AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Tawny and I have been invited by costumer to the "Cars" Ann Closs-Farley to design and build a costume for Ms. January of this year's 99cent musical.

Ken Roht's (Orphean Circus) nearly annual 99cent show features a set and costumes COMPLETELY CREATED WITH MATERIALS FROM THE 99CENT ONLY STORE!

As a documentation of our process, as well as a tutorial for anyone interested in working in this style, I will be checking in with a new post every few days...

Our first meeting with Ann was great. She let us "shop" for a whole bag of goodies donated by the 99cent only stores. We grabbed packing tape, plastic tablecloth material, silver "bead" necklaces, shiny car visors (for the front window,) and other miscellaneous materials.

Art Without Borders
http://www.larkgalleryonline.com

Who is Eligible:
Competition is open to all artists over 18 years of age, working in all media, regardless of experience or nationality.

Applicants who are accepted into our International Competitions will have their work showcased on LarkGallery Online linked to their own websites. Press releases will be sent to all major art news magazines, both nationally and internationally. Participants' works will be viewed by by thousands of art lovers and buyers, museum curators, designers, and gallery owners (see Current Exhibition page).

Art Without Borders
http://www.larkgalleryonline.com

Who is Eligible:
Competition is open to all artists over 18 years of age, working in all media, regardless of experience or nationality.

Applicants who are accepted into our International Competitions will have their work showcased on LarkGallery Online linked to their own websites. Press releases will be sent to all major art news magazines, both nationally and internationally. Participants' works will be viewed by by thousands of art lovers and buyers, museum curators, designers, and gallery owners (see Current Exhibition page).

The Crisis

Please come be part of the DIGITAL CABARET: New mixed-media event that combines digital video and live musical performances.

Theme: Masquerade

MC: Brian Finkelstein

Performer: KNOMI

TUESDAY, November 11
8pm sign-up*
$7 at the door

@ Tangier Lounge
2138 Hillhurst Avenue at Los Feliz Boulevard

I competed in a "Dual Projection Format" Competition in the Lynn Photographic Association group that in belong to. I was extremely nervous about this since I am not competitive and no one likes to have their work picked on. But, I did want to learn and grow so I pushed myself to join this monthly competition. Last night was the first competition. We could either enter three slides or three digital prints in different categories. I entered three digital images in the Digital Arts/Creative Category. I had been so nervous about this night since entering. I had wondered if I did the right thing in entering. So, last night I sat there while viewing these beautiful images of other photographers while the judge critiqued them. Then came mine. My first photographed appeared large on the screen.

Whether I am coloring alongside a client, throwing clay on a potter’s wheel, or blotting tea bags onto watercolor paper – it feels good to me. Making art allows me to slow down my mind chatter. Why is this useful? Balance. It’s all about balance.

What I know about art:
art is fun
art can be messy
art surprises
art tells a story
art can keep a secret
art is curious
art is poignant
art saves lives
Art therapy is making art with a person who is educated about how art and your psyche relate. Working with a real Art Therapist (there is a master’s degree and nationally recognized credential for this field!) makes a difference. Because art making is so powerfully transformative huge shifts can come very quickly. It is important to know how to contain big feelings as they come up.
You might not know that some materials could be triggering to those of us that are carrying scary memories.

Already it was released, 5th album by berekekê. El águila robada (Stolen eagle) is a new vision about north-american icon. Spiritual, deep, mystical, the concept of the eagle is for the Indian tribes of North America a representative of the whole culture and a religion.

Traditional and classic instruments are mixed for this new album of berekekê

Get it in https://berekekeartist.jimdo.com/

1st Annual Los Angeles Holiday ArtsBash

is seeking Volunteers and Performers!

Email MattW@needtheater.org for more information.

OVERVIEW:

The 1st Annual Los Angeles Holiday ArtBash will take place Wednesday, December 10th, 8 PM-2 AM, at the A+D Museum, located at 5900 Wilshire Blvd @ Spaulding, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (across the street from the main entrance of LACMA).

The ArtsBash is both a party and a festival that shines the spotlight on the cultural fringe offerings of our fair city. We will have a live band, a dancing area, a full bar, Holiday-based design elements as well as work from many Los Angeles individual artists and arts organizations from a variety of performing arts disciplines.