Dawn Okoro

I love her work and hope that I might manifest a studio visit exchange. In the meantime, please visit her website.

"Artist, Dawn Okoro’s, childhood passion is quickly manifesting into a promising career as she settles into New York City–a sojourn from Houston, Texas “in the name of art.” Her work is spectacular, to say the least, as it is intimate, fun, modern and what Okoro calls, “inspired by fashion in popular culture.” Her work has been featured in exhibits in Boston, Houston, Austin, Chicago and Brooklyn in less than a year alone, and she’s not stopping there. Having an obviously amazing work ethic enlivened the recent Juris Doctorate to pursue her art professionally in the city made for artists. Clutch caught up with Dawn Okoro to discuss her life now as an artist and the steps she’s taking to make painting her full time gig."

Dawn Okoro: In the Name of Art | CLUTCH | Monday Aug 3, 2009 – By Jennifer Valentine

Soundbeam

Grace Jones, "Corporate Cannibal"

KONONO N°1 'CONGOTRONICS'

"Konono No.1 was founded over 25 years ago by Mingiedi, a virtuoso of the likembé (a traditional instrument sometimes called "sanza" or "thumb piano", consisting of metal rods attached to a resonator). The band's line-up includes three electric likembés (bass, medium and treble), equipped with hand-made microphones built from magnets salvaged from old car parts, and plugged into amplifiers. There's also a rhythm section which uses traditional as well as makeshift percussion (pans, pots and car parts), three singers, three dancers and a sound system featuring these famous megaphones."

Internet Oddities

It's official, my favorite Webby Awards Category is "Weird". I love that there's a classification for miscellaneous web stuff- the 1am discoveries that resist a linear search.

CUTE OVERLOAD

The name says it all, plus there's a pretty comprehensive glossary.



CRAPPY CAT

This is interactive theatre, featuring you as the psycho-blade wielding-alcoholic-romantic kitty, Crappy Cat.



FAIL
When the mundane doesn't make the grade...



SECRET TECHNOLOGY

Weird games and visuals created to ef with your mind.



SAD GUYS ON TRADING FLOORS
With this economy, it seems appropriate...

Sammy Davis, Jr.

I do enjoy the idea of old Hollywood. The glamor, the secrecy, the love affairs. In my random internet search I stumbled upon Photo By Sammy Davis, Jr. and was stuck by the power of his insider- outsider gaze. Even as a a star in his own right, his experience as a black man during the 1950's/60's must have created some sense of barriers which were seemingly uncrossable. I think it's a testament to the complexity of people though, when I see these images, which are really quite good, and reflect on the time period itself.

Sha-bang-bang-boing.

Top 25 fictional ads in sci-fi movies

by Martin Anderson

Some of the promo spots to come may literally make you explode...

Published on Jan 4, 2009

Whether video or printed, advertisements only have moments to engage the viewer/reader and convey an enormous amount of information. Therefore they can be a great benefit to science-fiction films which have complex societal or technological backstories essential to the core plot, but which are a potential drag on pushing the narrative forward.

Apart from this practical consideration, the scope for humour and societal satire is immense when inventing ads in this particular genre. Robocop writers Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner admit that they strip-mined the rich vein of satire - much of which is contained in commercials - in the UK Judge Dredd comic (created by John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra). Dredd's incisive take on advertising culture has spread through Robocop not only into that film's sequels but also into a number of other SF movies since, including many by Robocop director Paul Verhoeven and his Total Recall collaborator Arnold Schwarzenegger. As we shall see...

The Creative Time Summit: Revolutions in Public Practice

My friend and colleague, Rylee, who is an artist and a graduate student studying Arts Administration, shared a wonderful resource during our studio visit this evening. The New York Public Library hosts a number of presentations throughout the year which they in turn make availble online.

Check this LINK for audio from The Creative Time Summit: Revolutions in Public Practice.

Nawlins: an Afrofuturistic reconceptualization

By Mark A. Rockeymoore
Rated "G" by the Author.
Last edited: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2005


What if? What dreams, may come...

Given the utter devastation that has engulfed New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, amidst the predictable depredations of the Corporate and Governmental Raiders, bent upon re-imaging New Orleans as a “Disneyland for the Southern Elite”, a holistic and indigenously-oriented re-envisioning of the future of New Orleans must be envisioned with an eye toward the full inclusion of the traditional racial elements that have made the city the multicultural crucible of art, entertainment, spirituality and culinary delights that it is. It is only through the effective marshalling of national, state and metropolitan resources that this special blend of human elements can be realigned.

New Orleans peculiar history is exceptional. The last call for slaves “sold down the river”; the port of illegal entrance for captured Africans brought to America after importation was declared illegal in 1808; its singular French character, which made it a desirous refuge for aristocratic mulattos, fleeing the economic and political after-effects of Touissant L’overture’s voodoo revolution in Haiti; all of these elements combined in fiery splendor, exemplifying the feudalistic social characteristics of the times through the intricate, multi-racial dance of lust, passion and pure, unadulterated greed.

Pre-Katrinian New Orleans was indeed the sum of its parts. Economic and social conditions reflected the stratified nature of its modern-day incarnation as the gambling and entertainment Mecca of the South. The French Quarter, the Garden District and the Riverfront Casinos and Malls the epitome of capitalist development along purely lasses faire lines, with the rich getting richer and the poor staying in their clearly demarcated ghetto confines, under threat of death and/or dismemberment, to be effected by the local constabulary, who’ve enjoyed quite the reputation for carnivorously lecherous activities over the decades since the official end of slavery.

Post-Katrinian New Orleans must become a haven of social justice, of free, American thought, an examplar of post-industrial urban design that reflects a conscious awareness of itself as a halcyon creation of the New Age. Traditional urban structures in the United States have foundered under the weight of population growth as well as ingrained structural inefficiencies in the spatial distribution of urban amenities and transportation networking. The traditional, American urban structure, which reflects the block and Lot System, based upon rectangular urban grids numbered north to south, is quite different from the French Land Lot System, which is based upon proximity to a body of water (river, stream, lake, etc.) and a rather organic distribution of plats that results in meandering roads and intuitively haphazard construction patterns. Rather than being a detriment, this urban structure should be built upon, and New Orleans’ unique cultural heritage emphasized and celebrated in both architecture and a revolutionized political re-organization built around the core concepts that gird the Nation’s foundational philosophical underpinnings. How would such a system look?

Traditional African homelands within the city must be rebuilt with affordable, environmental sustainable housing. The stilting that one sees on display in southern Louisiana, on the Gulf Coast marshlands at the terminus of the Mississippi are one method of construction that would prevent a reoccurrence of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. Another method might be to reinforce the Levees to withstand Category 5 hurricanes, rather than the currently inadequate Category 3 level of storm preparation. Socially contiguous communities that have withstood decades of economic warfare must be reinvigorated through the direct infusion of jobs and economic opportunity, perhaps through the creation of an economic opportunity zone which encourages true opportunity and entrepreneurship, rather than relying upon contracting workers to carpet-bagging corporations and low-income opportunities, derogatorily called Mac-jobs. Sustainability and neighborhood pride should be the inevitable outcome of such initiatives, if and only if the social and spiritual tableau is respected and encouraged.

Those who practice faiths other than Christianity, Vodun, for instance, must, therefore, be brought to the table as full and equitable partners. The political and social tableau of a revitalized New Orleans would reflect all aspects of it’s world-renowned culture, which includes those of European origin - Catholicism, the remnants of the racial caste system and the capitalist economic system - African origin - west African Orisha worship (Vodun), Jazz, etc. – and the synthesis of the two world cultures, which, combined, have come to represent the singular Creole culture of the Bayou. As a distinctive American landscape, New Orleans is a necessary component of its heterogeneous tapestry. Without a New Orleans, the cultural heritage of this country is incomplete, an important part of its story, untold. The future New Orleans must strive to rebuild its foundations upon higher and more stable ground, with a place reserved at the table for those who, traditionally, have served, rather than been served.

Housing is a Human Right

"Housing is a Human Right is an ongoing multimedia documentary portrait of the struggle for home in New York City. Composed of oral narratives and photographs, along with testimonies and memories of home, woven and remixed this collection of viscerally honest, first-person narratives serve as a reminder that home is as tenuous a space as the shelter that sustains it. housingisahumanright.org"

Housing is a Human Right Teaser from Housing is a Human Right on Vimeo.

The History of the Future

The second biennial presentation of The History of the Future will honor Guy de Cointet (1934-1983) with video of visual art performance events, 1975 to the present, as well as LIVE contemporary and reconstructed performance by some of today's emerging stars: Bobby Baker, Nao Bustamante, David Cale, Dynasty Handbag, Dancenoise, Andrea Fraser, John Kelly, David Leslie, John Malpede, Deb Margolin, Shelly Mars, Robbie McCauley, Neal Medlyn, Jennifer Miller, Susan Mogul, Linda Montano, Matt Mullican, Rashaad Newsome, Adam Pendleton, Fiona Templeton, Diane Torr, Cathy Weis, Suzanne Lacy, Slaven Tolj, Johanna Went, and Carmelita Tropicana (emcee).

Friday, November 6th & Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement 466 Grand Street, NY

Purchase tickets from the Abrons Art Center.
Or call Theatermania at 866-811-4111(toll free) or 212-352-3101.

Walter Kitundu

In expereincing Kitundu's work, an entire culture is imagined, ased on the intricate beauty of his instruments. I've been conceptualizing a graphic novel called Plaid To Platinum, and to my surpise, much of his ideas connect directly with details of the world I am striving to create. He even suggests collaboration to those so inclined. I am sending an email this weekend. Hope his work continues to inspire...

KITUNDU

"Kitundu has an ongoing residency at the Exploratorium Museum of science, art and perception in San Francisco. He has recently been in residence at Eagle Rock School in Colorado, the Science Museum of Minnesota, and the Singapore Science Centre. Kitundu is also developing a Geologic Sound Casting project for volcanically active regions and was granted a five week artist residency at Skriduklaustur in Eastern Iceland in September 2004. He was raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. "

Performance Opportunity For Black History Month

Although I think Black History Month is played (it feels too restrictive, if we are working towards a true celebration of American identities), there are a bevy of opportunities for all artists to draw upon this rich cultural resource. Check below for an excellent example...

"The Tank will be hosting a festival celebrating the African-American influence on the musical landscape and history of the United States. All types of performers are welcome to apply, as long as their work fulfills one or more of these thematic requirements:

• Presents the African-American experience in an historical context as told through music
• Addresses the African-American impact on the musical history of the United States
• Features the work of musicians that are of historical importance to both black history and music history in America
• Special consideration will be given to works that are especially relevant to New York City.
  

Submissions are due by December 1st

To apply, send an email with a one page application describing your project and links to any supporting materials (.mp3s, video, images) to blackhistorymonth@thetanknyc.org.

Please do not include attachments larger than 1MB.

The Tank is located on 45th street between 8th and 9th ave."

Idealogical wiggle room.

Just because...

...I am doing some research on Theme Parks and came across this cool image. What can I say? I'm a Floridan- I love theme parks.

Digitale Afrique: Call for Dance + New Technology Proposals

Digitale Afrique: Call for Dance + New Technology Proposals : 8 works (including at least 1 from Africa) to be performed at International Digital Arts Festival of Enghien-les-Bains (France) :: June 11-19, 2010 :: Deadline for Proposals: January 8, 2010.

"Robot Voodoo Power"

Robot Voodoo Power? What in the hell is THAT about?
I wonder what that looks like?

Here's a suggestion...

Like A Woman In Love by Kenya (Robinson) and Kevin Medal from Kenya Robinson on Vimeo.

Mathematical Beauty

"Cornrow hairstyles originated long ago in Africa. African Americans have created many new cornrow styles. Like African art and architecture, cornrow hairstyles show the use of four geometric concepts: translation, rotation, reflection, and dilation."

Check out the this LINK to access software that lets you use the geometric knowledge from cornrow hairstyles to create your own simulated cornrow designs on the computer. Who knew something so beautiful is actually mathematically elegant?

...And the night continued

After the wonderful martinis, I went to a get-together hosted by Artist-Curator, Jorge Rojas. Artists who were New York Local were invited so we could meet, exchange, and receive our wonderful Low Lives exhibition catalogs, designed by the supremely talented, Ms. Ivana Morgan.

See below for more information about Jorge's brainchild, and a small collage of bathroom party snapshots. I can't wait to see what Jorge conceives as the next step in networked performance.

Low Lives Videos

"Curated by Jorge Rojas, Low Lives was a one-night exhibition of live performance-based works transmitted via the internet and projected in real time at three venues throughout the U.S.– labotanica, Houston in partnership with Project Row Houses; FiveMyles, Brooklyn; and Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami on August 8, 2009."

Click HERE for a full listing of videos

[click here to view low lives catalogue]
[click here for a press release on the exhibition]
[click here for writing about the show and experience]

Last Night, as in a few hours ago...

... I enjoyed true communion. I may have to break up this post for reasons of my own sanity, so here it goes:

The word for today is Love.
I''m talking that climb every mountain-make-life-worth-living kinda-love. The universe was definitely caring enough to remind me. I'm just glad I had the good sense to appreciate and recognize. First there was this:

Noam Chomsky on Love: “Life’s empty without it.” | Noam Chomsky | Big Think

I found this video clip during my research at my week-long copy writing gig. Speaking of my week-long-corp writing gig, my colleague and occasional boss, took me out for martinis. It was this cozily wonderful bar with stellar bar snacks (mmmm... butter bread sticks). The bar tend poured a mean drink, but it was the conversation that I will cherish. I always find myself challenged by his candor and general curiosity. Since we both represent groups with a strong visual, contextual, and racial history (he's a white man, I am a black woman), we inevitably touch upon the issues that our only our friendship allows us to explore. We rarely get the chance to hang out, but it always a treat and I leave the 'session' contemplating my work and ideologies in a way I haven't before. As a side note- keep an eye out for Trash: A Modern Melodrama coming soon.

In either case, back to love. My friend, during our engaging exchange relates the story of his maternal grand parents meeting. It is such a lovely story that I am compelled to relate, in my own way, as reminder of the unpredictability of love...

Sign Your Name

It was a time of young men going to war
of mustachioed villains and engineered death-
many deaths-
that echo in the now

He
The He was still a youth
tender to the reality
of survival
an accidental death
or killing
and a longing for the soda fountain
and brass swings

Mr. Pepper
Mr. Pepper, the owner of the tobacco farm,
where the He was born
felt some kinda way
about the sacrifice of young men

and
In an urge to correspond
full of zest
he asked Ms. Price to take dictation

She
She the dutiful
made so it was done
letters
sent

and
feelgood accomplished

but Mr. Pepper
did not maintain this injection of pride
but as the sentiment was still there
encouraged his assistant
Ms. Price
to carry on

She
The She
wrote on

Mr. Pepper
signed each one

He
The He read and
felt some kinda way
when he returned
to mend broken things

A gratitude
compelled a visit
to the tobacco farm
where He
met She

from then on
She signed her own name
and later
with the one He'd given

Get it in your Mind #6: ISSUU

I think I've found another platform for combining my writing and visual work.

"ISSUU is an online service that allows for realistic and customizable viewing of digitally uploaded material, such as portfolios, books, magazine issues, newspapers, and other print media. It integrates with social networking sites to promote uploaded material. While the documents are meant to be viewed online, they can be downloaded and saved as well. Uploaded print material is viewed through a web browser and is made to look like a printed publication with an animated page flip options."

There are thousands of issues to view and be inspired by and it's a free resource for printed matter. Besides, as a magazine junkie, it's fantastic to have a lightweight earth-friendly digital option.

Art and Power in the Central African Savanna

I am continuing research on fetish objects to further inform my choices and intentions for The Platinum Eaters | whitebitches series. The de Young museum in San Fransisco recently hosted an exhibition of wooden sculptures that speak directly to the powerful intention of these objects. I have contacted Susan Grinols, Director Photo Services and Imaging (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) to investigate the possibilities of reviewing images from the show. Hopefully, I will follow up this posting with a slideshow archive...

Art and Power in the Central African Savanna

"This exhibition explores the political and religious power of nearly 60 sculptures created by artists of four Central African cultures: the Luba, Songye, Chokwe, and Luluwa. Carved primarily from wood, these power figures act as containers for magical organic ingredients and serve purposes both religious and political. According to traditional beliefs, the figures mediate between the human and spirit worlds to insure a healthy birth, successful hunt, or triumph over an enemy. A fully-illustrated catalogue by leading expert Constantine Pedridis accompanies the exhibition.This is the exhibition's third and final presentation before being disbanded and returned to major lending institutions and private collections in Europe and the United States.

Credit LineArt and Power in the Central African Savanna is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art. The San Francisco presentation is made possible by James and Patricia Ludwig, Bob Wall and Margaret Rinkevich, Lauren L. T. Hall and David Hearth, Charles and Diane Frankel, Klaus and Ellen Werner, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Smith."

Freelon Adjaye Bond

Just because...

It's official...

...please follow my reBlog investigation of Afrofuturism @ EYEBEAM.

Natalia Allen, Design Futurist

Within the discussion of Afrofuturism, the conversation is not complete with out the creators of physical products. Natalia is one such innovator. Check out her Blog as well as her entries for Reuters.

"NATALIA is a designer, surfer and tri-athlete. She speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese. In 2009, Natalia was honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. Natalia was awarded Designer of the Year from Parsons, a title she shares with Marc Jacobs and Proenza Schouler. She has also received coveted design distinctions from Calvin Klein, Nylon and Ducati. The BBC, Reuter’s, WWD and New York Magazine, were among the first to cover her unique story.

Natalia has exhibited work and lectured at international conferences and museums, including: The Museum of the City of New York, Textiles the Next Horizon, Invista-Dupont Global Summit and Wearable Futures. In 2005, she founded Design Futurist, a design lab and think-tank specializing in fashion, sustainability and technology.

Design Futurist creates innovative clothing and products to help clients improve their companies, and the world. “Conformity is anonymity”, says Natalia who has advised Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, P&G and BT, to name a few."

-DESIGN FUTURIST

Tewodross Melchishua: Visual Jazz Media Group

In my search for items within the Afrofuturistic tradition, I've discovered Tewdross Melchishua. He creates layered animation pieces using appropriated images, illustrated components rhythmic movement and musical forms.

"As a digital artist, designer, filmmaker and animator, I am interested in preserving cultural memory; and to use visual narrative to communicate life experiences."

- Tewodross Melchishua

Elevator Music (video music by Tewodross Melchishua) from Visual Jazz Media Group on Vimeo.

Elevator Music (video music by Tewodross Melchishua) from Visual Jazz Media Group on Vimeo.

Afrofuturism: An Exploration

According to Wikipedia:

"Afrofuturism is an emergent literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy and magic realism with non-Western cosmologies in order to critique not only the present-day dilemmas of people of color, but also to revise, interrogate, and re-examine the historical events of the past."

As the technology of our imagination materializes in the physical world, I wonder how the details of Afrofuturism will change. At the very least, as more people embrace the evolutionary evidence of an African origin of the human race, I can imagine Afrofuturism as global phenomenon- since we all may claim primordial African ancestry.

EYEBEAM has graciously offered me the opportunity to share these anecdotal discoveries through the reBlog section of their website. I am a certified (certifiable) science fiction aficionado, and it has been these futuristic concepts, gleaned from hours of Star Trek, Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Logan's Run, etc. that I developed a curiosity that informs my work as an artist.

I hope you'll take this journey with me, at least until November 9th. In the meantime, please check back daily for new posts, LINKS, media uploads, and more.

"Hit The Breaks" by (Dj) Instantaneous

Monday Inspiration

I am working a freelance gig this week, and in the midst of doing research for the copy writing project I've been hired to do, I was introduced to a series of images. The company that I'm working with (Pompei A.D) is an architectural branding firm; a significant part of the job they do is identifying the many layers of a client's wish list. They have developed a few exercises to tease the nuances out the client's expectations. One of these exercises uses collected images as a gauge to direct the subsequent work on the project. As I was cataloging the these images, I was inspired. A slide show is below, but let's just say I'm thinking "greasy paper bags-on wire-connected-with-model-making hardware, screen doors, watercolors, crayon-shavings-on-wax-paper, and lace. Not at all sure what these flashes mean, or what they'll turn into, but writing things down is my most effective manifestation tool.

Additional LINKS:

AMBIDEXTROUS MAGAZINE!

The Business of Fashion

MoCo Loco - Modern contemporary design & architecture

My Fashion Life

PSFK - New Ideas and Trends

How Is Your Company Like a Giant Hairball? | Fast Company

Masaru Emoto: Messages from Water

Introduction to Carl G. Jungs Principle of Synchronicity

Whitechapel Gallery

Get It In Your Mind #5

I love this image...


Floor of the Forest, Documenta 12, 2007


In collaboration with Maramotti Collection and Max Mara, the RED Festival (Reggio Emilia Danza), presents the national exclusive preview of Trisha Brown's Early Works. The creative genius of Trisha Brown, one of the most representative personalities of contemporary dance, has explored experimentation and avant-garde, with forays in places other than the stage. Performances are scheduled for October 28, 29 and 31, 2009 at the Maramotti Collection, that can be freely visited for this occasion. Collezione Maramotti will also host the public meeting "Trisha Brown. The invention of the space" with the choreographer in conversation with Rossella Mazzaglia and Adriana Polveroni, October 19, 2009 at h.6.30 pm.

Video Work: The Platium Eaters | whitebitches

I was hoping that I might contribute to a larger project called, One Hundred Black Women, One Hundred Actions, but instead I stumbled upon an expansion of The Platinum Eaters|whitebitches project, by utilizing video. I've made one video installment, with more to follow. Each video piece will focus on one the 'Actions' I outline below.

There are three primary actions by which paper doll-marionette-fetish objects are created. This video series is meant to document each of these functions as time-based performative samples.

ACTIONS

1. The Search For Standardized Beauty: This includes the review of American mass-market monthly publications such as Vogue, Bazaar, Vanity Fair, etc. As paper dolls, these objects must reflect mainstream conventions of fashion and beauty. Particular attention is paid to the identification and selection of the fair-haired feminine ideal.
2. Manipulation of Articulations: The string is to serve as a control mechanism, with both obvious and indirect parallels to the functionality of marionette puppets. While placement, range of motion, and tempo are each determined by this connective material.
3. Codified Rituals: The elements (fire, water, blood, breath) found in traditional West African rituals of fetization are revealed through simulation and allusion by repetitive construction techniques. Ritual templates will continue to be derived from a geographic area known as the ‘Slave Coast’.

Construction Ritual for Paper Doll-Marionette-Fetish objects from Kenya Robinson on Vimeo.

• Modern Standards of Beauty: Nature or Nurture?An Evolutionary Perspective
• 'Blonde is beautiful' mystique
• The Vogue Asia Standard of Beauty: White Blonde Girls
• Original Paper Doll Artists Guild
• Sylvia Kleindinst talks about making Paper Dolls
• Fetishism
• "Voodoo and West Africa's Spiritual Life"

New $12,000. grant, open to visual artists worldwide

(Thanks so much for sharing Jorge!)

WHAT:
ARTWORKinternational, Inc. - Artist Business Career Development Grant
http://www.artworkinternational.com/grant.html


WHERE:
Worldwide

WHEN:
Submission process is now open
Deadline for receipt of submissions: December 31, 2009

Santa Fe, New Mexico USA – ARTWORKinternational, Inc. of Santa Fe, NM newly announces a privately funded grant. The Artist Business Career Development Grant totals $12,000, establishing it as one of the primary, international, monetary-support grants for visual artists. The Artist Business Career Development Grant parallels Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Pollock Krasner Foundation Inc. as per their open submission policy. In contrast, several major granting foundations have assumed a review process of nomination-only.

Uniquely, the Artist Business Career Development Grant (or ABCD Grant) offers unrestricted support to visual artists by placing priority on advancing the grantee’s career. While the granting period extends over one year, the continued benefits are exponential, continuing throughout the artist’s lifetime.

ARTWORKinternational Inc.’s mission is to create a global presence for visual artists. They foster excellence in the realization of each artist’s ultimate potential. Facilitating the career development of contemporary visual artists, they utilize three decades of cumulative experience amassed by their team of art professionals.

In light of the current global economy, ARTWORKinternational, Inc. conceived of, and released the ABCD Grant—an uncharted grant accessible to visual artist applicants worldwide, of any background, working in any media, at any stage of their career. Through the ABCD Grant, ARTWORKinternational, Inc. is able to further realize its mission by offering full-spectrum career development to the selected artist(s) free of charge.

ARTWORKinternational, Inc. has been in business for over a decade, and boasts an exemplary history of successful full-spectrum career development and placement for artists with museums, galleries, non-profit groups, sculpture gardens, public art venues, funding institutions, etc. ARTWORKinternational, Inc. has worked with the most prestigious art venues throughout the world, including prominent art publications, contemporary curators, critics, collectors, and dealers. ARTWORKinternational, Inc. serves as the liaison between the artist and art world.

Since its inception ARTWORKinternational, Inc. has worked directly with over six thousand contemporary art venues, across the globe, on behalf of their clients.


Creating a global presence for visual artists, www.artworkinternational.com <http://www.artworkinternational.com> .

Submission guidelines and additional information can be found at http://www.artworkinternational.com/grant.html.

For additional information, please contact:
ARTWORKinternational, Inc.
505 / 982 7447
grant@artworkinternational.com

Please subscribe...

It took some doing, but I finally figured out how to include a subscription option to this blog. Please scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the appropriate LINK:

You'll be prompted through the rest. Subscriptions and comments are both welcomed and encouraged!

Another reason keeping a (b)log is important...

I write ideas, phrases, etc. on various slips of paper-pieces of cardboard-calendar date entries... and now I have a virtual storage space. Today's morsels:

• tiny assaults
• dancing got dangerous

p.s.
I just listened to the unabridged audio book recording of George Orwell's Animal Farm (iTunes is runnin a special on selct 'Classics' for only 5.95). After reading 1984 for the first time last summer, I was not disappointed in his other seminal work. Truly a classic.



p.p.s
The dollar store presented some unexpected gems today. I bought a collection of Race Films and each DVD was only .99 cents. The titles are below:

• The Good Guy From Harlem ("A street tough detective from Harlem ravels to Florida to investigate a heinous kidnapping.")
• Warriors of the Wasteland ("Two mercenaries join forces to help wandering post apocalyptic caravans fight off evil bikers.")
  
• Soul Patrol ("A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.")
• Panic in Echo Park ("A young black doctor ties to prove that the community of Echo Park is endangered by a deadly epidemic.")
• The Black Enforcers ("A general forms an inner-city Peoples Army to try and ease the misery of the citizens of Watts.")
  
• Voodoo black Exorcist ("The reincarnated mummy of a long dead Jamaican voodoo priest rises from his coffin seeking horrible vengeance!")
  
• Shaka Lulu ("The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces he faces in a colonial African country.")