Black Independent Film Festival

Seattle's Black Film Festival or also know as the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival is one of the best in the country.  There is nothing like it!  Go and support it.

He's Back

"I have been silent for to long". I don't know who said it, but so have I. I will be more vocal about what is going on in the world of "The Art of the African Diaspora" than I have for the last few months.

You can also e-mail me what is going on with you and I will help get the word out as well. E-mail ptoliver@talkingarts.com and we will do our best to help.


The MAJOR Event happeing this week is the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival at the Central Cinema, I will talk with you later about other stuff that will be happening in May and June (which will be a lot). So stay tuned, I shall be right back!

Art in Portland

Onyx Perspectives Event Dates: 11/4/2010 - 12/31/2010 Gallerie Rene 207 SW Pine Street Portland Oregon 97204 503-223-1022 GALLERIE RENE' "Onyx Perspectives" Members of this Seattle-based organization reprise their February engagement and showcase selected works in oil, acrylic, mixed media, sculpture and fabric.  This group of mature artists represents a cross section of professionals including graphic artists, engineers, public employees and accountants, among others, who brin ga seasoned perspective and skil to their respective media. George Jennings, 2010 featured artist, is joined by founding member and acrylic painter Robert Horton, Al Doggett, Esther Ervin, Earnie Thomas, Chas Lindsey, Carletta Carrington Wilson, Sharon Geraci and others.

The Art of Esther Ervin

New Facebook Page from Esther Ervin

Picasso and African Art

Talking Arts visited the Picasso exhibition this weekend at the Seattle Art Museum.   It is an amazing and exhaustive show with over 150 pieces of work from a man that produced over 50,000 works of art during his lifetime.   

Click here for selected works by Picasso 

One of the most important aspects of this great artist career is how much he was influenced by Africa and African Art.  Early on in the exhibition, the Seattle Art Museum goes to great length to insure your understanding of this influence and points out via specific paintings how this influence shapes specific works.    This show will only be in 3 US Cities.  Go and check it out, this is a rare opportunity to see one of the more important artist of the 20^th Century.  

This show will be at the Seattle Art Museum until January 17, 2011.

22nd Annual Earshot Jazz Festival

Seattle’s annual Earshot Jazz Festival kicked off on Friday (October 15th).  There are many, many great acts and you should see as many as you can.  There are a couple that I will attend when I return from Portland on Thursday. 

Look for me at the DBR & Emeline Michel show at the TRIPLE DOOR this Thursday, October 21 at 7PM

 "This Haitian-American violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, has huge classical chops and is a musical omnivore (he has performed with Lady Gaga and the Boston Pops).  He appears with the “queen of Haitian song,”  Emeline Michel.  During her two-decade-long career as a singer, songwriter, and dancer, Michel has brought together sensibilities that span several generations.  Dubbed the “queen of Haitian song,” Michel is most well-known for bringing political and social messages to a combination of native Haitian forms such as the compas, twoubadou, and rara. 


Presented by City Arts Festival and Earshot Jazz.  $20 advance, $25 day of show, Earshot members $2 discount  

I will also be at the James Carter, John Medeski, “Heaven on Earth” band show this Friday, October 22, at the TRIPLE DOOR. 

The incredible saxophonist James Carter and organist John Medeski (Medeski Martin & Wood) take us on a jazz-jam ride into the ionosphere with guitarist Adam Rodgers, bassist Ralphe Armstrong, and drummer Lee Pearson. 

Co-presented with City Arts Festival.  $30 general, $28 members/seniors, $20 students  

See you there.

Noah Davis Homecoming

Seattle native (now a Big Time LA artist), Noah Davis will be "presented" to Seattle by the James Harris Gallery in an exhibition of his new paintings 

October 14 - November 27, 2010
312 2nd Ave. S.
Seattle, WA, 98104

Phone: 206-903-6220
Fax: 206-903-6226
mail@jamesharrisgallery.com

A reception for the Artist is scheduled for October 14th at 6:00pm

Inspired by photographs and art history, the artist paints psychological narratives that range from the surreal to the absurd. His work is infused with expressionism and emotional intensity. Davis’ paintings bear the mark of his brush and the tactile quality of the paint to create synthesis between figuration and gesture. he paintings stand in as narrator for forgotten or suppressed moments in history as told through a modern lens. 

Noah Davis was born in 1983 in Seattle, Washington and lives and works in Los Angeles. Noah Davis attended The Cooper Union School of Art in New York. His work has recently been featured in group shows including 30 Americans at the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL (2008-2009); Face Forward at the Columbia University, New York, NY (2008). He has had solo exhibitions at Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, Galerie Annarumma 404, Naples, Italy and at the Tilton Gallery in New York.

 

 James Harris Gallery