Talk20 #4: Tuesday, March 22

From C3's press release/email:

With the success of the first three talk20 events during the past two years, C3: The Creative Change Center and 1708 Gallery are hosting the fourth talk20 event on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

The event will feature a hybrid of educators and professionals working in some branch of the creative field - such as art, architecture or design. talk20 is based on a series of short presentations of 20 slides each. Each presenter has 20 seconds per slide to express his or her very own artistic voice. The event has the broader goal of encouraging an exchange between those in the creative industry and a wider audience.

Participants for the upcoming event include:

Ellie Basch, chef and caterer of Savor/The Lunch Porter cafe. http://www.ChefEllie.com and http://www.TheLunchPorter.com.

Bentley Boyd, creator of history comic books http://www.chestercomix.com

Arthur E Chadwick, president of Chadwick & Son Orchids Inc and co-author of 'The Classic Cattleyas' book http://www.chadwickorchids.com

Suzanna Fields, visual artist, http://www.suzannafields.com

Margaret Hancock, art and design educator, http://www.margarethancockstudio.com

Amanda Robinson, founder and and current Executive Director of Gallery5 (NFP) http://www.gallery5arts.org

Ed Trask, Visual Artist http://www.edwardtrask.com

talk20 is not simply a lecture, but it focuses more along the lines of a gathering, an open forum for the dissemination of ideas in art, architecture and design. talk20 events are held across the nation and globe in such places as Chicago, Santa Cruz, Toronto and Guatemala.

Doors will open at 5:30pm. The event is free to the public. Complimentary light food and cash bar will be available.

The event is free, but you should register here.

Notes from 1708 and C3's recent Talk20

Many thanks to Tiffany Glass Ferreira for compiling a link list from the last Talk20 for those of us who couldn't make it to the event...

Slash Coleman, nationally renowned storyteller, best known for his award-winning PBS special and Off-Broadway one-man show, "The Neon Man and Me"

www.slashcoleman.com

www.slashcoleman.com/production-the-neon-man-and-me

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490771/plotsummary

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/slashcoleman

Mike Keeling, Abstract Artist and Metal Sculptor

Images from Creating "Plane Air"! http://www.artworksrichmond.com/ShowAug2005-Members-Planes-Trains.htm

Emilia Lanwehr, Curator and Manager of The Whitley Gallery http://www.inmateart.org/

Current Exhibit: Minority Art Exhibition (MAE), taking place September 30 – October 8, 2010, in Downtown Richmond. MAE is an exploration and celebration of the vitality of contemporary art created by African American and Latin American artists. http://www.inmateart.org/exhibits/minority-art-exhibit/

Upcoming exhibit: The RVAnthology, a graphic novel collaboration between 5 of Richmond’s rising illustrators including Richie Pope, Chris Johnson, Eric Pfeiffer, Nate Nelson and Julia Scott http://www.inmateart.org/exhibits/rvanthology/

Phil Nesmith, Photographic Artist, combining early photographic methods with contemporary events www.philnesmith.com

Flow: An Interview and Exhibition Review: http://philnesmith.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/flow-an-interview-and-exhibition-review/

Scott Putman, Artistic Director for Amaranth Contemporary Dance

http://www.amarantharts.com/Amaranth_Contemporary_Dance/Home.html

Patience Salgado, photographer and creative kindness worker

Guerrilla Goodness: www.kindnessgirl.com

Pennies in Protest: http://www.penniesinprotest.com/

Francis Thompson, STEPS: Mountain Lake Workshop with John Cage 1989 / Stephen Addiss 2008 / Merce Cunningham 2009.

John Cage: http://www.johncage.info/

Stephen Addiss: http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/about-thf/associates/

Merce Cunningham: www.merce.org


Be on the lookout for information for the next Talk20 from C3-The Creative Change Center and 1708!

Talk20 next NEXT Tuesday, Sept. 28th

(from 1708's website)

Talk 20 is not a lecture but a gathering, an open forum for the dissemination of ideas in art, architecture and design. Produced in cities around the world, 1708 Gallery together with C3: the Creative Change Center, are the organizers of Talk 20 in Richmond. Presenters will have up to 20 slides and 20 seconds for each slide, to talk about their work.

Please join us for the next Talk 20 on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is free, open to the public and will include food and a cash bar. Please register for the event HERE.

PARTICIPANTS:
Slash Coleman, nationally reknowed storyteller, best known for his award-winning PBS special and Off-Broadway one-man show, "The Neon Man and Me."

Mike Keeling, Abstract Artist and Metal Sculptor

Emilia Lanwehr, Curator and Manager of The Whitley Gallery

Phil Nesmith, Photographic Artist, combining early photographic methods with contemporary events

Scott Putman, Artistic Director for Amaranth Contemporary Dance

Patience Salgado, photographer and creative kindness worker

Francis Thompson, STEPS: Mountain Lake Workshop with John Cage 1989 / Stephen Addiss 2008 / Merce Cunningham 2009

You Say Tomato Link Monday

Keith Ramsey

RTD: "Darkroom: Photography and New Media in South Africa since 1960" at VMFA and Visarts and "Imaging South Africa: Collecting Projects by Siemon Allen" at Anderson Gallery, video from Art 180's "Paint Outside the Box" event

... and with some ideas for continuing revitalization of the area around downtown's Convention Center

Grid: Cathyann Burgess, Dan Rhett, Michael Mancuso, and Greg Lewis's "Pamlico" now on view at Visual Art Studio, "Wretched Glory" now at Ghostprint Gallery, and upcoming arts events "Monster Drawing Rally" at 1708 and "Band Together for the Well" at Capital Ale House

RVA Mag: The Process with Christian Breeden, Cynthia Camlin's "Glacial Speed" at 1708

Style: 1000 Strong Project's call for artists, on Keith Ramsey's "Diluted Loss" at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center

Richmond.com: Lost Cats Project- social art for RVA

Courtesy of VA Commision for the Arts: Norfolk emphasizes importance of public art to downtown revitilization (video)

Checking in with RVA's Creative Change Center

RVA Artist Dana Frostick on CBS (courtesy of Frame Nation)

CultureWorks' John Bryan comments on Jonathan Weston's show "Human," up now at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center (check out CultureWorks' August Monthly Report, too)