Mose Allison who is best experience at his live performance vs. recordings will performing this weekend Sept 3rd to 5th at the Jazz Standard in NY.
The Mose Allison Trio Sept 3 to 5th, 2010 at Jazz Standard, NY.
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The “Arts and Business Council of Phoenix” puts on, in my opinion, the best and most efficient awards ceremony.
Schuff Steel’s commitment to The Children’s Museum of Phoenix
The Oscars should take notice. It starts when it is supposed to and ends right on time. Attendees are fed, informed, entertained and energized. The number of art organizations that are being served by the council keeps getting bigger. And this year I even won a raffle prizes.
Congratulations:
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Los Angeles will host its popular Black Book Expo again this year on Saturday 8/21 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel. This one day event will offer “authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, exhibitors, children’s book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers, panel discussions, editors, book reviewers…”
The Los Angeles Black Book Expo (LABBX) * August 21st * 11:00- 5:00
Often referred to as a “Harlem Renaissance painter”, Aaron Douglas (May 1898 – February 1979) spent his early years in Topeka, Kansas and moved to NYC in 1925.
Douglas worked with flat forms and hard edges. “In paintings, murals, and book illustrations, he incorporated elements from music, dance, literature, and politics to produce powerful artistic forms that had a lasting impact on American art history and the nation’s cultural heritage”
“Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist” refers to his four 1930’s murals from the Schomburg’s Reading Room.
BTW: The Schomburg Library was the vision of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg. Of African/ Puerto Rican descent, he recognized the need to consolidate the culture, history, and art of people of color. His collection was absorbed into the New York Public Library system after his death in 1938. It became a part of the “Division of Negro History” at the 135th Street Branch.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY
Image: “Into Bondage”, Aaron Douglas, 1936 (oil on canvas)
The lovely Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California presents an extensive, multi-layered exhibit of the art of one of the most interesting cities in the world.
“Shanghai explores, through the mirror of its art, the tumultuous history that has resulted in one of the world’s most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities. For more than a century Shanghai artists have not only been documenting the city’s many changes but also leading its way into the future. This exhibition features more than 130 oil paintings, Shanghai Deco furniture and rugs, revolutionary posters, works of fashion, movie clips, and contemporary installations. They are significant visual documents of the city’s rich and ever-changing culture.”
“Shanghai” * until September 5, 2010
Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA
Portrait by Tamara De Lempicka
As kids, every year we looked forward to going to Radio City Music Hall. Usually it was to see the Christmas show, which went on for ever and was an exceptional treat. At the breaks or intermission our trip to the concession stand was a visit to a new world. Unlike our neighborhood movie house, the lobby was lit up like a Christmas tree and all of the candy seemed be in extra size boxes (I don’t know if this was true, but it seemed like). What I loved most was the art, which reminded me of all of the black and white films I loved, except this place was full of color.
Jean Harlow
At the time I didn’t know what Art Deco was and it fueled my imagination.
There is an exhibit of works by Tamara de Lempicka, possibly the best known Art Deco painter, at the Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City. I am always reminded of Jean Harlow in that white dress whenever I see these paintings.
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