An Electronic Newsletter from The Studios of Key West
Walk on White
Thursday 17 July from 6:00-9:00pm
A showcase of new work by (very) young artists, open studios
upstairs, and a motion-activated installation by Canadian artist
Helen Verbanz will highlight July's Walk on White
Stop in at the Armory this Thursday from 6-9pm, for a great Walk on
White experience. Visitors to the main hall will discover Seagrass, a
motion-sensitive, ecologically-inspired installation by last month's tskw
artist-in-residence, Helen Verbanz. A conceptual artist from Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Verbanz spent several weeks in Key West, researching
and building an installation based on the estuaries and mangroves
surrounding our delicate island chain.
And get a glimpse of the future of local creativity. Adorning the Armory
foyer walls will be samples of work created by the TSKW Art Academy
kids, the budding artistic talents who've been making art on our campus
every day this week. Using the Armory as their creative base, the kids
have been meeting Key West artists in their studios, learning about
Picasso, Frieda Kahlo, and Georgia O'Keefe, and making all sorts of
expressive things.
As with every Walk on White, most of the twelve upstairs studios will
open their doors and let the public in to discover the paintings, mixed-
media objects, design work, and literary arts that have been coming out
of our busy creative community. Meet great local artists and learn more
about their work: Peter Vey, Letty Nowak, Debra Yates, Deborah
Goldman, Peter Downie, Hayes Blinckmann, Marc Caren, Sherry
Tewell, Rebecca Bennett, Lisa Esposito, Mark Hedden, and new short-
term studio artist Guillermo Orozco.
To make this Thursday's art walk even more delicious, finger foods
have been generously donated by the Rusty Anchor Restaurant on
Stock Island.
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Announcing a special summertime offer:
One free life drawing session for first-time locals
Every Wednesday 6-8pm
$5 Friends/TSKW- $10 non-members
From now until the end of August, locals are invited to try their first life
drawing session for free at the Armory.
Every Wednesday, from 6 to 8pm, we provide tables, easels, light music
and a model. Participants bring their materials, enthusiasm, and
creative spirit. The sessions, which are untutored, begin with several
1-5 minute warm-ups and then progresses to longer 10-20 minute
poses.
So pack up your paper, pencils and paint and come along to the Armory
to explore your inner artist this summer!
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"The Unwinking Gaze"
The Next Spiritual Garden Movie at the Armory
Monday 21 July, 8:00pm
(Suggested donation of $5 gratefully accepted)
This is one incredible
Documentary on the Dalai Lama
as you`ve never seen him before!
Goes where no other movie or journalistic endeavor has gone before,
in tracking the daily agonies of the Tibetan leader as he tries to strike a
balance between his Buddhist vows and the real politic needed to placate
China.
David and Goliath is played out in front of us as the world's emerging
superpower and the Dalai Lama walk a tightropeover an issue of global
importance: the future of Tibet and China.
Filmmaker Joshua Dugdale was given extraordinary access to the Dalai
Lama over a three-year period. The Unwinking Gaze is not three years in
the life of the Dalai Lama. It is his life's work in three years. This film takes
you inside the Titanic struggle of one of the great spiritual and political
figures of our time, as he tries to lead his people to a peaceful resolution
with China. Director Joshua Dugdale.
70 mins.
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The Studios of Key West is a nonprofit cultural organization established
in 2006 with a mission of supporting our community's creative people,
fostering new projects and partnerships, and advancing the cultural
life of our island. Find us and our campus at the Historic Armory,
600 White Street in Old Town Key West. Our current facilities
comprise a main exhibition hall and workshop space, 12 artist
studios, a sculpture garden, several residency cottages, and
small office.
Visit us there, and learn about our plans for the 2008/09 season!
Eric Holowacz, Executive Director
Elena Devers, Projects & Marketing Coordinator
Martha Barnes, Program Coordinator
Lauren McAloon, Facilities Coordinator
Monica Feinemann, Education & Outreach Coordinator
