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Art Day Extravaganza
Sunday, December 11th, 2011, Noon - 8PM
Featuring a Short Film Showcase, a B.Y.O.A. Art Exhibit, and a Reading Series. Ticket purchases support opportunities for women in the arts!
B.Y.O.A. and Reading Series
B.Y.O.A. Bring You Own Art - View an energetic and diverse exhibition as various artists showed their work for one day only! All works are available for purchase.
Readings - Women Writers read and discuss their works. Various forms of literary arts were presented poetry, excerpts from prose and plays.
Short Film Showcase & Behind The Scenes Exhibit
This short film showcase featured a behind the scenes look at how the films were made through an exhibition that will include drawing, paintings, costumes, props, and storyboards. The film screenings will be at 3pm + 6pm. The following four short films will be featured:
PRESCOTT PLACE by PEILIN KUO drama/23 min
Prescott Place depicts the psychological breakdown of Jane, a failed actress who has been waiting for her lover for ten years. Her only companion is a Baby Doll made in her likeness. When her lover finally arrives, their reunion is tested to live up to Jane's expectations.
LITTLE BROTHER by NICOLE FRANKLIN and JASMIN TIGGETT doc/15 min
Little Brother is a series of 15-minute documentary films dedicated to giving black boys a unique voice. Beginning in 2010, the filmmakers Nicole Frankline and Jasmin Tiggett, began one-on-one conversations with black boys as young as nine years old. Their demystifying look into their lives reveals what society tends to rob them of: LOVE.
2804 by CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ animation/7 min
2804, is a 2-D animated short, completely hand drawn, hand painted and narrated by music. The film takes place in the year 2804, in a world where only three living things remain a woman, a bird and a flower. The woman has no idea that she may be the catalyst for the final destruction of earth.
Abbie Cancelled by Jessica Sue Burstein and Robbie Norri comedy/16 min
After their mutual friends cancel at the last second, two couples that have never met survive an unforgettable evening of embarrassing moments, strange behavior and hidden agendas.
The People's Choice
From October 13th - 30th, 2011, The Pen and Brush, Inc. presented an international group exhibition that originated from the public voter's selections. This all media show consists of seventy-six works by fifty-six individual artists. Click Here for List of Artists/Works
Click Here To View The Exhibition
Image Photo Credit: (Click Here To View Full Images) ROW 1: June Truesdale, Bride on the Beach, Harriet Slaughter, Route 66; Liz Cenedella, Hawk ROW 2: Lourdes Ramirez, Subway. The American Dream, Iraina Caramelli, Flow Through the Rocks, Deile Cherry-Smith, No Brainer ROW 3: Elizabeth Krall, Betrayal; Flora Jacobson, The Scientist; Maya Just Maya, Holding the Vision
iPad Art Show: Short Films
From October 13th - 30th, 2011, we held our first invitational iPad Art Show. The following four short films were featured:
A.K.A.08494#### by Peilin Kuo 3 min
"A.K.A.08494####", is a short film that examines identity through an amalgamation of numbers pertaining to a new immigrant's private life into American society, i.e. clothes, food, and sex, as well as how she is defined publicly, i.e. passport number, green card number and social security number. Amidst this seemingly mundane recitation, it defines a contemporary self-portrait.
Children of God by Kiera Faber 4 min
"Children of God", was made in response to the documentary The Day my God Died by Andrew Levine, depicting the horrific sex trafficking of young girls in Nepal and India. It is an experimental film that symbolizes what it could feel like to be a prisoner, continually raped and abused. Yet even in the midst of such horror and pain, the universal goodness and innocence of children is present, providing a window of hope towards ending the suffering.
To Be There by Sharon Lenger 10 min
The video “To Be There”, which consists of brief glances at windows of residential apartments in Tel-Aviv, reflects my permanent longing for a home, for some familiar place, in which I have never been. It Results from my wandering in the streets of Tel Aviv, in an attempt to sniff a bit of life and to try and grasp the warmth of a place where If I had been there,
I would surely be better. It seems that I always want to be wherever I’m not.
The Face Shop by Noella Borie 6 min
“The Face Shop”, is a dark comedy for children about a faceless kid called Neil. Neil goes into a Face Shop with his friend “Manny” and tries on a bunch of artifacts. Despite the kindness of the shop keeper and his friend, nothing seems to work out for Neil. Will he find an appropriate face for himself? Find out in this creepy cartoon!
Women of African Descent in the Arts
March 15, 2009
Honorees: Mary Barnett, Hope Clarke, Sheila Dabney, Sylviane Diouf, Mary Hinkson,
Virginia Johnson, Marcia Pendelton, Zita Allen, Sheila Rohan,
and the life and work of Eartha Kitt.
©Pen and Brush, 2012