AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

I have just finished an intense period of performance and rehearsal on the Adelaide Feast Festival, and have collected a number of images I am happy with so I'm intending on showing them here at my blog or at least on the AMP site in random ways. The Festival was great - I directed a few shows and performed myself in a few also.

Hey Visionaries,

Ritual Journeys, Emerging Visions #5,
is now online at:

http://emergingvisions.blogspot.com

be there

Manifestation Ritual

Create the vision.
Move into it.
Live there.
Feel it growing through you.
Play with it,
seeing it from a wide range of perspectives.
Delight in it.
Laugh, dance, weep.
Sing it out loud.
Sing it softly as a lullaby.
Now, slowly or quickly or however it feels right,
create a stairway.
Name each stair.
Give each a folder of possibilities,
more and more complete, concrete, living.
Live out the life of your stairway,
allowing it to lead you to the promises

Emptiness profound and endless, an icy cold nothing, into the abyss forever falling into the emptiness beneath surrounded by the forlorn gloom and murkiness of deaths bittersweet surrender. A simple word was all I wanted, all I desired. A simple encouragement that never came. So still I sank ever further, the light above dimming, blurring in the festering murk. A murk almost alive in its greed to steal the light away from me. Ever sinking into the depths of despair that convulses about me, winding tentacle, slashing beak. Beneath the waves a pointless lonely death awaits in a cruel twisted sou

People from every generation can say:
"I've seen it,
I've heard it,
I've read it,
I've felt it,
I've had it,
I've made it,
I've said it,
I'm saying it."
So, what is "it?"

We moved our exhibition venue this year to Fremantle and found we had a very appreciative audience, both in sales and comments. Today we have a group meeting to discuss the exhibition, how we might improve it and, of course, where to hold next year's exhibition. There are some pictures from the exhibition on my blog: http://maureengrantham.blogspot.com/

Spread the Word

Scales, Veils, & Tales will be moving on soon ...

to make room for

Ritual Journeys, Issue #5 --- emerging December 12, 2006

http://emergingvisions.blogspot.com

Emerging Visions, visionary art ezine

Hi Amp!
I hope EveryBelly Has a great holiday season!
If you will be in the Colorado area Saturday Dec 9th please drop in on our Belly Dance Showcase!
Community Belly dance Recital at
Avogadro's Number
605 South Mason Street Fort Collins, CO 2-4 p.m.
Drop by early or stay late for good food & enchanting spirits too
Visit my Website for more details...
www.shahravarbellydance.com

Group art show this Saturday, Dec. 9.
Flynn Art Studios -
3765 Legion Lane, LA 90039 - Atwater Village
Artists reception: Saturday, Dec. 9 • 2:00 to 6:00 PM.

Hope you can stop by and dig the crazy scene.

Flynn Art Studios Show
Artists:
Kira Vollman
Keith Ullrich
Cynthia Paige Aaron
Lisa Marsh
Nuttaphol Ma
Melissa Lambert
Lenny Rusch
Jean LeCerf Richardson
Ed Flynn
Vivian Flynn
Ian Flynn

Directions to Flynn Art Studios:
If you are coming from LA going towards Glendale...
Take Glendale Blvd. to Glen Feliz, turn left (Glenhurst is on the right). Glen Feliz to Sunnybrook, turn left. Sunnybrook to Legion Lane, turn right. Near the end of the street on the right hand side.

Get over the fear of rejection. I'm to the point of wanting to go out into the world and show my "stuff" to shops, but I am so afraid of them saying "no". Now, I know that that, in fact, won't kill me, but what if it kills some of the art in me? How do you take that first step? The one that opens you to pain somewhat similar to dating again after losing a loved one?

Not to be overly redundant, but yes, I am being redundant but only to reinforce this great gallery event!

If anyone out there is in the Portland, Maine area tomorrow, you are invited to attend the First Friday Art Walk when the city's galleries and museum are open and free to the public -- including our gallery: The Time Gallery.

Tomorrow's exhibit, "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral," will feature the paintings and drawings of Portland artist Gail Wartell with catering by Burt Wartell. Music proviced by clasical guitartis Chuck Muldoon.

Date: Dec. 1

Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Place: 47 Portland Street