Sienna photographed by family friend, Charlotte-based Mary Ebert. Sienna Gonzalez is in many ways your typical American tween: she likes Selena Gomez, she loves to hang with her friends, she shoos her little brother out of her room for privacy and like most born in the new millennium, she knows her way around a Wii [...]
Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
The Trove: Marcia Jones
July 7, 2011
The artist at her recently opened exhibition, Live and in Stereo(type) Photo: Gantt Center. In 2009 visual artist Marcia Jones chose to inaugurate her brave and unabashedly personal blog, untitled 1972 –truthBE told on December 12, the anniversary of her conception. Teens Paul Davis and Christine Jones with their infant daughter; from “Open letter to [...]
The Trove: Aisha Cousins
February 17, 2011
Aisha Cousins: Capricorn from the Sun to the Moon. In 1990′s Fort Greene, amid a flourishing poetry scene at his Brooklyn Moon Cafe, proprietor Mike Thompson began showcasing the works of visual artists in his popular venue. I became the curator of those exhibitions and was introduced to the joyful Aisha Cousins, then studying Studio [...]
Happy New Decade!
January 1, 2011
It was the reflection on the prior decade that was the impetus for this blog two years ago. To those who have read along as this little thing has found its voice, thank you so very much. Thank you for alotting your precious time to seeing which way the pendulum will swing, from my story in [...]
“In the Present” opens at artDC
December 9, 2010
Artists Jenny Walton and my wonderful friend Alexandra Zealand are exhibiting In The Present at the artDC Gallery December 11, 2010 - January 9, 2011. The works of each artist integrate beautifully as “both grapple with thoughts of human life and its evolving relationships to the world. Though quite different in their materials, each artist’s work relates [...]
The Trove: Cheryl R. Riley & Courtney Sloane
December 2, 2010
An invitation and homage: Courtney Sloane & Cheryl R. Riley. Gotta love a woman who whips up a few baubles to wear on her opening night from the discards of “yesterday’s soup.” And so it is that interior designer Courtney Sloane adores such a woman, her wife, Cheryl R. Riley. Cheryl, one of the artists [...]
ImageNation Revolution Awards
December 1, 2010
I have looked delightedly forward to the ImageNation Revolution Awards lauding luminaries Tom Burrell, Chairman Emeritus of Burrell Communications; Lisa Cortes, President of Cortes Films (EP of Precious;) Ruby Dee, Actress & Activist; Debra L. Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET Networks; Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Civil Rights Hero and Iris Morales, Activist & Filmmaker. This Thursday’s festivities [...]
The Global Africa Project
November 19, 2010
An absolute must-see exhibition, The Global Africa Project is on view at the Museum of Art and Design at Columbus Circle through May 2011. I have anticipated this show for a while, as the works of my friends Xenobia Bailey and Cheryl R. Riley are included, but I was unprepared for the magnitude of the unprecedented installation of the design, art and craft [...]
Ink Plots at SVA
October 14, 2010
This evening, from 5:30 – 7pm, The School of Visual Arts hosts a reception for the exhibition, Ink Plots: The Tradition of the Graphic Novel at the Visual Arts Gallery 601 West 26 Street, 15th floor, New York City. Among the many SVA alumni included in the show is my friend, N Steven Harris, creator of [...]
“Freedom Riders” in NY & LA
August 18, 2010
If you haven’t seen it yet, there are two days left to see Stanley Nelson’s magnificent documentary, Freedom Riders. The official Sundance selection has been screening in New York City and Los Angeles during DocuWeeks in order to qualify for the Oscars (fingers crossed!) The film is scheduled to air on PBS’ acclaimed American Experience [...]
