So today is the Community Awareness Benefit. Before you even ask, it's free but they're taking donations on behalf of the ComFest Grants Program. Basically today in the spirit of ComFest at Woodlands Tavern (formally Thirsty Ear) there will be music and art and interesting people to hang with all day long (from noon to 2 am). I will be there, showing some paintings and giving a bit of a preview to the CCAD Spring Art Sale happening next Saturday (the 16th). Also I'm going to be showing a few new prints. So Yay!
Soooooooyeah! I got busy and neglected posting. It's winter, I'm busy, don't make me spork you. Anywho, last weekend I went down to the Marginal Arts Festival in Roanoke Virginia. Super Great Time! I didn't have any work showing there... but I did get a chance to take part in a few performances, one with Warren C. Fry that you can see here (yeah I gotta project more) and another with the Be Blank Consort, where we read several avant garde poems. The rest may go online at some point (I don't have video or they would be by now). I did shoot some other stuff at the festival, check out my youtube channel to see what if you're so inclined (0r if photos are more your style you can check out my album of the event). I still have a few other things to load, which I will do eventually. Stuff I think you should see are these:
The first video is some stuff I shot and put together of festival overall... lots of stuff I didn't personally record though.
This performance by Zierle Carter was very interesting and many were moved by it. These folks were flown in from Europe just to perform here, and they did several 'acts' as it were. They are also super-awesome inspiring folk with lots of interesting ideas, I'm glad I got a chance to meet them.
There is this bit of silly, during the Marginal Arts Festival Parade, Piano Activities by Philip Corner (1962) was re-enacted.
Above are some photos I took of a side performance by Zierle Carter.
So yeah, lots of fun and it's given me lots of food for thought as well. I got to thank Sue & Jim Leftwich who gave my friend Bela Grimm and I a place to stay during the event, John M. Bennett for giving me a chance to perform with the Be Blank Consort, and everyone who participated! I don't know if I can be called a 'marginal artist' per-se, but I'm definitely influenced by it.
