The Art of Human Rights

What do these 24 people have common?

Christopher Andres, John Benedetto, Jenny Chi, Audry Cramblit, Jane FultonAlt, Sheila Ganch, Charles Gniech,Andrea Harris, Vesna Jovanovic, Paula Kloczkowski Luberda, Deanna Krueger, Roland Kulla, Richard Laurent,Maggie Meiners, Rebecca Moy, Didier Nolet, Nancy Pirri, Ted Preuss, Nancy Rosen, Valerie Schiff, Tom Tourluemke, Francine Turk, Michael Van Zeyl, John Vlahakis

They are among the established artists, selected by curator Chuck Gniech, to be exhibited at
The Art of Human Rights - March 10, 2012. All commissions from the exhibition benefit
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights.

The Art of Human Rights

to benefit Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights

Coalition Gallery - Chicago Artists' Coalition

217 N Carpenter Street (West Loop)

Chicago, IL 60607

7-10pm

Tickets are available now!

$125 in advance or $150 at the door.

Purchase tickets now

For More Information:

Call (312) 660-1339

Email: mmarvin@heartlandalliance.org

Visit: http://www.artofhumanrights.com/

Interested in purchasing art now?

Check out the Art Catalog and Price List for details.

The Magic Button — Make Everything OK

Ok...so this blog is about a lot of things as is mentioned in the title... Life, Love and the Creative Process. I am happy to share a website that pretty much sums it up, in case you were in doubt about anything. Just click on the blue text below.

The magic button — Make Everything OK

I will post the creative collaboration pieces on Monday, March 5th. If you have not sent your work in, please do and I will include a link to your website. If you don't know what I am talking about, check it out HERE. It is not too late to participate.

Critical Mass 2011 Traveling Exhibition

If you happen to live in Seattle, Portland or San Francisco, please consider checking out this exhibit. It will be wonderful. I will be attending the opening in San Francisco on May 10th. Also, Jennifer Hudson's portfolio, MEDIC, was chosen for the Critical Mass 2011 book award. I can't wait for it to be published. There is a post on her work HERE.



Happy Friday!

President Obama singing Sweet Home Chicago!

Time to start wearing my election button!

Mardi Gras and Liminality

As Mardi Gras is in full swing in New Orleans, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the importance of celebration, when the ordinary gets transformed into the extraordinary.

We had a fundraiser this past weekend for Ragdale, a most amazing place that supports the creation of art making in all its forms. We went the full nine yards...Sazerac cocktails, Barq's Rootbeer, Abita Beer, crayfish boil, jambalaya, mac and cheese, roasted ham, pickled okra, braised collards, sweet potato pecan pie, king cake, pralines, live cajun music and a reading by award winning cajun poet, Beverly Matherne. We are still in recovery mode but savoring the after glow of a great celebration of art, food, friends and life.







In anticipation of the Mardi Gras celebration, I have been thinking in images and after some effort, I found 2 that nicely reference the concept of liminality, " a psychological, neurological, or metaphysical subjective state, conscious or unconscious, of being on the "threshold" of or between two different existential planes... "



"those in-between situations and conditions that are characterized by the dislocation of established structures, the reversal of hierarchies” ( from wikipedia)



The idea of masquarade is so embedded in New Orleans. Anything goes, especially during Mardi Gras season.



This past weekend there was a great article in the travel section of the New York Times on 36 Hours in New Orleans. There were some great suggestions for traveling there. If you can't get there for this year's Mardi Gras (which is happening now) I just discovered how to join the fun from afar...there is a Mardi Gras Webcam that is rolling today at 3pm to cover the Tucks, Proteus and Orpheus parades and tomorrow, Mardi Gras at 10 a.m for the Rex parade. Just click HERE.

Enjoy

Movie Recommendation ~ Pina

Haunting and Profound. A Tribute to choreographer Pina Bausch. Longing, Struggle, Love, Joy, Reunion, Despair, Strength. Truly inspirational. "Dance, Dance...otherwise we are lost~ Pina Bausch"

Tolstoy on What is Art

According to Tolstoy, art must create a specific emotional link between artist and audience, one that "affects" the viewer. Thus, real art requires the capacity to unite people via communication (clearness and genuineness are therefore crucial values). This aesthetic conception led Tolstoy to widen the criteria of what exactly a work of art is. He believed that the concept of art embraces any human activity in which one emitter, by means of external signs, transmits previously experienced feelings. Tolstoy offers an example of this: a boy that has experienced fear after an encounter with a wolf later relates that experience, infecting the hearers and compelling them to feel the same fear that he had experienced—that is a perfect example of a work of art. As communication, this is good art, because it is clear, it is sincere, and it is singular (focused on one emotion). (wikipedia)



Last night I watched the Grammys. I was spellbound by the artistry of Jennifer Hudson.