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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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/