Vision & Sound * Black History At The Sedona Arts Center, AZ

“ Vision & Sound: An African American Experience program highlights the work of eight prolific artists that represent various mediums and genres of art…”  

“We strive to build supportive relationships to encourage cultural equity throughout Arizona and beyond – recognizing that professional American artists of African descent are too often overlooked.”

Featured Artists:

  • Patricia Bohannon
  • Dorrell Bradford
  • Jacqueline Chanda
  • Amber Doe
  • Debra Edgerton
  • Jerome Fleming
  • Isse Maloi
  • Bob Martin
  • Chip Thomas
  • George Welch
  • Shoreigh Williams

~Schedule of Events and Exhibitions~

Sedona, Goodyear, Peoria

 

*January 5-March 27, 2024

Peoria Library Exhibition / Peoria Main Library

8463 W Monroe St, Peoria, AZ 85345

Featuring the artwork and creativity of Patricia Bohannon, Jacqueline Chanda, Dorrell

Bradford, Jerome Fleming, and Isse Maloi.

*February 1-29, 2024

Sedona Arts Center Vision & Sound Exhibition & Sale

15 Art Barn Road, Sedona, AZ

Open: Mon-Sat 10AM – 5PM, Sun 12PM-5PM,

Featuring the artwork and creativity of Patricia Bohannon, Dorrell Bradford, Jacqueline

Chanda, Amber Doe, Debra Edgerton, Jerome Fleming, Isse Maloi, Chip Thomas, and

George Welch

*January 31- March 26, 2024

Goodyear Library Exhibition

Georgia T Lord Library, Goodyear, AZ

1900 N. Civic Square, Goodyear, AZ 85395

Featuring the artwork and creativity of Patricia Bohannon, Dorrell Bradford, Amber Doe,

Jerome Fleming, Isse Maloi, and Bob Martin

*Sunday-Monday, February 25-26, 2024

Vision and Sound Symposium

Sedona Arts Center, 15 Art Barn Road, Sedona, AZ

The Symposium will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, performances, receptions,

and reflections. In addition, ADEI training will be included throughout, incorporating Critical

Response methodology. This year’s symposium will feature guest speaker Chip Thomas and a workshop led by Liz Lerman.

*Saturday, March 2, 2024, 9am-3pm

Peoria Arts Festival, City of Peoria

Vision and Sound artists will be demonstrating and providing workshops during the event.

*Saturday, March 2, 2024, 7-8:30pm

Concert featuring Don William and Friends

Peoria Center for the Performing Arts, Peoria

10580 N 83rd Dr, Peoria, AZ 85345

Join us for a special concert featuring Don William and Friends.

 

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A Revival, Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert.

v1-dukeellington-ph1617-square-295x30050 years ago Duke Ellington and his band were invited to perform his concert along with the Trinity Cathedral Choir at the Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona.  Last night I got to see an extraordinary and delightful performance in celebration of that event, performed by the Phoenix Chorale and the Mesa Community College Performing Arts Center Jazz Ensemble.

There is one more concert in the Phoenix Area today if you can get tickets, GO! a Lovely way to spend a Sunday. Tickets

 

An Interpretation: We are All Soulful

I’ve never liked the term “Blue Eyed Soul“.  Thought it was demeaning and still feel that way today. I’m only revisiting this notion because of “Sara Smile” the Hall and Oaks hit single of the late 70’s and new interpretation of this song by Rumer, another British female artist who has been able to recreate a sense of the past without being nostalgic.

Rumer’s rendition of “Sara Smile” is soulful and very much her own, understated, and in this live version of the song the band does all of the Hall and Oaks screams and shouts. If you like Rumer ‘s interpretation and I do, you might notice that the color of her eyes had nothing to do with it. Let’s place an asterisk next to the term “Blue Eyed Soul” that says “Eyes Don’t Matter”.

 

 

 

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August Wilson Plays on Webcast!

-August_wilsonMr. Wilson is one of my favorite playwrights. He wrote plays for every decade of the 20th century that would chronicle some part of the black experience in America. Through the use of his great ear for dialogue, Wilson was able to give us some insight into the daily life, both struggles and triumphs, of an assortment of universal characters that his audience could easily recognize. In 2005, August Wilson completed a ten-play cycle that is now being recorded to be enjoyed by future generations.

Tickets are sold out for just about all the live performances at the tiny Greene Space Theatre in NYC, however, the plays can be viewed online via webcast. I thoroughly enjoyed “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” a few days ago. True, the actors sit in seats in front of microphones, but they were so good and August Wilson’s stories are so compelling, that the imagination kicks in and provides the scenery and action. (For those of you not old enough to remember, we did this during radio programs all the time back in the day:)

“The Piano Lesson” is next on Monday 9/9/13 at 7PM EDT. The Greene Space site has a calendar of events, actor lists, etc.

August Wilson’s American Century Cycle

The Greene Space, 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY

BTW – the recordings are done in the order that the plays were written, not in chronological order as listed above

 

Les Miserables 2012,

Les MesPicky, Picky, Picky is how I describe much of the conversation surrounding the 2012 release of Les Misérables. The noise is that the movie is not the (Musical) play and that of the director’s choice to shoot and record the actors singing live on camera, (no lip syncing) making some viewers uncomfortable. Too bad.

There have been over ten theatrical or movie interpretations of  Les Miserables and not one of them was the original story. Critics and some viewers wasted their time in not seeing this movie production as something new vs. comparing it to what they had already seen and knew. It’s OK not to like this film, but dislike it because it’s a movie you don’t like and not because it is not the play.

Les Miserables 2012 is an original piece of art, a spectacular movie, beautifully staged, acted and in most cases well sung. If your thought is that the Broadway musical is the only experience you want to remember or have then don’t see this film. It is different and special in its own way.

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The Birthday Party up in Prescott

Milton is inviting you to
‘The Party’

Come and let there be an experience of a wonderful event . .

Portrait of Jazz

Portrait of Jazz

full of fun, dancing, laughter and genuine enjoyment!
Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Prescott Jazz Society has continued this
Birthday-Christmas event through
the years offering the best in entertainment.
* This year you may review videos of ‘Prescott Jazz Legends’,
enjoy dining choices from a great American Buffet,
listen to a top-shelf Jazz Quartet featuring vocalist & pianist Steve Sandner
w/Ray Carter and drummer Jesse Yarbrough w/myself, Milt Cannon.

* Cocktails, dinner and concert will be from 3:00 – 7:00 pm.

* For the first time ever there will be dancing from 6:00 – 8:00 pm with
the disco band FUNK FREQUENCY (a very very exciting dance band).

* Also for the first time there will be the auctioning of a ‘Portrait of Jazz’.

(handsome adornment for the wall of any home or office)

Milt Cannon and Bob Martin's Birthday.

Milt Cannon and Bob Martin’s Birthday.

The artwork has been donated to the Society by the gifted Phoenix, AZ
artist Bob S. Martin who will attend and also celebrate
the same birthdate as myself. Milton is inviting you to
‘The Party’

Come and let there be an experience of a wonderful event . .
full of fun, dancing, laughter and genuine enjoyment!
Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Prescott Jazz Society has continued this
Birthday-Christmas event through
the years offering the best in entertainment.
* This year you may review videos of ‘Prescott Jazz Legends’,
enjoy dining choices from a great American Buffet,
listen to a top-shelf Jazz Quartet featuring vocalist & pianist Steve Sandner
w/Ray Carter and drummer Jesse Yarbrough w/myself, Milt Cannon.

* Cocktails, dinner and concert will be from 3:00 – 7:00 pm.

* For the first time ever there will be dancing from 6:00 – 8:00 pm with
the disco band FUNK FREQUENCY (a very very exciting dance band).

* Also for the first time there will be the auctioning of a ‘Portrait of Jazz’.
(handsome adornment for the wall of any home or office)
The artwork has been donated to the Society by the gifted Phoenix, AZ
artist Bob S. Martin who will attend and also celebrate
the same birthdate as myself.

* Pricing: the Prescott Jazz Society remains true to our history of
offering you the maximum for the barest minimum.
$45.00 pp (reservation only- membership discount applies)
ADVANCE V. I. P. is only $38.00 pp (until Dec., 1)
(comes w/preferred seating with table service)
General Admission: $25.00 pp (no dinner; no table service)

* Please call now! (928) 237-7908 for early reservation
HASSAYAMPA INN~MARINA, 122 E.GURLEY ST., PRESCOTT, AZ

* Pricing: the Prescott Jazz Society remains true to our history of
offering you the maximum for the barest minimum.
$45.00 pp (reservation only- membership discount applies)
ADVANCE V. I. P. is only $38.00 pp (until Dec., 1)
(comes w/preferred seating with table service)
General Admission: $25.00 pp (no dinner; no table service)

* Please call now! (928) 237-7908 for early reservation
HASSAYAMPA INN~MARINA, 122 E.GURLEY ST., PRESCOTT, AZ

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