NEW LOOK AT FUNKY CHIC CROCHET CROWNS

I SHOWED THIS CROWN BEFORE, BUT IT IS A BETTER FIT ON THIS MODEL. THIS MODEL IS MISHON, MISHON, SHE IS A AMAZING NATURAL HAIR STYLIST IN BROOKLYN.

THIS CROWN JUST SOLD ON ETSY.

I SHOWED THIS CROWN ON THE BLOG BEFORE... BUT THIS IS A BETTER FIT, THIS CROWN IS A LITTLE LARGE.

THIS IS A NEW CROWN, THIS CROWN HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD... I WANTED TO SHARE THE IMAGE ANYWAY.

WORKS IN PROGRESS FUNKY CROCHET CROWN

WHEN I PUT THIS CROWN ON A WOMANM IT WORKS BETTER FOR ME, I STILL HAVE TO ADD THE SIZING FOR SCULPTURAL BODY TO THE CROWN.

THE INSTALLATION OF MANDALA TITLED, ONE NATION UNDER A CROVE, BIT BY BIT, LITTLE BY LITTLE, AND SCONCES BY DORIAN WEBB AT LOGAN AIRPORT IN BOSTON

THIS INSTALLATION WAS SPONSORED BY THE FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM IN BROCKTON MASS. THE LOCATION IN THE AIRPORT OF THE INSTALLATION IS A THE DELTA BAGGAGE PICK UP.

I WILL GIVE MORE DETAIL SOON,... LIKE ALWAYS... I'M IN A MAD RUSH.

TEXTURAL RHYTHMS: CONSTRUCTING THE JAZZ TRADITION-CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS, AMERICAN

THE MORNING OF JUNE 23, 2009, MANSUR SCOTT, THE GIOT "HOLY MAN" OF LENOX AVE. CALLED ME, AND TOLD ME TWO OF HIS FRIENDS WHERE COMING INTO NEW YORK FROM NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE QUILTING EXHIBIT AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FOLK ART IN NYC.

HIS FRIEND WIFE WAS ONE OF THE QUILTER IN THE EXHIBIT, I WILL ADD DETAILS LATER. MANSUR TOLD ME THE OPENING WAS THAT EVENING. THIS WAS AN EVENT I NEEDED TO ATTEND.

THIS IS A EXCITING TRAVELING EXHIBIT

TWO OF THE QUILTERS IN FRONT OF A QUILT HONORING NINA SIMONE IN THE BACKGROUND.

THE NETWORKING AMONG THE ARTIST AND QUEST.


TWON OF MY DEAR FRIENDS FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS A ART STUDENT AT PRATT INSTITUTE. DAPHNE MC KINGHT SITTING WITH SHORT HAIR AND SANDI BENGERMAN, STANDING.

SANDI IS SOON TO RETIRE FROM PRATT AND BECOMING A FULL TIME QUILTER IN NORTH CAROLINA. I HAVE A GREAT SANDI STORY.

VERY INTERESTING COUPLE WITH A GREAT LOOK, I FELT WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.

BESIDES BEING LOVERS OF THRIFT STORES, HE IS A CROCHETER. HE PULLED THIS AMAZING PIECE OUT OF HIS BAG.


THE CUTEST MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AT THE EXHIBIT, I THINK THEY ARE FROM WASHINGTON DC, THE DAUGHTER IS IN NEW YORK TO GO TO ALVIN AILEY FOR THE SUMMER... IN A MAD RUSH... I WILL GET BACK TO ALL THE DETAILS SOON.

NOTES FOR FINAL WORKS IN PROGRESS CROCHET CROWN LOOK... ONE MORE PHASE TO GO BEFORE COMPLETION

THIS LOOK REALLY WORKS FOR ME WITH THE BRIM, I LIKE THE ELEVATION THE THE TRIM MULTI COLOR BRIMS TO THE CROWN, NOW IT IS COMPLETED.

THE ADDITION OF THE BRIM AND THE TRIML IS REALLY SAYING SOMETHING TO ME.... I STILL HAVE TO ADD THE SIZING AND HAND SCULPT THE CROWN FOR IT TO HOLD IT'S PERMANENT SHAPE...

WORK-IN-PROGRESS NOTES ON MY CREATION OF MY LATEST FUNKY CROCHET MOJO CROWNS FOR THE URBAN MYSTICS OF THE PLANET BY XENOBIA BAIELY

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS CROCHET MOJO CROWN THAT I AM WORKING ON,... I HAVE NOT YET DONE THE HAND SCULPTING WITH THE LAQUAR SIZING TO GIVE THE CROWN IT'S PERMANENT SHAPE... FOR SOME REASON IT DOES NOT LOOK COMPLETE TO ME.

I THINK I AM GOING TO ADD A BRIM TO IT BEFORE I DO THE HAND SCULPTING WITH THE SIZING....

THE COLORS WORK FOR ME... THE YARN COLORS AND FILAMENT SPARKLING THREADS DO NOT SHOW UP THAT GOOD IN THE PHOTO....

IT IS SO GREAT TO WORK WITH A WONDERFUL LIVE MODEL WHILE I WORK ON THIS SERIES OF CROCHET CROWNS... IT REALLY HELPS WITH MY VISUAL THINKING.

AMERICAN STORY, INSTALLATION OF RE POSSESSED AT THE JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER, SHEBOYGAN, WI

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING EXHIBIT AT THE JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTER... IT RUNS FROM JUNE 20, 2009 TO JAN 3, 2009

I'M STILL IN A MAD RUSH, I ONLY HAD TIME TO POST THESE IMAGES, I WILL POST THE TEXT REAL SOON... I PROMISE.

CHECK OUT THE JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ART CENTERS WEBSITE... ITS A GREAT PLACE.

https://www.jmkac.org/XenobiaBailey

ULTRA FUNKY CROCHET CROWN FOR KING COOL PAPA DADDY-O, FOR FATHERS DAY, OR ANY DAY, CREATED BY FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY

GREETINGS FOLKS... HERE IS MY LATEST CREATION FOR ALL THE ART COLLECTER LOOKING FOR THAT ONE-OF-A-KIND GIFT FOR FATHERS DAY...

I'M IN A SUPER MAD RUSH RIGHT NOW... FOR MORE DETAIL... CHECK IT OUT ON MY XENBA.ETSY.COM SITE...

THANKS FOLKS... I'LL BE WRITING MORE IN THE FUTURE.

MORE FUNKY CROCHET CROWNS FOR THE URBAN MYSTICS, WIZARDS AND SUPERNATURAL BROTHERHOOD OF THE PLANET: FRESH FROM MY STUDIO.

GREETINGS WORLD, HERE ARE TWO NEW FUNKY CROCHET CROWNS HOT OFF MY CROCHET HOOK, THESE CROWNS WILL ALSO BE ON ETSY IN A FEW DAYS.

THIS SIZE IS FOR A 23 INCHE HEAD,


THIS CROWN AT THIS STAGE WAS A WORK IN PROGRESS, ...I WAS NOT TO PLEASED AT LEAVING THIS CROWN AS COMPLETED AT THIS STAGE,.... IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE IT NEEDED SOMETHING ELSE,..... IT WAS NOT GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT I WANTED IT TO GO IN...

HERE IS THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROWN,..... I POPPED UP THE TOP AND ADDED A BRIM TO GIVE IT THE LOOK I WANTED.....

NOW THAT I LOOK AT VIEW (2), I LIKE VIEW (2) FOR ANOTHER FUNKY CROWN STUDY,... I REALLY LOVE THESE DIGITAL CAMERAS FOR KEEPING VISUAL STUDIO NOTES.

THE MODEL IS A BRILLIANT YOUNG ENTREPENUER, NAMED LHIODES (SOUNDS LIKE "LEE OTIS"),..... HE IS VISITING HARLEM ON A BUSINESS TRIP LOOKING FOR A SPORTS WEAR FASHION DESIGNER TO DESIGN FOR HIS AND HIS PARTNERS CLOTHING LINE IN PARIS,...... I WILL SHARE MORE INFO ABOUT HIS PROJECT REAL SOON.

HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM THE CONGO, HIS FAMILY AND HIM MOVED TO PARIS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND THAT IS WERE HE PRESENTLY LIVES.

HE WILL BE IN NEW YORK FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS.

I HAVE JUST DRAFTED HIM AS MY NEW MODEL MUSE FOR MY FUNKY URBAN CROWNS FOR ALL THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE PLANET... ARE MY STARS LINED UP OR WHAT?!!!

PEACE Y'ALL

XENOBIA'S FUNKY URBAN ONE-A-KIND CROCHET CROWNS WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL THE SUPERNATURAL FOLKS ON THE PLANET. ON XENBA. ETSY.COM

ONE OF A KIND COSMIC CROCHET CROWNS AS FUNKY AS I CAN MAKE THEM FOLKS... WITH MY PERSONAL LABEL, NOW AVAILABLE FOR SELL TO THE WORLD.

GREETINGS EVERYONE,... I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF CREATING A 2009 COLLECTION OF MY NEW FUNKY URBAN CROCHET CROWNS.

I WILL BE SELLING THEM ON MY XENBA.ETSY.COM SITE IN A FEW DAYS. THIS POSTING IS THE FIRST INTRODUCTION.

THIS HAT WITH THE BLACK/PURPLE TOP, THE AQUA/DARK BROWN SECOND LAYER HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD. THIS IS A SMALL SIZE.

ALL THE CROWNS ARE PERSONALLY CROCHET BY ME, XENOBIA BAILEY, THEY ARE CROCHET WITH 4 PLY COTTON AND ACRYLIC YARNS, SINGLE STITCH WITH MY ORIGINAL SIGNATURE "LIQUID STITCH".

ALL THE CROWNS ARE SCULPTED WITH SIZING, SO THAT THE CROWNS MAINTAINS THE ORIGINAL SHAPE.

THE PRICE WAS $135.00

THIS RED/DARK OLIVE GREEN TOP CROWN, WITH NO BRIM, IS STILL FOR SELL, MEDIUM SIZE.

PRICE $135.00

THIS LOVELY HOT PINK/TURQUISE TOP COCHET CROWN WITH NO BRIM HAS SOLD. MEDIUM SIZE.

PRICE $135.00

THIS FUNKY BLUE NUMBER WITH DENIM BLUE/PALE RAINBOW COLORS AT THE TOP WITH A BRIM IS STILL AVAILABLE. THIS IS A SMALL SIZE.

PRICE $140.00

THIS BEAUTIFUL HOT PINK/DARK BROWN AT THE BOTTOM WITH A BLACK/WHITE TWEED BRIM WITH A LAVENDER TRIM.

PRICE $140.00

THIS CUTE WINE RED/APPLE GREEN TOP, WITH GREEN CAMOFLAGE BRIM, WITH LAVENDER TRIM. SMALL SIZE.

PRICE $140.00

THIS FUNKY FLAPPED CROWN WITH THE WINE RED/TURQUISE TOP WITH DENIM BLUE AMBRE BRIM WITH SAND COLORED TRIM. THIS IS A LARGER SIZE HAT.

PRICE $150.00

FRONT VIEW OF THE ABOVE CROCHET CROWN.

FOUR CORNERED RED/DARK GREEN TOP WITH GREEN CAMOFLAGED BRIM AND VIBRANT PURPLE TRIM MEDIUM SIZE.

PRICE $150.00 (THIS CROCHET FUNKY CROWN IS SOLD)

CLOSER VIEW OF THE ABOVE CROCHET CROWN. (THIS CROCHET CROWN HAS BEEN SOLD)

MANY THANKS TO THE BEAUTIFUL MODEL ANN. ANN IS AN AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL PERSON INSIDE AN OUT. SHE FIRST MODELED FOR ME AT A FASHION SHOW AT THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK A FEW YEARS AGO, AND SHE STOLE THE SHOW.

SHE IS A WONDERFUL DANCER, SHE WAS RECENTLY PERFORMING IN BILL T. JONE POWERHOUSE OFF BROADWAY MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF FELA. KEEP YOUR EYES OPENED FOR THIS DYNAMIC ARTIST.

MANY THANKS ANN!!... YOU REALLY MAKE MY ART WORK COME ALIVE!!!

BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC'S, DANCE AFRICA 2009, TRANCE-PORTING THE BLOCK TO ANOTHER COSMIC-FREQUENCY.

EACH YEAR, I CAN'T HARDLY WAIT FOR DANCE AFRICA'S MARKET PLACE TO OPEN UP IN THE PARKING LOT OF BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. I ALWAY SEE THESE AMAZING WORKS OF UTILITARIAN ART BY THESE ARTIST VENDORS.

I DID NOT GET THIS BOOTH'S NAME, BUT I WILL GO OVER MY BUSINESS CARDS THAT I COLLECTED AND POST THE INFO AT A LATER DATE..... I HOPE.

I HAVE TO GET MY TRAVELING BAGS ENHANCED BY THIS ARTIST.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY ROVING MODELS THAT WERE MOVING THROUGH THE CROWD WITH THE ULTIMATE URBAN LOOK FOR THE 21st. CENTURY... ART WE READY FOR COSMIC STAR TIME?

NICE, NICE, VERY NICE...

A PLUS, PLUS FOR CULTURAL FUSION REMIX.... I THINK WE CAN ALL GET ALONG.

I AM LOVING THIS BRAID JOB..

REAL IRON MAN SURFACE DESIGN...

THIS IS MY ULTRA COOL, HOMEGIRL, DEAR FRIEND, EYE DOCTOR, IN ONE OF MY FUNKY CROCHET CROWNS THAT SHE JUST PURCHASED. SHE ALSO CROCHETS, PRINTS ON FABRIC AND IS WORKING ON A VIDEO... I WILL KEEP YOU TUNE FOR FUTURE DETAILS ON DR. DONNA.

HERE IS THE FABULOUS MODEL ANN, MODELING AN ORIGINAL OUTFIT BY MULTI TALENTED PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND DESIGNER EXTRA ORDINAIRE WUMMI THE WONDER WOMAN.

FUNKY CHIC IN THE SUMMER TIME.

ONE OF THOSE, FAMILY AT THE FESTIVAL PHOTO'S, THIS IS ANN, HER ADORABLE DAUGHTER AND HER VERY SUPPORTIVE MOTHER.

I THINK SOME ONE HAS JUST STOLEN THIS SCENE, WITH HER CUTE LITTLE SASSY SELF,

...ANOTHER COSMIC STAR IS BORN.

THIS IS WHAT FESTIVAL ARE ALL ABOUT,... EATING ALL THE SWEETS YOU CAN BEFORE YOUR MOTHER AND GRANDMA SEES YOU.

YUM, YUM, YUMMY...AAHHHH TO THE LAST CRUMB.

SHE IS AS CUTE AS A BUTTON,... I LOVE THE WAY HER MOTHER DRESSES HER, IN URBAN DESIGNER WEAR.

FACE PAINTING IS ALWAYS POPULAR... CHECK MOM ON THE LEFT GETING INTO THE PHOTO.

CHECK MOM ON THE RIGHT, GETTING INTO THE PHOTO...

FINAL APROVAL OF THE FACE PAINT JOB.

i THINK SHE LIKES IT.

SHOPPERS AT ONE OF THE MANY VENDORS BOOTH,

SOMETIMES I DO'NT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FIRST...

REGROUPING.

TRADITIONAL AFRICAN FABRIC.... I DID NOT SEE ANY CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE PRINTS...

AS I WAS LEAVING THE FESTIVAL, I RAN INTO A SISTAH CROCHET VENDOR THAT I MET ON 14TH ST. AT UNION SQUARE PARK SELLING HER CROCHET HATS. SHE WAS AT THE FESTIVAL WITH HER SON, HE IS SUCH A NICE YOUNG MAN.

I GUESS HIS CHARM CAUGHT THE EYE OF THIS LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS ON THE SUBWAY AS WE ALL ENTERED THE TRAIN, HER AND HER MOTHER WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR, AND THEY SAT DOWN WITH US.

THE LITTLE GIRLS MOTHER SAID THAT THE LITTLE GIRL WANTED TO SHOW THE LITTLE BOY HER SWORD.

US ADULTS THOUGHT THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THEM WAS SO CUTE...

LOOK HOW SHE IS LOOKING AT HIM... AND HE IS ACTING LIKE HE IS SO INTO CHECKING OUT HER SWORD.

YET ANOTHER OUTING TO REMEMBER FOR MY FUTURE NOTES...

MAIMOUNA KEITA SCHOOL OF AFRICAN DANCE: CONFERENCE 2009 WORKSHOPS AND CONCERT 4.9.09-4.12.09, NYC

THIS PAST EASTER SUNDAY WEEKEND WAS THE 17TH ANNUAL DANCE CONFERENCE AND CONCERT OF MAIMOUNA KEITA SCHOOL OF AFRICAN DANCE, INC.www.maimounakeita.com/

CO-FOUNDED BY MARIE BASSE-WILES (ON THE LEFT) AND OLUKOSE WILES, MUSICAL DIRECTOR (NOT PICTURED).

WHEN EVER I AM IN TOWN I LOVE TO DROP BY THIS MAGICAL JOURNEY OF DANCE & DRUMMING WORKSHOPS BY THE BEST CRAFTSMEN OF THEIR FIELD...

MARIE BASSE-WILES HAS SHARED HER CREATIVE PERFORMANCE BRILLIANCE WITH THIS CONFERENCE FOR 17 YEARS NOW... THIS AIN'T AN EASY THING TO DO FOLKS... WONDERFUL PRODUCTION "QUEEN" WILEY.... YOU HAVE LIFTED OUR SPIRITS, HIGHER AND HIGHER...

THERE WAS A LOVELY SHORT AFRICAN FASHION SHOW OF A COLLECTION OF AMAZING AFRICAN GARMENTS THAT THE VENDER WERE SELLING.

I LOVE BEING INSPIRED BY THE ELEGANT STYLE OF ALL THE SUPERNATURALS AND EVERYDAY PEOPLE "STARS" WHO ALL WERE SO RADIANTLY STYLED FOR THIS FOUR DAY EVENT.

POWER-HOUSE DANCER/INSTRUCTOR.

21ST CENTURY AFRO-POP STYLE AT IT'S MOST SYPHISTICATED BEST....

THE HAIR PARTING CRAFT TAKE REAL SKILL THAT COME WITH A LOT OF PRACTICE....


MY CROCHET CROWN ON THIS ULTRA-HIP, TALENTED, YOUNG AFRICAN PRINCE

ANOTHER OF MY CROCHET CROWNS... I COULD'NT HELP MYSELF FOLKS... IT WAS ROYALTY ALL AROUND ME, EVERY WHERE I LOOKED... I HAD TO CAPTURE THE MOMENTS.

ULTRA SOPHISTICATED AND FUN LOOK... IN OTHER WORDS... NEO RICH!!!... IT'S IN THE BLOOD!!!....

OK... I HAVE TO STOP WRITING NOW THIS IS TO MUCH EXCITEMENT FOR ME... MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS OUT OF CONTROL...

ENJOY THE IMAGES OF THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MARIE BASSE-WILES FOR THIS WONDERFUL SPIRITED WEEKEND....

THIS WAS GOOD MEDICIAN!!!






















THESE TWO MAGICAL PEOPLE JUST MET AS I WAS PHOTOGRAPHING THEM...

I JUST LET MY IMAGINATION RUN WILD, MAKING THEM A COUPLE IN MY MIND,... BECAUSE THEY LOOKED SO FABULOUS TOGETHER...

IS'NT THIS THE MOST NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG COUPLE YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN A LONG TIME!!!.

SO CALM...

SO REFRESHING...

SO SMART LOOKING,

SOOOO 21ST CENTURY AFRO-CHIC!!!























THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MARIE, FOR SHARING THIS WONDERFUL AFRICAN DANCE & DRUMMING EXPERIENCE WITH US,...

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AMONG US.

STUDIO MUSEUM OF HARLEM: COLLECTED, PROPOSITIONS ON THE PERMANENT COLLECTION [KALUP LINZY: if it Don't Fit] OPENING 4.1.09 HARLEM, NYC

STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM,... LIKE A ANOTHER MAGAZINE "UPTOWN", HAS A DOUBLE COVER FOR THE SPRING STUDIO MAGAZINE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND A ART PIECE BY FINE ARTIST ROMEARE BEARDEN....

IF YOU CAN EVER GET A COPY OF ANY OF THESE INSIGHTFUL STUDIO MAGAZINES, IT WOULD BE MORE THAN WORTH IT TO HAVE IN YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY.

THE EXHIBIT, COLLECTED, PROPOSITIONS ON THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, IS A VERY LARGE AND WONDERFUL EXHIBITION OF THE STUDIO MUSUEM IN HARLEMS PERMANENT COLLECTION.

I HAVE ONE OF MY WORKS IN THIS EXHIBIT, TITLED "SUPERNATURAL THING" EVEN THOUGH THIS PIECE IS PART OF DANNY SIMMONS PERMANENT ART COLLECTION. I WAS ASKED TO BE A PART OF THE EXHIBIT... I WAS TRULY HONORED FOR THE OPPURTUNITY.

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE BUILDING, I WENT STAIGHT TO THE STUDIO MUSEUM GIFT SHOP TO SAY HI TO JAMIE GLOVER AND TO SEE HOW MY TEA'S WERE SELLING.

I SAW A EXCITING COLLECTION OF HAND CROCHET HATS BY A 3 GENERATION CROCHET DESIGNER/BUSINESS WOMAN, PAULRTTE JEMMOTT-WILEY. SHE IS A PRODUCT OF HER CROCHETING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER....

PLEASE GO TO HER WEB-SIGHT WWW.DALIASOLEIL.COM AND CHECK HER OUT, SHE IS AN AMAZING CRAFTS WOMEN. SHE DESERVES AN A++ IN MY BOOK.

THIS IS THE LOVELY DESIGNER, IT WAS MY OVERSIGHT TO NOT INCLUDE HER DAUGHTER IN THE PHOTO BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER IS THE INSPIRATION FOR HER VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.

PAULETTE'S CHOICE''S AND COMBINATION OF COLORS WORKS WILL WITH ANY SKIN TONE. ... HER WORK HAS TO BE VIEWED IN PERSON, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW WELL STRUCTURED THESE HATS ARE. I CAN REALLY SEE THE EFECTS OF 3 GENERATIONS IN EVERY STITCHE. SHE ALSO HAS A ETSY STORE dahliasoleil.etsy.com

A WONDERFUL CHARMINGLY FUNKY CROCHET HAT. A REAL NICE ADDITION TO THE EXPANDING FUNKY URBAN AESTHETIC.

HERE ARE TWO MASTERFULLY KNITTED HEAD WEAR....

SHE'S GOT THE LOOK:

SPOT LIGHTING ANOTHER SUPERNATURAL STYLING HER URBAN LOOK AT STUDIO MUSEUM OPENING.

A COOL, RICH, FUNKY LOOK.

I SPOKE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL QUEEN MOTHER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE STUDIO MUSEUM,

SHE WAS WEARING THIS STUNNING CROCHET HEAD PIECE THAT SHE WAS WEARING LIKE A CROWN, I HAD TO ASK ABOUT THIS WORK.

IT REMINDED ME OF THE CROCHET WORK THAT I SAW BACK IN THE 1980'S, BEFORE I KNEW HOW TO CROCHET. THIS WAS THE HIGH SKILL OF CRAFTSMENSHIP, URBAN AESTHETIC, PATTERN DESIGN AND CHOICE OF NATURAL COTTON YARNS, THAT INSPIRED THE WORK THAT I DO TODAY.

I DO NOT SEE THIS QUALITY OF WORK ANY MORE, IT USED TO BE SO COMMON IN THE COMMUNITY, AFTER THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT IN THE 1960'S.

SHE TOLD ME, THAT THIS MASTERFUL COLLECTOR ITIEM WAS INDEED FROM THE 1980'S.... IT WAS WONDERFUL TO STUDY THIS STRIKING WORK OF ART.

SHE TOLD ME SHE PAID $20.00 FOR IT,... THAT WAS "BACK IN THE DAY" WHEN RENT WAS $250.00 FOR A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT IN A BROWNSTONE IN BROOKLYN, THAT WAS SPECIAL ERA FOR THE "PEOPLE"...

SHE TOLD ME THAT THE ARTIST THAT CROCHET IT HAD PASSED ON.... BLESS HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL.

XENOBIA BAILEY'S "HAPPENING" BIRTHDAY-TEA NOTES: KNITTY CITY 4.5.09 NYC

HEY FOLKS... FIRST... GIVING BIRTHDAY THANKS TO MY PARENTS FOR MY BIRTH, AND FOR HAVING THEM BOTH, TOGETHER AS A MARRIED COUPLE, IN MY LIFE, UNTIL I LEFT HOME AS A ADULT.

AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS BIRTHDAY SPECIAL FOR ME, I CAME UP WITH SOME NOTES ABOUT SOME IDEAS FOR MY BIRTHDAY TEA.

I SAW THIS AMAZING TEE-SHIRT WITH THE LIKENESS OF OUR FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, ON IT FOR SELL ON 14TH STREET AND UNION SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY,

THIS TEE SHIRT REALLY GOT MY CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING, AS FAR AS ECONOMIC STIMULATION, ARTIST, THE WORK PLACE, KNEEDLE ARTS ETC. ETC.

I AM GOING TO CREAT A SERIES OF FUNKY CROCHET BUSINESS POWER SUITS, FOR POWER DRESSING.

THESE SUITS ARE GOING TO BE WORN WITH DIFFERENT ULTRA-COOL TEE SHIRTS THAT I MAKE OR BUY FROM OTHER ARTIST, THESE POWER TEE-SHIRTS HAVE TO HAVE A SPIRITED PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE, LIKE THIS ONE HERE OF OUR FIRST LADY.

I AM GOING TO USE COCO CHANEL AS A POINT OF INSPIRATION, BECAUSE OF HOW SHE PUT GLAMORE INTO POWER DRESSING.

I AM GOING TO CREAT SOME CATHEDRAL LENGTH NECK PIECE, WITH DARK PEARLS, DARK CRYSTALS AND CROCHET JUJU BEADS THT I MAKE.

I AM GOING TO CREATE THE ULTIMATE FUNKY CROCHET POWER SUIT, FOR THE SERIOUS, ON THE MOVE BUSINESS WOMAN.

LIKE THIS PHOTO OF THE "FORCE" COCO CHANEL, STEPPING OUT, ON A MISSION IN HER FABULOUS CREATIONS THAT SPEAK VOLUMES FOR WHO EVER IS WEARING THEM,

THIS WOMAN WAS AND STILL IS A REAL POWERFUL CREATIVE BEING.

PEARL CHIN, THE OWNER OF KNITTY CITY, HAS A BUNCH OF OLD MAGAZINES FOR SELL FOR $1.00, THAT SHE HAS IN THE STORE, OF CROCHET AND KNIT PATTERNS, FROM BACK IN THE DAY. SO I AM GOING TO BE FLIPPING THROUGH THEM FOR IDEAS FOR MY SUITS.

POWER DRESSING WITH A MYSTIC. I LOVE THIS COLLECTION OF LOOKS.

NICE,.. SIMPLE,... I CAN FUNK SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP A LITTLE , TO PUT A LITTLE MORE OF MY FLAVA IN THIS SUIT.









THE REAL CREATIVITY HAPPENS IN THE FITTING, THIS IS WHEN I REALLY START DREAM CASTING FOR THE POWER SUIT TO COME ALIVE AND ROCK MY WORLD.

THIS IS WHEN I START WORKING MY MOJO!!.




I STARTED COLLECTING SECOND HAND BARBIE DOLLS LAST YEAR FOR THIS POWER DRESSING PROJECT. I PLAN TO DESIGN A SERIES OF CROCHET POWER SUITS FOR THESE BARBIES DOLLS FOR MY PROTOTYPES.

I AM SURE THE FINISHED POWER SUITS WILL NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THE PROTOTYPES THAT I CREAT, BUT THIS WILL BE A REALLY GOOD EXCERCISE ANYWAY.

I WILL EXHIBIT THE FINISHED SECOND HAND BARBIES IN THEIR POWER SUIT IN MY TRAVELING EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED IN THE FUTURE.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF USING THE BARBIE DOLL AS A MINITURE DRESS MANNIQUINE BECAUSE SHE IS SO SMALL, I CAN DESIGN AND RE-DESIGN, QUICK, LIKE I AM SKETCHING IN 3D.


COCO CHANEL REALLY KNEWS HOW TO WORK HER STUFF!!!



THIS IS A IMAGE OF COCO CHANELS APARTMENT IN PARIS, WITH A MODEL WEARING ONE OF HER SUITS AMONG COCO CHANELS CHERISHED BOOKS.

SO EVERY ONE, COME HELP ME CELEBRATE ANOTHER CREATIVE YEAR AND BE READY TO COME FLIP THROUGH THE BOOKS, OLD AND NEW MAGAZINES, SIP TEA, TALK, DREAM, LOOK AT YARN AND HAVE FUN PLAYING WITH THE IDEAS OF POWER DRESSING AND ECONOMIC STIMULATION THROUGH THE ARTS.

WHO KNOWS... I MAY TURN THIS LITTLE BIRTHDAY PROJECT INTO A CROCHET POWER SUIT WORKSHOP SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE....

POWER DRESSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY..

HEY WORLD!!... XENOBIA BAILEY'S IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY GET TOGETHER TEA PARTY AT KNITTY CITY YARN STORE IN NYC, 4.5.09, PALM SUNDAY 3-5PM

OK WORLD, YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO MY VERY CASUAL GET-TOGETHER TEA-PARTY AT KNITTY CITY YARN STORE IN NEW YORK CITY APRIL 5, 2009, PALM SUNDAY 3-5PM. www.knittycity.com/

THIS DATE IS REALLY MY EARTH DAY-BIRTHDAY, AND I WANT IT TO BE AMONG THE YARNS AND YOU ALL!!!...

WE'LL JUST GATHERED TOGETHER AMONG ALL THE COLORFUL YARNS, BOOKS & IDEAS, VISITING WITH EACH OTHER, AND HAVE A WARM AND WONDERFUL INSPIRING TEA-TALK ABOUT SPRING, LIFE, OUR LOVELY SELVES, THE FUTURE OF FIBER ARTS, ALL THE STUFF THAT EXCITES US ABOUT THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF KNEEDLE WORK, DOMESTIC LIFESTYLES AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WILL BE GOING ON!!!....

HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT...



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SUPER-NATURAL COIFFURE ADORNMENT AT APPLE'S GENIUS BAR 14TH ST. NYC, 3 29.09

MY FRIEND MICHELLE HILL AND I DROPPED IN AT THE APPLE STORE ON 14TH STREET AND 9 AVE IN NYC TO CHECK OUT THE NEW PRODUCTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

I SPOTTED ONE OF THE APPLE GENIUS ADORNED WITH A SUPERNATURAL AFRO-CHIC BRAIDED COIFFURE.

AS MICHELLE AND I SPOKE WITH (I FORGOT HER NAME) WE FOUND OUT SHE IS TRUELY WORKING ON HIGH-LIFING HER BEING INTO THE SUPER-NATURAL LIFESTYLE.

SHE IS A DANCER.... WHICH WE COULD TELL BY THE WAY SHE CARRIED HERSELF. SHE SAID THAT SHE DANCES AT ALVIN ALLEY AMERICAN DANCE CENTER & SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY.

AT THE CROSSROAD IN THE APPLE STORE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

FINE ARTIST: MICHALENE THOMAS: SHE'S COME UNDONE! AT THE LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERY, NYC, 3.26-5.2.09

RADIANTLY, GLOWING ARTIST MICHALENE THOMAS AT HER SOLO OPENING AT THE LEHLMANN MAUIN GALLERY 3.29.09 IN CHELSEA, NEW YORK CITY. www.lehmannmaupin.com/#/exhibitions/2009-03-26_mickalene-thomas/

DROPPING IN TO CHECK OUT MICKALENE'S NEW BODY OF WORK IS ANOTHER OF OUR AMAZING ILLUMINARIES, YOUNG MASTER, HANK AARON... I MEAN GRAND-SLAMMIN HANK WILLIS THOMAS AND A VERY NICE FRIEND OF HIS, I WAS HAPPY TO MEET, SHE HAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL NAME, THAT I JUST FORGOT FOR THE MOMENT.

HANK HAD A VERY POWERFUL EXHIBIT THAT JUST CLOSED AT THE JACK SHAIMAN GALLERY A FEW BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET.
I HEARD A GREAT DEAL OF THE WORK SOLD BEFORE THE EXHIBIT IN THE GALLERY OPENED.

I AM SO VERY SORRY I MISSED THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE HANK IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE, INSIGHTFUL ARTIST WITH A DEEP AND MEANINGFUL MESSAGE, HIS WORK IS SO VERY BRILLIANTLY EXECUTED. www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/exhibit_artist.asp?ExhibitID=108

ARE'T GALLERY OPENING CROWDS THE BEST!!

HMMMM!

MICKALENE'S MOTHER IS THE MODEL IN MOST OF HER WORKS, HER MOTHER WAS THERE THAT NIGHT, BUT IT WAS SO VERY EXCITING I COULD NOT GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HER.

I HAVE NEVER HEARD MICKALENE GIVE A ARTIST TALK, BUT FROM SEEING THIS BODY OF WORK, I AM REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR HER POINT OF VIEW.

I LARGE CROWD ASEMBLED TO VIEW THIS WORK.... EVERYONE WAS VERY EXCITED.




THE STAFF AT THE GALLERY MINGLEING WITH THE FOLKS.

A FEW DAYS BEFORE MICKALENE THOMAS'S OPENING, ARTIST NANETTE CARTER E-MAIL ME TO ASK ME AND CHERYL RILEY TO MEET HER IN CHELSEA TO GALLERY HOP AND CHECK OUT MICKALENE'S OPENING AND OTHER ART WORK.... THIS SOUNDED GREAT TO ME,... I ALWAYS SEEM TO MISS OPENINGS... I TOLD HER YES, I WOULD MEET HER AND CHERYL.

IT WAS A COLD AND VERY RAINY WHEN I GOT DOWN TO THE GALLERY, THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I HAD NOT SEEN FOR SO LONG, PLUS MEETING NEW FOLKS, I ENDED UP STAYING AT THE GALLERY UNTIL THEY CLOSED, (THIS ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN WITH ME.

I DID'NT GO TO THE AFTER PARTY, I MET UP WITH ARTIST NARI WARD www.whitney.org/www/2006biennial/artists.php?artist=Ward_Nari WHO LIVES AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME IN HARLEM.

ME AND HIM ARE BOTH PARTY PUPERS..., SO HE DROP ME OFF AT MY PLACE ON HIS WAY HOME AFTER THE OPENING, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TALK ABOUT GALLERIES IN THE CAR RIDE UPTOWN, HE INVITED ME OVER TO CHECK OUT HIS STUDIO LATER ON ..... I'LL KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED ABOUT MORE OF NARI'S WORK AND DEVELOPMENT.


I AM REALLY GLAD I WENT TO THE OPENING,.. I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN WITHOUT THE CROWD TO REALLY GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE ART WORK.


GREAT JOB MICKALENE... YOU DONE US PROUD!!

MY FLEA MARKET KNEEDLE POINT TAPESTRY BY J.H. FRAGONARD OF PARIS REPRODUCTION FIND ON THE WESTSIDE HIGHWAY NYC.

LAST SUMMER I SAW THIS YOUNG MAN ON THE WESTSIDE HIGHWAY THAT WAS SELLING A LOT OF PAINTINGS AND TEXTILE. MY EYE CAUGHT THIS ONE TEXTILE PIECE OF A WOMAN READING A LOVE LETTER FROM THE 1700'S IN PARIS, THIS IS ONLY A REPRODUCTION, BUT I CHARISH THIS WORK.

I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON IT AT THE FRICK MUSEUM ON 5TH AVE. IN NEW YORK CITY. I WILL SHARE MY FINDINGS ABOUT THE ARTIST, AND THE WORK. www.frick.org/

QUEEN AFUA: SACRAD WOMAN & CITY OF WELLNESS, EVENT AT BARBARA ANN TEERS, NATIONAL BLACK THEATER IN HARLEM USA. 3.22.09

queenafua.moonfruit.com/THIS PAST SUNDAY AT BARBARA ANN TEERS NATIONAL BLACK THEATER IN HARLEM, QUEEN AFUA HELD A WELLNESS EVENT... I ARRIVED AT THE END OF THE EVENT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP LITERATURE AND DO SOME NETWORKING CONNECTING WITH FOLKS ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND THE UP-GRADE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN DIET.

A FEW YEARS AGO, I WENT THROUGH QUEEN AFUA'S SACRAD WOMAN: A GUIDE TO HEALING THE FEMININE BODY, A WONDERFUL 10 WEEK PROGRAM, IT WAS LIFE ALTERING TO SAY THE LEAST, I REALLY LOVED THE LIVE-FOOD DIET, LEARNING ABOUT HERB AND OILS, IN ALL IT WAS WHAT I NEEDED AT THE TIME.

I LOVE TO CHECK OUT THE SUPER-NATURALS AND THEIR STYLES, THE WAY THE SISTAH'S ADORN THEMSELVES WITH THEIR TEXTILES.

THE LIVE FOOD WAS INSPIRING...




TINTAWI CHARAKA: SUPER-NATURAL LOCTICIAN AND NATURAL HAIR STYLIST AND HER TWO SUPER-NATURAL SONS. SHE ALSO CROCHETS. www.tintawi.com

MANIFESTING THINGS: Making your way when here is no way. Spiritual excerts from life by Misha McGlown. Book Review by Xenobia Bailey

MANIFESTING THINGS: Making your way when there is no way. Spiritual excerpts from life by Misha McGlown. www.manifestingthings.com/

ORIGINAL SONGS BY MISHA MCGLOWN. www.omomisha.com/cd.htm

MISHA MCGLOWN, MODELING HER "TOGETHA SISTAH AFRO", HER JEWLERY DESIGN AND HALTER TOP FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN BROOKLYN WAS "THE PLACE". www.omomisha.com/jewelry-main.htm

MISHA MODELING MORE OF HER JEWLERY DESIGNS.

MISHA'S JEWLERY COLLECTION. THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAY IN BROOKLYN, WHEN BROOKLYN WAS STILL THE "HOOD" SPIKE LEE TURNED THE HOOD INTO BLACK HOLLYWOOD. ALL THE ARTIST I KNEW WERE MAKING BIG MOVES. SOME OF US JUST DID'NT KNOW HOW TO DREAM BIG ENOUGH AT THE TIME TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE TIMES.

A NECKLACE FROM THE AMAZING JEWLRY COLLECTION OF DESIGNER MISHA MCGLOWN.

NECK PIECE BY MISHA.

THE MOST DAZZLEING WAIST BEADS I HAVE EVER SEEN, DESIGNED BY MISHA.

PAIR OF EARRINGS, WITH MISHA'S CLASSIC SIGNITURE WRAPPED WIRE.





ARTIST TEACHER WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

MISHA IN HER ARTIST TEACHER DAYS.

MISHA AND HER TWO LOVE MUFFINS, WHEN THEY WERE MINI MUFFINS.


THESE DAYS I AM PRESENTLY WORKING ON A MAJOR FINE ART CROCHET DEADLINE, SO I HAVE BEEN, NOSE TO THE YARN AND HOOK, WORKING LIKE CRAZY.

TO ASSIST ME THROUGH THIS LONG PERIOD OF NONE-STOP WORK, I WENT TO THE GRAND ARMY PLAZA BROOKLYN LIBRARY AND THE CONTEE COLEEN LIBRARY IN HARLEM AND CHECKED OUT ABOUT 40 HOURS WORTH OF BOOKS ON CD'S.

THE FIRST GROUP OF CD'S I STARTED LISTENING TO WAS DR. MAYA ANGELOU'S, A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN AND, LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER (OF WHICH I FEEL THE WRITINGS WERE ADDRESSED TO ME).

I MUST ADD, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO CATCH UP WITH ONE'S READING AND REFLECT. THESE VERY OPEN & MOVING BOOKS ON CD'S BY DR. ANGELOU, MADE ME REFLECT ON MY LIFE AS A ARTIST AND THE LIFE AND WORK OF A PARTICULAR ARTIST IN MY LIFE.

I THOUGHT BACK TO THE BOOK THAT I READ A WHILE BACK, BY AN AMAZINGLY CREATIVE ARTIST I KNOW, THAT LIVES, WORKS AND CAST HER SPELL'S IN HARLEM.

HER NAME IS MISHA MCGLOWN. MISHA IS ORIGINALLY FROM DETROIT MICHIGAN, SHE CAME TO NEW YORK TO POLISH HER NATURAL-BORN RISING STAR. SHE SHARE'S HER JOURNEYS THOUGHTS AND CHOICES IN A VERY ENTERESTING WAY

THIS, I AM SURE, IS THE ONLY BOOK OUT IN BOOK-LAND, ABOUT A VERY ACTIVE/HANDS-ON/ATTENTITIVE SINGLE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOTHER, OF TWO TEEN-AGERS. A ARTIST, JEWLERY DESIGNER/TEACHER/BUSINESSWOMAN, SINGER. THAT STILL MAINTAINS THE SPARKLE IN HER DREAMS THAT ARE FUELED BY HER CREATIVE GIFTS AND A STRONG FAITH IN "FOREVER AFTER".

THIS IS A RARE ARTIST "REALITY JOURNAL". BECAUSE NOT MANY WOMAN WITH A FULL LIFE LIKE MISHA CAN FIND THE TIME TO WRITE, FIND THE CREATIVE VOICE, FINISH, REWRITE AND SELF PUBLISH A BOOK LIKE THIS WITH OUT IT BEING FULL OF THE BLUES OF REGRETS, ANGER AND EMPTY HEARTEDNESS.

THIS IS A BOOK OF REFLECTIONS AND PROJECTIONS. REFLECTING ON THE OPEN FIELDS OF DREAMS THAT EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO, FIELDS OF DREAMS THAT ONLY FADE OR THAT ARE PUT AWAY ONLY BY THE HAND OF THE DREAMER. AND PROJECTIONS OF A SELF GOVERNING "JEANIE" OUT-OF-THE-BOTTLE.

THIS IS A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BOOK, TO BE CONTINUED, FOR AND FROM, A FULL HEARTED DREAMER THAT IS IN THE MIST OF HER SELF FULFILLING DESTINY.

TO BE READ BY TRUE-TO-LIFE BELIEVERS IN DREAMERS, AND THOSE THAT KNOW THEM, OR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM. THIS IS A BOOK OF A ARTIST WHO IS ON THE ROAD TO HIGHER CREATIVE GROUNDS TO A UNPAVED VENTURE.

A GREAT STUDY OF FEMALE CREATIVITY, THERE IS A LOT TO BE OBSERVED FOR THOSE WHO WANT A FAMILY AND ART CAREER, EVEN IF THAT MEANS BEING A VERY RESPONSIVE SINGLE MOTHER ARTIST.

XENOBIA BAILEY'S MOON LODGE, TRANCE FORMER TENT AT LA TRIENNALEDI MILANO DESIGN MUSEUMS EXHIBIT: DRITTO ROVESCIO, 2.24-3.29.09 , MILAN, ITALY

HEY FOLK!!!

CLICK THE LINK AND CHECK OUT THIS EXCITING INTERNATIONAL FIBER ARTS EXHIBIT THAT MY MOON LODGE, TRANCE FORMER TENT IS CAMPED OUT AT UNTIL MARCH 29, 2009.

I REALLY LOVE THE SPIRIT OF THE FOLKS THERE, AND THE SPARK OF NEW LIFE IN THE DESIGN MUSEUM...

I'M FOR SURE,... THIS AIN'T KANSAS ANY MORE YA'ALL!!!!

"HOLLA"

THANKS YOU COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, NYC: FOR YOUR PURCHASE OF MY ART WORK, MINI BOP-FLOW, CROCHET, COSMIC TAPESTRY MANDALA. 2.27.2009

I AM SO VERY PROUD, THRILLED & THANKFUL TO ANNOUNCE THE COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY'S RECENT PURCHASE OF MY ART WORK MINI BOP-FLOW.

THIS WORK IS APPROXIMATELY 2' X 3' FT. HAND CROCHET, 4 PLY, COTTON AND ACRYLIC YARN, WITH A 100% COTTON CANVAS BACK.

MICHELLE BISHOP: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & FOUNDER OF "HARLEM NEEDLE ARTS, INC." WAS THE ORGANIZER FOR THE EXHIBIT PRESENTED AT THE COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY "HONORING OUR PAST, LOOKING TOWARD OUR FUTURE" FEATURING HARLEM NEEDLE ARTS, INC.

MICHELLE BISHOP WAS ALSO THE BROKER FOR THE "ACQUISITION" OF MY ART WORK MINI BOP-FLOW BY THE COMPANY.

NICE GOING MICHELLE!!. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENERGY, PASSION, DREAMS, DEVOTION & HARD WORK. I THANK THE COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY FOR THE INTEREST IN HOSTING OUR FIBER ARTS.

THANKS A MILLION TO MY COUSIN EDWINA GOSA FROM WILMINGTON DELAWARE, FOR BEING THE FIRST FAMILY MEMBER TO PURCHASE A PIECE OF MY ART

EVERYONE HELP ME IN GIVING MY COUSIN EDWINA GOSA A CYBER CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING THE FIRST MEMBER IN OUR FAMILY TO PURCHASE A PIECE OF MY ART WORK.

THIS IS A WORK FROM MY MINIATURE JAZZ TEXTILE "SCAT" MANDALAS, CROCHET WITH EMBROIDERY THREAD. IT IS 13" X 12 1/2".

YOU'RE MY FAVORITE EDWINA, WITHOUT A DOUBT. MUCH LOVE FROM YOUR CUZ... THIS IS ALMOST AS BIG AS OBAMA GETTING ELECTED HAS PRESIDENT!!!

FREE CULTURAL EVENT IN BROOKLYN NY: A (NEW WORKS) CONVERSATION WITH AWARD WINNING ARTIST/CHOREOGRAPHER BILL T. JONES, 3.16. 2009. 7:00PM

I THINK BILL T. JONES IS A NATIONAL TREASURE, TO ME, HE IS ONE THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS PRESENTING ART WORK ON THE STAGE TODAY. ANY TIME THAT I SEE HE IS IN CONCERT, WORKING ON GROUND BREAKING PROJECTS OR SPEAKING, I MAKE IT A POINT TO BE AT HIS FEET!!!!

I AM SURE THIS EVENING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ARTS COLLOQUIUM AT ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE WILL PROVE TO BE AN EVENING OF ARTISTIC ENLIGHTENMENT THE WAY THAT BILL T. JONES ONLY CAN DO...

SEE YOU THERE!!

St. Joseph's College Council for the Arts cordially
invites you to attend our

Presidential Arts Colloquium
MONDAY, MARCH 16, (7:00 PM)

"A CONVERSATION WITH BILL T. JONES"
Tony Award Winning Choreographer(Spring Awakening) &
MacArthur "Genius Award" Recipient

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Auditorium, Tuohy Hall
245 Clinton Avenue

For info call (718) 399-0358 or (718) 636-6811 or visit
www.sjcny.edu

Bill T. Jones will be speaking about his newest work on
Abraham Lincoln - FONDLY WE DO HOPE...FERVENTLY WE DO
PRAY.

"Though Bill T. Jones' works are replete with striking
beauty and emotional
power, he has made his mark with dances that push, ask
questions and often get
to the very heart of who we are as human beings" --Karen
Campbell,Boston Globe

St. Joseph's is located in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn at 245
Clinton Avenue between Willoughby and DeKalb Avenues. The
closest subway stop is the Washington/Clinton Ave stop of
the G train.

This event is part of St. Joseph's our spring series,
AMERICA FROM SEA TO SHIFTING SEA: OUR CHANGING CULTURAL
TIDES.
We certainly hope that you can join us!

FREE CULTURAL DANCE EVENT: 3rd ANNUAL AFRICAN HEALTH/CULTURAL EXPO, HARLEM USA, 3.7.09

Queen Mother of Black Dance, Mambo (Priestess), choreographer, Dancer, songwriter, Anthropologist, Katherine (The Great) Dunham, And her Dancers, 1943

Dancer Katherine Dunham dancing the Florida East-Coast shimmy w. dancer Ohardieno during show "Shore Exursion" New York City, 1943, Photographer Gjon Mili.

WE MUST DO AS THE MASTER WRITER TONI MORRISON WROTE IN ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE NOVELS, "BELOVED", "WE HAVE TO DANCE TO KEEP OUR BLOODLINE OPEN".

THIS COMING SATURDAY, IN HARLEM, "The African Dance of the NYC Mission Society Presents the 3rd Annual African Cultural Expo. Saturday March 7, 2009, Time 11:00am-8:00pm. location, NYC Mission Society Beacon Center, 215 West 114th Stre, Harlem New York. (between 7th and 8 Ave.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING ALL DAY WANG-DANG DUDDLE FOLKS, THAT'S FREE!!,... (I REPEAT) FREE OF CHARGE,

A AFRICAN/AMERICAN HEALTH/CULTURAL EXPO TO ENHANCE THE BODY, MIND AND SOUL OF THE WHOLE FAMILY, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THIS NEW ERA WE HAVE ENTERED.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MANY FORMS OF AFRICAN/AMERICAN DANCE STYLES, HEALTHY FOOD PREPARATIONS, CRAFT CLASSES, EXCHANGE OF INFO AND NETWORKING WITH LIKE MINDED COMMUNITY FOLKS.... I CAN HARDLY WAIT... I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS...

REMEMBER WHILE YOU READ THIS, HEALTH IS WEALTH.

CHECK OUT THE DETAILS BELOW AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS/FAMILY AND GET YOUR HEALTHY GROOVE ON.... SEE YOU THERE!!!

New York City Mission Society

Changing Lives since 1812...

The African Dance of the NYC Mission Society Presents the 3rd Annual African Cultural Expo. Saturday March 7, 2009, Time 11:00am-8:00pm. location, NYC Mission Society Beacon Center, 215 West 114th Stre, Harlem New York. (between 7th and 8 Ave.

All Classess and Workshops are FREE OF CHARGE

10:30 AM—11:00 AM
REGISTRATION

11:00 AM—12:00 PM
JUST FINE LINE DANCE
Jasmine Poole

COOKING A HEALTHY BREAKFAST
Marcia

FITNESS
Tyrone Randolph
Sneakers are recommended

CHILDREN’S AFRICAN DANCE
Esther Grant-Walker

MEN’S AFRICAN DANCE (TUTSI)
Kevin Rainey

BLOCK PRINTING
Tatiana Smith

12:15 PM—1:15 PM
FUSION – AFRICIAN/HIP HOP
Jeffrey Page

CHILDREN’S BALLET DANCE
Sheri Cruz

ART OF SEDUCTION
Rill
Women Ages 21+. Shoes w/heels Recommended

ADULT CAKE DECORATING
Nasiba

YOUTH PRAISE DANCE
Kandia Crenshaw

QUILTING TECHNIQUES
Leona and Caroline

SALSA
Gary Moore

LIFE COACHING
Michelle Alexander


1:30 PM—2:30 PM
SABAR
Dionne Monsanto

YOUTH HOUSE DANCE
Kim Holmes

SAMBA
Nyota Nyo

PRAISE DANCE
Blak

LINDY HOP
Nakia

COOKING
Frank Malloy

5 WAYS TO STEP INTO THE NEW YOU
Dr. Heru K.K. Shango, ND

2:45 PM—3:45 PM
AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE
Crystal Harrison

SOUTH AFRICAN BOOT DANCE (CHILDREN)
Kevin Rainey

BELLY DANCE
Segulah

CHICAGO-STYLE STEPPING
NYC Steppers

ORGANIC SOUL COOKING
Madea Gueye

YOUTH HIP HOP DANCE
Sheree Allen

5 FOODS & 6 TASTES: COMBINATIONS TO A HEALTHY LIFE
Dr. Heru K.K. Shango, ND


4:00 PM—5:00 PM
HAITIAN FOLKLORE DANCE: RARA
Tatiana Smith

ADULT AFRICAN DANCE
Pat Mabry and Billy Green

FUSION – AFRO/HIP HOP (YOUTH)
Jeffrey Page

ADULT HOUSE DANCE
Keisha Franklin

CHILDREN’S CAKE DECORATING
Nasiba

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
Kyira Harris

ADULT MODERN DANCE
Obediah Wright

5:15 PM—6:15 PM
ADULT AFRICAN DANCE
Sandella Malloy

YOUTH MODERN DANCE
Kim Holmes

CHILDREN’S CRAFTS
Jeannie Mitchell

LEARN TO VOUGE (ADULTS)
Michael P

YOUTH AFRICAN DANCE
Amina Heckstall

HEALTHY EATING FOR DIABETES
Max Fleuival

SIZZLING HOT BELLY DANCE COMBINATIONS
Nyla
Please bring a veil

6:30 PM—7:30 PM
ADULT AFRICAN DANCE
Malang Bayo

ADULT HIP HOP/ JAZZ DANCE
Wayne Daniels

YOUTH CRAFTS
Jeannie Mitchell

ART OF SEDUCTION PART II
Rill
Women Ages 21+. Shoes w/heels Recommended

I SURE AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS!!!

I THINK THIS PHOTO OF KATHERINE DUNHAM PLAYING WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHERS CAT WITH THE FEATHERS IN HER HAT IS SO CUTE!!!....

FREE FILM: AT THE MALCOLM X AND DR. BETTY SHABAZZ MEMORIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER (FORMERLY THE AUDUBON BALLROOM) IN HARLEM 2.8.09

QUICK NOTE HERE... IN A BIG RUSH...,

BUT I HAD TO POST THIS INFO ABOUT THIS FILM SCREENING UPTOWN IN HARLEM AT WHAT USED TO BE THE AUDUBON BALLROOM, THE SAME BUILDING WHERE MALCOLM X WAS ASSASINATED, AS BEEN RENOVATED AND REDEDICATED AS THE MALCOLM X AND DR. BETTY SHABAZZ MEMORIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER.

THEY HAVE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB IN RENOVATING AND BRINGING LIFE BACK TO THIS SPACE.

LAST WEEK THEY HAD THE 44TH ANIVERSARY OF THE ASSASINATION OF MALCOLM X ALL OVER HARLEM, I WAS UNABLE TO POST THIS MOVING TRIBUTE BEFORE THEY HAPPENED... BUT AT LEAST I'M LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT AND THE WORK OF MALCOLM X AND DR. BETTY SHABAZZ IS CONTINUEING IN THE SAME BUILDING THAT MALCOLM X LOST HIS PRECIOUS LIFE.

YOU CAN SEE THE WONDERFUL SCULPTURE OF MALCOLM X AS YOU ENTER THE CENTER ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AND THE MURAL THAT IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

I WILL TRY TO KEEP YOU POSTED ON ALL THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON THERE.

The Shabazz Center
3940 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
(212) 568-1341
admin@theshabazzcenter.net

A, C or 1 Train to 168th St.

The Shabazz Center is located at 3940 Broadway in Harlem, New York. The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center honors the lives and legacies of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz by promoting human and civil rights through the knowledge of the history and culture of the African Diaspora; education and self-empowerment; family values; and facilitates racial and religious reconciliation. For more information about the event call (212) 568-1341 or send an email to admin@theshabazzcenter.net.

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THANK YOU LADY'S FOR A DELIGHTFUL "SUPERNATURAL" FIBER ARTS TEA GATHERING WITH ME AND THE GREAT FOLKS @ KNITTY CITY IN NYC, 2.13.09

WOW!!!... I MUST SAY.... THIS DAY STARTED OUT AS A FRIDAY THE 13th FOR REAL,... I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DRAMA & DETAILS, BUT!... IT HAS TO DO WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.... THANKS TO MY GALLERY, STUX GALLERY, RUSH ARTS GALLERY, SHAWN (MY HOME-BOY) AT CREATIVE CAPITAL, PHYLLIS HOWE, THAT NICE GUY CUSTOMER THAT WALKED INTO KNITTY CITY THINKING HE WAS GOING TO BE A HONORED CUSTOMER BUT GAVE US UNDIVIDED AND SELFLESS HEEELLLLLP... THE OWNER OF KNITTY CITY'S SON FOR RUNNING TO RADIO SHACK.... I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY, WE DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT WE SURE ENOUGH FOUND OUT "WHO LOVE'S US BABY"!!

THANK YOU PEARL CHIN FOR THE PLACE AND THE SPACE... WHAT A BOSS LADY!!!...

THANKS FOR GRACING THE SPACE DORA OHRENSTEIN... THE PUBLISHER AND HEAD LADY IN CHARGE OF A WONDERFUL ONLINE CROCHET MAGAZINE CALL CROCHET INSIDER.COM CHECK IT OUT. WONDERFUL INTERNATIONAL INFO FOR CROCHETERS,... GIRLFRIEND IS WORKIN THAT BLUE CROCHET MINI CAPE SHE MADE, AIN'T SHE.... "YOU GO GIRL"...

HEY THERE SHARON... MY BROOKLYN "BACK IN THE DAY, AROUND THE WAY, "HOME-GIRL" THANKS FOR SHOWING UP, GREAT SEEING YOU... DID I SEE A CROCHET HOOK IN YOUR HAND?

THANK YOU TO ALL MY HONORED TEA GUEST, YOU ALL MADE THE EVENING A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE, AS WE PRESS OUR WAY TO A SUPERNATURAL LIFESTYLE WITH OUR "EVERYDAY-PEOPLES MASTER-PIECES"..... ONE STITCH AND A THOUGHT AT A TIME!!... THIS WAS OUR FIRST GATHERING,.. BUT IT WON'T BE OUR LAST.... WE'VE FINALLY FOUND EACH OTHER!!..... THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST AND THE MEMORY.



THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING ME WITH THAT WONDERFUL CROCHET WRIST ADORNMENT... THE BEST OF EVERYTHING TO YOU!!.



THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR TALENT AND YOUR WITTY SPIRIT LISA,.... EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE KNITTING: )... CHECK OUT LISA'S AMAZING CROCHET BRACELET.... I WILL POST A DETAILED VIEW SOON,... SUCH STYLE!!








THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AT KNITTY CITY FOR BEING SUCH WONDERFUL HONORED TEA MASTERS IN TRAINING AND ANSWERING ALL MY ABSENT MINDED QUESTIONS.

A "SUPERNATURAL" FIBER ARTS TEA GATHERING WITH FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY @ KNITTY CITY IN NYC

FRIDAY THE 13th/VALENTINES DAY EVE 2.13.09, FROM 6-8:00PM. THE MOST FABULOUS YARN STORE, THIS SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER, KNITY CITY,... IS HOSTING A VERY SPECIAL EVENING.

TITLED: THE HEART OF CROCHET: A "SUPERNATURAL" FIBER ARTS TEA GATHERING WITH FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY... ( that's me folks )

THIS WILL BE ONE OF THOSE WARM GATHERINGS ( minus the fireplace ), WHERE I SHARE PARTS OF MY CREATIVE CROCHET JOURNEY AND INSPIRATIONS WITH A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION,... PLUS,... I WILL SHOW & TELL (no instructions) A FEW SAMPLES OF MY WORK AND WORKS IN PROGRESS... WHILE WE ALL NIBBLE ON LITE BITE SIZE SNACKS, AND SIP OUR DELICIOUS CUPS OF MY SPECIAL BLENDED, FULL BODIED TEAS, FROM THE RICH CONTINENT OF AFRICA.

EVERYONE ATTENDING IS ASKED TO BRING THEIR FAVORITE TEACUP OR MUG, FOR THE TAKING OF COLOR DIGITAL PORTRAITS ( portraits shot by me ) FOR DOCUMENTATION AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS FROM THIS CREATIVE GATHERING, AMONG THE SHOPS NATURAL FIBERS, TEA, BOOKS AND OUR IMAGINATION OF DELIGHT, IN THIS SHOP ON THE UPPER WESTSIDE.... THE IMAGES WILL BE BURNED ON CD'S, TO BE PICKED UP AT A LATER DATE.... BUT NOT TO LATE.

WE'ER LIMITING THE NUMER OF ATTENDEES TO 25, SO BE SURE TO SIGN UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, TO INSURE YOURSELF A SEAT. THE LOCATION IS 208 W, 79th ST, ( BETWEEN BROADWAY & AMSTERDAM ), NEAREST SUBWAY: 1 Train to 79th Street walk half a block east on 79th... TELEPHONE: 212. PURL-TWO (212. 787.5896)

THERE WILL BE A CHARGE OF $25.00 TO HELP DEFRAY COSTS,... BUT THIS IS SURE TO BE, ONE OF THOSE "BACK IN THE DAY" MOMENTS,... A VERY SPECIAL GATHERING,... WE ALL WILL EXPLORE IN THOUGHT, FOR A WHILE,.... OUR OWN ELEMENTS OF MYSTICAL WONDERMAKING IN HANDMADE ITIEMS FROM NATURAL FIBERS "THROUGH THE ART OF CROCHET".

HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT.

TEAS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SELL AT KNITTY CITY.
http://www.knittycity.com/newsletter

THESE ARE THE LABELS FOR MY BLENDS OF TEAS THAT I JUST LOVE....

MASTERFUL FIBER ARTIST NICK CAVE'S SPELLBINDING SOLO EXHIBIT AT JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, CHELSEA, NYC, 1.8.09-2.7.09

LIKE THE EXHIBIT NEO HOODOO AT P.S. 1, I WAITED UNTIL THE LAST FEW DAYS TO VISIT JACK SHAINMANS GALLERY IN CHELSEA, TO SEE NICK CAVE'S MASTERFUL WORK, THIS IS MY VERY FIRST TIME SEEING THE SOUNDSUITS IN PERSON, AND I MUST SAY THIS BODY OF ART WORK IS SOMETHING TO SEE.

NICK CAVE'S WAS IN TOWN FRIDAY TO SHOTOI A VIDEO OF HIMSELF DANCING IN THE SOUNDSUITS AT THE JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY ON SUNDAY, HE TOLD ME THIS VIDEO WAS FOR HIS NEXT MAJOR TRAVELING EXHIBIT THAT WILL OPEN AT YERBA BUENA ART CENTER, IN SAN FRANCISCO CA.IN MARCH.

WHEN I FIRST WALKED INTO THE GALLERY, I WAS MET BY A NEW (TO ME AT LEAST) SCULPTURAL WORKS OF NICK'S. A VERY CLEVER STUDY OF FOUND OBJECTS AND RECONSTUCTION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ICON OF THE PAST CENTURY... VERY GOOD USE OF MATERIAL... VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT VISUALLY... AND AS USUAL.... MASTERFUL CRAFTSMANSHIP.

THEN... WHEN I WALKED INTO THE OPEN GALLERY SPACE... I NOT ONLY TOOK OFF MY HAT!!... I HAD TO THROW IT ACROSS THE ROOM.... I HAVE FINALLY "SEENT" THE FUTURE... NICK CAVES HAS CLOSED THE AESTHETIC TIME GAP OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AESTHETIC IN MYSTICISM, THE DECORATIVE ARTS AND THEATER AS RITUAL.... VERY INSPIRING WORK.

THESE FAKE FUR PIECE HAD REAL PRESENCE AND A LIFE OF THEIR OWN.... THIS IS THE KIND OF COSTUMES THAT I WANTED TO CREATE WHEN I WAS WORKING IN MY NIEGHBORHOOD THEATER "BLACK ARTS WEST" IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON.

THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS, THE SCRIPTS HAD NOT BEEN WRITTEN.... I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE NICK TAKES THIS WORK.

NICK TOLD ME FRIDAY WHEN I SAW HIM AT THE GALLERY, THAT HE WAS PLANNING TO CREATE 90 SOUNDSUIT AND THEN TAKE THEM INTO THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR LOCAL DANCERS TO PERFORM IN THE SUIT... ALL I CAN SAY IS.... MY!.. MY!!.. MY!!

NICK IS A MAJOR COLLECTOR OF OBJECTS AND TEXTILES FROM THE THIFT STORES.... FROM THIS PASSION FROM COLLECTING ITEMS THAT CATCHES HIS FANCY, COMES A HIGHLY DEVELOPED SELF TAUGHT SKILL OF ASEMBLAGE AND COMPOSITION.

HE CAN ALTER THE MOST COMMON DOMESTIC DECORATIVE OBJECT INTO A PERFORMING SHRINE...

SPENDING TIME IN A GALLERY WITH THIS BODY OF WORK, WILL SET THE IMAGINATION OFF INTO ANOTHER ORBIT....


HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SKILL THIS MAN HAS WITH VERY COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS WITH DECONSTRUCTING AND PATCHWORKING TEXTILES TOGETHER.... HE HAS CREATED HIS OWN VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT WORKS FOR HIM.

THIS TOWERING WORK OF ART, IS MADE FROM CROCHET HATS ASSEMBLED TOGETHER.... CAN YOU BELIVE THIS?...

DETAIL VIEW OF TOP.

DETAIL VIEW OF MIDDLE.

DETAIL VIEW OF THE MOST "FANCY-EST FEET I EVER DID SEE".

DETAIL VIEW OF PATCHWORKED SEQUINCED DRESSES THAT WAS DECONSTRUCTED, THEN RECONSTRUCTED TO CREAT THIS STRONG DECORATIVE TEXTILE SURFACE, AND THEN THE ARTIST FINE HAND STITCHED QUILTED THE ENTIRE SURFACE.

DETAILED VIEW OF FOUND SEQUINCE GARMENT, THE ARTIST ADORNED WITH WHITE BUTTONS.... THERE HAD TO BE MILLIONS OF BUTTONS AND BEADS IN THIS WORK.

DETAILED VIEW OF EMBROIDERD FOUND OBJECT FINELY HAND QUILTED, WITH PATCH WORK BUGLE BEADS APLIQUE. ON TOP.

THIS IS A REAL GOOD CLOSE-UP SO THAT YOU CAN SEE A FEW OF THE MILLIONS OF TINY HAND STITCHES THAT GOES INTO THIS BODY OF WORK.

THE COLLECTION OF FOUND OBJECTS (COLORFUL MID 20Th CENTURY TIN TOYS) ALONE ON THIS PIECE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU STOP IN YOUR TRACKS.

THE BODY OF THIS PIECE IS TOTALLY COVER WITH CROCHET PATCHES...


YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE ARTIST SURFACE HAND QUILTING.


THIS MAN REALLY KNOWS HOW TO WORK WITH PATTERNS.

CHECK OUT HOW HE WORKS WITH ADORNING THE FEET... DO'NT THIS JUST (REALLY, TRULY) KNOCK YOUR SOCK OFF....




GO ON, NICK CAVE'S, WITH YOUR BAD SELF!!!






ALL I COULD SAY WHEN I LEFT THE JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY WAS.... CRAZY.... CRAZY.... CRAAAZY!!!.... NICK CAVES REALLY GOT A HOLD ON SOMETHING HERE... YOU CAN MARK MY WORD.

I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE STUDIED WITH HIM.... TRULY A YOUNG MASTER!!!

FREE AFRICAN DANCE CLASSES AND OTHER FREE CLASSES @ THE STANLEY M. ISAAC NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, UP-TOWN, BET. 95TH & 97TH ST. IN NYC

THIS CLASS LOOKS REALLY WONDERFUL FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS A GOOD WORK-OUT FOR THE RIGHT PRICE (FREE) DURING THESE FINANCIALLY HARD TIMES.

EVERYONE LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE HAVING BIG FUN. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME AND MOVE ACROSS THE FLOOR WITH THE RYTHYMS OF THE LIVE DRUMS UNTIL YOU CATCH ON TO THE STEPS AND THE MOVEMENTS,... THE MAINE THING ABOUT THESE CLASSES IS TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND RELEASE STRESS.

ALL RIGHT NOW!!!.... GOOD WORK-OUT FOR THE BODY AND SPIRIT...

I MADE A CROCHET HAT FOR A SISTAH (AFRICAN DANCE) FRIEND OF MINE, CRYSTAL HARRISON, A REAL UP SPIRITED AND LOVELY PERSON. I DELIVERED IT TO HER AT HER DANCE CLASS THAT SHE TEACHES AT THE STANLEY M. ISAACS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, AT 1700 THIRD AVE. (BET. 95TH & 97TH ST.) IN MANHATTAN. 212 828-6342.

I REGISTERED AND GOT PHOTO ID FOR SOME CLASSES WHILE I WAS THERE, THIS CENTER HAS SOME REALLY WONDERFUL FREE ACTIVITIES GOING ON THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE INTERESTING ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

ACTIVITIES FOR THE TWEENS AFTER 4:00PM, WHICH INCLUDE, BASKETBALL, CHEERLEADING, COOKING, DANCE, EARLY COLLEGE AWARENESS, FASHION, GAMES & BIDEO LOUNGE, HOMEWORK HELP, MARTIAL ARTS, MENTORING, PEER GROUPS, RECREATION, THEATRE ARTS, TUTORING AND OTHER GREAT ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE, AEROBICS CLASS, AFRICAN DANCE, BELLY DANCE, GIRL SCOUTS, LATIN DANCE CLASS, AND YOGA.

THE CENTER CELEBRATED IT'S 10TH YEAR LAST YEAR, 1998-2008... THIS IS SOMETHING I NEED TO PUT IN MY SCHEDULE...

RAW SOUL RESTAURANT & JUICE BAR OPEN HOUSE 1.25.09

ON MY WAY HOME FROM SEEING THE EXHIBIT NEO HOODOO, I GOT OF THE D TRAIN AT 145 AND ST. NICK BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO TO PATHMARK SUPERMARKET AND GET SOME FRUIT JUICE FOR MY MORNING SMOOTHY.

I WAS PASSING BY RAW SOUL RESTAURANT & JUICE BAR, WHEN I SAW THE RESTAURANT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE STAND AND LISTENING TO LILLIAN BUTLER, ONE OF THE OWNERS SPEAK.

MY FRIEND DAVID AT THE DOOR AND HE WAVED TO ME TO "COME ON IN", THEY WERE HAVING A OPEN HOUSE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORT AND TO SHARE THEIR TASTY LIVE FOOD CUISINE WITH THE GUEST.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WAS EATING, BUT YOU CAN MARK MY WORK, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLY DELICIOUS. I REALLY HAVE TO UPGRADE MY FOOD PREPARATION SKILLS TO LIVE FOOD. WHAT I REALLY, TRULY LOVE ABOUT RAW SOUL IS THE INTERNATIONAL MENUS THEY HAVE CREATED, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THING ABOUT THIS RESTAURANT.

I HAD GREAT LIKE MINDED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CHANGE OVER TO THE SUPERNATURAL LIFESTYLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY WITH FOLKS IN THE HARLEM COMMUNITY.

A COUPLE OF MUSICIANS PERFORMED A FEW SET BEFORE THEY WENT UP THE STREET TO DO THEIR GIG AT ST. NICKS PUB. I STAYED LONGER THAN I PLANNED, BUT IT WAS ALL GOOD.

OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2009
4:00 – 7:00 P.M.

We invite to join us for our Open House to experience raw and live foods that are soul-fully delicious and healthy. We have planned a JOYOUS evening that includes:

Sampling of raw and live dishes
INTRODUCTION TO CLASSES AND SERVICES
Food Preparation Demonstrations
Testimonials
Entertainment

Bring your family and friends so that you can begin your health journey together.
Make the commitment today to change your life forever. We’ll show you how.

Call us at 212-491-5859 to reserve

P.S.1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER: NEO HOODOO, ART FOR A FORGOTTEN FAITH, CURATED BY FRANKLIN SIRMAN

SCULPTURE BY PEPON OSORIO, TITLE LONELY SOUL: WOODEN CRUTCHES, FIBERGLASS, STYROFOAM, WOOD, RESIN, PHOTOGRAPHS, METALS, HUMAN HAIR, ONE-THOUSAND PINS, HAIR CLIPS, AND WHEELCHAIR WHEELS.

INSTALLATION ART BY RADCLIFFE BAILEY, TITLE STORM AT SEA, 2006, PIANO KEYS AFRICAN SCULPTURE, MODEL BOAT, PAPER, ACRYLIC, GLITTER AND GOLD LEAF.

NEO HOODOO IS AN AMAZING EXHIBIT, I AM SORRY I WAITED SO LONG TO VIEW THIS INSPIRING BODY OF ART WORK, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE VISITED THIS EXHIBIT SEVERAL TIMES VERY SLOWLY. I THINK THE EXHIBIT WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA: THE ART OF A FORGOTTEN FAITH (SIMPLY BRILLIANT SEEDS OF THOUGHT), THIS EXHIBIT WAS ESPECIALLY INSPIRING TO ME FOR THE CONNECTION TO MY TRAVELING EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED THAT I HAVE CASTED SAIL, TO CROSS THE COUNTRY.

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, an exhibition co-organized by The Menil Collection that brings together a multigenerational group of North, South, and Central American artists who address the value of ritual in the artistic process and the wider implications of spirituality in contemporary art. On view in the 2nd Floor Main Gallery, Project Rooms, and Corner Gallery.
Including some 50 works of sculpture, photography, assemblage, video, performance, and other media, NeoHooDoo asserts that the drive towards a spiritual practice is as relevant today in our burgeoning global society as it has ever been. Artists have long engaged with ritualism to enrich their work, drawing on the traditions of shamans, griots, and oral historians. NeoHooDoo “grew out of a desire to explore the multiple meanings of spirituality in contemporary art,” states P.S.1 Curatorial Advisor and Menil Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Franklin Sirmans.
In the late 1960s poet Ishmael Reed adopted the 19th-century term “HooDoo,” referring to forms of religion and their practice in the New World to explore the idea of spiritual practice outside easily definable faiths or creeds and ritualism on contemporary works of literature and art. “Neo-HooDoo,” he writes in his 1972 collection of poetry, Conjure, “believes that every man is an artist and every artist a priest.” His seminal poems, “The Neo-HooDoo Manifesto” and “The Neo-HooDoo Aesthetic,” delve even deeper into this artistic practice to demonstrate its vitality as an international, multicultural aesthetic that embraces spiritual creativity and innovation.
From Vancouver to Havana, Guatemala City, and Bahia, the artists in NeoHooDoo began using ritualistic practice as a means to recover “lost” spirituality and to reexamine and reinterpret aspects of cultural heritage throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s. Visual artists from across the Americas, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), José Bedia (b. 1959), Rebecca Belmore (b. 1960), Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), and Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) have freely combined disparate materials and mediums to create spaces where art and audience can interact unhindered by history or societal constraints. For these artists, ritual practice often emerges as a form of catharsis and political critique to approach issues such as race, gender, slavery, and colonization. This exhibition also will look at younger artists such as video artists Michael Joo and Regina José Galindo, who carry on many of these practices and themes decades later, reconfiguring the work of their predecessors into performative displays of ritual through film and gallery installations.
Challenging conceptions of “insider” and “outsider” art, the artists in the exhibition frequently create work using everyday objects that resonate both within the confines of a gallery or museum and among their own localized audiences who may or may not visit art institutions. Situating their work in a vernacular aesthetic, the meaning of the work fluctuates according to its context. Items such as light bulbs, wine bottles, artificial flowers, piano keys are repositioned in assemblages confronting themes of exploitation, genocide, and poverty. The 53 pieces of discarded waste paper comprising Jimmy Durham’s A Street-level Treatise on Money and Work are brought to the center of a dialogue on the destruction of native cultures and Dario Robleto addresses American notions of manifest destiny in Deep Down I Don’t Believe in Hymns by taking a military-issued blanket and “infesting” it with hand-ground dust made from vinyl recordings of Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer” and Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love.”
Franklin Sirmans developed NeoHooDoo as one of P.S.1’s curatorial advisory programs, a unique system that allows diverse curators to present experimental exhibition work. Current curatorial advisors include Chief Curatorial Advisor Klaus Biesenbach, Senior Curatorial Advisor Neville Wakefield, Andrea Bellini, Phong Bui, Lia Gangitano, Susanne Pfeffer, and Franklin Sirmans.
NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring texts by Arthur C. Danto, Greg Tate, Robert Farris Thompson, Jen Budney and Julia Herzberg. The catalogue will also include an interview with Ishmael Reed by Franklin Sirmans and a work by renowned poet Quincy Troupe. The fully illustrated, color catalogue will be available for purchase at Artbook @ P.S.1 (144 pp., $45.00).
Artist List:
Terry Adkins, Janine Antoni, Radcliffe Bailey, José Bedia, Rebecca Belmore, Sanford Biggers, Tania Bruguera, James Lee Byars, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, William Cordova, Jimmie Durham, Regina José Galindo, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, David Hammons, Michael Joo, Brian Jungen, Kcho, Marepe, Ana Mendieta, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Pepón Osorio, Adrian Piper, Ernesto Pujol, Dario Robleto, Betye Saar, Gary Simmons, George Smith, Michael Tracy, Nari Ward

The exhibition is co-organized by The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. It was previously presented at The Menil Collection and will travel to the Miami Art Museum from February 20 until May 24, 2009.

THE LINKS INC. & THE KING ARTS WOMEN'S SERVICE BOARD, PRESENTS: A AFTERNOON TEA & ARTIST TALK WITH FIBER ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY COLUMBUS, OHIO 1.4.09

THANK YOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DR. BARBARA R. NICHOLSON FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, SUPPORT & DIRECTION OF THE (RE) POSSESSED PROJECT WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH BETTYE STULL FOR YOUR DEDICATED GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED WHEN IT TOURED THE KING ARTS COMPLEX IN COLUMBUS OHIO.

AND THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH FOR ARRANGING THE LOVELY AFTERNOON TEA & ARTIST TALK.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY HONORED GUEST FOR THE AFTERNOON TEA ARTIST TALK.























I HUMBLY THANK THE TWIN RIVERS CHAPTER LINKS, INC. THE COLUMBUS LINKS, INC. THE KING ARTS WOMEN'S SERVICE BOARD AND BETTYE STULL, THE CURATORIAL CONSULTANT AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX IN COLUMBUS OHIO, FOR A WONDERFUL CLOSING TEA AND ARTIST TALK IN THE BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX FOR MY TRAVELING EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED.

I AM FOREVER GREATFUL TO THE DISTINGUISHED AND HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LADY'S OF THE LINKS INC,FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO ME, EARLY IN MY CAREER DEVELOPMENT.

IT WAS WONDERFUL MEETING THE LADY'S OF THE LINKS AND THE KING ARTS WOMEN'S SERVICE BOARD AND BRIEFLY SPEAKING TO AND ENJOYING SHORT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LADY'S BEFORE I QUICKLY PACKED UP MY THINGS AND HEADED FOR MY PLANE BACK TO NEW YORK.

THANK YOU LADY'S FOR THE PURCHASE OF MY HATS AND THE GIFTS OF TOILETRIES, YOU LADY'S ARE A TREASURE TO ME YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOREVER.

(RE) POSSESSED EXHIBIT DEINSTALLATION AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY & KING ARTS COMPLEX DEINSTALLATON

THE EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX IN COLUMBUS OHIO HAD A FEW NEW ADDITION...
I WAS REMINDED BY MY PHOTOGRAPHERS WIFE JAMES DEE, THAT I HAD CREATED A SERIES OF SOFT BODY, CERAMIC FACED DOLL BACK IN THE 80'S THAT I TITLED THE COUNTRY COUSIN DOLLS.... THIS WAS A STUDY OF THE RURAL FEMALE NATURAL HEALERS IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS DOLL IS INSPIRED BY THE MOJO HEALING WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY WORK MOSTLY BY SPOKEN WORDS, PRAYERS, CONVERSATION, STORIES, HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS AND INSPIRING OTHERS BY LIVING THE EXAMPLE.

THIS DOLL WEARS A STRAW HAT, WITH ARTIFICIAL VELVET MINITURE FLOWERS, WITH A GRAPEVINE TWIG IN THE HAT. HER DRESS IS ADORNED WITH COWRY SHELLS AND SILVER BELLS AND BUTTONS. HER GARMENT IS HAND STITCHED PATCHWORKED, WITH BUFFALO FUR ON HER SHOULDERS.

HER BODY IS DESIGNED AND HAND STITCHED BY ME AND PAINTED WITH ACRYLIC PAINT. HER HAND PAINTED FACE OF TERRACOTA CLAY WAS MADE FROM A MOLD DESIGNED & CREATED BY ME.

THE CONJURE WOMAN DOLL, RURAL HEALING ARTIST, MASTER OF THE ART OF CONJURING THING AND SITUATIONS.

THIS IS THE FIRST DOLL THAT I CROCHET A HAT FOR, EVERYTHING ELSE IS HAND SEWN, I REALLY LIKE HAND MAKING THING. IT'S LIKE PUTTING A PART OF MYSELF IN WHAT EVER I CREAT.

THE HOODOO WOMAN DOLL, THE ROOTS WORKER, HEALING ARTIST, MASTER OF HERBS, POTIONS, LOTIONS AND ENCHANTRESS.

I THING THIS WAS MY VERY FIRST DOLL OF THIS SERIES THAT I MAKE, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 1984 OR SOME WHERE AROUND THERE,

THIS IS PRUDENCE GILL, A ARTS DEPARTMENT HEAD AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, PURCHASING REFRESHMENTS FOR THE OPENING OF A BRILLIANT CAMPUS EXHIBIT.

PRUDENCE WAS PURCHASING GENETICALLY ALTERED FOODS FOR THE REFRESHMENTS, THIS WAS A NEW CONCEPT TO ME, I HAD NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF GENETICALLY ALTERED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE IN THE GROCERY STORES THAT WE SHOP IN.

THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TASTING THESE ITEMS.... THIS EXHIBIT WAS REALLY EDUCATIONAL TO ME IN THAT WAY.

THE BRILLIANT AND TALENTED OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT EATING THEIR FRESH GENETICALLY ALTERED FRUITS & VEGETABLES.

PRUDENCE GILL'S ART CLASS FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, VISITING THE EXHIBIT, (RE) POSSESSED AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX.

THIS IS THE DUEL ANGEL RESCUE DEINSTALLATION SQUAD, FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, HELPING OR RATHER SAFELY WRAPPING AND PACKING THE CRYSTAL CHANDELIER FROM THE EXHIBIT THAT WAS DESIGNED BY DORIAN WEBB.
THEY HAD TO RECYLE THE BUBBLE WRAP THAT THE CHANDELIERS ARRIVED IN, SO THAT THEY COULD RE-WRAP AND RE-TAPE THE CHANDELIERS FOR SHIPMENT BY TO NEW YORK.

THESE LADIES WERE HEAVEN SENT... I LOVED THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE, WORK, THE ARTS AND CAREER DIRECTION THAT WAS GOING ON DURING THE DEINSTALLATION.



THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY DYNAMIC DUEL CRYSTAL CHANDELIER PACKING, PEARL WEARING, MIGHTY MUSCLES, PROBLEM SOLVING, CHEER LEADINGS GLASS ARTIST:

BETHANY HAESELER: GLASS ARTIST, MFA STUDENT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

KAMI MEIGHAN: GLASS TEACHER & ACADEMIC COUNCELOR AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

THANKS YOU SO VERY MUCH LADY'S, I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR EFFORT, YOU HELP MAKE A HARD JOB REAL EASY... STAY IN TOUCH. AND FOREVER BONDED IN THE ARTS.

MUCH GRATITUDE XENOBIA

1929: WHITE HOUSE TEA AND NO SYMPATHY: THE DePRIEST INCIDENT: THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN INVITED TO TEA AT THE WHITE HOUSE

In the early summer of 1929, citizens in the nation’s capital enjoyed reading about the White
House activities of President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Hoover, in their local newspaper.
They learned that a “talking movie” was shown at the White House , that the president’s
pets had acquired silver-plated nametags, and that a policy had been implemented to reduce
the number of handshakes the president had to endure during public receptions. By July, the
Hoovers no doubt sorely missed such whimsical coverage, when it was replaced by reports criticizing
Mrs. Hoover for inviting an African-American woman to attend a White House tea.
Ordinarily, the First Lady’s activities would have been covered in the society news; in this
case, however, Lou Hoover made front page headlines in newspapers across the country. Early
in her husband’s administration, Mrs. Hoover planned to invite the wives of U.S. Congressmen
to the White House, but she faced a dilemma. For the first time in decades, and for the first time
ever outside the South, an African-American man had been elected to the U.S. Congress. Should
she invite his wife, Mrs. Oscar DePriest, to tea at the White House along with the wives of the
other Congressmen? She decided to do so, and Mrs. DePriest accepted the invitation and did
indeed visit the White House, igniting a firestorm that demonstrated the sensitive and symbolic
nature of the White House, as well as the delicate state of race relations in America on the cusp
of the Depression.
The Incident
Oscar DePriest was the first African-American elected as a U.S. Congressman since Reconstruction,
and he was the first African-American ever elected to serve in the U.S. Congress from
outside the South. A Republican from Chicago, DePriest began his term in March 1929, at the
same time President Hoover started his term as president. It quickly became clear that a decision
had to be made about what to do about Mrs. DePriest. While President and Mrs. Hoover
tried to minimize political fallout, there does not seem to be any doubt that they would include
Mrs. DePriest. It would be difficult to ignore White House traditions, so canceling the event was
not really an option. Nor would the Hoovers snub Mrs. DePriest by excluding her.

(I WONDER WHAT "THEY" WOULD SAY TODAY,... THEM DRY BONES MUST BE JUMPING ALL OVER CREATION RIGHT ABOUT NOW)

CERAMIST: SANA MUSASAMA TRAVELS TO CAMBODIA TO DO CULTURAL REHAB & SOCIAL REINTEGRATION ACTIVITIES WITH THE YOUNG GIRLS VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

MY AMAZING HUMANITARIAN ARTIST FRIEND, SANA MUSASAMA JUST LEFT NEW YORK THE OTHER DAY, TO TRAVEL TO VIETNAM TO DO VOLUNTARY WORK WITH THE GIRLS OF SAMOLY MAM FOUNDATION IN CAMBODIA.

THE SAMOLY MAM FOUNDATION IS AN AMAZING RESCUE FOUNDATION, SHE RECUES, REHABILITATES AND REINTERGRATE YOUNG GIRLS IN CAMBODIA BACK INTO SOCIETY AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM BEING VICTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICING IN THE SEX SLAVE TRADE.

SAMOLY MAM WAS KIDNAPPED AND SOLD TO A BROTHAL AS A SEX SLAVE AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 12 IN CAMBODIA, SHE EXSCAPE THIS LIFE OF HORROR AND HAS FOUNDED THE FOUNDATION THAT HAS RESCUED OVER 4,000 YOUNG GIRLS.

SAMOLY MAM HAS WRITTEN A BOOK TITLED "THE ROAD OF LOST INNOCENCE" THAT YOU CAN READ ABOUT HER LIFE, I PLAN TO GET THE CD AND LISTEN TO IT WHILE I CROCHET.

SANA MUSASAMA IS IN VIETNAM RIGHT NOW, SHE WILL BE TRAVELING TO CAMBODIA IN A FEW DAYS TO WORK WITH THE YOUNG GIRLS. I WILL BE POSTING HER E-MAILS OF HER JOURNEY AND WORK.

SANA IS AN AMAZING TRAVELER, SHE HAS WONDERFUL TRAVELING STORIES TO TELL, SHE IS A FIRE SPIRIT, SO THERE ARE ALWAY INTERESTING ENCOUNTERS.

HOLIDAY GIFTS BY XENOBIA BAILEY: "FUNKY CHIC BEADED CROCHET SKULLCAPS" @ ETSY.COM

MY IMAGES ARE BACK!!!. I'M ON ANOTHER COMPUTER,.. BUT AT LEAST I CAN POST IMAGES....
..
SO... HERE IS MY "SONG AND DANCE" ABOUT MY HATS SELLING ON ETSY.COM AGAIN.

JUST GO TO ETSY.COM, TYPE IN "FUNKY CHIC, CROCHET, BEADED, SKULLCAPS" AND THE RED SKULLCAP THAT IS POSTED HERE WILL APPEAR.

NO TELLING WHEN I WILL STOP CROCHETING THESE HATS COMPLETELY,

SO... IF YOU WANT TO BE AS CUTE AS A BUTTON THIS WINTER, MAKE YOU ORDER WHILE THE OFFER LASTS...

DO'NT SAY I DID'NT GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP ON THIS ALMOST LAST CALL.

HOLIDAY GIFTS BY XENOBIA BAILEY: "FUNKY CHIC BEADED CROCHET SKULLCAPS" @ ETSY.COM

OK GOOD PEOPLE,... I HAVE TO TAKE A BIG, DEEP BREATH RIGHT ABOUT NOW, AS I MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS JACKED-UP IMAGE ON MY BLOG.

IT LOOKS AS IF, I WILL HAVE TO WORK ON THIS BLOG WITH NO IMAGES OR A JACKED-UP IMAGE FOR A WHILE... IT REMINDS ME OF "BACK IN THE DAY" WHEN THE ELECTRICITY WOULD BE TURN OFF, AND WE WOULD ACT LIKE WE WERE IN THE WILDERNESS WITH ONLY CANDLE LIGHTS.

SO UNTIL I HAVE THE TIME TO REALLY HAVE THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED, WE WILL JUST HAVE TO USE OUR IMAGINATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BY THE WAY... THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THE SUGGESTIONS. I TRIED THEM ALL.

BUT.... ANYWAY...

I AM CROCHETING MY FUNKY, CHIC, BEADED, SKULLCAPS, AND I AM SELLING THEM @ ETSY.COM.

CHECK THEM OUT... WHEN YOU GO TO THE ETSY.COM WEBSITE, GO TO "HANDMADE ITEMS: TAGS, TITLES" THEN COPY & PASTE "FUNKY, CHIC, BEADED CROCHET SKULLCAPS" CLICK ON "SEARCH" AND A IMAGE OF A MODEL WITH A RED FUNKY CHIC, BEADED CROCHET SKULLCAP, WILL APPEAR.

IF YOU DO NOT SEE A COLOR COMBINATION THAT TICKLES YOUR FANCY, JUST WRITE ME A NOTE THROUGH MY ETSY ACCOUNT AND I WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.

ALL THE HATS ARE HAND CROCHET BY ME, NO ONE ELSE AND THEY ALL COME WITH MY PERSONAL LABEL. SO... I DO'NT KNOW HOW LONG I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE HATS. BUT MARK MY WORK, THE END OF ME MAKING THESE Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
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OK... THAT'S IT.... I'M TAKING THIS #@^&*@!& COMPUTER TO THE MAC STORE TO SEE WHAT THE HECK IS NOT GOING ON!!!!

NOW THE BLOG HAS GONE HAYWIRE,.. I CAN ONLY PUBLISH IN THE TITLE BLOCK IN A ROUND ABOUT WAY!!

I AM TRYING TO SEE WAHT WORKS AND HOW.... OK... I CAN SOMETIMES GET SOME TEXT POSTED, BUT NO IMAGES.

WHAT I NEED IS FOR EVERYONE TO LAY YOUR HANDS ON YOUR COMPUTER AND SEND MY BLOG AND ME SOME GOOD VIBES.... THIS BLOG NEEDS A GOOD OLD FASHION GLOBAL CYBER HEALING.

STILL HAVING IMAGE UPLOADING PROBLEM,

SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN POSTING, I AM HAVING PROBLEMS POSTING AND UPLOADING INFORMATION TO MY BLOG. HOPEFULLY THE PROBLEM WILL BE RESOLVED SOON. THANKS

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF HARLEM: AISHA AL ALADAWIYA, THE LOVELY AND GRACIOUS HISTORICAL ARCHIVIST AT THE SCHOMBURG CENTER LIBRARY IN HARLEM

DECEMBER 1 2008, I HAD TO STOP BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN HARLEM TO MAKE A DROP-OFF, THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE LIBRARY,

I WAS MET IN THE LOBBY BY THE BEAUTIFUL SISTAH AISHA AL ALADAWIYA, IT WAS REALLY GREAT SEEING HER, I LOVE HER PERONAL STYLE. SHE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT I KNOW THAT HAS A BEAUTIFUL LAVENDER COLOR IN HER SKIN TONE, I RALLY LOVE HOW SHE WORKS WITH HER CULTURAL AESTHETIC.... "SHE BE WEARIN HER ADORNMENTS"

I WAS HOPEING TO GET ANOTHER SNEAK VIEW OF THE AARON DOUGLAS EXHIBIT THAT WAS ON VIEW AT THE SCHOMBURG LIBRARY. THE LAST DAY WAS SUNDAY. AARON DOUGLAS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTIST. I LOVE HOW HE PAINTS AND WRITES ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL AGE IN AMERICA.. HIS USE OF SPACE, FORM AND COLOR IS SIMPLE YET POWERFUL. I THINK I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TRAVEL TO SEE THE LIBRARY AT FISK UNIVERSITY WHERE HE PAINTED A TIMELESS MURAL ON THE WALLS.

WORDS OF WISDOM FROM ANCESTORS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER: A PAMPHLET "HELP FOR THE HARD TIMES" COMMISSIONED BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. 1916.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I REMEMBER ASKING MY MOTHER, WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE DURING THE DEPRESSION OF THE 1920'S. SHE TOLD ME HER PEOPLE WHERE NOT AFFECTED BY IT MUCH, BECAUSE THEY LIVED ON A FARM AND THEY ATE WELL EVERY DAY.

EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT RAISE ON A FARM, I ALWAYS HAVE VALUED THE SOIL AND MAINTAINING THE RICH MINERALS IN IT TO GREW FOOD FOR A BALANCED LIFE ON THIS PLANET.

SO... WHILE DOING RESEARCH ON GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER AND HIS WORK AT THE TUSKEGE INSTITUTE, FOR THE EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED, I CAME ACROSS THIS PAMPHLET THAT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON COMMISSIONED GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER TO DEVELOPE AND WRITE. I THOUGHT THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE VALUABLE TO HOMEMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD TODAY, AS WE ALL GO THROUGH THIS TEMPORARY ECONOMIC "HARD TIME"

I PLAN TO FOLLOW THIS ADVICE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER BY GROWING VEGETABLE IN MY WINDOWS, (I THINK IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL & HEALTHY) AND WHAT EVER ELSE I CAN DO IN THE CITY TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY DIET.

I WILL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH THE ART OF (RE) POSSESING A HUMANE LIFESTYLE FOR THE EXHIBIT AND WHAT EVER ELSE I CAN FIND ON THE SUBJECT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERNATURAL LIFESTYLE.... DO'NT WORRY... WHAT EVER I FIND, I WILL SHARE...

CERAMIST SANA MUSASAMA'S MEMORIAL PREPARATION FOR HER DEAR BELOVED FRIEND DIEDRA BIBBY

MY DEAR LONG-TIME FRIEND CERAMIST SANA MUSASAMA JUST LOST HER BEST FRIEND CURATOR DIEDRA BIBBY, A FEW MONTHS AGO.

SANA IS PLANNING TO DO A TEA MEMORIAL WITH DIEDRA'S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLIEGES AT THE SCHOMBERG LIBRARY IN HARLEM WHERE DIEDRA ONCE WORKED AS A CURATOR IN THE FINE ART DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BEAUTIFUL EVENT, SANA IS CREATING ALL OF THE TEACUPS AND SAUCER FOR THE EVENT.

THIS IS A PASSIONATE MORNING EXERCISE FOR SANA, I WENT BY SANA'S STUDIO TO HELP HER PACK SOME TEACUPS & SAUCERS.

I WAS SUPPOSE TO MAKE SOME TEACUPS SAUCERS MYSELF FOR THE EVENT, BUT I COULD NOT GET MY SCHEDULE TOGETHER.

SANA IS AN AMAZING TRAVELER, SHE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD SEVERAL TIMES, STUDYING CERAMIST WITH INDIGENIST PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THEIR HANDS AND CLAY.

SHE HAS SPENT TIME IN AFRICA, CHINA, INDIA, PERU, VIETNAM, NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH WEST PART OF NORTH AMERICA. COSTA RICA, I AM SURE THERE A PLACES I HAVE NOT MENTIONED.

SHE IS CREATING AN AMAZING POP-UP CHILDRENS AND ADULT BOOK ABOUT HER ADVENTURIST AND COLORFUL TRAVELS.

THIS IS PAUL, THE CERAMIC STUDIO MANAGER AT HUNTER COLLEGE.

THIS IS ONE OF PAUL BRILLIANT TEACUPS THAT HE MADE FOR THE MEMORIAL, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE HOLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE TO DRINK THE TEA OUT OF.

BACK TO THE POP-UP BOOK... I KNOW SANA WILL HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL BOOK BECAUSE OF HER UNIQUE AESTHETIC, AND THAT SHE IS A FABULOUS STORY TELLER.

I HAVE KNOWN SANA SINCE THE 70'S, AND HER STORIES OF HER TRAVEL STILL ENTERTAIN, THRILL, SCARE, SHOCK AND INSPIRE ME.

WATCHING HER WORK WITH CLAY IS LIKE WATCHING PREPERATIONS FOR A RITUAL.





SANA AND ONE OF HER TALENTED FORMER STUDENTS SALLY. .

THESE ARE UNFIRED TEACUPS, I THOUGHT THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL JUST LIKE THIS.

UNFIRED TALL TEACUP, I PLAN TO TRY AND MAKE A FEW OF THESE MYSELF, IT IS SO ELEGANTLY FUNKY. I LOVED THE SPLIT BOWL ON THE RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THAT SPLIT EFFECT MYSELF ONE DAY. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT AFTER IT IS FIRED.

MORE UNFIRED ELEGANT TALL TEACUPS. I REALLY LOVE THESE TEACUPS.

THIS IS THE CREATIVE FLOOR OF SANA'S STUDIO. AT LOT OF EXPERIMENTING & DISCOVERY GOES ON HERE.





SANA'S SINGLE GOLDEN SLIPPER.

I REALLY WISH I COULD ATTEND DIEDRA BIBBY'S MEMORIAL SANA IS PLANNING, I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. DIEDRA WOULD BE VERY PLEASED. SANA IS GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING THERE DIEDRA LOVED. FROM PEOPLE TO ART, MUSIC, FOOD, INCENSE, FLOWERS AND SANA.

VISIT WITH COLUMBUS OHIO LIVING TREASURE, MASTER FIBER ARTIST, ANIMATED JOURNALIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, AMINAH BRENDA LYNN ROBINSON

KING ARTS COMPLEX DR BARBARA NICHOLSON, WHO ARRANGED THIS VISIT, KNOCKS ON THE ANIMATED DOOR OF AMINAH ROBINSON WHILE MY MOUTH WAS HANGING WIDE OPEN.

FIBER ARTIST AMINAH BRENDA LYNN ROBINSONS INSTALLATION FRONT YARN. THIS AMAZING WOMAN PREPARES HER PATH BEFORE HER,

WE WERE GREETED BY AMINAH AND INVITED IN,... HAS WE ENTERED THIS LIVING STUDIO, WE FIRST APROACHED A VANITY TABLE THAT WAS CONVERTED TO A ALTAR OF SORTS, WITH A LARGE BOOK OPENED WITH AN AMAZING DRAWING OF THE HUMAN BODY.... I REALY APRECIATED THAT AMINAH AND DR NICHOLSON LET ME HAVE MY SILENCE, HAS I WALKED AROUND AND DRANK IN THE LIFE IN THE SURROUNDINGS ROOMS.

WITH EVERY STEP, AND EVERY TURN OF THE HEAD THERE IS INSPIRATION FROM DOOR NOBS, TO WALLS, BOOKS, ART, OPEN LETTER, NOTES, YOU NAME IT. WHAT EVER ENTERS THIS CREATIVE CHAMBERS IS ADDED TO THIS ARTIST CREATIVE PALETTE.

WHEN I SAW AMINAHS WORK IN PROGRESS I HEARD MY HEART BEATING IN MY EARS AND I FELT IT IN MY NECK,.... BUT... I WAS COOL!!... I WAS TOTALLY REVERENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RESTING NEEDLE & THREAD OF A MASTER.

I FELT LIKE I WAS WALKING BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF THE WIZARD, WHEN I SAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OF AMINAH'S QUILTS. DR NICHOLSON TOLD ME LATER THAT AMINAH IS TEACHING HERSELF ABOUT 3 OR MORE LANGUAGES.

BOOKS, BOOKS EVERY WHERE, THEN I SAW THE POST CARD ABOUT MY EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX ON HER WALL.

AMINAHS RESEARCH MATERIAL.

AMINAH HAS TURNED HER KITCHEN INTO ANOTHER STUDIO SPACE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HER SCULPTURE, I WAS TOLD SHE DOES NOT COOK, SHE TURNED THE STOVE INTO A STAND FOR HER THIMBLE ASSEMBLAGE SCULPTURE.

I AM LOVING THE THIMBLE ASSEMBLAGE.

I WAS TOLD THAT AMINAH ONLY EATS FRUIT.

A ROW OF FRUIT RIPPENING IN THE WINDOW SUNLIGHT.

AMINAH HAS TWO DOGS, THEY ARE REAL CHARACTERS, SO ARE HER DOGGIE CERAMICS.

AND THEN I ENTERED THE MASTERS DRAWING ROOM!!!!!...

I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE, TO BE IN A MASTERS STUDIO THAT HAS SUCH HISTORY AND ENERGY.

I LOVE HOW AMINAH HAS GIVEN SUCH SPIRIT TO HER ENVIRONMENT BY ANIMATING THE WALLS WITH HER PAINTINGS.

AS THE SIGN ABOVE SAYS,... THIS IS AMINAH SANCTUARY... I DID NOT ENTER... BUT, I REALLY WANTED TO.


AMINAH HAD THIS OTHER STUDIO BUILT IN HER BACK YARD.


I LOVE THIS ASSEMBLAGE ON THE WOODEN FENCE... YOU CAN'T HELP TO HAVE MEMORIES WHEN YOU SEE THESE MANUAL TOOLS FROM YESTERYEAR.

AMINAH INSIDE HER OUTDOOR STUDIO.... HER SCULPTURE FILLED THE SPACE FROM THE FLOOR TO THE CEILING.

AMINAH WAS "RIGHT ON TIME" WHEN SHE GAVE ME THREE ROCK FROM HER BACK YARD.... I LOVE ROCKS.... AND I LOVE THE ROCKS THAT PEOPLE GIVE ME... A CHOOSEN ROCK SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE GIVEN.


I SAW THIS SIGN AS WE WERE LEAVING. ALL HAND CARVED BY AMINAH.

TWO OF THE MANY MASSIVE QUILTS CREATED BY AMINAH.

THIS WAS THE HIGHPOINT TO THE EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED TRAVELING TO COLUMBUS OHIO, WAS MY VISIT TO THE WORK/LIVE/SANCTUARY SPACE OF THE "SUPER BEING OF ANOTHER ORDER" AMINA BRENDA LYNN ROBINSON. I REALLY THANK DR BARBARA NICHOLSON OF THE KING ARTS COMPLEX FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

THIS WAS A FULL VISIT FOR ME I MUST SAY. COLUMBUS OHIO IS SO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS LIVING TREASURE OF A ARTIST.

PLEASE VISIT COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ARTS WEBSITE WERE A INSTALLATION FOR PORTIONS OF THE (RE) POSSESSED IS INSTALLED. THE MUSEUM HAS CREATED A WONDERFUL WEBSITE FOR AMINAH ROBINSON.

http://www.aminahsworld.org/

I HOPE TO BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEDICATED PASSIONATE ARTIST.

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT ELECT BARACK OBAMA FROM ALICE WALKER: "WE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR"

JENNELLE MAHONE-SY AND HER LOVELY SISTER AT HARLEMS SCHOMBERG LIBRARIES ELECTION NIGHT WATCH PARTY. THAT WAS A UNFORGETABLE HISTORICAL NIGHT.


THIS OPEN LETTER WAS SENT TO ME FROM A PAST COLLEGE ROOMMATE OF MINE. SHE GOT IT FROM http://theroot.com/. I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS WITH WHOM EVER IS INTERESTED.

WE ALL NEED TO WORK HARD AND GET HAS MUCH GOOD WORK ACOMPLISHED AS POSSIBLE DURING THIS PRESIDENCY.

Alice Walker on expectations, responsibilities and a new reality that is almost more than the heart can bear. Nov. 5, 2008

Dear Brother Obama,

You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Us being the black people of the Southern United States. You think you know, because you are thoughtful, and you have studied our history. But seeing you deliver the torch so many others before you carried, year after year, decade after decade, century after century, only to be struck down before igniting the flame of justice and of law, is almost more than the heart can bear. And yet, this observation is not intended to burden you, for you are of a different time, and, indeed, because of all the relay runners before you, North America is a different place. It is really only to say: Well done. We knew, through all the generations, that you were with us, in us, the best of the spirit of Africa and of the Americas. Knowing this, that you would actually appear, someday, was part of our strength. Seeing you take your rightful place, based solely on your wisdom, stamina and character, is a balm for the weary warriors of hope, previously only sung about.

I would advise you to remember that you did not create the disaster that the world is experiencing, and you alone are not responsible for bringing the world back to balance. A primary responsibility that you do have, however, is to cultivate happiness in your own life. To make a schedule that permits sufficient time of rest and play with your gorgeous wife and lovely daughters. And so on. One gathers that your family is large. We are used to seeing men in the White House soon become juiceless and as white-haired as the building; we notice their wives and children looking strained and stressed. They soon have smiles so lacking in joy that they remind us of scissors. This is no way to lead. Nor does your family deserve this fate. One way of thinking about all this is: It is so bad now that there is no excuse not to relax. From your happy, relaxed state, you can model real success, which is all that so many people in the world really want. They may buy endless cars and houses and furs and gobble up all the attention and space they can manage, or barely manage, but this is because it is not yet clear to them that success is truly an inside job. That it is within the reach of almost everyone.

I would further advise you not to take on other people's enemies. Most damage that others do to us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion. We must learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise. It is understood by all that you are commander in chief of the United States and are sworn to protect our beloved country; this we understand, completely. However, as my mother used to say, quoting a Bible with which I often fought, "hate the sin, but love the sinner." There must be no more crushing of whole communities, no more torture, no more dehumanizing as a means of ruling a people's spirit. This has already happened to people of color, poor people, women, children. We see where this leads, where it has led.

A good model of how to "work with the enemy" internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet. Because, finally, it is the soul that must be preserved, if one is to remain a credible leader. All else might be lost; but when the soul dies, the connection to earth, to peoples, to animals, to rivers, to mountain ranges, purple and majestic, also dies. And your smile, with which we watch you do gracious battle with unjust characterizations, distortions and lies, is that expression of healthy self-worth, spirit and soul, that, kept happy and free and relaxed, can find an answering smile in all of us, lighting our way, and brightening the world.

We are the ones we have been waiting for.

In Peace and Joy,
Alice Walker

DESIGN WITHOUT END: AN AFTERNOON WITH ARTIST EL ANASUI: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART NEW YORK CITY, NOV 9, 2008, 3:00PM

I WOULD NOT MISS THIS TALK FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD ( or maybe just about anything in the world)

Design Without End: An Afternoon with El Anatsui
November 09, 2008
Part of Sunday at the Met—The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End
Contemporary artist El Anatsui, whose work was recently acquired by the Met, will discuss his art in an interview with Alisa LaGamma, Curator of the exhibition, and Chika Okeke-Agulu, Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Art at Princeton University.

Free with Museum admission
3:00 p.m., The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

MANHATTAN ISLAND SOLD AT BARGAIN PRICE TO DUTCH SETTLERS NOV 5, 1626

Peter Schagen's letter from 1626 reports the Purchase of Manhattan Island by Dutch settlers. Dutch settlers purchased the island from the resident Manhattan tribal leaders in exchange for goods worth a total of sixty Dutch guilders, or the equivalent of about twenty-four dollars today. Two years earlier, Dutch settlers had begun laying the foundations for a town at the southern tip of the island, calling the settlement New Amsterdam. The decision to purchase this island hinged on the fact that it could be easily defended and was centrally located among other Dutch settlements. The colony was run by the West India Company, which gave up its trade monopoly in 1640 and allowed other Dutch merchants to invest in the town. By 1645 Dutch settlers had completely eradicated the Manhattan tribe.

The original spellings have been retained in this document

Letter Regarding the Purchase of Manhattan (1626)


Peter Schagen


From: Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York, Ed. E. B. O'Callaghan, Vol I, p. 37–38.



Mr. Peter Schagen to the States General; the Island of Manhattans purchased.

High and Mighty Lords:

Yesterday, arrived here the Ship the Arms of Amsterdam, which sailed from New Netherland, out of the River Mauritius, on the 23rd September. They report that our people are in good heart and live in peace there; the Women also have borne some children there. They have purchased the Island Manhattes from the Indians for the value of 60 guilders; 'tis 11,000 morgens in size. They had all their grain sowed by the middle of May, and reaped by the middle of August. They send thence samples of summer grain; such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, canary seed, beans and flax.

The cargo of the aforesaid ship is:-

7246 Beaver skins.

178 1/2 Otter skins.

675 Otter skins.

48 Minck skins.

36 Wild cat skins.

33 Mincks.

34 Rat skins.

Considerable Oak timber and Hickory.

Herewith, High and Mighty Lords, be commended to the mercy of the Almighty.

In Amsterdam, the 5th November, Ad 1626.

Received 7th November, 1626.

Your High Mightinesses' obedient,

(Signed) P. Schagen.

HISTORIC VOTING MORNING NOV 4 2008, HARLEM NEW YORK

I GOT UP 5:30 IN THE MORNING TO BEAT THE CROWDS TO VOTE... IT LOOKED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN HARLEM HAD THAT SAME IDEA,.. WE ALL WALKED TO THE POLLS IN THE DARK...

I STOOD ON LINE TO VOTE FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES.... BUT IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE LONG TO ANY OF US IN LINE.



INSIDE THE VOTEING POLLS HAD AN AMAZING ENERGY..









THE IS HEADQUARTERS ON 135TH BETWEEN LENOX AND 7TH AVE.





SCHOMBERG LIBRARY, WHERE THEY WILL HAVE A ELECTION WATCH PARTY TONITE.

SORRY I CAN NOT WRITE MUCH RIGHT NOW... I HAVE TO GET BACK OUT AND BE IN THIS HISTORIC MOMENT....

TO BE CONTINUED.....

NOV 4 2008, USA, HISTORICAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HARLEM & LOWER MANHATTAN

ONE OF MY ELDER NEIGHBORS ON MY BLOCK IN HARLEM GIVING ME THE THUMBS UP SIGN. HISTORICAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY IN HARLEM 2008

CUPCAKES TELL NO LIES... THE MOST POPULAR CUPCAKE FOR THE DAY IS OBAMA... THE BAKE CRUMB SHOP IN MANHATTAN.


MY NERVES ARE TOTALLY FRAZZLED.... DORIAN WEBB E-MAIL ME TO SAY THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE MAKING PHONE CALLS FOR OBAMA, SHE ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MAKING SOME CALLS. I SAID YES...

THE BOWERY HOTEL IN MANHATTAN WAS THE SCENE.... I GOT MY LIST OF STATES TO CALL AND I SAT WITH ALL OF THE REST OF THE CALLERS ON THEIR CELL PHONES AND MADE MY CALLS....

MAKING THESE CALL MADE ME MORE NERVOUS....

IT LOOKED LIKE A STUDY HALL IN THE LOBBY OF THE BOWERY HOTEL... TO BE CONTINUED.... STAY TUNED IN....

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL'S ARTIST TALK: THE ZABAR ARTIST TALK LECTURE SERIES @ AT HUNTER COLLEGE NYC, OCT 28, 2008

TUESDAY AFTERNOON I HAD PLANNED ON GOING DOWN TO MY FRIEND SANA MUSASAMA'S JOB TO HELP HER AND HER STUDENTS OUT WITH A ONLINE PROJECT THEY WERE WORKING ON.... I CALLED SANA TO FIND OUT WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO COME,... SHE TOLD ME THAT HER PLANS HAD CHANGED,.... THAT SHE AND HER STUDENTS WERE GOING TO HEAR THE ARTIST KERRY JAMES MARSHALL SPEAK AT HUNTER COLLEGE, WHERE SHE TEACHES CERAMICS.... I TOLD HER I WANTED TO GO AND THAT I WOULD MEET HER AT THE SCHOOL.

THIS WAS THE MOST ARTIST CAREER BASED ENPOWERING LECTURE THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD FROM AN ARTIST THAT SPOKE DIRECTLY RO MY MISSION AS A ARTIST.

THIS LECTURE SERIES IS SPONSORED BY THE ZABAR FAMILY OF ZABAR'S DELI & GOURMET FOODS IN NEW YORK CITY.

MR. ZABAR IS IN THE PHOTO BELOW, THE MAN ON THE FAR LEFT TAKING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LECTURE.... I WAS EXTREMELY EMPRESSED TO SEE MR & MRS. ZABAR THERE AND ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE EVENING.

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL IN THE BLUE SHIRT, SANA MUSASAMA PINK SCARF AND BRAID, AND A GUEST AND STUDENTS ASKING KERRY JAMES MARSHALL QUESTIONS, AFTER HIS SCHORLARLY AND THE BUSINESS OF ART TALK.

THIS TALK LASTED 3 HOURS,... NOT ONE PERSON LEFT THE ROOM DURING THIS TIME.


BLACK ARTIST IN THE DARK,.... TALKING ABOUT BLACK ART TO STUDENTS,.... THEY TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT IN THE AUDITORIUM TO MAKE EVERYONE LEAVE,... BUT THE STUDENTS STAYED AND KERRY KEPT TALKING IN THE DARK.... IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF KERRY'S LIVE WORKS OF ART IF YOU ASK ME.

THE ARTIST KERRY JAMES MARSHALL AND ONE OF HIS WORKS OF ART.

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL HAD DEFINATELY CREATED A PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL ART HISTORY FOR HIS WORKS OF ART,.. THE STYLE HE CREATED WITH HIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN SENSIBILITY, AESTHETIC AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE,... THE INTELLECTUAL CONTENT,... THE QUESTIONING & EXPLORATION OF CONDITIONS,.... THE SIZE, HOW HIS ART WORK RELATES TO OTHER CONTEMPORARY ART. KERRY JAMES MARSHALL HAS MASTERED SEVERAL LEVELS.

MY ADVISE TO ANY ARTIST OF WHAT EVER COLOR IS, IF YOU HEAR OR SEE THAT KERRY JAMES MARSHALL IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING IN YOUR AREA, MAKE PLANS TO BE THERE, IF HE IS NOT SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT A COLLEGE OR CULTURAL INSITITUTION IN YOUR AREA. PLEASE MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR HIM TO ENLIGHTEN YOU WITH HIS WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE..



THIS WAS A MASTERFUL EVENING... WE ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENTED A MARSHALL DEGREES AS WE LEFT THE AUDITORIUM.... TOTALLY EMPOWERING.

THANK YOU KERRY JAMES MARSHALL,... YOU GOT A NEW FAN.!!!!

RAW SOUL FOOD 145TH 8TH AVE. IN HARLEM: WHOLE LIFE PROGRAM HANDS-ON FOOD PREPARATION WITH LILLIAN BUTLER & EDDIE ROBINSON

THIS IS ONE OF THE STUDENT MIXING THE MOCK SALMON PATE, WHILE THE OTHER STUDENT SLICE, CUT AND ADD INGREDIENTS AND OBSERVE


LILLIANS HAND ON THE RIGHT ADDING GREEN ONIONS TO THE MIX.



THE PATTERNS ON THE WALL IN THE BACK GROUND IS MY ORIGINAL STENCIL WORK... I CREATED THIS DESIGN ESPECIALLY FOR RAW SOUL....



LILLIAN HOLDING THE BOWL OF FINISH MOCK SALMON PATE... READY TO GO ON THE PLATES TO BE SERVED.

THE PROUD CLASS AT THE END OF THE FULL FOOD DEMOSTRATION.... WAIT A MINUTE... WHERE'S EDDIE.

OK... THERE HE IS IN THE ORANGE SHIRT ON THE RIGHT.

THE CLASS BEFORE THE MEAL IS SERVED WRITING OUT THEIR CLASS EVALUATIONS.

MONDAY EVENING, I DECIDED TO WALK UP TO 145TH AND 8TH AVE, TO RAW SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT, AND GET ME A SLICE OF LIVE FRUIT CHEESE CAKE MADE WITH CASHEWS AND COCONUT MEAT TO MAKE IT CREAMY... WHEN I GOT TO THE DOOR, I NOTICED THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE RESTAURANT WAS NOT OPEN FOR DINNING,... THERE WAS A LIVE FOOD PREPARATION CLASS IN SESSION.

LILLIAN BUTLER SAW ME LOOKING IN THE DOOR AND SIGNALED FOR ME TO COME ON IN,... I DID,... THE AROMA OF ALL THE CHOPPED INGRIENDANTS MADE MY MOUTH WATER AS SOON AS I WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR WAY.

I ASK IF THERE WAS ANY SLICES OF PIE LEFT,... I DID'NT EVEN ASK FOR A SPECIFIC PIE, I WAS WELLING TO SETTLE FOR WHAT EVER PIE I COULD GET. LILLIAN BROUGHT OUT MY SLICE OF BANANA CREME PIE,... I PAID FOR IT, AND SHE INVITED ME TO STAY FOR A WHILE.

AND AM I HAPPY I DID... I REMEBERED HOW I WAS PLANNING TO GET MY DIET BACK TOGETHER AND TAKE SOME MORE COURSES WITH LILLIAN AND EDDY. THEY HAVE THE WIDEST VARIETY OF THEIR ORIGINAL MENU'S OF INTERNATIONAL DELICOUS LIVE FOOD RECIPES I HAVE EVER TASTED.

THEY HAVE DONE ALL OF THE HARD WORK IN PREPARING THE RECIPES, THE STUDENTS ARE FREE TO ADD ANY CHANGES TO THE BASIC RECIPE TO MEET THEIR PERSONAL TASTE.

I WAS INVITED TO SAMPLE THE FOOD WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW DELICOUSE THE FOOD WAS. ESPECIALLY THE HOMEMAKE ICE CREAM, OVER A PEAR CRISP, THIS WAS THE MOST DIVINE DESERT I HAVE EVER TASTED. YOU CAN SEE, I DID'NT EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE FOOD BECAUSE I WAS CONSCINTRATING ON WHAT WAS ON MY PLATE.

EDDY WAS DEMONSTRATING THE PREPARATION OF THE ICE CREAM WHEN I WALKED IN, I GOT THE RAW SOUL FOOD PREPARATION BOOK WITH THE RECIPE IN IT, NOW I HAVE TO MAKE THIS ICE CREAM MYSELF.

THE MENU THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH WAS

PEAR COBBLER
VANILLA BEAN ICE CREAM
MOCK SALMON PATE
GARDEN VEGETABLE PILAF

RAW SOUL IS GOING TO BE HAVING ANOTHER RAW FOOD PREPARATION DEMONSTRATION ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2008 6:00-9:00

THEY WILL BE PREPARING A HOLIDAY FEAST MENU

APPLE CRANBERRY CHUTNEY
MARINATED GREEN BEANS
DIRTY RICE LIFAF
CAJUN CROQUETTES WITH HOLIDAY SAUCE
LOUISIANA YAM PIE

ENJOY THE ABUNDANT BOUNTY OF THANKSGIVING THAT IS HEALTHY AND DELICIOUS.... ORGANIC INGREDIENTS USED IN PREPARATION OF ALL DISHES.RECIPES AND AMPLE SAMPLES PROVIDED.

FOR MORE INFORMAITON VISIT THE WEBSITE WWW.RAWSOUL.COM OR CALL 212 491-5859.

RAW SOUL
348 W. 145TH STREET.
NYC 10039

212 491-5859

THIS IS A LIFE ENHANCING EXPERIENCE IN FINE LIVE FOOD CUISINE... YOU CAN TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

PRAYERS OF STRENGTH & COMFORT TO THE HUDSON FAMILY, THE MANY FAMILY OF FRIENDS, AND THE REST OF US. DURING THIS HEAVY TIME OF GRIEF

I PRAY FOR A COMFORTER, TO EASE THE STING OF DEATH FOR JENNIFER HUDSON, HER FAMILY AND FAMILY OF FRIENDS, THIS IS A REALLY CHALLENGING TIME FOR THEM.

I PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO'S LIVES WERE SO TRAGICALLY TAKEN AWAY.

THIS HORRIBLE FAMILY TRAGEDY HAS HIT US REAL DEEP.

FAITH RINGGOLD'S: ANYONE CAN FLY FOUNDATION, CELEBRATES THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR, 1999-2008

MASTER FINE ARTIST FAITH RINGGOLD SIGNING HER PROCLAMATION (POSTER) TITLED: FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FROM THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART SERIES.... I GOT MINE!!!!




FINE ARTIST CAROL MARTIN STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF FAITH RINGGOLDS SPIRITED FINE ART QUILTS IN ACA GALLERY OFFICE.

EARLIER TODAY I WAS TALKING TO MICHELLE BISHOP AND SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO FAITH RINGGOLD'S FOUNDATION ANYONE CAN FLY 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT THE ACA GALLERY IN CHELSEA.

I HAD GOTTEN THE E-MAIL ABOUT THIS EVENT, BUT IT HAD GOTTEN LOST OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS WHEN I WAS WORKING ON MY EXHIBITIONS. I AM SO GLAD I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, IT WAS GREAT SEEING FAITH'S EXTREMELY BRILLIANT, TALENTED AND BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS BARBARA AND MICHELLE.

THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IN THE SPACE WERE UP LIFTING, I WAS MIXING AND MEETING NEW FOLKS, AND CATCHING-UP WITH FOLKS FROM UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN THAT I KNEW WOULD BE AT THE EVENT AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING.

I ENJOYED MINGLELING AMONG THE CROWD WHILE WE LISTENED TO LIVE MUSIC AND THE LADY JAZZ SINGER, THEY EVEN HAD MY FAVORITE DRINK, MARTINELLI APPLE CIDER.

THE ART WORK THAT WAS ON SPECIAL EXHIBIT FROM ARTIST AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THE AUCTION WAS INSPIRING, I REALLY LIKED THE THEME, "PASSION". THE NOTICE FOR THE EVENT READ.

ANYONE CAN FLY FOUNDATION P.O. BOX 429 ENGLEWOOD. NJ 07631

10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
AUCTION AND EXHIBITION, THE THEME IS "PASSION"!

JOIN US FOR GREAT ART, LIVE MUSIC, DANCING AND REFRESHMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE ANYONE CAN FLY FOUNDATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO EXPAND THE ART ESTABLISHMENT'S CANON TO INCLUDE ARTISTS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND TO INTRODUCE THE GREAT MASTER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART.

THIS ANNUAL EVENT OFFERS A VARIETY OF ARTWORK FROM ARTISTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. ARTIST HAVE BEEN INVITED TO MAKE A UNIQUE 8 X 10 INCH ART WORK EXPRESSING "PASSION".

$40 DONATION AT THE DOOR. THE FOUNDATION IS A 501(C)3

PLEASE VISIT WWW. ANYONECANFLY.ORG

YET ANOTHER THING I ADMIRE ABOUT THE TRAIL BLAZING MASTER FINE ARTIST FAITH RINGGOLD.

ELECTION WARNING: Over 1,500,000 NYS Voters Purged

A FRIEND OF MINE, JUST TOLD ME SHE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS NOT REGISTERED TO VOE, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS A ACTIVE VOTER. I AM GOING DOWN TO CHECK AND SEE TODAY IF I AM ON THE REGISTRATION.
READ BELOW TO GET MORE INSIGHT.

Have you been purged from New York State’s database?

As I wrote about in my last blog, HAVA required substantial changes to the way voter registration lists are managed, requiring that all states maintain a single statewide database, and that voter registration records be purged of incorrect records. But depending on how database name matching is done, this can result in many legally registered voters being removed from the rolls or set to “Inactive” status, which means on Election Day their names will not be in the poll book, and they will not be able to vote.
But a question has remained, how many voter records have been purged from New York State’s voter rolls? Now we have an answer. I submitted a Freedom of Information Law request for all records in New York’s NYSVOTER voter registration database. Early in October, I received a copy of NYSVOTER records from September 23, 2008. I wrote a program to analyze the 12,010,045 voter records and can now report the number of voters who have had their status set to “Purged” or “Inactive” in the Empire state, and the reasons given for the change.
The data reveals that New York State has moved 1,661,244, or almost 14% of the voter records, from “Active” status to “Purged” or “Inactive”, meaning they will not be in the poll books on Election Day. Whether or not these changes are valid is anybody’s guess, and there’s no way to know for sure how many of these have been incorrectly removed from “Active” status. But I’ll wager that a significant number of these records are actually legally registered voters who should be allowed to vote on Election Day, but won’t be.
I’ve provided two spreadsheets which break out the analysis by individual New York State counties, totals for New York City(which includes the counties of New York (Manhattan), Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, and Richmond (Staten Island), and the state as a whole. The first sheet (Xl format here; PDF format here) shows the total number of records, the number of “Active” status voters, and the number set to “Purged” and “Inactive”, and the percentages these represent of the total. The second spreadsheet (Xl format here; PDF format here) breaks out the reasons given for each record set to “Purged” and “Inactive”.
This second spreadsheet reveals some interesting patterns. For instance we can see that the New York City Board of Elections has set over a half a million voter records to “Inactive” status because they did not respond to a letter from the Board saying they intended to cancel their registration (NYSVOTER lists this reason as “MAIL CHECK”). I guarantee that some percentage, likely very large, of these New York City voters are legally registered who never saw the Board’s letter. They’re going to show up on Election Day and be turned away from the polls.
We also find the top counties which have been removing voters from the rolls – Sullivan County (30%), Allegany County(24%), Tompkins County (23%), Westchester County (21%), Rensselaer (19%) and Erie (19%). We find that Erie, Cortland, Seneca, Sullivan and Lewis counties have all “Purged” over 7% of voter records. And Sullivan, Allegany, Tompkins, Westchester, Manhattan, Rensselaer and the Bronx have each set over 13% of their voter records to “Inactive” status.
My analysis program can only work the data that’s in the records, so I can’t determine how many of these voter records have been legitimately changed, and how many are legally registered voters whose status should be “Active” but is no longer. There’s only one way to know for sure – call your County Board of Elections and ask if you are registered to vote, if your status is “Active”, and if your name will appear in the poll books on Election Day. If it is not, there is still time, although not much, to correct the error.
By the way, if you find that you are not in the poll books on Election Day, you have the right to demand and receive a “provisional” ballot (called an ‘affidavit’ ballot in NYS), which you can vote on. Provisional ballots do not guarantee that your vote will be counted however, as the county must first conduct an investigation to see if you were indeed legally registered. Only then will the provisional ballot be counted. While this is better than not being able to vote at all, it’s a stop gap measure, and I urge you to call your county Board and check that you are registered and can vote on Election Day.

Harlem Needle Arts, Inc: 4th Annual Bus Trip to New York States Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, New York

THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE GROUP OF US... AFTER WE GOT OFF THE BUS FROM HARLEM, TO GO INTO THE SHEEP & WOOL FESTIVAL... IT WAS KIND OF GOLD EARLY IN THE DAY, IT WARMED UP LATER,.. IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN DAY,.. IT WAS PERFECT.

THIS IS A CARPET WEAVER FROM MEXICO, VERY BEAUTIFUL CARPETS MADE BY HIS FAMILY,

AS YOU CAN SEE,... THIS IS A SPINNING DEMONSTRATION.

THIS IS A CUSTOMER IN ONE OF THE BOOTHS OF FINISHED HAND SPUN, HAND WOVEN, KNITTED OR CROCHET IITEMS

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DELICIOUS FESTIVAL TREAT I HAVE HAD,... THIS IS "MAPLE SUGAR" COTTON CANDY...
MAN-O-MAN WAS THIS GOOD, I COULD REALLY MAKE MYSELF SICK FROM EATING TO MUCH OF THIS STUFF.

I THINK THESE WOMEN ARE PART OF A WOOL COMBING, SPINNING, WEAVING YARN INTO A GARMENT, COMPETITION,.. (IF I READ MY PROGRAM I WOULD KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE),


THIS IS ANOTHER GROUP DOING THE SAME WOOL COMBING, SPINNING, WEAVING YARN INTO A GARMENT ACTIVITY,.. I THINK THIS IS A FAMILY GROUP.


THIS IS A BROOM MAKER, MAKING HIS BROOMS ON THE SPOT.


THESE ARE TWO YOUNG 4-H GIRLS WITH THEIR SHEEPS WAITING FOR THEIR SHEEP TO BE JUDGED.


HEY!!... WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?... GOOD THING THE FENCE IS THERE.


THE BLUE RIBBON VIOLIN PLAYER, SHE IS REALLY GOOD, I THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN VERY HARD TO GIVE OUT BLUE RIBBONS AT THE COMPETITION, BECAUSE ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE GREAT, AND THEY HAD ALL MEMORIZED THER MUSIC.

THE DUET VIOLIN PLAYERS, THIS IS A PROUD PINK RIBBON WINNER, PLAYING WITH THE BLUE RIBBON WINNER.

EVEN THE GARBAGE WAS BEAUTIFUL AT THE SHEEP & WOOL FESTIVAL.

LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY.


IT WAS SUCH A PICTURE PERFECT TRIP,.... THE TIME WENT MUCH TO FAST. I FEEL LIKE I RUSH THROUGH THE FESTIVAL SO FAST. BUT WE WERE AT THE FESTIVAL FROM 10;00am-7:00pm... WHERE DID THE TIME GO?

I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME GREAT BOOKS ON FELTING AND RUG MAKING. AND HAVE SOME VALUABLE TECH CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE CRAFT PEOPLE.

THE BRILLIANT, ENERGETIC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HARLEM NEEDLE ARTS, INC. MICHELLE BISHOP IS AN AMAZING PLANNER & ORGANIZER, THIS WAS THE MOST REFRESHING, INSPIRING, FACT FINDING TEXTILE TRIP I TOOK THIS YEAR... WE ARE SO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MICHELLE IN OUR RANKS AS FIBER ARTIST OF COLOR...

THIS AND ALL OF YOUR TEXTILE TRIPS ARE WONDERFUL MICHELLE, I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TRIP EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND PLANNING TO MAKE THIS TRIP COMFORTABLE, CLEAN AND ENJOYABLE. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

WE ARE SO BLESSED TO ALL BE HERE TOGETHER.

COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: INSTALLATION OF "A PORTIONS OF THE (RE)POSSESSED" OCT 17-DEC 31, 2008

HAND CROCHET MANDALA: BLISS BLING BY XENOBIA BAILEY. CRYSTAL SCONCE BY DORIAN WEBB

DETAIL VIEW OF SCONCE BY CHANDELIER & JEWELRY DESIGNER DORIAN WEBB.

DETAILED VIEW OF SCONCE BY CHANDELIER $ JEWELRY DESIGNER DORIAN WEBB.

OCT 16TH I ARRIVED INTO COLUMBUS OHIO, WAS PICKED UP AT THE AIRPORT BY DR. IVY FROM THE KING ARTS COMPLEX. DROVE INTO TOWN TO INSTALL "PORTION OF THE REPOSSESSED" AT THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART.

WE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE MUSEUM AND MET WITH ELIZABETH FROM THE EXHIBITIONS DEPARTMENT & JESSIMI FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM TO MAKE MY PREPARATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE ARTWORK, AND TO PREPARE FOR MY ARTIST TALK & PRESENTATION FOR THE "CABINET OF CURIOSITIES": TEACHERS WORKSHOP, THE FOLLOWING DAY.

I WANTED TO MAKE MY PREPARATIONS THE NIGHT BEFORE MY ARTIST TALK, BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR THE OTHER ARTIST TALKS DURING THE OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP. I WAS ABLE TO SIT-IN ON THE LAST PART OF SEAN FOLEY'S OPENING MORNING PRESENTATION ON "TIME CAPSULES & PERSONAL COLLECTING". HIS TALK WAS FASCINATING AND INSPIRING.

THIS WAS A ULTRA INSPIRING WORKSHOP FOR ME AND THE ART TEACHERS IN THE COLUMBUS OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICT. I REALLY ENJOYED MEETING THE TEACHERS, THEY ALL WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS, WHICH WAS EXCITING FOR ME.

"CREATIVITY AND THE ART OF CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUED SKILLS OR GIFTS THAT MAKE US HUMANS, IT MUST BE CULTIVATED CONSTANTLY IF IT IS TO BE APPLICABLE & TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR HARMONIOUS GLOBAL COMMUNITY."

I SAID THAT YA'LL

XENOBIA BAILEY

HARLEM ARTS SALON CELEBARATES: TWO DECADES OF "DRUMVOICES REVUE. WITH FOUNDING EDITOR EUGENE B. REDMOND & GUEST. OCT 12, 2008.

STYLISH CATERERS SERVING GUEST, AT MARGARET TROUPE'S: HARLEM ARTS SALON: LITERARY & VISUAL ARTS PROJECT'S AFTERNOON OF POETRY, FOOD, ART AND CULTURAL CONNOISSEURS,

CATERERS SERVING ART THERAPIST FOR SINGLE-TEEN-MOTHERS, MS. JADE.

ALL OF THE PLATTERS THAT THE FOOD WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY SERVERED ON, WAS CREATED BY ARTIST THAT ARE IN THE ART COLLECTION OF ARTIST QUINCY AND MARGARET TROUPE... NOW I ASK YOU.., IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO SERVE BEANS & RICE IN THE 21st CENTURY?

AMIRI BARAKA READING HIS SURREAL POETRY, WHILE PHOTOGRAPHER IS CAPTURING THE MOMENT.

QUINCY & MARGARET TROUPE IN THE CENTER WITH GUEST, AS PHOTOS ARE BEING TAKEN.

CULTURAL ACTIVIST, WHO IS A GREAT INSPIRATION TO ME FROM THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION OF THE 60's & 70's AMINA BARAKA, WRITER/DRUMVOICE EDITOR EUGENE B. REDMOND AND "AMAZIN BLAZIN" AMIRI BARAKA WHO WILL BE THE FEATURED POET PERFORMING WITH MUSICIAN RENE MCCLEAN FOR THE EXHIBIT (RE)POSSESSED AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX IN COLUMBUS OHIO DEC 6, 2008.

WHILE THE GROUP WAS BEING PHOTOGRAPHED, MARGARET TROUPE MADE THE REMARK, THAT SOMEONE SHOULD BE PHOTOGRAPHING THE PHOTOGRAPHERS... NICE IDEA MARGRET.

THIS WAS A WONDERFUL CULTURAL AFTERNOON. I WAS ABLE TO NETWORK WITH AMIRI BARAKA ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE (RE)POSSESSED EXHIBIT IN COLUMBUS OHIO. THIS WAS A GREAT EVENING FOR LEARNING & NETWORKING.

Eugene B. Redmond
& Special Guests:
AMIRI BARAKA
JAYNE CORTEZ
SANDRA MARIA ESTEVEZ
SONIA SANCHEZ
QUINCY TROUPE
INTRODUCING
St. Louis "Drumvoices Revue" contributors
Charlois Lumpkin & Darlene Roy

KEHINDE WILEY IN CONVERSATION WITH STUDIO MUSEUM OF HARLEM DIRECTOR THELMA GOLDEN, OCT 9, 2008

SPECTACULAR CHANDELIER AND JEWELRY DESIGNER DORIAN WEBB WITH ARTIST KEHINDE WILEY, AT THE HISTORIC LENOX LOUNGE IN HARLEM, AFTER KEHINDE WILEY'S INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATION WITH STUDIO MUSEUM DIRECTOR THELMA GOLDEN, OCT 9, 2008.

THAT CONVERSATION WAS ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS. THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE ON GOING OPEN CONVERSATIONS WITH KEHINDE THROUGHOUT THIS EPIC PROJECT.

I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BODY OF WORK THAT IS UNITING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY THROUGH ART, POLITICS AND CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS.

NICE MOVE KEHINDE.

THE SCENE ON 125TH STREET, IN FRONT OF STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM, THE NIGHT OF THE OPENING OF KEHINDE WILEY'S EXHIBIT:THE WORLD STAGE: AFRICA LAGOS-DAKAR; JULY 17-OCT 26, 2008.

THE EVENING WAS ONE FOR FILM DOCUMENTATION,.. REAL SURREAL ACTIVITY!!!

KEHINDE WILEY MASSIVE PAINTING AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART.

CONGRATULATIONS KEHINDE,.. THE WORLD IS YOUR STAGE!!

350TH HARLEM ANNIVERSARY/BDC ST. CLAIR BOURNE FILM FESTIVAL

I can't see enough documentaries, I going to try and see as much of this film festival as possible....

350TH HARLEM ANNIVERSARY/BDC ST. CLAIR BOURNE FILM FESTIVAL
W E D N E S D A Y, 8Th OCT – M O N D A Y, 13th OCT 2008
A tribute to the Harlem-born activist and documentarian, St. Clair Bourne, showcasing Bourne’s work, Black Documentary Collective films and other historic documentary and narrative films celebrating New York’s Harlem and the African Diaspora.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OCT 8TH AND 9TH
MAYSLES INSTITUTE 127th & Malcolm X Blvd, Harlem
HARLEM, AND OUR IMAGE

Wednesday, October 8th, 7:30 pm: Parts 1 & 2 (120 min)
Thursday, October 9th, 7:30 pm: Parts 3 & 4 (120 min)
“I Remember Harlem”
Dir. William Miles, 1980, 240 minutes
This four-hour special traces Harlem's 350-year history, evoking one of America's most vibrant and volatile communities. As a visual counterpart to the oral histories in the film, Miles unearthed old photographs and motion picture films and newsreel footage, much of it rare and never before seen on television.
*Director will attend Thursday’s screening.

Thursday, October 9th, 6pm
“Classified X”
Dir. Mark Daniels 1998, 50 minutes
Writer/Performer Melvin Van Peebles narrates this film by turning his insights and acid-dripped humor on Hollywood’s misuse of its sepia citizens. Classified X examines the treatment of black characters throughout the history of American cinema: from classic footage beginning with Thomas Edison in 1903 to the present, Van Peebles traces how Hollywood has aided and abetted the negative public perception of the African-American down through the years.

Thursday, October 9th, 7:30 pm: Parts 3 & 4 (120 min)
“I Remember Harlem”
Dir. William Miles, 1960, 240 minutes
(See above description)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 10th, 5:30-10:40
MAYSLES INSTITUTE 127th & Malcolm X Blvd, Harlem
FILMS BY THE BLACK DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIVE AND NEW GENERATION FILMMAKERS

NEW GENERATION FILMMAKERS: FRI. 5:30-7:00 PM
“Owning The Oasis”
Dir. Chloe Walters Wallace, 2008, 17 minutes
What does it mean to own a home on a very unusual historic street in New York’s East Harlem? Owning the Oasis is an experience of life and philosophy on the extraordinary street of Sylvan Terrace, as portrayed by filmmaker and co-owner of #19 Sylvan Terrace, Chloe Walters Wallace.

“Krumbs”
Dir. Margaret Seescape, 2007, 23 minutes
After 23 years of work as an underpaid and under-employed baker, Adrienne Braxton wants a storefront of her own. Krumbs is a short documentary about Adrienne’s dream to create a future for her family out of Krumbs, a line of baked goods that she sells in Brooklyn.

“Black Woman”
Dir. Joyia D. Bradley, 2007, 9 minutes
A stylized homage to the Blaxploitation movies of the 70’s, “Black Woman” is a humorous social satire examining the different ways in which Black women are abused, taken for granted and disrespected on a daily basis.

"The Black American Experience In Harlem"
Dir. Raymond Dorante, 2008, 6 minutes
A short profile of then 99 year old, long-time Harlem resident Elyse White,
who passed unexpectedly after filming was completed.


HARLEM AS MY CENTER: FRI. 7:15-10:40 PM
“One People”
Dir. Al Santana, 2007. 32 Minutes
Two sisters with opposite views about social responsibility and the role of artists, challenge each other on the purity of art and the need for art to inspire social change. Together, against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Harlem community, they discover a politicized Lorraine Hansberry.

“Hats By Bunn”
Dir. Charles Martin, 2007, 30 minutes
A documentary short about the fascinating business owner, Bunn, and his rare milliner’s art, but most importantly, about the aura and resonance of his hats, every one custom made in his Harlem shop.

“Guilded Six Bits”
Dir. Booker T. Madison, 2001, 29 minutes
An adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's classic story starring Chad Coleman as Joe Banks- a simple, hard working family man, and T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh as his loving wife Missy Mae, a small town girl with big city dreams. It’s a story of a happy couple whose life is disrupted when a fancy hustler played by Wendell Pierce comes to town enticing Missy Mae with the promise of gold.

“110 Morningside”
Dir. Nicholle LaVann, 2005, 11 minutes
The film focuses on one Harlem apartment as a cultural place that attracts, poets, musicians and wanderers. The artists of 110 Morningside represent the radical, non-commercial, creative edge. They meet intimately in a living room and express their
1st amendment rights without fear of misrepresentation, censorship or racial bias.

“Double Dutch Divas”
Dir. Nicole Franklin, 2000, 49 minutes
The Double Dutch Divas-- with names like Spirit, Smooth, Faith, Heart, Spice, Joy, Sassy and Lady Di-- are the core of a team that has mastered the art of jumping and dancing double Dutch during their twenty years together. They are a real life example of sisterhood at its best.

“Marcus Garvey-Look For Me In The Whirlwind”
Dir. Stanley Nelson, 2001, 90 Minutes
In just ten years following his emigration to the United States as a laborer in 1917, Marcus Garvey rose to lead the largest black organization in history, was taken to prison in handcuffs, and was eventually deported. Marcus Garvey is the dramatic story of the rise and fall of an African American leader who influenced politics and culture around the world.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH, 11:00AM – 9:00PM
MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE, 1650 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn
RECLAIMING: OUR BODIES, OUR LANDS, OUR VOICES, OUR RIGHTS

“SILENT CHOICES”
Dir. Faith Pennick, 2008, 30 minutes excerpt
"Silent Choices" is a hybrid documentary with historical, social, religious and first person narrative about abortion and its impact on the lives of African American women.

“The Old Man And The Storm” W/T “To Have Not And To Hold”
Producer June Cross, 2008, 56 minutes
Producer June Cross follows the Gettridge family clan as they struggle to rebuild their lives in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The film explores the limits of the free market system and traces the loss of the American Dream for a family that did everything right, now has little to show for it, yet refuses to be defeated in New Orleans.

“DISAPPEARING VOICES: The Decline of Black Radio “
Dir. U-Savior, 2008, 64 minutes
A historical overview of Black radio’s rise and demise featuring legendary Black Jocks: personalities like Frankie “Hollywood” Crocker, Hal Jackson, Eddie O’Jay, Jocko Henderson, Jack “The Rapper” Gibson, Gerry Bledsoe and "The Mad Lad" E. Rodney Jones. The film is written and narrated by veteran radio personality Bob Law.
“Then I’ll Be Free To Travel Home: The Legacy of the New York African
Burial Ground” Dir. Eric V. Tait, Jr, 2000, 86 minutes
From the 1620s to the 1860s, tracing Simon Congo and Susanna Anthony Roberts to Crispus Attucks, Colonel Tye and others, this documentary tells the heroic struggle and contributions of the Africans who rose from slavery to influence the development of this nation from it's earliest Colonial days.

“SEGREGATING THE GREATEST GENERATION”
Dir. Woodie King, Jr., 2007, 90 minutes
A Black "concept" essay-documentary dealing with segregation in World War II seen through the eyes of 16 participants between the ages of 70 and 90. The film features Camille Billops, Ossie Davis, James V. Hatch, Gertrude Jeannette, Don Ryder, Luther Henderson, Clara Villarosa, William Greaves, Dr. Roscoe Brown, Natsu Ifill, and others.

“761st”
Dir. Pete Chatmon, 2007, 72 minutes
What the Tuskegee Airmen were to the skies, the 761st Tank Battalion was to land, and they were requested by General George S. Patton to assist with heavy fighting during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII.

“Daughters of the Wind"
Dir. Joel Zito Araujo, 2004, 85 minutes
A tale about redemption between sisters, mothers, and daughters,telling the stories of three female protagonists, traversing back and forth between contemporary time and the 1960s and ‘70s. Mr. Araújo has assembled a multigenerational cast of talented black actors to explore the obstacles facing black performers in Brazil's film and television industries.

“Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela”
Dir. Thomas Allan Harris, 2006, 75 minutes
As part of the first wave of black South African exiles, Harris's stepfather, B. Pule Leinaeng, and his 11 comrades left their home in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1960. They told the world about the brutality of the apartheid system and raised support for the fledgling African National Congress and its leader, Nelson Mandela.


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
MAYSLES INSTITUTE 127th & Malcolm X Blvd, Harlem
A SAINT, HE IS!

12:00 – 1:30pm
Sam Pollard’s video tribute to St. Claire Bourne-12N00N

Panel: The Impact of St. Clair Bourne’s Life and Work-12:10pm-1:30pm
Moderator: Michelle Materre
Panelists: Pearl Bowser, William Greaves, Jacquie Jones , Bobby Shepard
(See below for Bios)

Film Screenings: 1:40 pm – 8:00 pm
“Harlem Renaissance”
Dir. Bill Greaves (2008), 20 minute Excerpt of a Work In Progress.

SPOTLIGHT: ST. CLAIR BOURNE WORKS
“Black Journal Excerpts”
St. Claire Bourne worked as producer, writer and director for Black Journal, the first one-hour monthly national Black public affairs documentary series produced by the National Educational Television network.
1. Malcolm X Liberation University, 10 minutes
The birth of a radical Black college in North Carolina
2. Soul, Sounds and Money, 25 minutes
A musical documentary featuring Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight and The Pips, Isaac Hayes, filmed in Hollywood, New York and Memphis.
3. Black Cop , 10 minutes
A look at African-American police on the Los Angeles Police Department and their feelings about their work, their relations with the Black community and other white officers. Produced for KCET-TV.

"Statues Hardly Ever Smile"
A Chamba Production, 1970, 20 minutes
St Clair Bourne, Stan Lathan, Kent Garret and Charles Hobeson.
A group of African-American children experience African culture moving among ancient art objects and interacting through a storyteller. Shot on location in the Brooklyn Museum. Print courtesy of ADI /CEFS (African Diaspora Images formerly Chamba Educational Film Services)

“The Black And The Green”
Dir. St. Clair Bourne, 1982, 30 minutes (the actual film is 42 mins)
A narrative documentary chronicling a trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland by five Black American activists.

Making “Do the Right Thing"(pending approval)
Dir. St. Clair Bourne, 1989, 60 minutes
A narrative documentary about the making of Spike Lee's feature film Do the Right Thing in Brooklyn, NY.

"John Henrik Clarke: A Great And Mighty Walk”,
Dir. St. Clair Bourne, 1996, 95 minutes
A feature-length documentary about the life and times of the Pan-African scholar/activist. Executive produced and narrated by Wesley Snipes.

“When the Spirits Dance Mambo” (Excerpt)
Dir. Bobby Shepard, 2003, 30 minutes
When the Spirits Dance Mambo is an open invitation to feel the power of African sacred spirits from ritual to popular New York and Cuban stages. A tapestry of historical information, sites and sounds traveling from past to present documenting the continuing power of ancestral cultural traditions.

“Namibia: Independence Now!”
Producers Pearl Bowser and Alan Segal, 1985, 55 minutes
The film is shot on location under protection of SWAPO and the UN Council for Namibia documenting the Namibian government in exile, and its people in the struggle for liberation from South Africa.

BIOGRAPHY OF PANELIST
Michelle Materre
Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Film at the New School University, President of Materre Media Consulting, Ms. Materre’s professional background spans years in television, film and video with a concentration on independent film. She has worked in myriad capacities in the nonprofit and commercial entertainment industry as a producer, writer, arts administrator, strategic advisor, outreach consultant, distribution/marketing specialist and educator.

Pearl Bowser, is a film scholar, author, and consultant specializing in independent African-American cinema. In 1972, she joined the Chamba production group setting-up Chamba Educational Film Services, now ADI/CEFS, collection of films, photographs, posters, oral histories and memorabilia documenting the history of African-American filmmaking. She served as festival curator for touring independent African-American cinema from 1972 - 2004, and she has served on numerous international festival juries, as well as a visiting film scholar. Her producer credits included "Midnight Ramble: Oscar Micheaux and the story of race movies", "Namibia: Independence Now!"; and, as associate producer on "Mississippi Triangle", and, "To Love, Honor, and Obey." CEFS was the first to distribute and tour films from the African Diaspora in the United States.

William Greaves, one of the most respected independents in the film and television production field, has enjoyed success within the full spectrum of the entertainment arts as, variously, a producer, director, writer, editor, cameraman, actor, dancer, drama teacher and song writer. Hailed as a "Renaissance man" and as "a thoroughly original multi-faceted American artist," Greaves has produced and directed four feature films and produced scores of documentary films and television programs. His films have won more than 70 international film festival awards, an Emmy and four Emmy nominations. Greaves, who is considered to be the dean of African-American filmmakers, has helped to launch the careers of many African-American filmmakers.

Jacquie Jones - Executive Director, National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), is an award-winning writer, director and producer of documentary films. In addition to her filmmaking, she is a widely published critic of popular culture and was formerly the editor of the internationally respected journal, Black Film Review. Jacquie holds a BA in English from Howard University and an MA in documentary filmmaking from Stanford University.

Bobby Shepard, Producer/Cinematographer of “When The Spirits Dance Mambo” Shepard, an award-winning director of photography, has more than 200 production credits in documentary, dramatic, commercial and sports cinematography since 1975. His awards include IMPACT Repertory Theatre’s Dreamkeeper award (2003); International Black Panther Film Festival for Courage, Vision and Commitment (2000); National Black Programming Consortium’s Oscar Micheaux Award for his “passion, perseverance, vision and pioneering spirit” (1997); L.A.S.A. Award of Merit (Puerto Rico, 1997) for “Nicaragua: In the Absence of Peace”; an Emmy nomination for cinematography for “Beyond the Altar,” which won the best documentary Emmy (1985).

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH 2008, 12:00pm – 10:00pm
MAGIC/AMC THEATRES 124th St. & Frederick Douglass Blvd, Harlem

12:00 -1:30 pm

Panel: Pioneers Who Changed the Hollywood Stereotypes: The New York-
Hollywood Connection
Moderator: Gil Noble
Panelists: Woodie King Jr., Douglas Turner Ward, and Clyde Taylor
(See Bios Below)

Film Screenings 1:40p – 7:40pm
“The Long Night”
Dir. Woodie King, Jr., 1975, 85 minutes
Steely Brown, a young teen-ager whose father, a Vietnam vet walks out on Steely's mother. In one long night, Steely roams the streets of Harlem recalling events that led up to his father's disappearance. Produced by Woodie King, Jr. and St. Clair Bourne.
“Uptight”
Dir. Jules Dassein, 1968, 85 minutes
A group of black militants, on the night following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King (documentary footage included), stage a robbery of a gun and ammunition warehouse, in the course of which a guard is shot. Tank, an unemployed steel worker is driven by his own confusion and loss to turn in a murderer.

“Buck And The Preacher”
Dir. Sidney Poitier, 1972, 102 minutes
Set during the end of the Civil War, Sidney Poitier stars as Buck, an ex-Army soldier who is scouting sites for the former slaves that want to settle out West. Buck meets up with the Preacher (Harry Belafonte), who is really a con man in disguise. Although they don't get along at first, they eventually team up against a murderous gang of outlaws. Also starring Ruby Dee.
Awards Presentation: 7:45p – 8:20pm
Outstanding Humanitarian Award - Harry Belafonte
Lifetime Achievement Award in Film and Theatre- Ruby Dee
Independent Cinema Pioneer Award- Melvin Van Peebles
LIifetime Visual Documenting the African Diaspora - St. Clair Bourne (Received by St. Claire Bourne’s sister, Judy Bourne)

Closing Reception: 8:30 – 10:00pm
Monday evening October 13th, for our Honorees, Special Guests, collaborators and volunteers, at Londel’s Restaurant, Strivers Row, Harlem (Frederick Douglass Boulevard btw 139th-140th Sts.)

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BIOGRAPHY OF PANELISTS
Gil Noble, (Moderator) is producer and host of WABC-TV's weekly public affairs series, Like It Is. His work as a journalist endeavors to bring to light the struggle of African Americans, Africans, and the African Diaspora historically and currently. Mr. Noble is known for his serious, consistently high quality discussions and programming, conveying an African-American perspective on current and past events. His wide-ranging interviews and subjects have included the Middle East, the Caribbean, Blaxploitation Films, Gentrification in Harlem, Malcolm X, Harry Belafonte, Robert Mugabe, Bob Marley, Oscar Peterson, and a host of others. A former Weekend Anchor of WABC-TVs Eyewitness News, since 1986 Mr. Noble has concentrated his journalistic efforts exclusively on Like It Is.

Woodie King, Jr., a veteran writer/producer/director, King founded the New Federal Theatre (NFT) in 1970. King’s vision and the NFT mission “ is to integrate minorities and women into the mainstream of American theatre by training artists for the profession, and by presenting plays by minorities and women to integrated, multicultural audiences- plays which evoke the truth through beautiful and artistic re-creations of ourselves.” Notable NFT alumni include such playwrights as: J.e Franklin, Ed Bullins, Amiri Baraka, Ntozake Shange, David Henry Hwang, and several others. Actors as Jackée Harry, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Debbie Allen, Phylicia Rashad, Glynn Turman, Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Downey, Jr., Lynn Whitfield, Ruby Dee, Leslie Uggams, Ella Joyce and so many more have performed in NFT productions. Among Mr. King’s film projects are the 2007 documentary “Segregating The Greatest Generation” and the 1976 feature film “The Long Night” which he produced with St. Clair Bourne.

Professor Clyde R. Taylor, noted film scholar and literary/cultural analyst is an Africana Studies Professor at the Gallatin School, New York University.
Among his many renowned literary and other works are “Mask of Art”
“Vietnam and Black America” and the script for “Midnight Ramble” the Pearl Bowser documentary about Oscar Micheaux and Black independent cinema.
To quote Amiri Baraka, “Clyde Taylor is one of thr most intellectually stimulating and readable cultural analysts writing. His intrepid and penetrating rationals and and summations of a whole host of registrations in the world of ideas, particularly of their aesthetic presumptions, are always fascinating, and deeply thoughtful, whether one absolutely agrees with him or not. Taylor is must reading for those who take the world seriously.”

Douglas Turner Ward, dramatist, actor, director, and producer. Ward was cofounder along with actor-director Robert Hooks and Off-Broadway producer Gerald A. Krone of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) in 1965. NEC produced a number of notable works including The River Niger and A Soldier's Play which Hollywood then turned into “A Soldiers Story.” Throughout his theatrical career, and in the choice of plays and styles of production, Ward has created a repertory that presents world-class drama primarily focused on African American themes. As a playwright, he is perhaps best known for his controversial one-act plays, Happy Ending and Day of Absence. Since the 1960s, the African American dramatic literature and aesthetic philosophy of Douglas Turner Ward have been highly influential. Guided by a burning desire to continue the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, Ward has consistently created theater primarily written by, performed for, and representative of African American people.

Note: Directors/Some performers will attend their screenings as their schedules
allow.

Directions, screening locations:
Maysles Institute movie theater at
343 Lenox Avenue/Malcolm X Boulevard, NYC
(between 127th and 128th. # 2/3, 4,5,6, A,B,C,D to 125th street)
cinema@mayslesfilms.com, 212-582-6050 ext. 218
Medgar Evers College Founders Auditorium
1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Take the #2, 3, 4 or 5 train to the Franklin Ave. stop.
The auditorium is between Crown & Montgomery Sts.
AMC MJ Harlem
2309 Frederick Douglas Blvd, New York, NY 10027 212.665.6923
Take the A,B,C,D to125th Street.

A VISIT WITH HARLEM QUILTER/FIBER ARTIST DINDGA MC CANNON: HOAST HARLEM ARTIST STUDIO TOURS & JERSEY CITY GROUP GALLERY OPENING

THIS IS PART OF THE LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN IN THE ARTIST DINDGA MC CANNON WORK/LIVE STUDIO SPACE, HER WORK/LIVE SPACE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN ONE OF HER QUILTED WORKS OF ART.

THIS IS A DETAILED IMAGE OF DINDGA'S MAMA'S SOFA THAT SHE INHERITED AND ONE OF HER BEAUTIFUL QUILTED WALL PIECES. DINDGA HAS THIS RICH, FULL, FUNKY AESTHETIC THAT I LOVE.

ANY FIBER ARTIST THAT HAS NOT CREATED A COLLECTION OF RAG DOLL IN NOT A ARTIST SERIOUS ABOUT EXPLORING THE CLOTH.



I LOVED THIS HUGE QUILT OF THIS WOMAN COMING ALL OUT OF THE FRAME, IT HAS A STEPPING-OUT QUALITY TO IT.

THIS OBAMA QUILT PIECE "ROCKS".



HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYONE QUILT OVER FEATHERS LIKE THIS... YOU GO Ms DINDGA!!!!... YOU WORK "THEM" FIBER.

DINDGA HAS INVESTED IN GOOD SEWING EQUIPTMENT, SO THAT SHE CAN REALLY WORK AT FULFILLING HER VISION. I LOVE THIS FREE FLOWING QUILTING SO MUCH, I COULD SCREAM.... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!!!...


I LOVE THE TECHNIQUE DINDGA USES WITH STITCHING OVER LOOSE FIBER & FEATHER TO CREATE THIS MOVING & DELIGHTFUL SOFT FEELING.


DINDGA'S QUILTED ARTIST JOURNAL TEXTILE BOOK, THIS BOOK IS SOOOOO MAGICAL.