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Praising The Patron Of The Arts

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 23, 2007
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“Art as Commerce is the Power to our Queer of Color Arts Legacy” Sheree L. Ross

Sheree Ross

Love Gratitude Blessings Joy and Appreciation to Sheree L. Ross
Consciousness Patron of the Arts

Sheree has supported my Consciousness/Spiritual Growth and Development for the past year/supporting the development of The love conjure/blues Text Installation and now my just-Being born project: delta dandi…

delta dandi explores the life of a Blues woman musician traveling with a Jazz band in the 1940’s at the height of the birth of bebop. delta dandi is a performance/novel that renders a polyrhythmic text based in oral histories. This Work will live as a book and as a cutting-edge theatre piece made of: text; documentary footage; live music; some fly singers; still images; and dramatization. The Work is an honoring of Black women musicians, Black history, and Black art forms, thereby the giving commentary on the American experience.

I will present the Work in-progress on 11/30/07 for The Center for African and African American Studies, U.T. Austin .

This work is very personal for me. It is an opportunity for me to take experiences gained from previous blues stories (the bull-jean stories), performance/novel & film installation (love conjure/blues) to a new level of exploration. This is an opportunity for me to leave a record of women like me/like my mother/her mother/us…

I am from the blues.Hard times remembered recounted like mantras/least we forget. Chants about survival and daddies taken in the night. Moans in the subtext of dreams.With chicken frying, music loud, finger popping and laughterI learned how to tell stories from my family.See Jazz is a blood memory. Something deep in the bones.A charge. A responsibility. A gift. Like those stories.Long before the mentors, the theatre, the words formedthere was my mother’s laughterand her mother’sand her’s.Sharon Bridgforth

THANK YOU SHEREE!! May your Wisdom and Generousity come back to you a hundred fold with Grace…

We’re Celebrating raulrsalinas 8/25/07

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 20, 2007
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AMORINDIO:Tributo y Celebracion for raulrsalinas:Join us to honor and celebrate the life of Austin’s elder Xicanindio poet/human rights activist.
Raul Salinas
2pm - 7pm Saturday, August 25, 2007
Mexican American Cultural Center
600 River Street, Austin, Tejas
$10 dollar suggested donation

A veterano of Chicano literature/letters, raulrsalinas’ writing and activism have earned him international recognition as a spokesperson for a diversity of political causes,ranging from prisoner rights and national liberation struggles to gang intervention and youth arts advocacy.raulrsalinas is the author of three collections of poetry: Un Trip Thru the Mind Jail y Otras Excursions (Editorial Pocho-Che, 1980; Arte Publico Press, 1999), East of the Freeway: Reflections de mi pueblo (Red Salmon Press, 1995), and Indio Trails: A Xicano Odyssey thru Indian Country (Wings Press, 2006). Recently, UT Press published a selected collection of his prison wirtings, raulrsalinas and the Jail Machine: My Weapon Is My Pen (edited by Louis Mendoza, 2006). SHOP AT RESISTENCIA BOOKSTORE!!

The tribute will feature performances and presentations by:
Miguel Algarin (NYC), Sandra Cisneros (San Antonio), Carmen Tafolla (San Antonio), Norma E. Cantu (San Antonio), Alejandro Murguia (San Francisco), Sharon Bridgforth (Austin), Roberto Vargas (San Antonio), Tammy Gomez (Fort Worth), Rosemary Catacalos (San Antonio), Levi Romero (Albuquerque, NM), Tony Spiller (NYC),Celeste Guzman Mendoza (Austin), Jessica Torres (San Antonio).Presenters on raulrsalinas’ life include:Antonia Castaneda (San Antonio), Roberto Maestas (Seattle, WA), and Alan Eladio Gomez (Corpus Christi). There will be an opening ceremony by Danzantes Concheros y musica movimiento Chicano by Conjunto Aztlan.

The celebracion will also include a Silent Art Auction, curated by Chicana artist Jane Madrigal, with over 30 pieces by artists throughout the Southwest,and Food/Refreshments provided by Alma de Mujer Catering Dept.All proceeds will support Red Salmon Arts,a Native American/Chicana/o based cultural arts organization with a history of working within indigenous communities of Austin since 1983.

This event is sponsored by Red Salmon Arts, Alma de Mujer, and UT Press.For more info:
512-416-8885 revolu AT swbell dot net.

Just Booked At Northwestern University!

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 20, 2007
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We are extremely proud and excited to say that The love conjure/blues Text Installation has just been booked at Northwestern University for a Black and Latino/a queer performance festival that will take place April 17 - 20 2008!!!

Our invitation comes from the illustrious
E. Patrick JohnsonChair and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Performance Studies
Professor, Department of African American Studies
Northwestern University
Stayed tuned for more information!

Sekou Sundiata: In Memoriam

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 12, 2007
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A memorial service will be held on Sekou’s birthday, Wednesday August 22, 2007 at the Tischman Auditorium at The New School (66 West 12th Street) from 6 - 8 pm with a reception immediately following.

“SHORTSTORYLONG” Sekou Sundiata Praise Day at Bowery Poetry Club
Saturday, July 28, 2007 3 - 5pm

Listen to excerpts of Sekou’s past interviews with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air.
Sekou
Read a beautiful tribute to Sekou written by Vernon Reid in this week’s Village Voice

Film Screening & Workshop

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 7, 2007
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allgo presents:
The love conjure/blues Text Installation
Film Screening

conjure photo
When: Friday, August 24, 2007
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: allgo[701 Tillery Street, Suite A-1, Austin, TX 78702]
Cost:Donations Accepted
Contact: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano 512.472-2001 ext. 101 allgo

Did you miss the premiere of The love conjure/blues Text Installation? Did you see it and want to talk about it? Do you like popcorn and soda pop? Or do you just feel like hanging out with other fun loving people? Whatever your reason for coming might be, don’t miss the screening of The love conjure/blues Text Installation Film at allgo!. For more on love conjure/blues to go the love conjure/blues page on this site or loveconjureblues.com

Come see an artful and compelling film created by Jen Simmons, combining footage from the world premiere text installation and footage of me narrating the show. The screening will be followed by a conversation and refreshments (provided by The Center for African and African American Studies, U.T. Austin. ) Down load the PSAALSO

I am going to facilitate a workshop/presented by allgo

When: Sunday, August 26, 2007
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Where: allgo[701 Tillery Street, Suite A-1, Austin, TX 78702]
Cost: Donations Accepted
Contact: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano 512.472-2001 ext. 101
Artists of all backgrounds, experience levels and genres are invited to participate in this workshop designed to explore artistic process. Participants will be asked to bring in work/and or Vision that is ready to move to a “next moment.” Using principles of the Jazz Aesthetic (Virtuosity/Improvisation/Non-Linear Form/Rigor/Breath/Synchronicity, etc) participants will work their work/Vision AND engage in conversation about creative process, new media, touring, and making a living as an artist. Refreshments will be provided by The Center for African and African American Studies, U.T. Austin.Down load PSA
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Hip Hop Theatre Explosion

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 5, 2007
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Zell's flyer
Check ‘em on Myspace
Poet, teacher/mentor, actor, writer, father, community leader, Art-son of Laurie Carlos : Zell Miller, 111 truly out did himself with his recent Hip Hop Theatre Explosion at the Vortex Theatre in Austin, TX

Re-claiming/Re-defining/and educating about True Hip Hop cultureZell represented beautifully on stage with:all aspects of the art form;men, women and children of all races sharing their Gifts;queerness present and embraced;and enough Energy to fly on for months.It was one of the most beautiful, Inspiring and important gatherings that I have been to in a long time. Zell/A young Black man-married, a father, a mentor to young artists/is Lifting all generations of Voices/moving us forward as he brings the Love dignity respect and Creative Vision back to Hip Hop/with old school fury.There is talk that it will happen again. You can bet i’ll be there…

Read Three Questions With Zell Miller, 111 an interview by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin Austin American Statesman, 8/2/07Check the artists on Myspace

See the post under NEWS titled VIDEO FAVS to watch Da’Shade Moonbeam BLOW THE STAGE UP with his piece titled Bamboo Thickets, in which he incorporates Capoeira into the Work. HUMHUMMshonuffindeed…

Also in a wonderful excerpt from a documentary Da’Shade talks about how he got his name.

Don’t miss the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX 8/8/07 - 8/11/07 Check the schedule Zell and other artists from the Hip Hop Explosion will be representing lovely…

Sunday’s In Paradise

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 4, 2007
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sundays in paradiseDJ PHILLY PHIL is our very own dynamic recording artist: Phillip Alexander
You KNOW we fixnta ROCK THE HOUSE…

Mommy/Daddy Is Proud

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 2, 2007
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Phoenix Fabrik
I am so proud an excited/Daniel Alexander Jones opens Phoenix Fabrik
at the Todd Mountain Theatre Project (in the Catskills) today. I am Daniel’s Dramaturg on this project and I tell you it is BRILLIANT!! AND the cast is absolutley stellar:
The one and only: Robbie McCauley,
Sonja Perryman (my daughter),
Barbara Duchow,
Namir Smallwood.

This is my Tribe/I LOVE these artists-this piece
you know stage mommy/daddy ain’t gonn miss the fun
I’m heading off to the mountains na…

Now Available For Booking…

Published
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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 1, 2007
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The love conjure/blues Test Installation. More clips, reviews and information!

Books I’m Diggn On

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Sharon Bridgforth
on August 1, 2007
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