Michael Paul Britto / The Suspect War
Visual Artist Michael Paul Britto is having a “Stop & Frisk” fashion
show! On Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7 from 5-6pm I would like
everyone who has ever been racially profiled, stopped, searched,
questioned and/or frisked, to come out and walk the…
So…I am working with the Brooklyn Museum on an exciting project…so come out and support!
GO is a community curated open studio event organized by the Brooklyn Museum. On September 8–9, 2012, between 11 am and 7 pm each day artists across Brooklyn, including nearly 170 artists in Clinton Hill, Ft. Greene and the Navy Yard will open their studio doors, so that you can decide who will be featured in an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Come out with friends and families and check out the awesome work in our lovely city!
Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/109172485900038/
Sign up to participate here: https://gobrooklynart.org/
http://gobrooklynart.tumblr.com/
Browse artists in Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene/ Navy Yard here:
http://gobrooklynart.org/explore/neighborhoods#clintonhill
http://gobrooklynart.org/explore/neighborhoods#fortgreene
http://gobrooklynart.org/explore/neighborhoods#navyyard
Start an itinerary in your neighborhood and recommend it to others!
Tips for Voters click here:
http://gobrooklynart.tumblr.com/post/30393120013/tips-for-voters
Our Voter Information Spot during the weekend is Red Lantern Bicycles at 345 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205 from 11am-6pm
If you need help registering to vote, have questions, or want to pick up maps, etc., ride your bike over! Grab a drink and then head off on your art journey.
**SPECIALS: Large Ice Coffee and a Pastry/Muffin/Croissant for $4 & $2 PBR’s all day
If you have any questions, please contact me: gisela@gobrooklynart.org
So the other day I came across a posting by a friend that really resonated with me at that moment…and all moments, really. It was an image of a wrinkled up piece of paper by someone who had worked with Merce Cunningham years ago and who had provided his students with a copy of John Cages’ Rules for Studenst and Teachers. Here is a link about it. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/10/10-rules-for-students-and-teachers-john-cage-corita-kent/
RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile.
RULE TWO: General duties of a student — pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow students.
RULE THREE: General duties of a teacher — pull everything out of your students.
RULE FOUR: Consider everything an experiment.
RULE FIVE: Be self-disciplined — this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.
RULE SIX: Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail, there’s only make.
RULE SEVEN: The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It’s the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things.
RULE EIGHT: Don’t try to create and analyze at the same time. They’re different processes.
RULE NINE: Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think.
RULE TEN: “We’re breaking all the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.” (John Cage)
HINTS: Always be around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully, often. Save everything — it might come in handy later.
The City! Went to Manhattan for a meeting with the Education Dept. at the Met today and left inspired and excited about a project I will be participating in the fall. What a great creative team! As part of our brainstorming, we went up to the Met’s rooftop to view Tomás Saraceno’s amazing sculpture. I found it odd to be at the Met (Monday) because there were no crowds! Once I left the , I kept noticing these small or (large) architectural moments along the street. Eventually, once I was back in my neighborhood, I came across a (plastic) black cat staring eerily onto Myrtle Ave.. Que extraño! Pics are posted.
