Showing posts with label Sage doll-making workshop. we are all the same inside. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sage doll-making workshop. we are all the same inside. Show all posts
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Contact: Gwendolyn Black, 212/665-5313
Michael Martinez, P.R. 845/201-8820
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1ST ANNUAL VISUAL ART AND JAZZ OUTDOOR ART FAIR RESCHEDULED
GUGGENHEIM FELLOW AND 2011 NEA JAZZ MASTER RANDY WESTON TO PERFORM
VISUAL ARTS AND JAZZFEST 2012—10TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION
Harlem, New York, August 22, 2012 –On Saturday, September 8th, 11 am – 7 pm, Artist and Curator Gwendolyn Black continues her annual Visual Arts and Jazzfest 2012 with the 1st Annual Visual Arts and Jazz Outdoor Art Fair headlined by Guggenheim Fellow and NEA Jazz Master Pianist Randy Weston.
The fair is rescheduled to take place at the Jackie Robinson Park Bandshell in Harlem at 147th Street and Bradhurst. The event will include art and photography for sale, food tastings, performances, live art, arts and crafts, along with health and wellness information.
The fair will feature some of today’s outstanding visual artists who are dedicated to supporting and preserving jazz music through their work. The fair will also include performances by many popular local jazz artists and poets.
After contributing six decades of musical direction and genius, Randy Weston remains one of the world's foremost pianists and composers today, and is a true innovator and visionary. Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa, his global creations musically continue to inform and inspire. "Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique".
Visual artists include Sir Shadow whose “one line-one flow” jazz drawings continue to captivate audiences everywhere and artist and author Timothy D. Bellavia whose book “We Are All the Same Inside” is making an international buzz along with acclaimed artists Tafa, Sadikisha Collier, Carol Weaver, Joan Chiverton, Daren Chambers, Alfred Weeks, Frank James, James Gethers, John Van Means, Jackie Hicks, Grace Derrick, photographer Hubert Williams, jeweler Ali, wearable arts by Debra Lynn White, producer/art consultant Loris Crawford of “Off The Main” and others.
Performers included are The Bill Saxon Quartet and Atiba Kwabena's BeFo Quotet both whose musical artistry and legacy has been an important part of the New York and Harlem landscape; blues guitarist Myer Rossabi has performed at BB Kings and his debut CD “Blues is the Color” has been played on FM Radio across the US; native Pittsburgher’s Rochelle Thompson and Anthony Thompson. Ms. Thompson, who is a familiar face on the arts and culture scene here in New York, has performed internationally and throughout the NYC area and has opened for such artists as Joe Williams, David Sanborn, Ahmad Jamal, Danny Mixon and others. Anthony Thompson, who is an award winning actor, is best known for his Langston Huges’ Jesse B. Semple Blues and Jazz Alive in Harlem series which debuted here in New York at Jazz @ Lincoln Center along with Brooklyn based singing sensation Mekka Timberlake; Poets included are Layding Kaliba (who assisted with pulling the fair together) and Tony Mitchelson of the Linyak Project with guest poets David Mills, Lora Renee Tucker, Tanya Tyler, Tom Mitchelson, E.J. Antonio, and Gary Johnston along with poet/artist Nikki Williams who is currently touring her exhibition, “Beautiful, Also, are the Souls of My People.”
On hand will be Harlem Hospital’s Stop Smoking Program and MetroPlus Healthcare who will provide health and wellness information along with Countee Cullen Library who will be sharing books on jazz for young people. Families can join us in the arts and crafts tent where they can explore their own creativity and create their very own project dedicated to jazz.
Artist and curator Gwendolyn Black was inspired to create Visual Arts and Jazzfest, now in its 10th year, to further bring to the public’s eye the importance of so many visual artists who are dedicated to preserving jazz through their work. “Displaying the artists’ work through public venues such as this increases the economic base for the artists as well as enables the public to connect one on one with them states Black. Looking back it is amazing how far we have come and how important it is for this event to continue in our community and internationally.”
Sponsors include WABC-TV, who has been a supporter for the past 11 years, along with MetroPlus Healthcare. Community support has also been provided by the Citibank Financial Group at 144th Street along with K&R Realty who has been a sponsor of the jazz exhibition series since 2004.
Additional events will continue until November include an exhibition of works on jazz, in conjunction with AHRC NY, featuring a 20ft long mural dedicated to the hit tune “A Night in Tunisia” created by adults with disabilities from the AHRC day program along with community residents and professional artists; a Taste of Art and Jazz™ Gallery and Restaurant Crawl and other planned events.
For more updates you can visit www.artsandjazzfestnyc.com or www.facebook/artsandjazzfestnyc.com or contact Gwendolyn Black, Curator/Producer at 212/665-5313 or via e-mail at blackgwendolyn@hotmail.com or gwenblackarts@yahoo.com.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Contact: Gwendolyn Black
212/665-5313
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HARLEM BASED ARTS EDUCATOR AND JAZZ ENTHUSIAST TO HOST
THE 1ST ANNUAL VISUAL ART AND JAZZ DAY!
VISUAL ARTS AND JAZZFEST 2012—10TH ANNUAL
Harlem, New York, June 6, 2012 –Artist and curator Gwendolyn Black will once again present her highly anticipated cultural event: Visual Arts and Jazzfest 2012. This year marks the 10th Anniversary and the celebrations will kick off with a pre-festival event on Friday, June 15th 2012 for the 1st ANNUAL VISUAL ART AND JAZZ DAY at the Harlem Branch Library, 9 West 124h Street, between and 5th Avenue and Lenox Avenue, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. The event will present and celebrate the visual arts through Jazz and give the public an opportunity to connect with the visual artists, gain further insight about jazz, its history and its important legacy.
Gwendolyn Black, who carved out a decades-long career as a painter, arts mentor and jazz enthusiast has teamed up with the New York City Public Library in Harlem, NY for what will be an annual Visual Art and Jazz Day for all ages. The event will feature, We Are All The Same Inside®, the book and accompanying Sage doll, created by the award winning author / illustrator Timothy D. Bellavia. The special arts workshop will celebrate a message of peace and harmony among all peoples while also embracing each other’s differences. Bellavia himself has toured over a hundred schools for well over a decade, and will be using his props to share with participants of the rich and diverse Jazz singers of our times.
The Visual Arts and Jazz Day, was developed to give audiences of all ages, particularly those who have not been exposed to the music, an opportunity to gain appreciation of jazz music and learn about the connection between the two art forms. “Fusing the arts through music is my favorite way to encourage children to do research outside of what they are exposed to … workshop after workshop I see participants become so eager to learn and I am so proud of them for that” said Black. “I am thrilled to be working with Gwendolyn again and I am excited that the participants will get a chance to honor a Jazz legend of the past or even of our own time through the We Are all the Same Inside – Sage doll-making workshop” added Bellavia.
The Visual Arts and Jazz Festival, now celebrating its 10th Anniversary, will run during the months of June - August 2012. The festival was developed to further bring to the public’s eye visual artists and their works dedicated to jazz and “bring together diversified audiences in diversified spaces.”™ The festival is highlighted with special events in Manhattan and Brooklyn and will include an outdoor fair on Saturday, July 14th at the Jackie Robinson Park at Bradhurst Avenue and 145th Street.
For further information contact Gwendolyn Black, Curator/Producer at 212/665-5313 or via e-mail at blackgwendolyn@hotmail.com or visit www.facebook/artsandjazzfestnyc.com.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
A Family Benefit
What could make an afternoon with your favorite girls even better? A multi-generational family event to benefit the Historical Society! On Saturday, May 12, we'll be serving up tea and treats by the renowned Royal Tea Company, who has catered to "royalty" from the Duchess of York to Martha Stewart, queen of domestic arts.
Guests are encouraged to dress in teatime finery–including fancy hats–and to bring their favorite dolls appropriately attired. There will be a trunk show offering American Girl-doll-sized fashions including dresses, casual outfits, shoes and accessories designed especially for the event.
Award-winning children's author, illustrator and educator Timothy D. Bellavia will lead a 30-minute doll-making workshop that will feature exclusive numbered and stonewashed dolls honoring notable Greenwich women and created specially for the event. Participants will individualize their dolls using "hair," yarn, lace, trim, notions, beads, rhinestones and more, and share them over tea. There will also be prizes and a raffle for fabulous items every girl will love.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Two Seatings 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. or 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Education Center
39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob CT
Adults: $75; Children $65 - limited to kindergarten and older, please.
Click here to reserve or call 203-869-6899, Ext. 10.
Monday, December 5, 2011
HARLEM, NEW YORK. WAATSI - Sage doll making workshop participated in a Sesame Workshop sponsored - Literacy event in Harlem, NY. This was a FREE event with 100's of kids from 2 to 13 years making as many Sage dolls as they wished. To read about our event on Saturday, December 3, 2011 visit:
http://www.nynp.biz/index.php/community-forums/229-janice-tosto
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
On September 25, 2011 the We Are All The Same Inside - Sage doll-making workshop and Timothy D. Bellavia '97 joined twenty-three other alumni, spanning almost 15 summers of art (and doll) making at Skowhegan. The diverse and various alumni performed throughout the sunny afternoon around the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, New York.
Art Direction: Wayland-TIMM-E
Music Composed by: Sherlie Matthews
Editing: HK Cut
Voice Over: Walter O"Neil
Special Thanks to: Skowhegan Alumni, Socrates Sculpture Park and staff, NYC Cultural Affairs, Thomas Lanigan Schmidt, Walter O'Neil, Jacob Kafka, Jayne A. Pierce
Dedicated to: Tomie DePaola '55
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