MY AMAZING PACE UNIVERSITY ARTIST RESIDENCY IS COMING TO A END 8.31.10

IT WAS A SHORT BUT WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE BEING A ARTIST IN RESIDENCY AT PACE UNIVERSITY THIS SUMMER...

I WORKED ON MY "PARADISE RECONSTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK" SITE SPACE TITLED:

"INSPIRATION VIBRATION STATION NO. 1.

THIS CROCHET INSTALLATION IS NOT THE ART WORK...

THIS IS THE INSPIRATIONAL WORKSPACE, THAT IS CREATED BY THE SUPER-NATURAL EVERYDAY ARTIST,

SO THAT SHE/HE CAN BE INSPIRED TO CREATE THE INSPIRATIONAL ART WORK FOR THE SUPER-NATURAL DOMESTIC LIFESTYLE.

THIS IS MY BRILLIANT SUPER-NATURAL STUDENT INTERN SEAN,...

DEMONSTRATING HOW TO USE THE SPACE WHILE HE LISTENS TO HIS MUSIC AND WORKS ON HIS COMPUTER.

I WILL WRITE MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT WHEN I GET MORE TIME....

THE INSPIRATION SPACE WILL CONSIST OF A VERY LARGE FLOOR PILLOW,

THIS IS THE UNFINISHED CROCHET PIECE SEAN IS SITTING ON,

AND A CROCHET FLOOR COVERING THAT GOES UNDER AND SPREAD ABOUT 24" BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE PILLOW ON THE FLOOR.

I WILL WRITE MORE, I PROMISE.

MORE POWER TO THE IMAGINATION!!!!

MY GREAT DISCOVERY: HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCE VISIT & RECYCLED ART EXHIBIT AT THE WELLINGTON HERB & SPICE FARM

THIS WAS AN AMAZING TRIP AUGUST 14, 2010 ORGANIZED BY ARTIST AND HARLEM ARTS ALLIANCE MEMEBER ALTHEA, I WILL WRITE IT ABOUT IT LATER... I JUST HAD TO POST THE IMAGES...

WHAT AN INSPIRATIONAL TRIP... CHECK OUT THE WELLINGTON WEBSIT.

LA TASHA N. NEVADA DIGGS / SURYA ARTS PRESENTS HURRUCAN CLARISSE SALON SERIES AT TH HOTEL GRIFFOU

THIS EVENING WAS A CULTURAL HIGH POINT OF THIS YEAR FOR ME...

THE BEST CURATED READINGS, BY SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED WOMEN OF COLOR WRITERS OF THE DAY..

PERFECTLY SET IN THE MOST CAPTIVATING RESTAURANT I HAVE EVER BEEN IN IN NEW YORK.

THE HOTEL GRIFFOU

EVERYTHING WAS JUST RIGHT... FOOD, DECOR, THE WAITRESSES, THE BARTENDER, THE OWNERS.

I ALWAYS SAY, THAT LOVE & CULTURE ARE THE BEST COSMETIC IN THE COSMOS...

THIS EVENING CULTURE WAS THE MEDICINE OF CHOICE.

EVERYONE WAS RADIANT, THE ROOM FILLED WITH LITE CANDLES, EXPOSING ALL THEIR ANCIENT MAJESTY, LIKE THE BRILLIANT AND BEAUTIFUL WBAI TALK RADIO PERSONALITY ESTHER ARMAH

IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO TREAT MYSELF TO A EVENING LIKE THIS...

TO BE READ TO FROM VOICES AND PLACES FAMILIAR TO ME AND TO BE GRACIOUSLY SERVED... ESPECIALLY WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE GROCERY SHOPPING, COOKING OR CLEANING.

AND BE SERENADED BY A BEAUTIFUL ROOM.

LATASHA REALLY PULLED HER HOSTESS WITH "ALL OF THAT" SKILLS TOGETHER....

FEATURING WRITERS,

MAHOGANY BROWNE,

PURVI SHAH

SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS

LYNN PROCOPE

YOU REALLY LEFT US WITH RICH MEMORIES FOR A LONG TIME LATASHA... LET'S DO THIS AGAIN.

FOLKS DRAPED IN THE GOLDEN CANDLE LIGHT, ENTRANCED BY THE READERS.



Q & A.

THE BREAK-OUT, EVERYONE MEETING AND NETWORKING.

AND SIGNING...

REFLECTING OFF EACH OTHER....

ONE OF THE WRITER'S AND A FRIEND OF MINE SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS...

...HAVING A ANIMATED CONVERSATION WITH FINE ARTIST SIMONE LEIGH.





AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I GOT'S TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS AMAZING NON-ALCHOL DRINK THAT THE WIZARD BARTENDER NATAHAN RAMOS CREATED FOR ME... I TOLD HIM I WANTED A MIXED DRINK BUT I DID NOT DRINK ALCOHAL AND I DID NOT WANT A SWEET DRINK... AND.... DID HE HOOK A SISTAH UP?

I HAVE NEVER TASTED A DRINK SO LUCIOUS, IT TASTED LIKE IT HAD MELONS, CUCUMBERS, GINGER AND SOME FRESH GREEN HERBS THAT WERE FLOATING IN MY TALL SUMMER GROWN-UP DRINK...

THIS WAS A PERFECT EVENING IN THIS ROMANTIC LITERARY HIDE-AWAY SALON AT

THE HOTEL GRIFFOU
NO. 21 WEST 9TH ST.
NEW YORK, NY
RESERVATIOS@GRIFFOU.COM
212 358-0228

YOU HAVE TO DROP BY AND CHECK THIS PLACE OUT.... EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS BEYOND PERFECT....