AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

DISAMBIGUATION

Come join us for an eclectic evening that features original work from artists Alexis Hunt, Katelyn Krause, Ariadna Rodriguez and Dorit Simone.

A show that will include Music/Sound Art, Video, Spoken word, Experimental Theater and Dance in a Performance context.

This Monday November 24th
7:30pm at:

The Actor's Playpen. Map
1514 N Gardner St
Los Angeles, CA 90046
www.theactorsplaypen.com

Wine and food after the show!!

7 SPOTS REMAIN AVAILABLE for the 5th Annual California Listening Room International Songwriters Retreat, January 18-25, with participants including 2008 Berlin Troubadour Competition winner Nanne Larsen (DK) and Sonicbids Listening Room Retreats Winner Colin McGrath (NYC).

The Listening Room Retreats are a great way to network with writers from other countries through co- writing, as well as a powerful source for new inspiration.

They're also a way of rapidly developing ones' work in the company of other writers - and getting a fresh perspective on how to make the songs as effective as possible in communicating your intentions to an audience.

I saw the below posted on the Art4Development Yahoo! Groups listserv. I'm very happy when things go green, and I think some of you are too.

Terri

'Green' Art Museum to Open in Buffalo, NY

BUFFALO, NY.- When the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State
College opens to the public Nov. 22, it is expected to be the first
art museum in New York State to be certified by the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the U.S. Green
Building Council.

Designed by the award-winning international firm Gwathmey Siegel and
Associates Architects, the $33 million art center fronts Buffalo's
historic museum district. It is one of the largest regional art
museums in the country and is slated for LEED silver certification.

In this episode of YourPR, an interview episode, James Tobkin talks about a Mayan Calendar and its reflection and insight into our times: http://yourpr.org/2008/james-tobkin-and-a-mayan-calendar

More information on the Mayan Calendar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_47qEEKxIo&feature=related

More information on the 6th Day which started on the 13th of November: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxB_l7KhalU

For links and more detailed information, email James Tobkin at: jtobkin@gmail.com

Thanks for listening,
Nedcaster
ned@yourpr.org

I edit a blog called Eos: The Creative Context on Wordpress. It is at: http://eosthecreativecontext.wordpress.com/
I feature art, poetry and commentary and am always looking for new work.

The November Multi-Media issue of Unlikely 2.0 is now online...

http://www.unlikelystories.org/

Featuring art by Candace Byington and Amy Kohut

Enjoy!

Jeff

Vol. 5, Issue 16 of The Poetry Victims is now online...

http://thepoetryvictimsvol5.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

Listen to this episode of YourPR, called GenaPR, produced by Gena Lindsay, and get inspired to produce your own episode...

Here's a few words from Gena introducing her episode:

"I am in India, I could say a thousand things but I’m going to stick to two:
India is literally making me crazy and don’t believe anything anyone not from India says about India.
Foreigners are usually here to make money, take advantage or have some sort of manufactured enlightenment.
Don’t listen to me either.
Indians defy generalization, I am equally happy and pissed off most of the time.
This podcast is just a tiny sliver of what life is like here.

Gena Lindsay"

You may view the latest post at http://yourpr.org/2008/genapr

If you want to produce your own episode, contact me now.

friends, is there an answer to the question, "What is art?" Is it even a valid question? Is the definition a universal, or are there many individual definitions that have a smaller overlapping commonality?

as you can see, I'm working on some basic stuff and never studied (or gave much thought to) the theoretical aspect of just exactly what makes something art.

thanks for clueing me in,
michael

This Is My Condition and Dan Kozak release a new full-length CD: Anatomy of Livers. 33 minutes of pure now-ness and non-existence. Recorded by the excellent Joe Post at Daybreak Studio in Lawrence, KS as part of a session for a split 7" on Golgonooza Records with the
rad G.I. Joe from Bologna, Italy.

http://www.myspace.com/thisismycondition

http://www.myspace.com/golgonoozarecords
http://www.myspace.com/GIJOESUCKS

To celebrate TIMC+DKZK will play a live in-store at Love Garden Sounds on Monday Nov. 10th at 8pm sharp. Neg-Fi from Brooklyn NY will perform first as our special guest.