Artists and art–Mine and others
Generations can give each other so much. Recently I enjoyed two play dates with children two generations younger than me: my great nieces and my young upstairs neighbors. My great nieces and I painted on fabric and then pulled prints from the fabric and the plastic beneath the painting. The prints became cards. “Aunt Janet,…
This week I’ve been a Woman About Town experiencing the best of St. Louis’ art and culture. Sunday: Freida Wheaton’s Salon 53 King-Obama brunch in conversation with leading figures in St. Louis’ African American arts, culture, and business. Tuesday afternoon: Groundbreaking for the St. Louis Art Museum expansion program. Tuesday evening: Robert Reich wowing us…
Freida Wheaton’s sense of occasion and community brings together a diverse and accomplished group of creative and business people that are always a pleasure to meet. Last year we gathered to celebrate the victory and promise of Barack Obama’s new administration. This year we gathered again to remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as it…
Want to know more about story poems as a tool for writing memoir? Listen to this Story Circle Network podcast with Janet Riehl.
Hail, Poets! While we spend our time watching various wana-be-a star-competitions in dance, and song the Arab world has its own TV competition shows for poets! The Million’s Poet is one of the most popular TV shows in the Middle East where poets, male and female, poor Bedouin or university scholar, read their elegant, emotionally…
Ever been in a critique group? Want to know how to make the most out of it when your work is being critiqued? Read the January post for our Creative Catalyst column. “The Critique Waltz” on Story Circle Network’s blog Telling Her Stories. Written by Janet Riehl of St. Louis and Stephanie Farrow of Albuquerque
Mark Elliott has been filming Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche since 1997. In this video he shares intimate footage, documenting the child’s enthronement, his development as a student, his training, family, and teachers. It is a rare glimpse into the life and travels of the incarnation of His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Lloyd Kleine Harvey with Suzanne Tucker Lloyd Klein Harvey has been a friend of mine since the late 1990s. He sponsored my Peace Flag workshop in his Art from Recycled Materials studio at the City Museum. We started the Peace Project at the Millennium. Since then, I’ve moved to St. Louis and seen his artwork…
The entire extended family is traveling in a van to a family reunion. It’s sort of a womb zoom. “What kind of fabric are the shoes made of?” I asked my great niece as she drew a picture of a princess. In creating a world we need to imagine the specifics. What is your world?…
I know you’ll enjoy Maggie Claire’s description of her writing process for “As If It Didn’t Happen.” What I love best about her process is the interaction between writing and music. –JGR ____________________ Have you ever peered into the water and seen yourself looking back? Often, the person looking back at me looks familiar but…