March 26 / 17 Hey! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Lots of things happening at this moment. First I would like to tell you that Shadowbox will be out of the office for Spring Break, March 27 – April 2. I will put out another news post later on this week. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, be blessed! featured image: MrWallpaper.com
March 21 / 17 Spring is officially here. That means it’s time for Spring Read 2017. Found twelve that just may interest you…. Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders The Refugees – Viet Thanh Nguyen The Child – Fiona Barton Amberlough: A Novel – Lara Elena Donnelly The Devil Crept In – Ania Ahlborn The Stars Are Legion – Kameron Hurley The Most Beautiful: My Life With Prince – Mayte Garcia Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell – David Yaffe …
March 22 / 17 Hello! I’m always searching for opportunities for creative peeps and I love it. Calling all photographers: this is an opportunity can’t pass up! Read on…. cred: artshow.com The 6th International Photography Annual Publication Manifest seeks submissions for a Book Project! Three cash prizes of $1200, $500, and $300 for first, second, and third place winners. The award-winning International Photography Annual (INPHA) is open to a very broad range of lens-based and photographic submissions. This is not just for ‘photographers’ and ‘photography’ but also for anyone working creatively in a visual art (or design) field with work that incorporates the lens or photographic process in some significant way, including manipulated and mixed processes. As with all Manifest projects, we are open to learning just what’s being done that fits within this broad scope. $36 for up to 3 entries, $10 for each additional entry. Deadline: April 1, 2017. More info. Contact: email or call 513-861-3638. The Humanity Photo Awards 2017 The Humanity Photo Awards (HPA) is a biennial photography contest focusing …
March 22 / 17 Good Morning and Happy Wednesday! It’s music festival time and I have found more festivals going on for the end of this month of March…. cred: music festival wizard Beyond Wonderland 2017 / San Bernardino, CA / March 24-25, 2017 Big Ears 2017 / Knoxville, TN /March 23-26, 2017 Treefort Music Festival 2017 / Boise, ID /March 22-26, 2017 Ultra Miami 2017 / Miami, FL / March 24-26, 2017 Winter Wonder Grass Tahoe 2017/Squaw Valley, CA/March 30-April 2, 2017 Savannah Music Festival 2017/Savannah, GAMarch 23- April 8, 2017 More to come…. featured images: Music Wizard Festival & unknown
March 18 / 17 Hello and Happy Weekend! In the March issue of The Hollywood Reporter, we get a glimpse of The 25 Most Powerful Stylists in Hollywood by Carol McColgin. This is the magazine’s seventh annual list. You really don’t think of stylists as artists, but when you see their clients and the looks they create, well let’s just say they create a work of art. Here are the top ten….. cred: the hollywood reporter, Carol McColgin Karla Welch / Clients: Ruth Negga, Sarah Paulson, America Ferrera, Busy Philipps, Karlie Kloss, Lorde, Justin Bieber, Pink Petra Flannery / Clients: Emma Stone, Amy Adams, Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Saldana, Daisy Ridley, Andrew Garfield Kate Young / Clients: Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman, Margot Robbie, Selena Gomez, Dakota Johnson, Sienna Miller Elizabeth Stewart / Clients: Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Gal Gadot, Amanda Seyfried Julia von Boehm / Client: Nicole Kidman …
March 17 / 17 Happy St. Paddy’s Day! We were in Vancouver, Canada and now were in the state of California. San Francisco is where we are. I’m sure I’ve covered this city before, but it’s becoming one of the places to visit. Take a look at what you can do in the City by the Bay….. cred: trip advisor Art Museums & Galleries Secession Art & Design / Address: 3235 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA94110 / Phone Number: +1 415-279-3058 secessionsf.com San Francisco Women Artist Gallery / Address: 647 Irving St., San Francisco, CA 94122-2401 / Phone Number: 14155668550 sfwomenartists.org Asian Art Museum / Address: 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 / Phone Number: +1 415-581-3500 http://www.asianart.org San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) / 151 3rd St, Enter on Howard or Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-3107 / Phone Number: +1 415-357-4000 http://www.sfmoma.org CONCERTS & SHOWS San Francisco Opera / 301 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102-4509 / Phone Number: +1 415-861-4008 sfopera.com Palace of Fine Arts Theatre / 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA …
March 15 / 17 Afternoon all! Just one post today, but it is full of artistic opportunities. Take a look to see which you think is right for you….. cred: artshow.com Summer of Love Arc Gallery in San Francisco seeks entries for “Summer of Love,” May 20 – June 10, 2017. This exhibition pays tribute to the 1967 Summer of Love and celebrates its 50th anniversary. Bay Area artists are invited to submit works that celebrate or reimagine the brief period in 1967 that was the Summer of Love. $250 Juror’s Award to 3 artists for work with most imaginative interpretation. Artists may explore these themes: Peace, Love, Freedom; social movements that arose out of the Summer of Love such as Anti-war, Environmental, Free Speech, Black Power, Women’s Movement, Gay Rights, Sexual Revolution, Farm Workers, Student Movement; anti-establishment attitudes; hippies and flower children; psychedelia; 1967 bands and music; pop art & pop art; fiber art incorporating tie-dye, macramé, embroidery or beading; poster art; and artwork utilizing fonts popular in that era. Open to artists residing …
March 13 / 17 I’m sure most of you spent time in theaters to see Kong: Skull Island. Directed by Jordan Vogt-Rodgers, this latest adventure is different from Peter Jackson’s version. First, it’s not three hours long and second, it gets to the point. Set in 1973, an expedition is heading to Skull Island. The expedition includes government agent Bill Randa (John Goodman), a young biologist Houston Brooks (Corey Hawkings), former British Special Air Service Captain James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston), a pacifist photojournalist Mason Weaver (Brie Larson), a US Army Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard (Samuel L. Jackson) and a handful of other characters. They begin to drop seismic explosives to map out the island….not only does that shake up the wildlife, but a huge creature, a 100-foot tall ape known as Kong and he’s is not too thrilled to see them coming on his home turf. We find out that Goodman’s character is really working for Monarch. This the same secret organization that was featured in 2014’s Godzilla, so I’m sure you know where this …
