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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

Double Exposure in Daytona Beach

Double Exposure
African Americans Before and Behind the Camera
January 23 – May 30, 2010
“The visual dialogue created by this exhibition links past, present, and future generations of African American artists. This dialogue seeks to help viewers explore the universal nature of memory and photographic representation in relation to their own personal histories.” – Lisa Henry
Saturday January [...]

updates from April Banks

Spring is almost here!
Greetings Everyone,
Here are a few updates for my latest art endeavors. I’m looking forward to a prosperous year full of change and forward momentum.
With peace and prosperity,
April
aprilbanks.com

Opening this Week. . .

image from Mass Nausea at Headlands Art Center

Mass [...]

Pecha Kucha Night Oakland

EastSide Arts Alliance, Samurai Graphix, and Hard Knock Radio Present:
PECHA KUCHA NIGHT OAKLAND
10 ARTISTS 20 SLIDES 20 SECONDS

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT OAKLAND
FRIDAY OCT 17, 2008 8PM
EASTSIDE CULTURAL CENTER
2277 INTERNATIONAL BLVD @23RD AVE
OAKLAND
On Friday Night Oct 17 8pm, 10 Bay Area Artists will gather at the EastSide Cultural Center to share their unique visions on the meaning [...]

April Banks: Crushed

Guerilla presents another cafe original

“crushed”
is an installation of manipulated paper by Oakland artist, April Banks. She uses crushed, torn, sewn and folded paper to create undulating and amorphous forms.

Opening Reception:
Sunday October 19, 2008 5-8pm

The artist who brought you [...]

updates from April Banks

Now Showing. . .

Navajos Creep Me in They Teepees* (Collaboration with Amanda Williams) [Editor's note--I LOVE this piece--one of my favorites in the show]
*image from a photography series about the prevalence of [...]

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    • Interesting powerHouse news March 13, 2010
      Dear powerHouse follower— You are, with any luck, a retailer, a reviewer, a promoter, or just someone vigorously involved in the visual arts, and have been following us through our varied publications over the years and the copious press we made with them, and perhaps recall the risks, the successes, maybe even the élan to which [...] […]
    • Haiku in my Neighborhood (M. Hanks Gallery, 2009) March 13, 2010
      Haiku in my Neighborhood. Poems by Dee Dee McNeil, photographs by Roland Charles,  M. Hanks Gallery, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9821810-1-0, $25.00. (Pages from the book are viewable at Google Books online.) Haiku in my Neighborhood – a coffee table book of 50 haiku poems written by jazz singer/songwriter Dee Dee McNeil with photographs by noted photographer-ar […]
    • The Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack by Barthélémy Toguo (Michael Woolworth Editions, Paris, 2010) March 13, 2010
      The Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack” (”Le Journal Érotique d’un Bûcheron”). artist’s book by Barthélémy Toguo with 12 linocuts and texts, 38 x 26.5 cm, Michael Woolworth Editions, Paris, 1000€. […]