News from Karen Miranda Augustine
Posted on | July 28, 2009 | No Comments
My regular update starts off with sad news as many may now know of the passing of Ayanna Black this week Tuesday. A co-founder of Tiger Lily journal – the first literary pubication for women of colour in Canada – as well as CAN:BAIA (Canadian Artists’ Network: Black Artists in Action) from the early ’90s, as well as a writer and poet who published anthologies of African-Canadian writers, Ayanna was very committed to creating spaces for artists who are often pushed to the side of the Canadian mainstream, as well as the counterculture (which has also been guilty of ignoring our work). I will always remember her as someone who was always generous with her time and unbelievably supportive of me and, in particular, of local Black artists in general. For those receiving my updates who are unfamiliar with her, please visit: http://www.poets.ca/Linktext/direct/black.htm
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RIP: AYANNA MAY BLACK
Peacefully on July 21, 2009, Ayanna Black passed away at her residence after a long illness, during which she was lovingly cared for by her partner Eckehard. She will be sadly missed by relatives and her friends in the art and medical communities. Cremation has taken place. Memorial donations may be made to Women’s Art Resource Centre (W.A.R.C.). Online condolences may be made at http://www.CardinalFuneralHomes.comA Celebration of Ayanna Black’s Life
Saturday, August 8, 2009
11:00 a.m.
in the Chapel of Cardinal Funeral Homes
366 Bathurst Street (near Dundas)Death Notice & Guestbook:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=ayanna-may-black&pid=130279866+++
from Possession
~ All that is sacred in contemporary artGHETTO BIENNALE 2009, PORT-AU-PRINCE
The deadline has passed, but just knowing that Haiti is having its first ever biennale is both intriguing and exciting. Check out the links in the post for additional information.The Grand Rue Sculptors are a community of artists living in a downtown slum neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This is the newest art community to have emerged in the last ten years. Their work has opened entirely new vistas into the creative possibilities of the Vodou-inspired arts of Haiti. Their muscular sculptural collages of engine manifolds, computer entrails, TV sets, medical debris, skulls and discarded lumber transforms the detritus of a failing economy into deranged, post-apocalyptic totems.
::: Read more at:
http://www.possessionsessions.com/2009/07/ghetto-biennale-2009-port-au-prince.html+++
WHAT INSPIRES A RITUALISTIC POP ARTIST?
In July: John Scott, Guy-Vincent Ricketti & Abdul Mati Klarwein
http://RitualisticPopArtist.tumblr.com+++
from Blog MorenaMedia
~ Empowering Artist Entrepreneurs One Business Tip at a TimeKILLING CREATIVITY
It’s ironic in so many ways now, Robinson’s speech. Computer and tech-illiterate profs (believe me, there are way more than you can imagine), will soon have no choice but to catch up, learn and value non-textual language within the inescapable realities of image-focused communication in the 21st century. But his speech also made me think of the problems with art education in general: No one teaches you how to live the life of an artist, practically speaking. Art schools don’t bother to teach students business (and I’m not talking CVs and gallery proposals). Business schools, on the other hand, only teach “the bottom line.”::: Read more at:
http://blogmorenamedia.blogspot.com/2009/07/fine-place-to-start.htmlHOW DO YOU MAKE A FILM WITH NO MONEY?
Good question. How do you make a film suitable for screening in a cinema with no money? Well, the first thing you need to do is buy a Macintosh. No, really. When I first wrote the screenplay for Removals we approached the Scottish film funding body, Scottish Screen, for help. This was not forthcoming. We tried again. Same story. So without the actual industry assistance we were stuffed, right? Wrong!::: Read more at:
http://blogmorenamedia.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-do-you-make-film-with-no-money.html………
Karen Miranda Augustine
Ritualistic Pop Artist, Writer
(416) 263-9835
mail@karenmirandaaugustine.com
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