![Sigils & Signs – A group art show
Opening: Friday, April 27th, 2012 7-10pm
On View: April 28th – June 17th, 2012
Gallery Hours: Thursdays & Fridays 3-6pm; Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm
March 27th, 2012 - Brooklyn, NY - Observatory and Phantasmaphile’s Pam Grossman are proud to announce Sigils & Signs, a group show of talismanic artworks, on view from April 27th through June 17th, 2012.
The fibers of art and magic are woven so tightly together, it’s often said that they are one and the same. Images are imaginal pictures. When we see something, a constellation of synapses fires, associations swirl, and new thoughts are born. We are altered - and what is magic, if not this?
That said, there is a long lineage of artists who, quite literally, created spells via drawings on the floor, scrawls in books, lines cut into wood or stone. Though the featured players of this story are often English magicians from John Dee to Austin Osman Spare to Alan Moore, symbol-based magic can be traced back through the ages and across cultures. Germanic runes were carved into objects and later used as vehicles of divination. Hindu yantras and Buddhist mandalas are meditative, microcosmic diagrams meant to elevate the mind to the spiritual plane, and Kabbalistic letters are infinite layer-cakes of mystic meaning. The well-placed glyph can bless a birth, or curdle mother’s milk. A ring of certain characters can summon a demon, and the right number-grid can allow communion with the angels. Excavated from grimoires, handed down from teachers both living and dead, these are powerful emblems that act upon the fabric of the universe.
As such, the works in Sigils & Signs are agents of change. By using occult symbols from various traditions and times, each artist explores what it means to be a magician in the modern age: to emblazon sigils upon the energy field; to make magic marks. While these artworks may be appreciated for their aesthetic value – and oh how valuable they are – the viewer is invited to engage with each piece on the immaterial level. Whether protective or contemplative, refueling or revealing, these “wall spells” are cast with careful beauty and the intention to transform.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Andreco
Jesse Bransford
Derrick R. Cruz
Adela Leibowitz
Jason Leinwand
Tamalyn Miller
Deborah Mills
Annie Murphy
Ouroboros Press
Daniel Rabuzzi
Michael Robinson
David Chaim Smith
Fredrik Söderberg
Hilary White
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Pam Grossman is an independent curator and lifelong student of magical practice and history. She is the creator of Phantasmaphile, a blog which specializes in art and culture with an esoteric or fantastical bent, and the Associate Editor of Abraxas International Journal of Esoteric Studies. As co-founder of Observatory, her programming aims to explore mysticism via a scholarly yet accessible approach. Her group art shows, Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists, VISION QUEST, and Alchemically Yours have been featured by such outlets as Boing Boing, CREATIVE TIME, Time Out New York, Juxtapoz, Arthur, 20×200, UrbanOutfitters.com, and Neil Gaiman’s Twitter. She lectures on such topics as The Occult in Modern Art 101, and teaches classes on herbalism and ritual. She is a graduate of New York University, where she studied anthropology, art history, and religious studies. A resident of Brooklyn, she lives with her playwright husband, Matt, and their two cat familiars, Albee and Remedios “Remy” Varo.
ABOUT THE GALLERY
Observatory is an art and events space in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Founded in February 2009 and run by a group of seven artists and bloggers, the space seeks to present programming inspired by the 18th century notion of “rational amusement” and is especially interested in topics residing at the interstices of art and science, history and curiosity, magic and nature. The space hosts screenings, lectures, classes, and exhibitions, and is part of the Proteus Gowanus art complex. It is located at 543 Union Street (at Nevins), and is accessed through Proteus Gowanus Gallery’s entrance. Observatory’s gallery hours are 3-6pm on Thursdays and Fridays; and 12-6pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
For press and media inquiries, please contact Pam Grossman: phantasmaphile [at] gmail.com or 732.995.5851 (mobile).
Show image: Jesse Bransford, “Every Man and Woman is a Star” detail, 2008
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www.phantasmaphile.com
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Sigils & Signs – A group art show
Opening: Friday, April 27th, 2012 7-10pm
On View: April 28th – June 17th, 2012
Gallery Hours: Thursdays & Fridays 3-6pm; Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm
March 27th, 2012 - Brooklyn, NY - Observatory and Phantasmaphile’s Pam Grossman are proud to announce Sigils & Signs, a group show of talismanic artworks, on view from April 27th through June 17th, 2012.
The fibers of art and magic are woven so tightly together, it’s often said that they are one and the same. Images are imaginal pictures. When we see something, a constellation of synapses fires, associations swirl, and new thoughts are born. We are altered - and what is magic, if not this?
That said, there is a long lineage of artists who, quite literally, created spells via drawings on the floor, scrawls in books, lines cut into wood or stone. Though the featured players of this story are often English magicians from John Dee to Austin Osman Spare to Alan Moore, symbol-based magic can be traced back through the ages and across cultures. Germanic runes were carved into objects and later used as vehicles of divination. Hindu yantras and Buddhist mandalas are meditative, microcosmic diagrams meant to elevate the mind to the spiritual plane, and Kabbalistic letters are infinite layer-cakes of mystic meaning. The well-placed glyph can bless a birth, or curdle mother’s milk. A ring of certain characters can summon a demon, and the right number-grid can allow communion with the angels. Excavated from grimoires, handed down from teachers both living and dead, these are powerful emblems that act upon the fabric of the universe.
As such, the works in Sigils & Signs are agents of change. By using occult symbols from various traditions and times, each artist explores what it means to be a magician in the modern age: to emblazon sigils upon the energy field; to make magic marks. While these artworks may be appreciated for their aesthetic value – and oh how valuable they are – the viewer is invited to engage with each piece on the immaterial level. Whether protective or contemplative, refueling or revealing, these “wall spells” are cast with careful beauty and the intention to transform.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Andreco
Jesse Bransford
Derrick R. Cruz
Adela Leibowitz
Jason Leinwand
Tamalyn Miller
Deborah Mills
Annie Murphy
Ouroboros Press
Daniel Rabuzzi
Michael Robinson
David Chaim Smith
Fredrik Söderberg
Hilary White
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Pam Grossman is an independent curator and lifelong student of magical practice and history. She is the creator of Phantasmaphile, a blog which specializes in art and culture with an esoteric or fantastical bent, and the Associate Editor of Abraxas International Journal of Esoteric Studies. As co-founder of Observatory, her programming aims to explore mysticism via a scholarly yet accessible approach. Her group art shows, Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists, VISION QUEST, and Alchemically Yours have been featured by such outlets as Boing Boing, CREATIVE TIME, Time Out New York, Juxtapoz, Arthur, 20×200, UrbanOutfitters.com, and Neil Gaiman’s Twitter. She lectures on such topics as The Occult in Modern Art 101, and teaches classes on herbalism and ritual. She is a graduate of New York University, where she studied anthropology, art history, and religious studies. A resident of Brooklyn, she lives with her playwright husband, Matt, and their two cat familiars, Albee and Remedios “Remy” Varo.
ABOUT THE GALLERY
Observatory is an art and events space in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Founded in February 2009 and run by a group of seven artists and bloggers, the space seeks to present programming inspired by the 18th century notion of “rational amusement” and is especially interested in topics residing at the interstices of art and science, history and curiosity, magic and nature. The space hosts screenings, lectures, classes, and exhibitions, and is part of the Proteus Gowanus art complex. It is located at 543 Union Street (at Nevins), and is accessed through Proteus Gowanus Gallery’s entrance. Observatory’s gallery hours are 3-6pm on Thursdays and Fridays; and 12-6pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
For press and media inquiries, please contact Pam Grossman: phantasmaphile [at] gmail.com or 732.995.5851 (mobile).
Show image: Jesse Bransford, “Every Man and Woman is a Star” detail, 2008
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www.phantasmaphile.com
art*culture*mirabilia
Digable Arts Festival 2012 | Monroe Center of Arts | Hoboken NJ
Apr 23rd, 2012 by Kaliptus |
Very little grows
on jagged rock.
Be ground.
Be crumbled,
so wildflowers will come up
where you are.
You’ve been stony for too many years.
Try something different.
Surrender.
-Rumi from Breton and Largent’s translations
New York is forever changed, in a good way because of the hard work and dedication of Jonathan Talat Phillips of Evolver.net and Reality Sandwich, two NYC organizations that went viral across the globe. If you do not know who they are, finding out may be quite a lot of fun. Here Jonathan is interviewed on the Occult of Personality website’s Peering Behind the Veil. Enjoy…
(Source: occultofpersonality.net)
Partner Yoga, Flying Yoga & Thai Massage Playshop
The Dancing Path™
is psyched to offer:
Partner Yoga, Flying Yoga
& Thai Massage Playshop
Nurturing Connection, Playfulness & Bliss
facilitated by
Kyoko Jasper
Saturday April 28th
7:15pm-9:30pm
at New York Live Arts
in NYC
219 W 19th Street
3rd Floor (bet 7 & 8 Ave)
NO PARTNER NECESSARY!
Everyone will be switching partners through out the evening.
NO YOGA OR THAI MASSAGE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
see pics from the last event at-
http://www.facebook.com/TheDancingPath
Flying yoga is a practice of giving, receiving, honoring, accepting, inhaling and exhaling that will take us into a new place of union and bliss. The base is the partner that creates a stable platform for the flyer to explore inverted aerial asana flows. The relationship between partners deepens as they exchange roles as flyer, base, and spotter, increasing their capacity for trust and communication. The flyer receives spinal and muscular release while the base is the recipient of Thai Massage and the Buddhist practice of “metta” loving kindness.
This workshop is ideal for those seeking unique ways of connecting with one another through movement and touch. Most importantly, it’s about nurturing ourselves and having FUN!
Working with a partner helps you to open your body more deeply than you could alone. Stretch not only your body, but also your movement creativity and relationship skills.
THIS EVENT IS FOR ADULTS.
Ages 18 & up.
ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME!
Yoga mats are not necessary and will not be provided.
If you prefer to use one please bring one.
Advance Registration is recommended!
Adv rate- $25.
Day of - $35.
To get the adv rate pre-payment is req by 11:30pm
the night before the event at-
http://www.meetup.com/thedancingpath/
About Kyoko
Kyoko Jasper (ERYT) was born and raised in Japan, in 1985, she moved to NYC to become an actress and for over two decades, she has been performing in Musical Theatre, TV and Film. After the devastating day of 9-11-2001, led by an undeniable calling in her heart, Kyoko went through a dramatic shift which led her passion to a Yogic way of life. Now she is dedicating herself to spread peace and healing all over the world through Yoga and other healing methods. Kyoko travels to Japan and other parts of the world regularly to teach in conferences, retreats, and trains teachers for her 200-hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training. Kyoko is certified in Dharma Mittra 500 hours TT, AcroYoga and Circus Yoga. She is also a Kirtan Leader, Reiki Master and a Spiritual Life Coach.http://www.kyokojasper.com/
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What is The Dancing Path™?
The Dancing Path is a celebratory transformational events organization that offers playful, creative, community building events, workshops and trainings all over NYC that help people get in touch with and be on a path that makes them dance inside and out! The Dancing Path™ offers an abundance of transformational dance events however is not limited to dance. Examples of various events that The Dancing Path™ offers: Contact Improv, Transformational Dance, Soul Motion, Yoga Trance Dance, Partner Yoga, Circus Yoga, Thai Massage, Shamanism Workshops, Shiatsu Trainings and more!
Let’s Grow this Community!
If you love these events and want to see more of them then I ask for your support in spreading the word. My vision is to have a center that can be the nurturing home to this community and these wonderful events! One way you can help grow this community is by inviting your friends to the events or to join the mailing list at- thedancingpath@gmail.com
feel free to friend me on facebook
http://facebook.com/friend.trinity.schmidt
I appreciate and thank you for all your love & support!
Artists in the Kitchen - Call for Participation
Noon-6 PM Sat./Sunday will be ~100 venues of an art walk: in Hell’s Kitchen homes, studios, galleries, biz., outdoors…Then Fri-Sunday 6 PM-4 AM, 6 parties over 3 nights/30 hours for artists & public to mix & mingle, with continual entertainment in all imaginable styles! All venues & shows: FREE! We are finalizing a grand Opening Soiree, & just added 1 evening event at a renowned Theater, thank you Producers Club!
Like to learn, network, gain skills while helping to build our 4th annual celebration? Still grateful for help in PR, Editing, Graphic Design, Special Events, street outreach…Complimentary registration for significant volunteering! All welcome at 6-23 7 PM Editor/layout meeting, Starbucks, 682 9th Avenue @ 47th St.
View the Magazine, Expanded digital edition, all 4 social media, new ads, videos/youtube channel, Sponsor/Media Kits, press release, biz. plan, maps, postcards…on our PROMO page!
Now our usual hyperlinks to gratis events, benefits, opportunities & openings-for artists, musicians, film & other creatives/fans!
Great HK neighborhood Contrast Art Show w/live music & shows, 320 W 37th St., 14th Fl. 4/26-27, 6pm-1am, fb.
For Earth Day/all weekend events, inc. Elders Council: PlanetHeart.org. AlsoPlanetHeart.org at Javits Center North for speakers, exhibits, cooking, film, workshops & fashion.
For MANY more events, & mainly art & film/video related grants, contests, opportunities: see our recent newsletters. Click THISweeks newsletter & LAST weeks!
Congratulations to Nadine Charleson on 1 of her ongoing exhibits: at TheBerlitz Language Center Gallery, 40 W 51st St., Rockefeller Center. A superb HK: ArtiST Alumni volunteer & Theater Design Professor with art at HK venues, & painting outside them during our festival.
So to show art, entertain, or publish deeply felt writing or art: Join our May 18-20th Festival & Magazine by registering &/or submitting work anytime THIS weekend to make the deadline! Click on ArtistsintheKitchen.org.
Mike Marcus Felber
Publisher, “AtTheEdge”, Founder & Prez.,
ArtistsintheKitchen.org.
212-582-2990.
FIGMENT NYC
Deadlines, deadlines… they’re alive, and they’re EVERYWHERE!
Deadlines are much like zombies—slow-moving, relentlessly approaching, a silent killer of inspiration. Deadlines are also much like cockroaches: if you see one, there are most certainly vast numbers between the walls. Unlike zombies, however, deadlines will not disappear with a well-aimed shot to the head. In fact, like with cockroaches, stepping on one will only make things worse. There is but one thing to do about deadlines: get cracking already, and MEET them! There are only ten days left to submit your project for FIGMENT NYC Weekend—that’s 240 hours to get yourself together and write up that amazing idea that you can’t wait to share with the world; that fantastical performance you’ve been dreaming to realize bare-foot in the grass; that workshop you just know will bring friends and foes together; that game, that social experiment, that request, that challenge that’s been singing around in your head… Maybe Jack London was on to something when he said: “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a bat.” So grab that bat (or that hoola-hoop, that teapot, that box in your head with your favorite things) and chase that rainbow!Submit your project today!
(c) 2011 Tes Rivera
Last day to submit your project for FIGMENT NYC Weekend is May 1
(c) 2010 Nolan Rhodes
Submissions for Pavilion competition close May 1
Registration for our third City of Dreams pavilion competition is closed—but to all the registered designers who have not submitted their design yet: make sure to submit your mind-bending pavilion-to-be by May 1! That means you have ten more days to submit your design. Find all the information you need to submit your project in the registration packet we sent you. Submit your registered design today!
The City of Dreams Pavilion is co-presented by FIGMENT, the Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) committee of the AIA NY Chapter, and the Structural Engineers Association of NY (SEAoNY).
(c) 2011 Logan Grendel
Tonight: FACES of FIGMENT in Boston
Enjoy an evening of art, performance, food and fascination! Meet FIGMENT artists, see cool art, enjoy fire and aerial performances… and more, at FACES of FIGMENT! We’ll provide the open bar and light refreshments. Support FIGMENT Boston and get your tickets to this exciting event now!
WHAT: FACES of FIGMENT
WHEN: April 20, 2012 from 7PM
WHERE: 18 Conry Crescent, Jamaica Plain, MA
TICKETS: $50 per person
Please Make a Donation to Support FIGMENT in 2012!
To make a recurring monthly donation:
Monthly Donation Advocate : $5.00USD - monthly Enthusiast : $10.00USD - monthly Devotee : $20.00USD - monthly Champion : $50.00USD - monthly——-
Evolver: Intensives: Learning From Thought Leaders
Evolver has now scheduled a calendar of amazing intensives with leading thought leaders in a diverse mix of fields and expertise. Learn More.
http://evolverintensives.com/upcoming/mm-visionary-nutrition.html
It’s time to let go of beliefs that divide - It’s time to shut off those that use fear and the illusion of our differences to divide and conquer our minds…..We are One, We are of Love..We are Love.
IT’S A SMALL SMALL WORLD by Hennessy Youngman
IT’S A SMALL SMALL WORLD by Hennessy Youngman
Kaliptus, Jaime Martinez, Vincent Zambrano and many other artists exhibit at Hennessy Youngman’s “It’s a Small, Small World” Group Artshow at Family Business Gallery. Lot’s of art celebrities, collectors, artists and cool people came to the opening reception. Spank Rock also performed which was fucking awesome. Show is up from April 3rd to the 16th
For more photos click below
IT’S A SMALL SMALL WORLD by Hennessy Youngman at Family Business!
Hello community:
If you haven’t committed to plans this evening then come and join us at Part 4 of the Unitribe Event series: LUCID ::: Awake in the Dream. Every Saturday, From March 10 - April 28th.. we bring you…LUCID ::: Awake in the Dream. (Details of Part 4 under “sponsored by”) Join our ancient Unitribe for an 8-part journey of discovery and collective evolution. We travel our course through 8 consecutive Saturdays and enjoy the last days of this location at City Life Wellness. Each event of the series is crafted with sound, color, movement and smell to engage all of your senses as you move, create and study on this path of transformation. We encourage participants to attend as many of the 8 parts as possible and dive in deeply. Reveal your personal truth, understand, discover, expand.
Learn more here: http://www.unitribeevents.com/component/content/article/22-lucid-awake-in-the-dream. Want to volunteer? Sign up here: http://www.unitribeevents.com/join-us. Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/events/313492145383377/. LUCID will be professionally documented throughout the series. A Unitribe Events production in association with: Media Tribe, Artist Ashram and High Vibe Cafe. In partnership with: Didge Project, Srikalogy Music, Truth Now Music, Adam Ahuja Music, SoulBound, Star Gate Alliance
Sponsored by: City Life Wellness, Beyond Kombucha, Opportunity 4 Life, Mayan Mystic Tours, New Life Expo, Raw Revolution, One Good Reason, Wave Movement, Yoga Rave,www.parablevisions.com, Cameron Gray.
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March 31st, Part 4: Share the Love Affirmation: “I am needed where I am best at service” Giving from the heart is your greatest service. Giving is the first step to realizing the abundance being offered by the unique beings that surround you everywhere you are. Share your gifts and experiences and the Universe will reveal itself to you.
7:30pm - Doors Open
8:00pm - 8:20pm - opening circle and ceremony
8:30pm - 9:30pm - Seva through Community Yoga and Thai Massage with Jess Jones ::: Description: Service to others can be as simple as a compassionate touch to relieve pain & tension, or as joyful as helping someone change their perspective by balancing them upside down on your feet! We’ll play with the principles of therapeutic partner & community yoga and learn some basic Thai yoga massage techniques. We’ll also practice self-love and self-centering to highlight the interdependence of healing and the existence of subtle energetic exchange. Share the love with friends, family (including kids!) and partners. Individuals especially welcomed. -end
9:45pm - 11:00pm - Share the Love, starting with yourself hosted by Roar Shepard ::: Description: Who am I? Have I forgotten what a precious being I am? You can be of the greatest service to humanity when you know who you are and know how to love yourself. During this Saturday night talk, Roar will share; how to know who you are , love yourself and after this he will share how to give service through the heart; he will include special breathing methods, which will give you the power you need to share love . -end
MUSIC:
11:00pm - 11:45am - Dances of Compassion: Improvisational Dance with
Rebecca Bone and Music by Adam Ahuja
12:00 am - 1:45am - Share your Love with AJ Block, Tyler Sussman, Adam
Ahuja and Tripp Dudley: Music and Art Expression. Enter into the ‘open
space’ on stage to interact & share your expressions.
1:45am - 2:05am - closing circle and meditation
$15 entry, includes a yummy snack!
www.unitribeevents.com
www.artistashram.com
www.citylifewellness.com
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