by Sandy | Jul 9, 2009 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Books, Culture, Events, Exhibits
East:
11th Annual Harlem Book Fair & Arts Festival
This is the largest annual African American book fair and it’s free!
On Saturday 7/18/09, there will be 250 exhibit booths, 4 stages with music, story telling and activities for children.
Harlem Book Fair, July 18, 2009 – 11am to 6pm
Schomburg Center, West 135 Street, NYC
West:
The Los Angeles Black Book Expo 2009
This event celebrates its 5th year on 8/15/09. The day long program will feature authors, storytellers, spoken word contests and poetry performances. There will also be musicians, children’s events, panel discussions, editors, publishers, and more!
LABBX 2009
Saturday August 15, 2009 – 10 AM to 6 PM
Expo Center, 3980 Menlo Ave, Los Angeles, CA
by Sandy | Jul 4, 2009 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Creativity, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
The California African American Museum, (CAAM), presents:
“Inside My Head: Intuitive Artists of African Descent”
The catalog describes “Inside My Head” as a “showcase for the work of 32 contemporary artists of African descent who have developed a mature style in an intuitive manner. The exhibition explores pure artistic creativity and validates the connection to ethnic-specific traditions and ways of doing.”
Using painting, jewelry, sculpture, dolls, collages, some of the artist’s themes include dreams, spirituality and transformation.
“Inside My Head” – Until September 27, 2009
California African American Museum –CAAM
600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA
Images: “Earth Mother”, 2007, Cola and “Poor Butterfly”, 1997, Madi Comfort
by Sandy | Jun 27, 2009 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Culture, Events, Exhibits, Museums
“Tutankhamun and The Golden Age of The Pharaohs”
King Tutankhamun has come back to San Francisco. First seen here in 1979, the boy king has returned to the de Young Museum in a brand new exhibit featuring 130 pieces – jewelry, statues, masks, gold objects and of course that famous golden sarcophagus.
“Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs will provide insight into the life of Tutankhamun and other royals of the 18th Dynasty (1555–1305 BC). All of the treasures in the exhibition are more than 3,000 years old.”
Gorgeous!
Tutankhamun until March 2010
de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA
by Bob Martin | Jun 27, 2009 | Art, Education, Learning, Photograhy
The Banff Centre – Banff New Media Institute – Call for Applications
Interactive Screen 0.9: The Makers
Program dates: August 10 – 15, 2009
Registrations will be accepted until the program is full.
Part conference, part festival, part peer exchange, part creative workshop, Interactive Screen aims to stimulate the creation of emotionally powerful, creatively inspired, and economically viable new media in Canada and abroad. Participants engage in constant dialogue and collaboration through various panels, workshops and performances.
All are welcome to attend!
Applications for the Interactive Screen Scholarship Program will be accepted until July 10, 2009.
BNMI Co-production Residency: Liminal Screen
Program dates: February 25 – March 27, 2010
Application deadline: August 31, 2009
This residency will focus its inquiry on the transitions between screen and life, as the screen reinforces its central position as an ubiquitous communications portal, data visualization surface, and frame on an ever more meditated world. Practitioners from all walks of screen-based practice are encouraged to apply.
by Bob Martin | Jun 26, 2009 | Actors, Art, Artist Residencies, Culture, Dance, Education, Events, Live Performance, Writing and Speaking
The key to a great career is to be totally in love with what you do. Helen Mirren must have been in more then 50 movies and a equal amount of plays and TV series. She is remarkably in that she continues to work. Her first credits go back to 1967. 
London’s National Theatre Production of Phèdre starring Ms. Mirren, performed in London and screened at Mann Chinese Theatre in LA yesterday. These kinds of screenings make theatre accessible and affordable again. No travel and no enormous Broadway ticket price.
There is a review on the LA Times blog but there are also tweets by the theater goers. Pretty nice.
by Bob Martin | Jun 26, 2009 | Art, Art Travel, Artist, Artist Residencies, Creativity, Education, Learning
Self-directed Residencies
Self-directed residencies are self-guided opportunities where the artist is free to experiment and explore new directions in the production of their work.
Fall Self-directed Residency
Residency Dates: September 1 – October 30, 2009
Limited space still available – Apply today!
