On Saturday, May 2, Emmy nominee Gail O’Grady, who was born in Detroit but raised in Wheaton, IL, stars in “Living Out Loud,” an inspirational film which reminds us of the difference between being alive and living.
In addition to these electrifying concerts, ICA will be performing selected works of Poulenc, Previn, and Diamond live on 98.7 WFMT from the Morse Theatre on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 11:00am.
Upcoming events for the season include April’s “Tuba or Not Tuba?” with works that will finally give this commanding brass instrument the spotlight it deserves. And finally, kick off the summer in June with “Prokofiev is to Ballet as Debussy is to Drama,” a fascinating compilation of works by Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Alan Hovhaness and Sergei Prokofiev.
Jolanta Pawlak is someone who promises to be a famous and important woman artist. A native of Poland, she studied art in both Europe and the United States. She now lives in Curacao the Dutch Antillean Island in Caribbean, where she finds the inspiration to do
beautiful body sculptures. She gets all of her inspiration and material from underwater. Jolanta’s creations are lovely to watch and pleasurable to wear. The exquisite, fine silver rings, necklaces and earrings are enhanced using a variety of patinas, fabulous shades of amber, natural gemstones or pearls. The jewelery is richly textured ,inspired by the coral sea fans and shells which Jolanta sees while diving in to Caribbean sea.
Dorota Silaj: What inspired you to become an artist?
By: Kourosh Ziabari
The second edition of
„Cinema Verite” of 2008 hosted bunches of producers, journalists, documentarists and cinema experts from 84 countries worldwide, while the most of participants belonged to Poland, India, UK, France, Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, the United States, Japan, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland and Brazil.
The Galeria is open Saturdays and Sundays from
Mentally challenged brother is inspiration for the newest pieces. Unlike her previous work, this series focuses less on the physical likeness, and more on the emotive portrait. Bachorski-Bowman’s newest series called “Portraits of a Soul” was inspired by her brother. “He is special; mentally challenged,” said Bachorski-Bowman’s “He is a remarkable individual, who has greatly impacted my life. He is unable to converse, yet is full of emotions he is unable to express verbally. He is an adult by years; an innocent, a child, by experience. The new work is inspired by the raw emotions I’ve seen in him.”
During the month of October the celebration of harvest time spreads over a large area of Sonny Acres. Decorated with mountainous piles of pumpkins, visitors to the farm will discover a farm market, spook house, costume shoppe and all sorts of Halloween displays and attractions scattered about.
A visit to the harvest barn will find a wide assortment of gourds, squashes, Indian corn and other farm stand items unique to the fall season. Apple lovers will be delighted to find crispy Wisconsin and Michigan apples in their favorite varieties. Upstairs in the barn loft visitors will discover a dazzling display of Halloween, harvest time, and Thanksgiving decorations.
On Friday, September 19, 2008 the International Business Club in Chicago hosted the photo exhibition of one of its member – Barbara Gasior Sobczyk. Most of exhibited photos were: portraits, erotic figure shots and closeups of nature in black and white.
Obecnie mieszka na karaibskiej wyspie Curacao, należącej do Antyli Holenderskich, zamieszkałej przez 40 różnych narodowości. Tam znajduje inspirację do kreowania swej niepowtarzalnej, przepięknej sztuki, w której przedstawia rozmaitość różnych kultur i piękno natury.
Inspirację i potrzebne materiały zdobywa podczas nurkowania obserwując podmorskie skarby Karaibów: muszle, korale i rozmaite formacje skalne, co odróżnia ją od innych artystów wykonujących ten zawód.
KURS FABULARNY W SZKOLE WAJDY!
Szkoła i Fundacja Andrzeja Wajdy ogłaszają nabór na półtoraroczny kurs fabularny „Studio Prób”. Zgłoszenia należy przysyłać do 30 listopada 2008
Kurs będzie podzielony na dwa etapy: w pierwszym (4 miesiące) weźmie udział 15-20 uczestników, w drugim (12 miesięcy) 6-8 uczestników. Zajęcia rozpoczną się w lutym 2009 r. Kurs będzie trwać półtora roku. Zgodnie z zasadą „od pomysłu do realizacji” uczestnicy rozwijają zgłoszone projekty filmów pełnometrażowych lub półgodzinnych i na II etapie kręcą dwie sceny ze swoich scenariuszy.