Greetings
from up here in Inwood, NYC, aka "beautiful upstate Manhattan." SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, June 28, 3-7pm, OPEN STUDIO. My cheerful little studio has been reconstructed,
and I’m very happy to open my doors again and welcome you in. The open
studio is a great opportunity for me to meet fellow art-lovers in a
setting that is much more casual than a gallery show — more like a backstage
tour or a visit to a mad scientist's lab! Come see a variety of work,
and shoot the breeze about what moves you about art in general.
At http://www.artstroll.com/open-studios/
you can get a map and listing of all the local artists also having
open studios that day. (Note hours: studios below 190 St, 12-4pm, above
190th St 3-7pm) My
studio address: 91 Payson Avenue #1C (closest subway: A train
to 200/Dyckman St). Studio phone: 917-992-4001. For more info,
visit http://www.artstroll.com. As
part of the Arts Stroll this year, the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
(NoMAA) is honoring Miguel Zenón – Saxophonist and composer,
2008 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship as well as a MacArthur
Genius Award, and a local resident to boot! Zenón’s fast-rising
career centers on fusing jazz with various forms of music from Puerto
Rico, like bomba and jibaro. If you venture north for the open
studios, you’ll have an opportunity to catch a FREE live performance
of the Miguel Zenón Trio, also on Sunday, June 28th, 12:30-2:30pm
at Ft. Washington Collegiate Church, 729 W 181 Street at Ft. Washington
Ave. Also
honored this year is Marjorie Eliot – pianist, vocalist and actress.
Art’s power to make an emotional connection is on display in Apt. 3F
of 555 Edgecombe Avenue, where every Sunday at 4pm for the past 16 years, Ms. Eliot has staged a jazz concert
in her apartment and welcomed the public to attend. Parlor Jazz keeps
the jazz tradition alive. Young lions hoping to test their chops share
the stage with veteran musicians. The audience squeezes into the living
room, kitchen and hallway on folding chairs. (For info, call 212-781-6595). UPCOMING: July 10-12, June
Kelly Gallery will be showing some of my work at Art Hamptons
in Bridgehampton, Long Island, at the Bridgehampton Historical Society,
2368 Montauk Highway. http://www.arthamptons.com You can keep tabs on my upcoming shows and news by visiting
my website, http://www.skypape.com and blog, http://www.skypape.wordpress.com. If you want even more, you can also find me on
http://www.facebook.com/skypape
and http://www.twitter.com/skypape.
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