ABAD SEATTLE: POSTER BY ANGELA FERRARA [167]

Poster by Angela Ferrara for A Book About Death Seattle.  Yes, that's Amy Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011).

And yes, it's 11.11.11.

Download the ABAD SEATTLE POSTER HERE.  


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MATTHEW ROSE FRANCE 24 INTERVIEW [166]

Arts News: September 4, 2011 par tvnportal


    France 24 Interview: Eve Jackson, Culture Editor of France 24, interviews Matthew Rose about his art and A Book About Death.
Click here to see the FRANCE 24 interview on their site. (Actual interview starts approximately 5 minutes into the piece).

JOE SAYLOR BRASS BAND AT ABAD 23 [165]

Playing live: The Joe Saylor Brass Band: Music of the Jazz Funeral at The Ties That Bind, the A Book About Death exhibition at the Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery in Bayshore, New York. This performance took place during the August 13, 2011 artists' reception.

ABAD 23: THE TIES THAT BIND – THE MUSIC [164]

Some images of the opening reception of The Ties That Bind, curated by LuAnn Palazzo, at the Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery in Bayshore, New York.  Top image: AnnMarie Tornabene's Live Portrait performance.

Click here to see a number of the videos of the New Orleans Jazz Band playing some very hot tunes as the line marches to the gallery.

THE TIES THAT BIND : ANGELS [163]

Many people have helped make the latest exhibition of the A Book About Death project happen, including these very fine folks who contributed towards the New Orleans Jazz Band fund (via Kickstarter):

ABAD ANGELS 2011 / List of Show Benefactors

Ann M. Bray, CA
Arthur and Mimi Leipzig, NY
Amy Bassin, NY
Betty Esperanza, Canada
Benoit David, Canada
Bernd Reichert, Belgium
Carrie Crow, NY
Cordula Kagemann, Germany
Ezra Huber, NY
Eva Brunner, Germany
Gary Hillier, Canada
Gregory Scheckler, MA
Jim Swanson, IL
Jane Wang, MA
Jamie Newton, OR
Jude Worters, Australia
Joe Carideo, NC
Joe Palazzo, NY
James and Shirley Hathaway. IL
Julie Sadler, NY
Kim Triedman, MA
Karen Rosnizeck, Germany
Liese A. Ricketts, IL
Louise Weinberg, NY
Lawrence Charles Miller, PA
Lorraine DarConte, AZ
Matthew Rose, France
Mara Thompson, CA
Mark Bloch, NY
Michael Chan, NJ
Milanka Bunard, Canada
Maya Van Jeier, NY
Michael Harford, IN
Nadine Bouler, NY
Nadine Witkin, NY
Patricia Sahertain, AZ
Patricia Kranenberg, NY
Richard Dailey, France
SEEKING KALI: Susan Shulman, Canada,
Ria Vanden Eynde, Belgium, and
William Evertson, CT
Susan Barbash, NY
Sonja Benskin Mesher, UK
Steven Ceraso, NY
Val MacEwan, NC
Vicki Ragan, NY
Willie Marlowe and Tom Speight, NY
William and Karen Evertson, CT

ABAD: THE TIES THAT BIND OPENS [162]

LuAnn Palazzo has just installed and opened the ABAD exhibition: The Ties That Bind. The exhibition is located at The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery in Bay Shore, New York on the East end of Long Island.

Steven McElroy of The New York Times reported on the exhibition and the total A Book About Death project. The opening for the exhibition, replete with a New Orleans Jazz Band, takes place on Saturday August 13, 2011, beginning at 6 PM.

Directions/info on the venue:  The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery is open Saturdays from 12-4 PM. Website for the gallery: http://www.secondavenuefirehouse.com/gallery.html 

See more installation photos here: http://abad-23.blogspot.com/

ABAD SEATTLE LAUNCHES [161]

ABAD Seattle will take place from November 10 to December 10, 2011 at the Quetzalcoatl Feathersnake Gallery.  The exhibition is curated by Seattle artist Kathleen McHugh. 

Details: Opening Nov 10 6-9 pm. Closing reception Dec 10, 6-9 pm.

See the art call: ABAD SEATTLE.

MAILING ADDRESS:
Almendra Sandoval
QUETZALCOATL GALLERY
3209 Beacon Ave S
Seattle, Washington 98144 USA
 
See the site, guidelines, work already submitted: http://abadseattle.blogspot.com/