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Scene4 Magazine | Qué Pasa http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/ QUÉ PASA—Notices, announcements and coming attractions. To post a new article or a comment to an existing article, click on the "Post A New Article" link on the right sidebar. en Copyright 2010 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:58:25 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Acting Classes in Los Angeles

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]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2010/03/acting_classes_in_los_angeles.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2010/03/acting_classes_in_los_angeles.html Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:58:25 -0800 Gwyneth Scally - The Rise of the Original Eden Shannon Currie Holmes - info@cellagallery.com ]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/11/gwyneth_scally_the_rise_of_the.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/11/gwyneth_scally_the_rise_of_the.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:10:07 -0800 Peter Schuyff and the Woodwards 28 November 2009 -- 09 January 2010 Round and round and round it goes. There are some new paintings by Peter Schuyff in which the canvas is filled with a line - a thick wobbly painted line - one that swirls and twists in a big knotted web. One can't help but look at it and think, "I know the feeling." For over thirty years, Schuyff has been exploring, in the broadest sense, abstraction. Symbols, forms, icons of abstraction are taken by Schuyff and transformed and misassociated into paintings and drawings that are strange, funny, compelling. His works offers an endlessly inventive exploration of abstraction's possibilities and its relationship to the pictorial. This will be Peter Schuyff's first solo exhibition in Holland for over fifteen years. His language is an expanding, distorting one of grids, targets, blobs, squares, chain-links. These pieces, either amorphous or hard-edged, are used in isolation and combination with each other. And recently letters, often writing his name, have been finding their way into the mix. A current part of Schuyff's practice comes from working over found drawings and paintings. One cannot deny how brutal it is to add something to another's work. Sure, artists are always quoting, pastiching, satirising each other, but to amend - and some would argue therefore to obliterate - another's original artwork...that's something altogether more problematic. What Schuyff offers, however, is a kind of reinvention. He perceives his role as one of reviving the mediocre - working on paintings and drawings collected from antique shops and markets, that often exhibit technical skill and are evocative of their era, but are ultimately undistinguished and likely to be consigned to obscurity. In his hands they take on another life, with a new dialogue opening up between his shapes and the drawings on which they rest.

For And the Woodwards, Schuyff will present a series of found drawings on paper over which he has added black and white forms. The drawings are atypical classic art subjects - portraits, profiles, studies of hands and feet - and Schuyff's contributions are poppy shapes such as arrowed frames around faces, scattered circles and cloud-like blobs. In one piece Schuff circles the face in a portrait of a young woman with long, sharp triangles. The rapid, rippled movement of these triangles somehow corresponds to the frilly, garnished dress of the sitter. It targets our attention on her face, creating also a humorous imbalance between her dour, bored expression and the brash punch of Schuyff's marks. What constantly surprises is that his additions make sense; they are a natural fit. Afterall, these bold, flat forms, over whispish antique drawings, should be jarring and inelegant. But the results create a new balance and movement within the composition - focusing the attention on certain areas, whilst obliterating others, and bestowing the sketches a muscularity, impact and visual movement.

PETER SCHUYFF | UNTITLED | Acrylics on old drawing | 40 x 30 cm | 2009 In his paintings, Schuyff affords colour, shapes, weight to his forms. Some are paintings on found paintings, whilst others are full 'originals'. One untitled painting shows an overlaying series of squares. There is something at once simple and deceptively complex going in in this arrangement of colours; the tricks it plays in our reading of the shapes and the complications of depth derived from the rounded borders and shadows cast by the entire matrix. On top of all these convolutions and contradictions, Schuyff signs it - he writes P. SCHUYFF - big, bold, unapologetic - adding another pictorial element to the mix. It seems incongruous - kind of goofy - to see these shapes which we associate with heady abstraction and, of course, flatness, presented with curves, shadows, depth. Indeed, there is consistently a cartoon- like attitude in his take on abstraction - one that is purposefully irreverent and non-sensical. His composition and handling of the paint, however, is entirely controlled and deliberate. In the looped- line paintings for instance, whether it is the regular, woven thread of 'Little Screen' or the chaotic mass of 'Big Gold', these dense bodies have a sophisticated understanding of composition, colour and technique. His handling of the paint is very considered, quite classical, successfully counteracting the surreal playfulness of the images, which often recall improvised, gestural painting and furthering their sense of quotation and displacement. Currently living and working in Amsterdam, Peter Schuyff was born in Baarn, Holland, in 1958. He moved to Vancouver as a child and lived for much of the 80's and 90's in New York, where he was associated with the Neo-Geo movement alongside painters such as Peter Halley and Philip Taafe, exhibiting with Pat Hearn Gallery and Leo Castelli Gallery, as well as in Los Angeles at the Gagosian Gallery. Recent exhibitions include Galerie Karl Pfefferle (Munchen), Studio d'Arte Rafaelli (Trento) and Nicole Klagsbrun (New York). His works are in such collections as The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York and the Saatchi collection . Alongside painting, Schuyff performs and records music as The Woodwards. GALERIE GABRIEL ROLT | Elandsgracht 34 | 1016 TW Amsterdam | The Netherlands Open: Wednesday to Saturday 12.00 - 18.00 hrs. Tel: +31 (0)20 785 5146 | gallery@gabrielrolt.com | www.gabrielrolt.com]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/11/peter_schuyff_and_the_woodward.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/11/peter_schuyff_and_the_woodward.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:30:13 -0800 2010 Women of African Descent Film Festival Call for Film Submissions https://www.withoutabox.com/login/6442. ABOUT THE FESTIVAL Formed in 1952, The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links, Inc., an organization of African American professional women, is dedicated to the support of educational, civic, and cultural activities in Brooklyn. A chapter of The Links, Inc., an international organization comprised of 276 chapters and over 11,000 members in 42 states, the District of Columbia, South Africa, the Bahamas and Germany, the Brooklyn Chapter works under the guidelines of the national body in providing services to its Brooklyn community in four mission areas: services to youth, health and wellness, the arts, and civic involvement. The foundation for all of the chapter's programs and services is rooted in the African American tradition of giving and volunteerism. Members share a deep sense of communal responsibility, and for the past 50 plus years have been committed to actively initiating and supporting educational, cultural, and civic programs, that positively impact the lives of people from Brooklyn's African American/Caribbean communities. To mark the milestone of its 50th Anniversary, and to continue its legacy of showcasing the talent and accomplishments of the African American arts and artists, the Brooklyn Chapter began co-sponsoring with Brooklyn Arts Council a film festival for women filmmakers. On May 18, 2002, the chosen films explored the impact of the positive linkages that women of African descent have to their families, friends, communities and the broader world. This tradition has continued annually since then and takes place at the Spike Lee Screening Room at the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University in May of each year.]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/11/2010_women_of_african_descent.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/11/2010_women_of_african_descent.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:07:43 -0800 Persuasion or 7 Years Bad Sex reservations@MusicalMondays.org. Cash and check accepted at the Door. Contact: Integrity Publicity - Sheryl Mandel, ssshekkie@aol.com, 718-352-5976 ]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/09/persuasion_or_7_years_bad_sex.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/09/persuasion_or_7_years_bad_sex.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:01:20 -0800 The Devil Has A Sister at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival - September For the 2009 Amsterdam Fringe Festival this September, festival organizers have announced that the festival -- reaching across the globe -- will present Los Angeles' surrealist theatre and creator John Sinner's Theatre Revelation in the world premiere of Sinner's theatrical extravaganza The Devil Has A Sister at the Melkweg in Amsterdam for 4 performances on the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th of September 2009. Sinner's production will bring will be a "hallucinatory" mix of gothic drama, screwball comedy, horror, violence and music hall singing and dancing to the Melkweg stage. About John Sinner's productions, critics have written: "Tightly executed surrealism with a savage enthusiasm and great skill" (nytheatre.com). "John Sinner has been one of the prominent exponents of surrealistic theatre in Los Angeles . . . Sinner is the kind of playwright that goes for the throat. A compelling style that goes beyond theatre . . . ." (Review Plays.com) "GO! Recommended! Writer/Director John Sinner's stylish, darkly funny play is a flat-out kick! . . . Savage, strikingly ambitious and creative!" (LA WEEKLY) "Theatre Revelation has come up with a new type of stage offering that defies description, but reinforces the producer's name and intentions. . . . John Sinner breaks new theatrical ground!" (4Front Magazine). http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/07/the_devil_has_a_sister_at_the.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/07/the_devil_has_a_sister_at_the.html Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:14:13 -0800 The Only Good Indian www.TheOnlyGoodIndian.com.Contacts: Scott Richardson 785-865-3439 ScottRichardson@sunflower.com and Greg Hurd 785-331-8509 GregHurd@sunflower.com ]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/04/the_only_good_indian.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/04/the_only_good_indian.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:13:19 -0800 Cinevative Uses 3D Animation to Boost Ticket Sales for 42nd St How does Goodspeed Musicals generate ticket sales for an exciting stage musical full of tapping chorus girls? They call Cinevative. Combining CG and live action, Cinevative has created another thrilling promotional television spot for Goodspeed Musicals's upcoming run of 42nd Street. The famed and familiar musical revolves around director Julian Marsh and his efforts to stage a spectacular musical in the midst of the Great Depression. With vivacious music by Harry Warren, romantic flings, and of course, a chorus line of dancing girls, 42nd Street lent itself well to the stylings of Cinevative's creative director, Mark Ciglar. Ciglar used 2D and 3D animation to bring the "bright lights, big city" feel of Broadway to the to the spot by multiplying two tap dancers, shot against green screen into a full chorus line. Goodspeed's Marketing Director Dan McMahon said "it was a stretch for my budget to move into the world of 3D animation, but the results have been well worth it." "It's this kind of creative production technology that allows us to produce a spot that generates increased ticket sales within a few weeks of pitching the concept," said Ciglar. "That's the real value for performance arts marketers." One of the most significant musical theatre companies in the United States, Goodspeed is a perfect example of how this kind of advertising is so effective in the world of performing arts. Cinevative shot the live action footage with the Panasonic AG-HVX200A outfitted with P2 cards. The 3D elements were rendered in Cinema 4D and composited in After Effects. Magic Bullet Suite was used to finish the stylized look of the period. Post production was completed on an 8-core Power Macs with AJA Kona cards. The spot will run throughout April 2009. http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/04/cinevative_uses_3d_animation_t.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/04/cinevative_uses_3d_animation_t.html Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:11:17 -0800 "THE QUESTION" the truth lies in the dance..... A MUST SEE SHOW! Flicker House Productions, headed by Brian Purcell, in association with the Ricardo Montalban Foundation will present "THE QUESTION", an Indie Rock Ballet based upon J.T. Horenstein's experience while serving on a jury for a first degree murder trial. It is a full length, story-driven theatre piece, entirely danced to a progressive, independent rock score. Horenstein is the director and choreographer of this dynamic, entirely original idea, leading twenty-six dancers through this dark journey of murder and intrigue. "THE QUESTION" Plays for two weeks only: March 9th, 11th, 12th, 16th (Gala Evening), 18th, and 19th at 8 PM, at the historic Ricardo Montalban Theatre, the West Coast home of Nike Sportswear, 1615 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. Please Call Tel: 323- 962-7000 ext.19 for your reservations and information. Tickets are $30 except for the March 16th- Gala Evening where tickets are $50. Nike Sportswear is the venue sponsor,The Edge Performing Arts Center, and the RM Theater Foundation are sponsoring the production as well, and all proceeds will go to The Dance Fund, a Scholarship Program at The Edge Performing Arts Center that thoroughly prepares dancers for careers in commercial and concert dance. http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/03/the_question_the_truth_lies_in.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/03/the_question_the_truth_lies_in.html Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:04:01 -0800 2009 North Texas Irish Festival www.ntif.org . Public information: 972-943-4616 Les Marcott]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/03/2009_north_texas_irish_festiva.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2009/03/2009_north_texas_irish_festiva.html Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:27:14 -0800 2009 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Scene: Brooklyn http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/1087 before applying. Spotlight on Brooklyn We are accepting animation, documentary, experimental and narrative films in short and feature lengths by independent filmmakers who live or work in Brooklyn, as well as films that are principally made in Brooklyn and/or films that are about Brooklyn. APPLY NOW at https://www.withoutabox.com/login/1015. 8th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival. We are accepting films by youth, college and independent filmmakers in animation, documentary, experimental and narrative categories, in short and feature lengths, by women filmmakers of African descent - local, national and international (including screenwriters, directors and producers). APPLY NOW at https://www.withoutabox.com/login/6442 . Cash and other prizes for outstanding film submissions will be awarded. Online application deadline: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Late deadline: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 ABOUT BAC'S FILM AND MEDIA ARTS PROGRAMMING BAC's re-invigorated and re-named film program, continues the Council's 43-year tradition of supporting independent filmmakers and presenting free media arts programming to the public. Formally the Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival, Scene: Brooklyn features screenings of films by and about our borough and its residents; the Woman of African Descent Film Festival, which is presented every year in partnership with the Brooklyn Chapter of the Links; professional development services, like our annual screenwriting workshop; and lecture/discussions with industry professionals and prominent filmmakers. We are proud of our tradition of supporting film and filmmakers. Among the many talented directors we are fortunate to have worked with is Spike Lee, whose first film, Joe's Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), was made in part with BAC support. More recently, director Ryan Fleck, best known for Half Nelson (2006), showed Struggle in our 2002 Festival. ]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/11/2009_call_for_submissions_for.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/11/2009_call_for_submissions_for.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:50:07 -0800 Heiresses on Terraces frontdesk@lisa-cooley.com or call 212-680-0564.]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/11/heiresses_on_terraces.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/11/heiresses_on_terraces.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:19:48 -0800 Opening and Artist Reception for Ray McSavaney Retrospective Exhibition www.TGartworks.com, info@TGartworks.com Gallery Hours: Tues to Sat, 11AM to 6PM & by appointment. "Viewpoint: Thirty Five Years of Landscape Photography" is an exhibition that offers a rare opportunity to view images from several of McSavaney's photographic projects, many of which are on display for the first time. Besides the exquisite natural and urban landscapes for which he is renowned, the exhibit showcases a series of striking portraits of people he just happened to pull off the street of Los Angeles, and a series of floral studies. The exhibition opens on November 1 and will run through December 24. Please join us to celebrate the highlights of Ray McSavaney's work at the artist reception on November 1st, 5pm-9pm. For a preview of the exhibit, visit http://www.tgartworks.com/mcsavaney. ]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/10/opening_and_artist_reception_f.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/10/opening_and_artist_reception_f.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:16:43 -0800 Project Runway Meets Oedipus Rex New Greek Tragedy Based On Fragments Of Lost Plays Opens in Los Angeles October 26, 2008. An Elizabethan/Mycenaen/Kabuki fantasy filled with wit, humor and emotion on one of the great lost plays of Antiquity. Peter Wing Healey, dancer, actor, writer, choreographer, director, known for his portrayal of female characters, will be featured in his new play, THYESTES' FEAST, based on fragments of lost Greek plays set in a high fashion version of the culture of ancient Mycenae. Mr. Wing Healey is known especially for the role of Mrs. Stahlbaum in Mark Morris's ballet "The Hard Nut" as seen on Great Performances on PBS and on Ovation TV. Octavio Roca of the San Francisco Chronicle called Wing Healey, "a cross between the dance goddess Isadora and the late movie star Divine." Says Wing Healey. "I stumbled on the fact that Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles had all written trilogies on the subject. But all their full plays are lost. However, enough pieces of the original plot have survived to recreate the story." Mr. Wing Healey decided to write his own version of the play. "Of course, there is shrapnel; fragments of whatever was in my brain: a recipe for chicken stew, a bit of Levi-Strauss, some Game Theory, old Hollywood movies, the situation in this country, etc. etc.." However, myth lovers of every stripe may rest assured that the play contains a faithful account of the original story. SYNOPSIS: Atreus is king. His wife Aerope betrays him, becoming lovers with, and giving the throne, which is in her power to give, to his younger brother Thyestes. Thyestes, generous, benevolent ruler, beloved of the people, is ousted when his predilection for seducing the young virgins of the court comes to light. He and Aerope are exiled in the forest for ten years. When they return the people are anxious to forgive and reinstate them. Atreus must think of a way to get rid of them. He murders Thyestes' two sons and has them cooked into a stew. Aerope takes poison and dies. When Thyestes eats he is doomed to perpetual banishment. He calls down a curse on the House of Atreus. When the Sun sees what Atreus has done She retreats, furious, plunging the Earth into darkness. The Golden Ram and The Sun will be played by former New York City Ballet dancer, Bridgette Trahan. Atreus will be played by Michael Serrato, recently of the Groundlings and Big Gay Sketch Show produced by Rosie O'Donnell, alternating with Clint Steinhauser, a member of Rachel Rosenthal's Fauve Conspiracy. Mr. Wing Healey will play the tormented Queen Aerope. The Facts: What: Thyestes' Feast, written and directed by Peter Wing Healey, co- directed by Russell Ellison, Costumes by Karolyn Kiisel, sets by Tanya Kovaleski When: Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 7, Opens Sunday, October 26 and runs through November 30, 2008 Where: Whitmore-Lindley Theater Center, North Hollywood 11006 Magnolia near corner of Magnolia and Vineland Running Time: 2 hours plus 15 minute intermission, light refreshments available Parking: Free, street Price: $20 at the door or $22.50 if charged in advance Tickets: charge or reserve at 323 960 7745 or www.plays411.com/feast. Web: www.mesopotamianopera.org. COMPANY HISTORY: Peter Wing Healey, performer, librettist, choreographer, director and founder of The Mesopotamian Opera Company, Inc., whose original operas have been presented in New York at P.S. 122, The Judson Church, The Vineyard Theater, The Middle Collegiate Church, The R.A.P.P. Arts Center, H.E.R.E., The Greenwich House and Alice Tully Hall, LATC, Highways and The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock in northeast Los Angeles. Mr. Wing Healey has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 1996. He has a long association with The Mark Morris Dance Group both as a performer and as rehearsal director. He worked as a soloist in The Hard Nut, as rehearsal director on The White Oak Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov and has been balletmaster on the John Adams/Peter Sellars opera Nixon in China. In Los Angeles he has danced original works at The Getty Center, 2100 Square Feet, U.C.L.A., L.A.T.C. and Highways. He has received support for his work from American Opera Projects, TWEED Productions, The Gilman Foundation, The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, The Department of Cultural Affairs of the city of Los Angeles, The Jim and Elaine Marcus Foundation and The Noah Wyle Foundation. 1n 2006 he received the coveted James Irvine Foundation New Connections Grant of $25,000 for his urbanist opera, The Tree. Rounding out the cast will be Pat Lach, a veteran Los Angeles actress, Nathalie Broizat also of Fauve Conspiracy, Bruce Andersen of The Invisible Theater, David Anthony Hernandez, Robert Long, and Michael Griffith. For Television, Radio, & Press Interviews, & REVIEWER RESERVATIONS Contact: INTEGRITY PUBLICITY L.A.: Robert Axelrod (213) 483-1449 N.Y.: Sheryl Mandel (718) 352-5976 ]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/10/project_runway_meets_oedipus_r.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/10/project_runway_meets_oedipus_r.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:04:05 -0800 A Unique Expression of Freedom II www.fineartpromotions.com or email info@fineartpromotions.com or telephone Julie Badrick on 079 412 712 44. Francisco Simões will be exhibiting in support of Women Rights in Iranian Souren Mousavi's forthcoming exhibition - A Unique Expression of Freedom II Carving with a Chisel or a Magic wand? "But...these marbles are my poetry..." were the words of David Mourão Ferreira, one of the greatest poets of our times while, with tears in his eyes he walked through Francisco Simões' studio. 'I still remember exactly how small the experience made me feel when I first stepped into the same magic place - it was just before an exhibition and the studio was filled with an abundance of sculptures. I was with the artist who politely stepped aside in order to make me feel at ease, but his efforts were in vain - I wasn't comfortable! ''Why?'', I asked myself? Why do I feel overwhelmed, invaded - it is just stone I said to myself, I've been in quarries... but no, it wasn't just stone. Something else was perturbing me. I was intimidated. Overcoming this initial feeling I started to look more closely at one of the sculptures near me - a dark piece of extremely polished marble. It was the figure of a lady, a straight torso looking forward, looking lost. As I circled her I forgot my reflection on the shining surface and now I could see her form. Then my eyes met hers - she was not stone anymore. Her eyes spoke to me. She wasn't lost, she wasn't just staring or gazing into the infinite; she was looking for me. She was alive. For a few moments while our eyes met she told me about herself. She made me feel alive'. ]]> http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/10/a_unique_expression_of_freedom.html http://www.scene4.com/quepasa/2008/10/a_unique_expression_of_freedom.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:45:18 -0800