Film Review of “In France Michelle Is A Man’s Name”
By Vernon Nickerson How many fathers have introduced/given their transgendered children things as adults as if they were children who were never allowed to say no thanks and or reject the offer? Writer-Director Em Weinsten highlights in a taut short film the primary issue of this dynamic where something is demanded from another without asking permission or without determining if a “gift” was what was … Continue reading Film Review of “In France Michelle Is A Man’s Name”
Soulless Place
By Stephan Pisko A soulless place could exist anywhere it solely depends on the perceptive placement of one’s disciplined dynamics’ cutting through the dishonest deception that mind fabricates. There was a time when you could learn something via traveling but this has all changed sadly you can still learn very ‘basic culture’ an atmosphere of a place and/or country but that is all whatever the … Continue reading Soulless Place
Art of the African Diaspora 2021
Featuring Over 110 Artists of African Descent Online Exhibition: Now to May 16, 2021 In 2021 Art of the African Diaspora will be a hybrid online/in-person event presented at aotad.org, richmondartcenter.org, and at venues throughout the Bay Area.* Over 110 artists will be featured in an online exhibition highlighting their work, bios and artist statements. The online exhibition will run Now through May 16, 2021. richmondartcenter.org/exhibitions/aotad2021 “Art of the … Continue reading Art of the African Diaspora 2021
Brian McClean An Artist Of The Light
Brian McClean is a self taught fine art photographer of extraordinary landscapes, coastalscapes, nightscapes, and cityscapes. He is an exceptionally gifted artist who resides in San Diego California with an astonishing talent for creating emotionally moving photographs which takes an individual on a sublime journey. Brian McClean has always had a vivid imagination, a love for the arts, an eye for beauty. He did not … Continue reading Brian McClean An Artist Of The Light
Sundance Institute and XRM Media Partner to Present Sundance Film Festival: Asia
Jakarta, Indonesia will Play Host to the Inaugural Festival Sundance Institute and XRM Media today announced a collaboration to create Sundance Film Festival: Asia to support, connect, promote and celebrate the independent film community within Asia, while showcasing a selection of films from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Film Festival: Asia is an expansion of the Institute’s programming in the region, further championing and … Continue reading Sundance Institute and XRM Media Partner to Present Sundance Film Festival: Asia
Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” Starting March 19, 2021 Shown in brilliant Dolby VisionTM Laser Projection & Dolby Atmos® Audio Technology
Hollywood’s legendary El Capitan Theatre has been hard at work on reopening plans and welcomes guests back to the big screen to see Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” starting March 19, 2021, shown in brilliant Dolby VisionTM Laser Projection & Dolby Atmos® Audio Technology. Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” screens Friday, March 19 at 9:00am, 12:30am, 4:00pm and 7:30pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 9:00am, 12:30am, 4:00pm and 7:30pm; and Mondays … Continue reading Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” Starting March 19, 2021 Shown in brilliant Dolby VisionTM Laser Projection & Dolby Atmos® Audio Technology
Planting By The Signs
By Jannie Vaught This is a practice my Farming Gardening Grandparents did. My Grandfather was also a water dowser using a fresh willow branch that had a Y. He had me walking all over the garden with that branch until it finally went down on its own. And that was a big moment for me. Planting with the Signs……… This is very familiar with mainly … Continue reading Planting By The Signs
“GNT” A Short Film About Female Self Validation
By Joanna Panayi Directed by Sara Hirner and Rosemary Vasquez Brown, “GNT” is an edgy animated short created by and for women. Honest conversations between young females inspire this short film to expose the repeated cycle that is self-validation. We see the female characters Glenn, Nikki, and Tammy’s contradictory friendship as it often relies upon social standards. Glenn constantly measures her self-worth based on her … Continue reading “GNT” A Short Film About Female Self Validation
The Sundance Institute’s Artist Programs
Nearly a year ago, the Sundance Institute announced their Respond and Reimagine Fund, which dedicated a million dollars in grants to artists and organizations impacted by the pandemic, with priority support for BIPOC artists and organizations that have been disproportionately affected. In the difficult months since then, the resilience, collective action, and creativity of the independent artist community have continued to inspire the Sundance Institute, … Continue reading The Sundance Institute’s Artist Programs
This Is The Season Of Wait
By Jannie Vaught Even the growing regions with warmer weather are Waiting. The ease we use to have and the regular dates and schedules are now ineffective due to the usually cold and ice storms we have had and now another volley of cold and wet. This makes it that Wait till the sun shines. Our usual time to plant potatoes is Valentine’s Day Feb … Continue reading This Is The Season Of Wait
Met Exhibition to Explore Francisco Goya’s Prolific Activity as a Draftsman and Printmaker through Approximately 100 Works from the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries From Now To May 2, 2021
Regarded as one of the most remarkable artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Francisco Goya (1746–1828) is renowned for his prolific activity as a draftsman and printmaker, producing about 900 drawings and 300 prints during his long career. Through his graphic work, he expressed his political liberalism, criticism of superstition, and distaste for intellectual oppression in unique and compelling ways. Opening February … Continue reading Met Exhibition to Explore Francisco Goya’s Prolific Activity as a Draftsman and Printmaker through Approximately 100 Works from the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries From Now To May 2, 2021
“The Fourfold” Film Review: Animation for Big Screens!
By Vernon Nickerson Alisi Telengut’s animated film and Official Selection at Sundance 2021, “The Fourfold”, is a visual feast of nature, sound, color, and humans in animation. As soon as it opens in theaters post-pandemic, you can look forward to enjoying it on the big screen where it was born to be seen. Based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in Mongolia and … Continue reading “The Fourfold” Film Review: Animation for Big Screens!
California Arts Council Launches New Individual Artist Fellowships Program
Agency returns to individual artist funding for first time in 18 years; grants will support individual artistic practice through unrestricted funding The California Arts Council has announced the opening of a new fellowship program intended to recognize, uplift, and celebrate California artists as part of its 2021 grant opportunities. The Individual Artist Fellowships will support artists from a broad spectrum of artistic practices, backgrounds, geographies … Continue reading California Arts Council Launches New Individual Artist Fellowships Program
Vulnerability Communication
By Stephan Pisko Genuine authentic truthful communication is absolutely imperative few human beings’ are exercising. This practice because it puts the individual within a “vulnerability vice”, but if the individual possesses the “confidence along with contentment” with “who and what” you actually genuinely are then there is absolutely no “fragmented fear” of being vulnerable. Continue reading Vulnerability Communication
GETTY VILLA MUSEUM PRESENTS FEMINIST RETELLING OF PANDORA’S BOX MYTH
Virtual play-reading co-produced with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Pandora Now until March 19, 2021 The Getty Villa Museum presents a FREE virtual play-reading of Pandora, the story of Pandora’s Box by acclaimed playwright Laurel Ollstein, co-produced with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. In Pandora, Ollstein retells the Pandora’s Box myth from a feminist perspective and asks: What if a woman was suddenly created and dropped into the middle … Continue reading GETTY VILLA MUSEUM PRESENTS FEMINIST RETELLING OF PANDORA’S BOX MYTH
Pay Attention
By Jannie Vaught This latest cold front taught us many important survival needs. As unexpected as this was for our location, and as sudden as it came in was for this gardener a “Pay Attention”. I do take notice of the weather, and on this occasion, it really caught me rushing about to prepare. I had my faucets and pipes outside wrapped but lost a … Continue reading Pay Attention
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM RECEIVES TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT OF ART AND FUNDS FROM THE FRIDAY FOUNDATION
A significant collection of 20th century art and dedicated funds will support the museum’s mission. The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) announced today that it has received a landmark gift of 19 artworks and $10.5million in dedicated funds from the Friday Foundation, which celebrates the legacy of Seattle collectors Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis. In little more than a decade, they assembled one of … Continue reading SEATTLE ART MUSEUM RECEIVES TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT OF ART AND FUNDS FROM THE FRIDAY FOUNDATION
Teaching
By Stephan Pisko I absolutely agree that this physical existence is full of Dr. McGillicuddy’s cosmic cure sideshows’ like it always has been and always will be hey, their all trying to survive loosing all forms of possible integrity their not interested in maintaining. Einstein was beyond his time in many ways he was the very first ‘spiritual scientist’ which was very ‘out of the … Continue reading Teaching
Yale University Art Gallery Receives Major Gift from Friday Foundation
Gift honors the lives and legacy of Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang The Yale University Art Gallery has received an extraordinary gift from the Friday Foundation honoring the legacy of late Seattle philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. The Lang collection is one of the most important private collections of 20th-century art in the country, with masterworks by renowned postwar American … Continue reading Yale University Art Gallery Receives Major Gift from Friday Foundation
2021 Slamdance Film Festival Film Review of “Man Under Table or: I’m Writing a Movie”
By Vernon Nickerson I found music video director / filmmaker / actor Noel David Taylor’s “Man Under Table or: I’m Writing a Movie” fascinating. It is unique as a film made PRE-COVID-19 and released in the midst of a global pandemic which has changed irrevocably how films are marketed/ distributed and “build an audience” in the neo-virtual digital media multiverse. Watching “Man Under Table or: … Continue reading 2021 Slamdance Film Festival Film Review of “Man Under Table or: I’m Writing a Movie”
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