AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Finally finished college - its been a tough ride, a busy year - but finally finished and sitting, killing time before a first interview. there are kids sitting down doing a written exam, four feet away from me, exactly where I was this time last year - full of hope and confidence - blind confidence. It'll be a different sort of feeling from now on - a sort of knowledge from experience, a growth from hard toil. I've been here before, and i'll be here again. It's hard to go from the top to the bottom - from the finish to the start - in a matter of days. it'll take time to adjust. But for now, wi

Dear fellow Artists.
The idea of building this website came from strong desire to build a community. The community implies interaction. Interaction is a cornerstone of any relationship. Relationships define the community.
Why are we not interacting? Friends, we are artists, we thrive on feedback, and we need re-assurance. Just having talent is very different from being recognized as a talented artist.
Commenting on each other’s work will do the trick, trust me. I personally would not believe my friends and family when they told me time and again that I am a true artist. Their opinion was contingent on our friendship, I thought. They were not objective, I thought.

i sit alone at the tracks
bells dinging in my ears
the crossing gates down
red lights flashing
the ground shuddering
under the wheels of the train
im watching the art roll by
like a traveling christo canvas
and im thinking of gauguin
toulouse-lautrec degas
van gogh suddenly
theyre all here with me
behind me in the back seat
slapping me on the shoulder
pointing at the boxcars
clapping their painted hands
excited little boys again
backseat art fanatics critics
insistently cussing all at once
son-of-a-bitch they say
gasping with delight or envy
im not sure which but
im guessing theyre jealous

(Previously published in Blinkzine Arts Magazine, Voices Israel Anthology and The Poetry Victims)

http://www.blinkzine.com/pdfs/blinkzine%20issue%203.pdf

Greetings 'bell the cat' ~ Sun Bell friends ~

'bell the cat' band is: Sun Bell ~ songwriter, singer, rhythm guitar, percussion, harmonica; Terry Lee Knierim ~ drums, percussion; Jan Emerson ~ vocals, keyboard; Leesa Miranda Gomez ~ lead guitar, bass, multi-instrumentalist; Anna Czajkowski ~ bass, mandolin.

VOTE for our music video PLEASE at:(Get enough votes, we get on TV!!!) http://www.mvspy.com/mvspy/video/bXZzcHk6NTMy

Absolutely Fantastic News: Sun just won HONORABLE MENTION in the BILLBOARD WORLD SONG CONTEST for my 2 songs, 'To The Moon Alice' (Top 500)and 'Radio Wo Wo'(Top 1500). "In recognition of having your original song compositions among the Top 500 & 1500 entries of the 14th Annual Billboard World Songwriting Contest. Only the highest quality songs make it to the top. This honor demonstrates the talent and dedication it takes to write a "Hit Song".", wrote Jim Halsey, President and Mark Furnas, Director.

Artist Reception June 23,2007 5-10
NELA (Northeast L.A.) Art Walk June 9,2007 7-10

Bring your well behaved pups! Yes they can dress fancy if they want.

Cactus Gallery
4534 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Eagle Rock, CA 90041

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GE_TYSST0x8

Jersey City-based country/folk artist Amy Speace (http://www.musicdish.net/amyspeace/) is presently being featured in PBS' leading series of "short-form" programming, FastFocusTV. The segment, airing nationally on more than 100 U.S. public television stations reaching over 62 million households nationwide, features an interview with the Wildflower Records singer on the former actress' emerging music career. The interview is interspersed with live clips from Amy's performance at Mo Pitkins in NYC this past December.

Amy's PBS video can be seen at the following sites:
* Fast Focus - http://www.fastfocus.tv/

If you guys know any high school seniors interested please share this.

Let's get the word out!

Do you know any Black Males who are Senior's in high school who want to go to college for FREE. The black colleges are looking for future Black Male Teachers and will send them to Universities/Colleges
FOUR (4) YEARS FREE THIS IS FOR MALES ONLY.

1. Have parents fill out this application.
2. Read the Mission Statement. There are Ten (10) different
South Carolina Colleges or Universities:

Benedict College
http://www.callmemi

MusicDish CEO and founder Eric de Fontenay has been invited to present his seminar "Are You Ready To Innovate in the Digital Marketplace?" at "Knock Knock - The Future Of Music," a conference presented by Innovation Lab and Danish Rock Council in Aarhus, Denmark. The conference, held on May 31st, will open the SPOT Festival presenting close to one hundred of the most fascinating Danish and Nordic bands and artists. The SPOT Festival attracts approximately 800 international representatives of the music business, record companies,publishers, bookers, organizers, media etc. The conference will be webcasted for free at www.innovationlab.dk/uk

tank.tv

Fresh Moves: New Moving Images From The UK
a DVD of film and video art presented by tank.tv

The appearance of Fresh Moves is a unique event making artists' moving images, some of which are rarely seen, available beyond the conventional context of art exhibitions and fleeting lives online. The project is the result of tank.tv's continuous collaboration and exchange with artists, institutions and independent curators which has made it the inimitable platform for moving image practice that it is today.

Showcasing new moving image work since 2003, tank.tv presents its first DVD anthology. This collection contains 24 film and video pieces by 24 UK based artists, each around three minutes long, and reflects the creativity, innovation and wide variety of subject matter for which www.tank.tv has become known and respected. It also includes five new, specially commissioned interviews pieces between feted curators and artists.