Artists and art–Mine and others
It’s all the same urge, the same expression, the same message. Some day, it might come out graphically, another day, it’ll come out in words. Lawrence Ferlinghetti Snowed in in St. Louis, I turned on the TV and got a signal for the CBS Sunday Morning Show…seeing the last of a story of “The Writer’s…
The Independent Eye, a professional theatre founded by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller in 1974, is based in Sebastopol, CA. In 33 years, they’ve presented 3000+ performances in 35 states & Canada & Israel, as well as public radio series. They act, write, compose, direct, design and do the dirty work. They also write plays…
Yvonne Perry, that whirling dervish of a writer-editor-word-choreographor-woman has posted an interview with me about the publication of my debut poetry collection “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary.” Go to Writers in the Sky (TM) (A blog, newsletter and podcast for the craft and business of writing, publishing and book marketing with tons of tips for freelance…
During my years of community development in Gabane, Botswana (just outside of Gaborone, home of the fictional Precious Ramotswe) working to set up and stabilize Tswaragano Craft Center there, I sat in many a Kgotla meeting or community and tribal council (see Wikipedia note at end of post). Last week in the cave of the…
Photo: Richard Barnes/Museum of Modern Art One of my favorite artists, Marin Puryear is an African-American artist who has prevailed and brought it on home. Read Roberta Smith’s comprehensive review “Humanity’s Ascent in Three Dimensions” at the NY Times online and see a slide show of Puryear’s visually pure, carefully wrought, and deeply felt work….
I first met Rene Dimanche Jr. through his visual art at the Urban League Black Fine Art Exhibit. Later I learned he is a fine actor as well. I saw him perform the role of George Wilcox in the First Run Theatre August production “The Seamstress of St. Francis Street” written by Mario Farwell and…
2007 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS Click here for full list of winners. LOS ANGELES (October 20, 2007) _ Poet Mark Brunetti’s engaging “Airplane Lies and Other Poems Without A Home” was named Book of the Year for the 2007 DIY (Do It Yourself) Book Festival. Ex Machina Press was named DIY Publisher of the…
Since “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” came out (read more on sidebar), I’ve made friends I’ve never met. That, for me, has been one of the best parts of becoming an author. One of those friends-from-afar (but closer now that I’m in St. Louis and he’s only in Nashville) is Hal Manogue. Hal Manogue’s Trademark A.C.E….
I first met Rochleigh Wholfe at Freida L. Wheaton Salon 53 grand opening “Home is where the art is” in early September which you can still read about in the Riehlife archives. Rochleigh’s website features a gallery of her paintings which we can only hint at in our post today. Click here to go to…
Riehlife: Theo, how have you brought your artistry and music into your work as Experience Manager? Theo: I loved Saha, the restaurant inside the hotel, so much that I wanted to be a part of it somehow. I got the restaurant management to let me design and execute the stained glass effect in the restaurant,…