Brenda Johima, whose company is CREATIVE NUDGE Coaching and Consulting Services, is my guest today on Riehlife. Brenda is based in the beautiful Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Since my mission is connection through the arts, I was particularly interested in how Brenda balances her variety of creative pursuits and binds…
A shortened introduction for Roberta Smith from the St. Louis Art Museum events calendar: “Smith is an acclaimed art critic and popular lecturer on contemporary art. She was the art critic for the Village Voice and a senior editor at Art in America before moving to the New York Times in 1986.” ___________________________ Roberta wowed…
“Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.” –Anais Nin
From Wikipedia: ABOUT THE FILM—3:10 to Yuma is a 2007 Western film that is a remake of the 1957 film 3:10 to Yuma, making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s short story. It is directed by James Mangold and stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Filming took place in various locations in New Mexico….
“Moon in the Water,” by Elizabeth Grayson I was lucky enough to savor a long lunch this week with the woman behind the Elizabeth Grayson books, who, like me, is a member of Women Writing the West. She enjoys her anonymity, so I’ll just say this: she’s one heck of a woman and in reading…
You read about the current Portfolio Gallery show “Visual Language” earlier on Riehlife. Today you’ll meet the man who founded Portfolio Gallery and Education Center 18 years ago in 1989: Robert Powell. I first met Robert Powell at the Urban League’s Black Fine Art show. I walked into his booth and felt swept-up in his…
In this photo Robert Powell is hard at work, carving in the open air. I found his work moving and intelligent. Here are two pieces from his collection. “One is the Magic Number,” is made out of walnut and owned by Arnold Donald. “Before the Mayflower” is made of mahogany and has won awards. It…
Judy and I have known each other since the early 1990s when I became a student of Sogyal Rinpoche’s and started meeting her at the Rigpa Shrine Room in Berkeley, California. The shrine room moved to San Francisco, so the Berkeley Shrine Room is no more…except vividly in my memory. However, my friendship with the…
“I think that one’s art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows.” ~Emily Carr~ (Canadian author and painter)
Visual Thoughts Portfolio Gallery 3514 Delmar Blvd Grand Center, Arts, Entertainment & Education District St. Louis, Missouri 63103 Through October 31st Monday through Friday 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM & by appointment 314-533-3323 Portfoliogallery@att.net Robert Powell, Executive Director of Portfolio Gallery & Educational Center, alerted me today to a current group exhibit at the gallery…