Baren Digest Tuesday, 25 September 2001 Volume 16 : Number 1566 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "bemason" Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 06:37:49 -0700 Subject: [Baren 15763] Fw: CALL FOR ARTISTS TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES OF WTC DESTRUCTION I got this this morning, anyone close enough to help might want to follow up on this. Barbara - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 6:10 AM Subject: [Printmakers] CALL FOR ARTISTS TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES OF WTC DESTRUCTION > CALL FOR ARTISTS TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES OF WTC DESTRUCTION > VICTIMS > > "In response to the destruction of the World Trade Center, (WTC) > Alan Lynes, Director of Education, Jamaica Center for Arts and > Learning in Jamaica, New York is assembling a list of artists who > want to work with the victims' families and loved ones and > with all those who need help in recovering from the heroic yet > traumatic rescue and recovery effort. > > The scope of the work is yet to be determined. It is simply a way > of "beginning an effort to organize artists who are capable of > sharing art in times of great sorrow," he said. > > To participate, send your name, how to reach you, what kind of > artistic work you are involved in, what you could offer (drama > workshops, visual arts activities, dance, etc.) and any ideas you > want to contribute to the project. Training will be given by > art therapists prior to artists' involvement with workshops. > > Send them to Alan Lynes, Director of Education, Jamaica Center for > Arts and Learning, 16104 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, > N.Y. 11432. tel: 718-658-7400 ext. 11 fax: 718-658-7922 > email alynes99@yahoo.com > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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All for a very worthy cause mind you, please don't hear me saying anything negative about their pain or their incredible heroism. But also remember that there were over 5,000 people killed in this attack. It may be more effective to donate the proceeds of the exchange to one of the general charitable organizations at the scene (such as the Red Cross) and allow them to spend it where it most needed. It is also possible that the firemen will be contributing to other organizations too which will help the problem. Sincerely- - Brian - ------------------------------ From: "Gregory Robison" Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 17:00:20 -0700 Subject: [Baren 15765] Text Messages The following is a brief progress report on the child-of-Baren show now in preparation for exhibition in Edinburgh in June of 2002. I will report to the List from time to time until the deadline for submission, because (a) new members join Baren who may not have heard of the show; (b) some Baren members who expressed an interest never ended up signing onto the topica.com list created for this show; and (c) some members who were previously not interested and have changed their minds might like to know the details again. The deadline for submission is 1 April 2002. Prints are to be "substantially relief" (woodblock or other) in method, and not to exceed "oban" size (about 25cm by 38cm; 10 by 15 inches). Every print must be expicitly linked to a verse or verses in the text of Matthew, Mark, Luke or John (i.e., the Gospels). The interpretation may be figurative or abstract; literal or metaphorical. Participants are free to render a verse historically (i.e., literally faithful to the words) or transpose the text allegorically into a different cultural or historical setting. The title of the show is "Text Messages." The "Text" part refers to the unifying theme; "messages" is in the plural because no attempt is being made to draw out one message. Each artist is free to select a message -- or even no message in the normal sense. (In other words, the "message" may be a purely visual one, such as the many atmospheric effects of storms and sunrises found in the text, or portraits of one of the many interesting characters, etc.) Taken together, of course, the phrase "Text Messages" suggests something trendy and very contemporary, and this "double entendre" makes it a catchy show title. This is not a "religious" show. My hope is that it will attract a range of participants including both those for whom the underlying text is very familiar and even normative as well as those who know nothing about it and have no relation to the text. No one is expected to "take a position" on the narrative as a whole or on the uses to which anyone else has put it. A broad-minded and creatively curious artist who so chooses ought to be able to treat this sort of subject matter without fear. (A good example of this is the exhibition currently on display at the Royal Museum here in Edinburgh, where the late Japanese textile designer Serizawa has a stencil-dyed paper image of "Christ" (1940) as well as a "Portrait of Bodhisattva Jizo, Protector of Children" (1980).) The final result will be a sort of scrapbook of relief print snapshots of the life of Jesus. As in any scrapbook, some images will (I hope!) depict important episodes, the high water mark events described in the text, while other images will be little details, vignettes, evocations of the ephemera... We are many months away from the submission deadline. However, to keep things moving forward, we are currently in the period of selecting bits of text to render (although some participants are already carving and even printing!). There is still time to join this project, in other words. Lots of help is available from me and other participants in selecting verses or discussing other aspects of the project. Contact me directly (i.e., off-List) for further information. Gregory Robison Edinburgh, Scotland ------------------------------ From: FurryPressII@aol.com Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:03:58 EDT Subject: [Baren 15766] Re: John's idea Printed the key block today for the firemen print its a go i will be doing the three color blocks tuesday have to get the materials for that. cut and print John Center I am also cutting other blocks on other aspects of current events ------------------------------ From: "Jean Eger Womack" Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:24:59 -0700 Subject: [Baren 15767] teaching charset Bill Ritchie, thanks for your insights gleaned from years of teaching. Sad to say, the work load is a result of my inexperience in teaching. In order to encourage laggers-behind to turn in their work, I issued a mid-grading period report outlining all the tasks they were being held accoutable for and the sad grades they had earned by not turning them in. I was hit by a barrage of paper and murmurs of revolution. They probably expected me to review their portfolios towards the end of the grading period, but I was worried about those who seemed to have written or drawn nothing at all, wanting to give them the chance to raise their grade by turning in some work....well, you get the picture. These kids are working hard at producing wonderful color wheels, still lifes, contour drawings, and increasingly artistic weekly drawings, along with daily notes on art elements, prefixes and roots. I'll have to tell them again tomorrow how good they really are. However, I tried a nifty mask tonight, made from grocery store bags cut into strips, fitted to the head and then covered with paper mache. Maybe we'll get around to printmaking in November, along with gourd shekeres. Never a dull moment. That was probably too long also, Bill. You notice that I did mention printmaking, however. Jean ------------------------------ From: "John and Michelle Morrell" Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:58:50 -0800 Subject: [Baren 15768] Returned Mail Is Jim Bryant still on this list? I sent him an e-mail with the rest of the Exchange #11 members and it was returned from jim.bryant@enmu.edu Does anyone have an updated address for him? If we cannot contact him, I would think he would no longer be participating in the #11 Exchange. <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> Michelle Morrell jmmorrell@gci.net http://www.MichelleMorrell.com <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V16 #1566 *****************************