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/sesamestreet/ for more info<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SzcDtOMxUvI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/7dcWwexpo3k/s1600-h/sesame+street+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SzcDtOMxUvI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/7dcWwexpo3k/s400/sesame+street+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419804752004338418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SzcEhF1RCDI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/2VrQbhJxM_k/s1600-h/sesame+street+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SzcEhF1RCDI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/2VrQbhJxM_k/s400/sesame+street+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419805643111467058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-18036226741666072962009-12-26T20:14:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.240-07:00Updates: Work in progress!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SzbhXeaF3NI/AAAAAAAAAZU/jpKdfVcwb8w/s1600-h/osun_quilt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SzbhXeaF3NI/AAAAAAAAAZU/jpKdfVcwb8w/s400/osun_quilt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419766995002711250" border="0" /></a> As the year draws quickly to a close, I have a lot to reflect on, and a lot to be thankful for. January will mark Black Butterfly's one year anniversary, and so much has changed since then! I started this blog not long after the inauguration of Barack Obama, after having moved back home from New York at the height of the economic recession. I was unemployed, broke, and feeling kind of useless, but at the same time feeling so much optimism and hope for the future. After all I had just witnessed history unfold with the election of this nation's first Black president. How could one not be inspired to follow their dreams, to do more and be more? It was in that spirit that Black Butterfly was created. When not in search of employment, I spent my time researching artists at the local library in San Jose (The Martin Luther King Jr. library has a stunning collection of artists' books), painting, and taking photographs and writing about artists I love and shows that inspired me. Black Butterfly has truly been a labor of love, and I'm thankful for every reader, every comment (they literally make my day), and that yall take the time to read this blog ;)<br /> That said, the past few weeks I've been going a little nuts because computer failure kept me from making my updates. I'm happy to say the problem has been fixed, so expect a flurry of posts this week (I usually try to space them out a bit), there's so much I want to share!<br /> The photo above is a watercolor painting I'm working on as part of an installation piece, and she's resting on my favorite heirloom quilt. More pictures of the finished project coming soon!<br /> I think 2009 was a year that tested us all. And if that's the case, I hope that you learned something about yourself and were able to tap into your own resilient spirit in the process. I hope it's caused you to think outside the box, chase your dreams, and delve deeper into your passions, goals, and reconsider what's important to you. I hope that 2010 brings the realization of your wildest dreams, and alignment with your vision and purpose. Thank you for reading.<br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-20935580067963046952009-11-18T19:48:00.000-08:002011-07-01T10:40:13.240-07:00Now Showing: An Idea Called Tomorrow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SwTDHf-3wfI/AAAAAAAAAZA/NdSvDJIgenk/s1600/karen+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SwTDHf-3wfI/AAAAAAAAAZA/NdSvDJIgenk/s400/karen+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405659986363138546" border="0" /></a> You may remember artist Karen Seneferu from her inspiring interview featured on Black Butterfly a few months ago. Well since then she has been hard at work literally taking her Techno-Kisi concept to new heights. The life-size figure, this one done in warm shades of red and yellow (and with new interviews broadcasting from its belly), is on display at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles as part of their latest exhibition <span style="font-style: italic;">An Idea Called Tomorrow.</span> This is one piece that is definitely worth seeing and experiencing in person.<br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">An Idea Called Tomorrow </span>runs from November 19th to March 10th. Log onto their website for more info. :<br />http://www.skirball.org/index.php<br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-77183487556340619642009-10-12T14:09:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.240-07:00Kelly Shaw Willman: grunge*quest, Movement 7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOnl5Qm6rI/AAAAAAAAAXs/f2ujsvI8omQ/s1600-h/kelly+green.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOnl5Qm6rI/AAAAAAAAAXs/f2ujsvI8omQ/s400/kelly+green.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391837448360094386" border="0" /></a> Performance artist Kelly Shaw Willman's grunge*quest continues, with the most recent glittery installment, Movement 7, taking place within her apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The performance space (Kelly's shared living room) was dimly lit, her audience encircled on plush couches and chairs, surrounding a sculptural installation.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOsgqj3rNI/AAAAAAAAAX0/apF97syH2Aw/s1600-h/kelly+space.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOsgqj3rNI/AAAAAAAAAX0/apF97syH2Aw/s400/kelly+space.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391842856073145554" border="0" /></a> The installation evoked feelings of intimacy and girlhood with toys, candy sprinkles, and brightly colored panties carefully arranged. There were three sets of small shelves in the space, containing an array of small spheres covered in glitter, and panties bundled into more sculptural pieces hanging from the ceiling. The piece that most struck my fancy was a brightly colored toy bunny head sitting in a bowl of sprinkles.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOvuVyUqjI/AAAAAAAAAYM/Ir2m9a-d9mo/s1600-h/kelly+glitter+bunny+sprinkles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOvuVyUqjI/AAAAAAAAAYM/Ir2m9a-d9mo/s400/kelly+glitter+bunny+sprinkles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391846389549673010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOwFFAIAZI/AAAAAAAAAYU/BGstPeqmHJ8/s1600-h/kelly+glitter+balls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOwFFAIAZI/AAAAAAAAAYU/BGstPeqmHJ8/s400/kelly+glitter+balls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391846780181152146" border="0" /></a> As the performance began, Kelly started two tape players, one playing recordings of a conversation between several people, and the other playing what seemed to be the sounds of some kind of airplane or engine.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOyTs_pBsI/AAAAAAAAAYc/5buE4OYCNc8/s1600-h/kelly+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StOyTs_pBsI/AAAAAAAAAYc/5buE4OYCNc8/s400/kelly+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391849230457964226" border="0" /></a> Willman moved through the space doused in flour (or baby powder?), performing a series of almost ritualistic actions. She was a woman stirring her own pot, making her own magic right before our eyes. At one point, she sliced open some apples and filled them with crimson glitter. They looked as though they were oozing a beautiful blood. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StO0qhnf4uI/AAAAAAAAAYk/lM1u9IbB9VE/s1600-h/kelly+apples.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StO0qhnf4uI/AAAAAAAAAYk/lM1u9IbB9VE/s400/kelly+apples.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391851821564158690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StO0qhnf4uI/AAAAAAAAAYk/lM1u9IbB9VE/s1600-h/kelly+apples.jpg"> </a><br />At another point, Kelly poured a bowl of honey over her head, most likely as an ode to Oshun, an African deity of love, sensuality and fertility. Oshun's energy was a perfect addition to this very womanly performance piece. And one can't help but make connections between the use of apples in the space and the temptation of Eve in the garden of Eden.<br /> Further into the performance, Kelly picked up the various pairs of panties that were on the floor, and placed them at the feet or on the laps of her audience members, along with a small bottle of blue water. Then she walked into the bathroom. Everyone followed her in, and there we witnessed the grand finale, which was Willman sitting in a bathtub full of blue water, covered in red glitter.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StO25PkKT4I/AAAAAAAAAYs/9gbBfCcnZhA/s1600-h/kelly+tub.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 470px; height: 352px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/StO25PkKT4I/AAAAAAAAAYs/9gbBfCcnZhA/s400/kelly+tub.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391854273439616898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> Audience members took the bottles full of blue water they'd been given earlier and added it to the bath water. It was almost like a communal baptism of some sort. There she sat peacefully in the tub, as sounds from one of the tape recorders squawked and sputtered in the background. I was reminded of a scene in Ousmane Sembene's 1966 noir film <span style="font-style: italic;">Black Girl</span>,<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>where a French Family's Senegalese maid commits suicide and is found in the bathtub, killing herself in anguish over being mistreated and feeling out of place in a strange new land. Kelly is indeed far from home, but her bathtub scene marked a rebirth of sorts. I cannot wait to see what this remarkable young artist offers up next.<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-65606709346206680642009-09-12T11:17:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.240-07:00Performance: Aisha Tandiwe Bell<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SqvmWZeE0AI/AAAAAAAAAWU/i5dBMweUBFw/s1600-h/100_2241.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SqvmWZeE0AI/AAAAAAAAAWU/i5dBMweUBFw/s400/100_2241.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380647452292730882" border="0" /></a> Bear with me folks. I'm going to try really hard to describe what defies description. Artist Aisha Tandiwe Bell's performance at Brooklyn's Corridor Gallery was mesmerizing and soul-stirring. I've never seen anything like it.<br />Aisha is a multimedia artist. She works in performance, sculpture, and painting, so I arrived at Corridor not knowing what to expect. I found a space that was alive with her installations of Black girls gracing the walls.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqvofgg0d4I/AAAAAAAAAWc/7OtDmVVTeIA/s1600-h/100_2218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqvofgg0d4I/AAAAAAAAAWc/7OtDmVVTeIA/s400/100_2218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380649807825368962" border="0" /></a> When viewing Bell's visual works, I was struck by the skilled rendering of her figures. The Black girls were drawn with sullen expressions on their faces, and had hollow white ceramic faces attached to their heads. I loved the fact that the ceramic faces cast shadows onto the girls' heads.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SqvrQqlg7sI/AAAAAAAAAWk/jYvbMAN35FM/s1600-h/100_2217.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SqvrQqlg7sI/AAAAAAAAAWk/jYvbMAN35FM/s400/100_2217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380652851366260418" border="0" /></a><br />Other figures incorporated fabric and more of her beautiful sculptural pieces. The repetition of faces and forms, with some emerging out of bodies suggest connections to ancestry. And for people of African descent, ancestry can be fraught with pain and mysteries to unravel. Bell's characters appear to carry around ghostly weights. Aisha says her work "is about our individual burdens, insecurities, and self-prescribed traps, walls, armor, masks, stereotypes, that we wear/carry out of habit, comfort, fear, sloth, and shame. 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When the performance began, she handed each member of the audience 2 faces and instructed us to bang them together in a particular rhythm.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv4Yg6zrvI/AAAAAAAAAW8/UbEtjvDHnJ8/s1600-h/100_2213.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv4Yg6zrvI/AAAAAAAAAW8/UbEtjvDHnJ8/s400/100_2213.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380667279861329650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv4_xDp1VI/AAAAAAAAAXE/R8-Aos_NqwE/s1600-h/100_2244.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv4_xDp1VI/AAAAAAAAAXE/R8-Aos_NqwE/s400/100_2244.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380667954208298322" border="0" /></a> As we beat the faces together, Aisha donned a white skirt and top, and a belt with the ceramic faces hanging from it. She began to wind her waist in time to the beat, and the faces began to clatter and crash together. The sound it created was otherworldly. Bell danced until the faces broke in pieces and fell to the floor.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv6QYSLWpI/AAAAAAAAAXM/-yTyV_HeBAQ/s1600-h/100_2228.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv6QYSLWpI/AAAAAAAAAXM/-yTyV_HeBAQ/s400/100_2228.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380669339127732882" border="0" /></a> When all the faces had broken and fallen off, Aisha got into the tin tub and began bathing herself in the blue water. By this time the energy in the room was so heightened that the rhythm the audience had started beating with the faces sped up to a feverish pace.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv7jhzfxOI/AAAAAAAAAXU/qiaGOKNdZ0E/s1600-h/100_2233.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv7jhzfxOI/AAAAAAAAAXU/qiaGOKNdZ0E/s400/100_2233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380670767612544226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv8NTAiomI/AAAAAAAAAXc/R1nVY94fKqc/s1600-h/100_2237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv8NTAiomI/AAAAAAAAAXc/R1nVY94fKqc/s400/100_2237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380671485195231842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv8ynHEvKI/AAAAAAAAAXk/k-tvkMTcRXU/s1600-h/100_2241.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sqv8ynHEvKI/AAAAAAAAAXk/k-tvkMTcRXU/s400/100_2241.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380672126246501538" border="0" /></a> The performance and installation were so powerful. It was the finale of Bell's month-long residency at Corridor Gallery, and what a finish it was! Aisha Tandiwe Bell is definitely an artist to watch. Expect to see much more of her here on Black Butterfly. For more on Bell and her work, check out her website:<br />http://www.superhueman.com<br /><br />And for more info. on the Corridor Gallery:<br />http://www.corridorgallerybrooklyn.org<br /><br />And check out this amazing video of one of Aisha's past performances:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IXa8hYtKGFE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IXa8hYtKGFE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-71935815367291142902009-08-30T08:01:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.240-07:00Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqVm9qhlaI/AAAAAAAAAT0/5_8Nj-D7elY/s1600-h/100_2193.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqVm9qhlaI/AAAAAAAAAT0/5_8Nj-D7elY/s400/100_2193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375773601840600482" border="0" /></a> As the whole world probably knows by now, yesterday would have been Michael Jackson's 51st Birthday. Folks in New York were doing it big, there were parties galore, MJ flash mobs, and all kinds of events. And Spike Lee put together a very special gathering at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The buzz on Spike Lee's big free MJ dance party in the park had been growing for weeks. The event was even moved from Fort Greene Park to the much larger Prospect Park because about 10,000 people were expected to show up. The music was provided by DJ Spinna, and he dug deep in the crates, pulling out gems like<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqdzxYQpFI/AAAAAAAAAUE/MSkaDSkfNt0/s1600-h/100_2156.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqdzxYQpFI/AAAAAAAAAUE/MSkaDSkfNt0/s400/100_2156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375782617974088786" border="0" /></a> "Enjoy Yourself", "Got To Be There", as well as anthems like "Thriller" and "Beat It".<br /><br />The huge gathering was not only peaceful but entirely positive. People of all ages sang and danced together, with the lyrics to some of Jackson's songs projected on big jumbo-trons so everybody could sing along. There were also cameramen who moved throughout the crowd and projected wonderful shots of people dancing, and folks in costume. One highlight was a little body who couldn't have been more than four (he was tiny!) jumped out in a fedora and white glove, and started moonwalking, hit all of Michael's signature moves, and then he went up on his toes! The crowd went nuts.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Spqf259swGI/AAAAAAAAAUM/zjIkYncM9wg/s1600-h/100_2182.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Spqf259swGI/AAAAAAAAAUM/zjIkYncM9wg/s400/100_2182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375784870841466978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Spqf259swGI/AAAAAAAAAUM/zjIkYncM9wg/s1600-h/100_2182.JPG"> </a><br />Legendary director Spike Lee also doubled as hype man, commanding the crowd to sing and put their hands in the air. He, Tracy Morgan, and Taraji P. Henson lead the crowd through rounds of "Mama se mama sa mama koo sa" on "Wanna Be Starting Something." The Reverend Al Sharpton also spoke about how Michael broke down barriers and changed the face of music, and tied Michael Jackson's legacy to that of Ted Kennedy's and other pioneers. He also reminded us that this weekend marked 4 years since the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and it meant we still had a long way to go. DJ Spinna played a perfect mix of dance tunes and ballads, and gets props for busting out sister Rebbie Jackson's <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="classic" leohighlights_url="http%3A//thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/highlights/keywords?keywords%3Dclassic">classic</leo_highlight> hit "Centipede". He knows his stuff.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqiPmEQhkI/AAAAAAAAAUU/kGzsECu-QtE/s1600-h/100_2167.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 235px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqiPmEQhkI/AAAAAAAAAUU/kGzsECu-QtE/s400/100_2167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375787494020253250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqkoLbS1AI/AAAAAAAAAUk/Vg2tcknwCJw/s1600-h/100_2198.JPG"> </a><br /><br />A huge part of what made this event so positive and special was the wonderful people of Brooklyn. There is truly no place like BK, and folks bring a communal vibe and high spirits whenever they come together. The energy of the crowd was electric, and also felt like one big neighborhood block party. We woke up to steady rainfall in New York that morning, and at first I worried the event would get rained out. Everyone showed up in their boots and armed with umbrellas just in case. But the rain held throughout the event, and towards the end as we all sang "Man In The Mirror", the sun came out. It was beautiful. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqkoLbS1AI/AAAAAAAAAUk/Vg2tcknwCJw/s1600-h/100_2198.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqkoLbS1AI/AAAAAAAAAUk/Vg2tcknwCJw/s400/100_2198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375790115389101058" border="0" /></a>Here are some of my favorite shots of people in the crowd. Props to the guy who got real creative and showed up as Mars, Spike Lee's character in <span style="font-style: italic;">She's </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Gotta Have It</span>.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>And the brotha knew how to pose. Fierce!! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqrdgolDmI/AAAAAAAAAVc/6WxCnaFvuXE/s1600-h/100_2186.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SpqrdgolDmI/AAAAAAAAAVc/6WxCnaFvuXE/s400/100_2186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375797628684799586" border="0" /></a> Thank you Michael Jackson for all the wonderful music, and thank you Spike Lee for throwing one helluva party in his honor.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Spqw_d83pRI/AAAAAAAAAWM/9DerhhRoDB0/s1600-h/100_2178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Spqw_d83pRI/AAAAAAAAAWM/9DerhhRoDB0/s400/100_2178.JPG" alt="" 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href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-WwjpvwLI/AAAAAAAAATE/S5xFqeTeenU/s1600-h/karen+installation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 272px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-WwjpvwLI/AAAAAAAAATE/S5xFqeTeenU/s400/karen+installation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368175041797144754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Karen Seneferu is a mixed media artist based in Richmond, California. Her ancestral-inspired creations have made her one of the Bay Area's artistic treasures. Read on for insight into her creative mind.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-m0Br3WbI/AAAAAAAAATM/iCE2gQbRV1k/s1600-h/Karen+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-m0Br3WbI/AAAAAAAAATM/iCE2gQbRV1k/s400/Karen+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368192693584746930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-oL3VwnuI/AAAAAAAAATU/-4unHbS946Y/s1600-h/Karen+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-oL3VwnuI/AAAAAAAAATU/-4unHbS946Y/s400/Karen+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368194202636164834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />How long have you been creating art? What first sparked your interest in it? <div><br /></div> <div><strong> I have been making art and recognized as an a</strong><strong>rtist for about 5 years. I am a late bloomer, but I had been told by a nu</strong><strong>mber of people, at least 15 years ago, that I was an artist. It took me 10 years to acknowledge myself as one, but since then I have received immediate recognition in the galleries and just recently museums.</strong></div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div><br />How does your community influence your creativity?</div> <div><br /><strong>I make art with them in mind, that is my immediate community, the people I work on behalf of, family, and those I live with are on my min</strong><strong>d when I create, yeah even other artists, I am creating with them in mind. I wa</strong><strong>nt them to be cleansed, then struck, then compelled. I want them to see how beautiful they are. That is at the core of my work t</strong><strong>o reveal the beauty within. B</strong><strong>ut since the African Diaspora represents, also, such dehumanizing experiences that history as a way of dusting off and returning to the core of the self. I try to mediate the relationship between the public and private for the community, establishing memorial, and I hope it extends beyond my own.</strong></div><strong> </strong><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-pPT51yiI/AAAAAAAAATc/FKlQVLrqGz8/s1600-h/Karen+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-pPT51yiI/AAAAAAAAATc/FKlQVLrqGz8/s400/Karen+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368195361354926626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-qIyv52lI/AAAAAAAAATk/pP4rntCNbFU/s1600-h/Karen+4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-qIyv52lI/AAAAAAAAATk/pP4rntCNbFU/s400/Karen+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368196348887292498" border="0" /></a><br />Who are some of your favorite artists? </div> <div><br /><strong>Betye Saar, the Saar Women, Dominique Moody, Willie Little, Toni Scott, Joe Sam, Malik Seneferu, my husband, fill me up with ener</strong><strong>gy to move as an artist, and <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249877473_2">Renee Stout</span>, her influences are so compelling, she is such an exciting artist, that I would have to say she is my spiritual guider since the first time I showed my art, publicly. I know there are others; some I have not seen or connected yet.</strong></div> <div><br />You've created some amazing dolls of intricate detail. What inspired you to make these dolls, and what is your process for creating them?<br /></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Thank you, Marissa. I made them originally on be</strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>half of<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249877473_3">Sara Baartman</span>, labeled “<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249877473_4">Venus Hottentot</span>.” In 1810, 20 year old Baartman, was taken to England by a British sergeant, where she was caged and displayed naked for European society to gawk at her buttocks and genitals, for they thought her body an oddity different from their own. She was traded to a French animal trainer, and when the novelty of her difference wore off, the French trainer threw her out, and she was forced into prostitution, dying at the age of 2</strong></span></strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>5 from alcoholism and venereal disease</strong>.</span></strong></span></p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong></strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Sara’s experience typifies, for me, the conception of black sexuality and the impact this exploitation has on the African community. It creates an environment where the mother is incapable of providing, or she does not produce a legacy to continue the culture of that group. </strong></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Therefore, the soft figurative sculptures symbolize Sara Baartm</strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>an’s legacy; the fig</strong><strong>urines are not dolls, not play things.They are sacred images that evoke the ancestors of the past as they preside over present living ancestors. These sculptures are relics.</strong></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong style="font-family: times new roman;">In terms of making them, I think about a design, a pattern I like in an art book, the museum, or sometimes, it is a style of art from an artist. Once I tried to create a pattern that Joe Sam designs of his face when he signs his signature. I implied it to one of the dolls, and I really liked how that one came out. Or, it</strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong style="font-family: times new roman;"> might be a pattern I see on a street or sidewalk. Now, I am </strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">working on a piece that has been taking some years to finish that reflects the quilt patterns of the Gee's Bend</span></span>.</span></strong></p><strong><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">How does the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249877473_5">African diaspora</span> influence your work?</span></div> <div><br /><strong>The reservoir is so deep and wide: it is the pulse of </strong><strong>my existence and creativity</strong>. <strong>However, my new work is an integration of the ancient past and present technology, so I am aware of today's forces to the extent that it has become mediums of communication, and I use it as a frequency of that<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">-</span>but as a form to hearken back to something deeper.</strong></div> <div> </div> <div><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-sYTM4iYI/AAAAAAAAATs/kJ6JOXX2Ca4/s1600-h/Karen+5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sn-sYTM4iYI/AAAAAAAAATs/kJ6JOXX2Ca4/s400/Karen+5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368198814320068994" border="0" /></a></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">You also create extensive installations. Can you talk a</span><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">bout what inspires these and your process for creating them?</span></div> <div><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><br /><strong>Well, my second exhibition was at Pro Arts Gallery in </strong><strong><strong></strong></strong><strong>Oakland. I came in second place out of 60 artists for one of my sculptures. However, a chair that I created that was covered in beans, rice, seed, beads, stuff I like to put on found objects, was also in the exhibition. When I went to the gallery, days before the exhibition, I saw my chair and sculpture standing in white space, and my pieces felt dead to me. In my work, I like to create narratives around the pieces, an environment where the pieces watch or preside over the objects that surround the sculptures.</strong><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div><strong> I looked at the chair, and finally I decide that I would put the African continent around it. So, I rallied my husband for pieces</strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><strong> of granite we had around our cottage, my mother for flowers, and my father for pennies, and arranged candles, flowers, and various objects inside and on top of the granite. Initially, I did not know what I was doing. I did it because it felt good to me, and it conveyed a story I wanted to tell. I did not know that process was called installation or altar. Since I am a self-taught artist, I find out what the thing is sometimes after the experience. Now, at some point when I create an i</strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><strong>nstallation, the family, the community assist in the development of it. It is a tricky commitment. Everyone wants to create, and I believe everyone has </strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><strong>the ability to do it, but when the community is involved, I have to be careful with them. Because of their own desires to create, they tend to want to put their paint on my canvas, so to speak.</strong></div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> One of your most recent sculptures, Two Degrees, merges technology with Yoruba spiritual tradition. What was your vision in bringing these elements together? Will you continue to use technology in your work? </span><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></div> <div><span style="font-size:130%;"> I am influenced by Renee Stout, particularly her piece "Fetish II" where she created an nkisi of herself. An nkisi transl</span><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong><span style="font-size:130%;">ates to types of spiritual medicine, but also refers to "elevated spirits". The power image has been the piece that I have been dialoging with speaking to and back to the origin of this work, the Republic of Congo. The technology rose out of wanting to find a different path of communication, on the one hand, appearing to expose the mystery within the nkisi while hiding it in plain sight normally located in the belly of the sculpture.<br /></span></div><div style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Technology is something I am interested in continuing to work with. I would like to get involved with robotics.</span></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">How do African spiritual traditions play out in your work? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px;"> It is at the core of my growth as an artist; without it I nor does my work exist. </span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px;">Many of your pieces are <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247722984_2" style="outline-style: none; line-height: 1.2em;">mixed media</span> and incorporate many different materials.</span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Where do you find the objects you use? Do you have any favorite materials? </span><br /></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I like to go to rummage sales, secondhand stores, crafts stores, and just walking down the street.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">What do you hope your legacy as an artist will be?</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I hope my legacy will inspire my family, my community, others to heal themselves and find beauty within.<br /><br />For more about Karen and her work, log onto:<br />http://aestheticacension.ning.com/profile/karencarrawayseneferu<br /></span></div></strong><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-65984172492136161932009-08-02T12:38:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.241-07:00Artist to Watch: Ramon Martins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXxaE9Z4FI/AAAAAAAAASI/ADCW2NX0aO4/s1600-h/ramon+martins.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXxaE9Z4FI/AAAAAAAAASI/ADCW2NX0aO4/s400/ramon+martins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365459961391997010" border="0" /></a> Brazilian artist Ramon Martins works in an infinite number of styles, and appears to be influenced by many different cultures. The majority of information I could find on him was in Portugese, so enjoy the visual goodness. He works in a language that's universal.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXyTFGRtAI/AAAAAAAAASQ/otjj3SxjbnY/s1600-h/ramon+martins+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXyTFGRtAI/AAAAAAAAASQ/otjj3SxjbnY/s400/ramon+martins+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365460940681753602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXylxtFs9I/AAAAAAAAASY/EICsJMGmM3U/s1600-h/ramon+martins+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXylxtFs9I/AAAAAAAAASY/EICsJMGmM3U/s400/ramon+martins+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365461261893350354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXy3BU-rMI/AAAAAAAAASg/kLXLmHehbH0/s1600-h/ramon+martins+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXy3BU-rMI/AAAAAAAAASg/kLXLmHehbH0/s400/ramon+martins+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365461558144969922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXzOwBrPdI/AAAAAAAAASo/IWgLcxCJpT0/s1600-h/ramon+martins+6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXzOwBrPdI/AAAAAAAAASo/IWgLcxCJpT0/s400/ramon+martins+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365461965817462226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXzoLqXPPI/AAAAAAAAASw/6_ur95NM8Po/s1600-h/ramon+martins+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SnXzoLqXPPI/AAAAAAAAASw/6_ur95NM8Po/s400/ramon+martins+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365462402732604658" border="0" /></a>To see more of Ramon's work, visit:<br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramonmartins<br /><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-10959299420563778262009-07-11T19:16:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.241-07:00Upcoming in Oakland: Afrikanation Art Exchange/Ebony's Going Away Party<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SllOJvZuMGI/AAAAAAAAASA/dItsBs_k2go/s1600-h/eid+photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SllOJvZuMGI/AAAAAAAAASA/dItsBs_k2go/s400/eid+photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357399160984055906" border="0" /></a><br />Where can I even begin when discussing the thrilling work that has been a part of artist/community organizer Ebony Iman Dallas' Masters' Thesis over the past couple of years? Her thesis centered around bringing together artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally to promote unity and positive change in the community. That's all I'll say, I'm saving the rest for future writings on Ms. Dallas ;)<br /><br />Friday, July 17th Ebony will host the Interactive Art Exchange Exhibition, which will also serve as her going away party, since she's bound for Southern California. If you're in the Bay Area, come out and celebrate this landmark project, and enjoy some wonderful art and music as well.<br />The show will take place at Coffee With A Beat, right next to Lake Merritt in Oakland.<br /><br /><br /><div class="entry"> <p>Coffee With a Beat • 458 Perkins Ave., Oakland, CA • Friday, July 17 • 6p - 10p</p> <p>Please come out and celebrate the work of 12 dynamic artists who participated in my final thesis project entitled Afrikanation Interactive Art Exchange. The point of this project was to unify all people of African decent and supporters in order to join minds and create solutions to common problems through art. These collaborations took place around the topics of Family and Traditions as well as Goals and Dreams. This combination of musicians, painters, poets, and video production artists truly formed a rich experience that we would like to share with you. Please invite your family and friends.</p> <p>Participants include:<br />Eesuu Orundide • Painter<br />Anthony J Hall • Poet<br />David Goodlett • Guitar Player<br />Tatek Kassaye • Video Production<br />Sarah Webb • Poet<br />Opesanwo I Fakorede Fadaaro • Painter<br />Oluyemi Thomas (of Positive Knowledge) • Bass Sax<br />Ijeoma Thomas (of Positive Knowledge) • Poet<br />Mosheh “Son of a Drummer” Milon • Drummer<br />Maria Ortiz • Curator/Visual Arts<br />Bush Mama Africa • Mixed Media Artist<br />Jinaki Bahati • Photographer</p> <p>Ebony Iman Dallas • Afrikanation Community Organizer<br />Abdoul Diallo • Afrikanation Community Organizer</p> <p><strong>Also featuring guest artists and community activists</strong></p> <p>Please come out to support Bay Area Artists and non-profit community arts programs</p> <p><strong>COST</strong><br />None, but accepting donations for non-profit community arts organizations such as Art Esteem, a local organization who provides art therapy for over 3,500 Bay Area youth including the “Self as a Super Hero” project. For more information about this organization, please visit www.ahc-oakland.org</p> <div><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial;" >ARTISTS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE</span></strong></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial;" >Painters, poets, designers, musicians, and culinary artists… you may perform, exhibit and sell work with 10% of the proceeds going back to specified non-profit community arts organizations. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial;" >Art Esteem is the only confirmed at this time. For more information on Art Esteem, please visit their website at </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial;" >www.ahc-oakland.org. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial;" >Please contact Ebony </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial;" >at eid@eidart.com</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial;" > for more information and for participation. </span></div> <p><strong>?’s: </strong>For more information regarding this event and participation, please email Ebony at eid@eidart.com or visit eidart.com/afrikanation.</p> <p>Please join us!</p> <p>EBONY’s GOING AWAY PARTY<br />First of all, I love Oakland! In these clear times of change, chances must be taken. I am moving to Claremont, CA (30 miles from Los Angeles) at the end of July and I would like to party with you all 1 or 2 more times before I go. Please join me. I’m gonna miss you all very, very much.</p> <p>Take care fam and I’ll see you soon!</p> <p>Ebony Iman Dallas<br />Afrikanation Community Organizer<br />www.eidart.com</p> </div><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-7015699511915618352009-07-06T16:09:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.241-07:00Black Butterfly Salutes: Michael Jackson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlKEXhTGOaI/AAAAAAAAARo/WMYTVC7P58E/s1600-h/thriller-michael-jackson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlKEXhTGOaI/AAAAAAAAARo/WMYTVC7P58E/s400/thriller-michael-jackson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355488446507268514" border="0" /></a> If you were a kid growing up in the 1970s or 80s, chances are you grew up listening to Michael Jackson. So much has been said since his untimely passing, some wonderful things, and some horrible. There's not much I can add to it except for this:<br /> Michael Jackson changed the face of music and culture. He changed the way we dance, the way music videos are made, the style of dress we wear. Watch any modern music video and you can see some piece of Michael Jackson's influence. That is his legacy.<br /> As far as his personal life goes, I've done a lot of thinking about this highly eccentric person. And have been listening to his music very closely. His story and his truth is all right there in his songs. I also feel that because he was a remarkably gifted person, he may have processed life's trials and tribulations differently than the average person would. In many ways he became a mirror of our society, all of its joy, pain, and contradiction. All he really wanted to do was perform and share his music with the world.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlKM_hscduI/AAAAAAAAARw/g2wedemWXZI/s1600-h/michael-jackson-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlKM_hscduI/AAAAAAAAARw/g2wedemWXZI/s400/michael-jackson-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355497929901373154" border="0" /></a> And beginning from a very young age, he carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. I'm sad that we've lost him, but I'm happy he is finally at peace.<br /> He was a prolific artist, and that's what should be focused on, that's what should be celebrated. That said, I want to share some of my favorite Michael Jackson moments. I chose them for their imagery, and I also tried to choose footage that was off the beaten path.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/amN8UynV5pA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/amN8UynV5pA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EpaE8l2zcFo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EpaE8l2zcFo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1CoxNzOOoQU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1CoxNzOOoQU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741093558655561330.post-51574094868260316172009-07-02T18:33:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:40:13.241-07:00Marissa's Artwork SaleWell I'm happy to say that this Black Butterfly will be fluttering back to New York this month! It's a time of new directions in life and art. And in that spirit, I'm letting go of some of my older pieces I no longer exhibit. So have a look, and if you see something you like, please email me: artwoman9@yahoo.com<br /><br />I will be adding more pieces for sale next week :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1jQqjYHsI/AAAAAAAAAQI/k5ldcPv_IOU/s1600-h/angels+pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1jQqjYHsI/AAAAAAAAAQI/k5ldcPv_IOU/s400/angels+pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354044669965115074" border="0" /></a> #1 ink and gel transfer on bristol board, 11" x 17" $10.00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1kWzddmTI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/UQZRPNk0a_k/s1600-h/dick+pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1kWzddmTI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/UQZRPNk0a_k/s400/dick+pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354045874947070258" border="0" /></a> #2 pen on paper, 8.5" x 11" $10.00<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1i48JGR2I/AAAAAAAAAQA/rvWO3jOGThg/s1600-h/book+pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1i48JGR2I/AAAAAAAAAQA/rvWO3jOGThg/s400/book+pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354044262369871714" border="0" /></a><br /> #3 Watercolor on paper, 5" x 7" $10.00<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1lIMgPA5I/AAAAAAAAAQY/5uXCRUChlao/s1600-h/dream.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1lIMgPA5I/AAAAAAAAAQY/5uXCRUChlao/s400/dream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354046723483173778" border="0" /></a> #4 pen and ink on illustration board, framed $30.00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1nM8amjFI/AAAAAAAAAQo/X_TPiVtzd40/s1600-h/the+funkstress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1nM8amjFI/AAAAAAAAAQo/X_TPiVtzd40/s400/the+funkstress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354049004087184466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1nM8amjFI/AAAAAAAAAQo/X_TPiVtzd40/s1600-h/the+funkstress.jpg"> #5 acrylic on canvas, 3" x 3" $150.00</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1og68ebLI/AAAAAAAAAQw/2HjMMqOtFv8/s1600-h/where+i%27m+coming+from.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1og68ebLI/AAAAAAAAAQw/2HjMMqOtFv8/s400/where+i%27m+coming+from.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354050446801398962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1og68ebLI/AAAAAAAAAQw/2HjMMqOtFv8/s1600-h/where+i%27m+coming+from.jpg"> # 6 pen and ink on illustration board, framed $30.00</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1rvwAF0BI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/BquQ-paglAg/s1600-h/goddess.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1rvwAF0BI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/BquQ-paglAg/s400/goddess.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354054000096694290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1rvwAF0BI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/BquQ-paglAg/s1600-h/goddess.jpg"> #7 acrylic on canvas, 3' x 2' $150.00</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlEwehzk4iI/AAAAAAAAARA/mw1Wy-YqH0c/s1600-h/marissa%27s+art+sale+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlEwehzk4iI/AAAAAAAAARA/mw1Wy-YqH0c/s400/marissa%27s+art+sale+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355114732949135906" border="0" /></a> #8 gouache and ink on paper, 5" x 7" $10.00<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlExoFSeRMI/AAAAAAAAARI/XiWubbfwZrA/s1600-h/marissa%27s+art+sale+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlExoFSeRMI/AAAAAAAAARI/XiWubbfwZrA/s400/marissa%27s+art+sale+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355115996604417218" border="0" /></a> #9 gouache and ink on paper, 5" x 7" $10.00<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlE4opmYpgI/AAAAAAAAARQ/8pNJS5A2dq4/s1600-h/marissa%27s+art+sale+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlE4opmYpgI/AAAAAAAAARQ/8pNJS5A2dq4/s400/marissa%27s+art+sale+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355123702933005826" border="0" /></a> #10 acrylic on canvas, 3' x 2' $50.00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlE63qH0W5I/AAAAAAAAARY/lb0ST5zvCpI/s1600-h/marissa%27s+art+sale+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlE63qH0W5I/AAAAAAAAARY/lb0ST5zvCpI/s400/marissa%27s+art+sale+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355126159794527122" border="0" /></a> #11 pen and ink on illustration board, $20.00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlE79NsEwOI/AAAAAAAAARg/Ut8rkqe95tI/s1600-h/marissa%27s+art+sale+6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/SlE79NsEwOI/AAAAAAAAARg/Ut8rkqe95tI/s400/marissa%27s+art+sale+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355127354752811234" border="0" /></a> #12 acrylic on canvas, 2' x 1' $80.00<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ojb5ibd8p3E/Sk1rvwAF0BI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/BquQ-paglAg/s1600-h/goddess.jpg"></a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Marissa Arterberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228731173376374934noreply@blogger.com1