Here you are.
- Agriturismo Santa Brigida
In preparation for the Art Monastery Project’s Boston fundraiser (this Thursday, 6-9pm at the Boston Conservatory Theater), I made a brochure for the Santa Brigida, the Art Monastery’s Guest Center for Creativity Learning. Here’s the inside:
I was there a couple weeks ago, and I can vouch that the place is pretty amazing.
Nestled deep in the olive groves outside the picturesque mediæval hilltown of Calvi dell’Umbria, set between the valley of the ancient Tiber and forestclad Mt. San Pancrazio, the Santa Brigida invites you to relax and grow.
The exquisitely restored buildings are furnished with a blend of artfully chosen antiques and modern amenities to provide a serene haven out of time. You can soak in the sun by the “infinity pool” whose horizon blends into an expanse of rolling hills, dotted with distant ruins and the farmhouses of the local artisanal producers.
You can unwind on its stone terrace over a bottle of local vino after returning from a day exploring Italy’s cultural heritage. Calvi is centrally located amidst the mediæval treasures of Orvieto, Spoleto, and Assisi, and the breathtaking volcanic lakes of Bolsena and Trasimeno. You are also less than an hour away from the unforgettable monuments, churches, and museums of Rome, the Eternal City.
The Santa Brigida will host workshops and master classes to fuel your passion for a range of subjects in art and the art of living. The small class sizes ensure attention to your personal inspiration and learning. Programs will include:
• Courses to more deeply experience Italian culture: from Italian cooking and wine tasting to architecture and art history;
• Workshops to amplify creativity and harmonize body and mind:from yoga and dance to writing and theatre;
• Master classes inspired by Italian traditions:from printmaking and painting to Gregorian chant and other music genres.For information on upcoming workshops and to book visits to the SantaBrigida please visit:www.cartolinatours.com/pages/santabrigida.htm
- Jamie Livingston: 18 Years of Polaroids
Ben from the Art Monastery Project pointed me to the work of Jamie Livingston.
Livingston snapped a polaroid every day for 18 years (=nearly 7000 polaroids), from 1979 to 1997. It’s a captivating story, I think, because his daily practice was so enduring, and seems to have been meaningful primarily to him and his friends and family (only secondarily intended for the outside world, which is only now really picking up on it).
Photo of the Day, by Jamie Livingston (Not currently working Pretty slow; seems to be overloaded with traffic)
Livingston’s story, as discovered by Mental Floss
Friends of Livingston, blogging
- The Art Monastery & the San Pancrazio Festival
My first attempt at “Early Baroque,” this is an announcement for the Art Monastery Project’s participation in Calvi dell’Umbria’s festiggiamento in Onore del Patron San Pancrazio. I’ll be giving a fuller update soon, but needless to say I’ve found a project that is a perfect combination of community economic development (my concentration at BGI), alternative business models, music and art.
- James Brown
At a fund-raising event for the Art Monastery Project last night, I was so intrigued by a couple of the paintings being auctioned off that I accidentally stole a catalog of the artist’s work. Look at this stuff:
I was further impressed after chatting with the very modest James Justin Brown, whose wife had informed me that the catalogs were for sale (I promised to send a check as soon as I solved my liquidity problems). As an architect by day, prolific artist otherwise, Brown has created a large body of colorful, alive, and sometimes violent abstract art over the last decade. Less afraid of form than the abstract expressionists, he says his work is nonetheless influenced by artists like Kandinsky.
I wish I were in a position to buy some of the stuff, but at the very least I shall deliver a check to Brown’s Seattle studio ASAP for the catalog.
- Genevieve Catering is up
About a month ago, I did some illustrations for my friend and BGI classmate Emily Reilly’s company, Genevieve Catering. Check out summer, spring, and (eventually) fall versions of the mostly-hand-drawn, floral (squash blossom) theme she’s using for her website. Emily’s company serves locally and organically grown cuisine, to create meaningful “full-scale banquets, house parties, organizational functions, or casual office gatherings.”
- “Ryan” by Chris Landreth
Oscar winning short animation on the life of animator Ryan Larkin
[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2221051144364079933&q=Ryan+Larkin&total=59&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1[/googlevideo]
Larkin’s 1969 Oscar nominated short “Walking”
[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8464914292444638948[/googlevideo]
- New Jim Woodring
“Jesus and the Bear” is a fantastic new painting by Seattle’s Jim Woodring (see the full thing, over at his blog). A scene as moving as it is gruesome.
- Daniel Cramer x Karen Dalton =
I’m on my way home to Boulder this Sunday.
I have a few more papers to write, but my mind is already somewhere else, somewhere craggier. So here are some pictures of mountains by Daniel Gustave Cramer (by way of It’s Nice That).
And here is a 1962 recording of Karen Dalton performing “the Prettiest Train” at the Attic in Boulder (which I think used to be below what is now Buchanan’s Coffee on the Hill).
Dalton, “her husband, and her daughter lived in a small shack in the Colorado mountains, with no electricity or running water, but a splendid view and plenty of space to ride horses. Occasionally, Dalton would play at the Attic, which at that time was the nucleus for Boulder’s folk scene.” ::read a pitchfork review
This train has left the station, you know, this train
This train has left the station, I said, this train
This train has left the station, this train takes on every nation…
Eagle on the dollar gonna rise and fly
