unusual art - landscapes made of food. - subcategory of photography - from BBC News
Food pictures: From edible to incredible:
Everything in this image can be found in the kitchen. Photographer Carl Warner captures food in a series of still lifes.
News from Dale Harris, covering the Poetry Beat (but not necessarily beat poetry) with weekly poem at bottom of past (desert). FYI Dale has her own poetry blogging plans - watch for it on our blogroll and announced here. Yrs editorially has been busy busy with a new gig teaching gig and profoundly appreciates the contributions from Dale, Jude, Kathleen and other forwarder aka guest contributors. I yearn to return to return to more frequent blogging - even have snappy and apropos title at the ready - "when the snark bytes" (hummed to the tune of Mack the Knife)
"A word is dead When it is said Some say. I say it just begins to live that day." Emily Dickinson
Todd Moore & Mera Wolf poetry reading and book release at Acequia Booksellers, 4019 4th St. NW, Albuquerque, 505-890-5365, celebrating new publications by Mera Wolf, Lost Things, and Todd Moore, Relentless and Tell the Corpse a Story. Free admission.
Tesuque, NM continues a 8 week series of poetry afternoons with Judyth Hill at the home of Jane Lipman, "Lighting Sacred Fire: Poemmaking in a Lively Spin of Joy" $35. per class. For info and to enroll 505-454-9628 rockmirth@cybermesa.com
Open Mic, Kathy's Cafe on Eubank south of Constitution. This initiates a new reading series. For more info contact Ken Gurney kpgurney@mac.com
Journal Writing and Painting Workshop with Lou Liberty and Margy O'Brien "Capturing Nature in Words & Images" mornng session at Harwood Art Center, 1114 7th St. NW Albuquerque 505-242-6367 and the afternoon session Rio Grande Nature Center. Authors of Bearing Witness: 25 Years of Refuge provide a hands-on, indoors/outdoors workshop focusing on writing and painting techniques designed to express experiences in the Natural World and translate them into a personal Nature Journal. Cost: $150.00 per person. Contact Lou Liberty 505-345-3254 or lliberty@swcp.com [please put NATURE WORKSHOP in the subject line]
Anasazi Fields Winery, Placitas, NM Duende Poetry Series presents 3 Native American poets from Acoma Pueblo Simon Ortiz, and his daughters Sara & Rainy Dawn Ortiz, as featured readers.
Directions: Take I-25 to the Placitas exit 242, drive 6 miles east to the Village, turn left at the sign just just before the Presbyterian Church, follow Camino de los Pueblitos through two stop signs to the Winery entrance. Anasazi Fields wines will be available for tasting and purchasing. Suggested donation of $3 will pay the poets. For more info contact cirrelda@laalamedapress.com
Chez Billy Brown & Sandi Blanton, 2909 Monterey Ave SE (3 streets south of Coal, 3 houses east of Girard) bring poems to share, your own or favorites. Free, snack potluck. Contact Billy welbert53@aol.com or 401-8349 to let him know you are planning to attend.
Here are the dates for this year's remaining poetry open houses:Saturday, July 19, 1 - 4:30 pm
Saturday, April 19, 1 - 4:30 pm - Celebrating National Poetry Month
Saturday, October 18, 1 - 4:30 pm
Talking Gourds Poetry Festival, Telluride, Colorado , at the historic Sheridan Opera House, sponsored by the Telluride Writers Guild and the Ah Haa School of the Arts, in association with National Poetry Month. A Western Slope tradition since 1989, Gourds hosts regional wordslingers of multiple genres sharing their work on stage, in interactive workshops, at lectures and during jam sessions.
Headliners are singer/songwriter/poet Vanessa Boyd of New York City and performance poet & teacher Judyth Hill of Rockmirth, NM. Also featured are Mark Todd's Word Horde student poets of Western State College, Gunnison; Peter Anderson of Pilgrimage Magazine, Crestone, CO; Jude Janett from Salida; Mike Adams of Lafayette, CO; and Hope Logghe from Puebla, CO; as well as many other poets from Colorado & New Mexico.
Info on the following websites: http://coyotekiva.org/t-gourds.htm www.ahhaa.org/writers_guild or contact Art Goodtimes at gourds@paleohippie.com or call (970 )327-4767. For lodging or scholarship information, contact Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer at wordwoman@ mesa.net or call (970) 728-0399 Individual event tickets can be purchased at the door or get discounted weekend tickets in advance through the Ah Haa School (970) 728-3886 (credit card friendly). Full festival price for the 5 day event is $120. with some scholarships available. Printable pdf flyer
Monthly poetry magazine from Albuquerque and Santa Barbara, CA, is looking for submissions. Send any quantity poems year round by email to Suzanne Frost sfrost@sagetrail.net or snail mail to Cathryn McCracken 241A Willow Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107. Copyrights revert to authors on publication. Subscribe for introductory price of $10. per year, send check/money order to Sage Trail, 661 Del Parque Dr., Unit D, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.
from Bruce Hawkinson <bhawkins@swcp.com>, via Kathleen Clute, Any blues or bluegrass musicians out there? Drop Bruce a line at East Mountain Living. Know musicians? Pass this on to them.
from Benjamin Silva
Please excuse the mass email. I would like to invite you to a solo and duo
recital to be given by myself. I will be playing solos by Villa-Lobos, Turina,
Barrios, and Roland Dyens and 2 duos by Michael Daugherty and William
Bolcom for guitar and flute (with Susan DeJong, flute).
UNM Center for the Arts
(Popejoy Hall Complex) Keller Hall
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008 7:30pm
Tickets:10/7/3
INFO: 505-277-4569
If you would like more information please either visit my site
http://www.benjaminsilva.com), the UNM music site
(http://music.unm.edu), listen for a radio interview on KUNM
at 10:00am on Tuesday 2/26, or send me an email!
Jude Mowris sent this ... too good not to share. Not geocaching but surely a member of the clan, with a twist and minus the GPS. How neat would this be to add to an art event? Could ATCs be incorporated somehow? Coupons for participating galleries and other vendors?
Speaking of sharing... check out Jude's totally new look online for Straw Mountain Studio - and all the gorgeous pictures of her work.
Anyone else with a new or newly updated web site? I'd like to make web site reviews a regular feature here. A word to digital slackers though... you know who you are... it could (when the snark bytes) mean pointing out pages in need of updates and/or make-overs.
thanks to Edwina (George) Hewitt for sending this...
Mountainair, NM - February 19, 2008 : Investigators have determined that the Ojo Peak Fire was a human caused fire. They would like to speak to anyone who may have information about any people or vehicles seen in the Pine Shadow Trail area or the South end of the Crest Trail in the Manzano Mountains the weekend of November 17 or 18, 2007.
The Ojo Peak fire, although several miles away, could have eventually threatened a popular attraction in the Manzano Mountains , the largest stand of Rocky Mountain large tooth maples in New Mexico at the head of Tajique Canyon . This is one of many cherished attractions in the area which continue to be threatened by human caused wildfire. With these attractions in mind and as the Ojo Peak Fire Investigation nears an end, investigators would like to make one final attempt to obtain any information from the public. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Albuquerque Zone Dispatch office at 505-346-3910. Hours of operation for the dispatch office are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm .
For information about this email or to be added to our fire information email list, please contact Arlene Perea at atperea@fs.fed.us.
The Mountainair Ranger District is also in the process of updating its postal mailing lists. If you wish to be added to the district postal mailing list, you may call the district office at 505-847-2990 or email lmcintosh@fs.fed.us.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE WHOM YOU FEEL WOULD BE INTERESTED!!
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, February 23, 2008
Youth Slam at Hastings on Juan Tabo and Lomas
6:30 sign-ups, 7pm show time
Hosted by Calle Treppiedi & Adam Quintana
The finals for the youth team are fast approaching. Take this opportunity to get some stage time in a very cool setting. This is the inaugural slam at this venue. Open to all youth 13-19.
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EVENT: VE=NT Workshops
WHEN: Saturday, March 1 & Saturday, March 22
TIME: 12 noon to 3pm
PLACE: Out Ch'Yonda Performance Space
LOCATION: 929 4th Street SW
9 blocks south of Central Downtown
in friendly Barelas
FOR DIRECTIONS: 385-5634
This is a youth oriented workshop geared towards middle school students interested in being part of the forthcoming Middle School Poetry Slam Festival on April 26.
HOWEVER, THIS IS OPEN TO YOUTH OF ALL AGES!!
The workshop will focus on aspects of writing poetry as well as performance. There may also be a slam towards the end of the afternoon. Please join us for this fun-filled afternoon of words and their expression.
Adults are welcomed to stay for the workshops.
TEACHERS: It would help greatly if you would RSVP to this email or call either Danny Solis (459-3574), Zach Kluckman (349-3918) or Sal Treppiedi (410-1054). For directions, please call the center.
This from NM Culture announcement list sounds like an area event to support - and check out with an eye to having our own right here in Mountainair, perhaps at the soon to be renamed campgrounds.
Dear friends,
You are cordially invited to the Opening of the new Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts Saturday, March 1, 2008, Noon to 5 PM. Open to the public and featuring:
* The Civil War in NM
* Founding Families of Los Lunas
* Genealogy Resource Center
The Museum is located in the Agustin Archuleta building, 251 Main St. SE, at Main and Luna, under the water tower For information: Call: 352-7720 or email heritage@loslunasnm.gov
That's tonight at the JJ Brazil Auditorium at the soon to be renamed campgrounds, after the Town Council meeting.
Well, I hope it's great. As one visitor commented, candidate "position statements" in the Independent article about the election left a lot to be desired. So let's show up at the debate - and with better questions and determined to get answers. Talking to Dennis, I gather that he and the panel (not sure "judges" is the most apropo designation) have assembled good questions for the candidates, garnered from all our submissions and asking different people. And then insist on good answers to these good questions... don't settle for good sounding generalities...demand specifics...
Candidates:
Kevin Turner
Whitley von Kubleben
Steve Sanchez
Larry Zamora
I stand by and repeat my offer to publish the candidates bios (woefully skimpy in article and on local flyers) and more detailed position statements - as submitted and without any comments other than what you the readers add.
Bring'em on
The Rainbow Artists project described in the Call for Entries below is only one of the National Hispanic Cultural Center's many offerings for Women and Creativity 2008.
Partnering with Insituto Cervantes, the March 1-16 event features readings from an anthology, Metamorfosis, published for the event, receptions and a round table discussion.
The Instituto Cervantes in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center held a call for submissions seeking creative writing in Spanish by women for an anthology entitled Metamorfosis. These works reflect experiences of personal, political and other transformations in one’s life and community. The Metamorfosis project is one of the activities of Women and Creativity 2008 organized by the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Join us for a tea and roundtable discussion of these works and meet the authors of this compelling anthology. Please call 724-4777 to RSVP by February 25th.
March 1, Saturday to the theatre lobby of the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) between 9:30 am and noon. The theatre is at the west side of the main entrance of NHCC.Media requirements:
All work is to be either mounted or painted on stretched canvas, unframed, ½" to 7/8" thick and no more than 16"X 20" in size. The media may be of the artist's choosing. Work must be identified on the back of each piece using the labels printed at the end of this call:Number of pieces and fees:
Rainbow Artists may enter one or two pieces. The entry fee is $5.00.Annual dues of $25 or requested scholarships must be current for 2008.
Rainbow Artists' treasurer: Carolyn Rigirozzi, 1508 Arenas Place, SE, Albuquerque 87123, 505-292-5077.
At least one piece for every artist will be hung and every effort will be made to hang all pieces entered.
A list of artists, titles, prices will be posted at the show with a coordinator's phone number. There is no commission on sales: Buyer and artist will be put in contact with one other. All work is to remain in the show for its duration, however an exception will be made if the buyer is leaving town.
Pick up of unsold works: March 30 at NHCC theatre lobby between 11:30 and 1 pm.
Saturday, March 8, between 6:00 and 7:30 pm . Visitors welcome. The performance "Latin Divas" begins at 8:00 pm, Tickets availablefrom the NHCC.
I'd been thinking, oops, missed 2007 Mountainair Monties update and feeling somewhat remiss - but no more . Feb 7 is Chinese New Year - and this is the Year of the Rat. Egg rolls anyone?
Story on Mountainair writer and mmac veep Ben Steinlage in Valencia News-Bulletin, January 30, 2008
More alt.energy biz for Torrance County - Willard Wind Turbines - MountainView Journal, January 24, 2006
There's another new restaurant in the area, in Tajique, Gina Zamora's Mi Cabana, next to Ray's Grocery. Call 384-1141 or 385-5050. What with Bella Notte in Estancia and Coffee Cup Court in Mountainair, maybe it's time for another fine dining in Mountainair segment.
Addie Draper will be exhibiting her oils at prestigious Weems Gallery and has promised images for blog - also allowing it OK to remind her, so I will, She also asked that I post about Art, Etc jewelry making project and fund raiser. I'll remind her about those details too. Sounds like the jewelry making class that Spring Horton teaches for ASPIRE Family Learning Center and that Ruth Ballen took (didn't know she had family in the after-school program) last session took root indirectly at Art Etc.
Jude Mowris, Straw Mountain Studio, has been busy - mind-bendingly productive keeping up with the quilting challenge she told us about, quilt tops for Linus Project, other fiber fun, more published in Altered Couture - 10 pages in the February issue & one of her y-shirt dresses scheduled for the May issue (don't you wish now you'd bought one at the 2007 arts tour?) - and now getting paid for it.
Name the Campgrounds Competition. Got a catchy name for the Mountainair Campgrounds? Send it to Dennis Fulfer, Webaab@aol.com, who is spearheading the campaign/ competition for the Chamber of Commerce and will present finalists to the Town Council - all this a couple months down the road so you have time to think about names, test drive them for how they roll off the tongue... If you want to try them out here, be sure to submit under under your own name to protect your intellectual property...been a lot of plagiarism and appropriation of intellectual property going around lately - in the most unlikely places and by people who surely know better. More details to come.
from Dennis Fulfer
from NM Culture announcements, plus ed added FYI links...
Get involved with New Mexico’s premiere Film Movement (NMFI). Work with Diane Schneier, Jeff Stanzler, Jocelyn Janson, and up and coming Director Clay Morton [just quoting the announcement - if you know who they are, you got me beat].
Sunday Feb. 3 from 1:30-4pm at the College of Santa Fe, Garson Studios.
Casting a Male Psychologist and a Male or Female Professional Assassin. (actors between ages 32-54). No Pay [that's a bummer], copy of tape. One Day Shoot on Friday Feb. 15.
For more info contact nmfi.productions@gmail.com
More about NMFI at NM Art News blog
