Tag Archives: The Arts

Chalking it up on the front porch

A sunny day came along and we just couldn’t stay couped up inside. The girls wanted to “doll up” our dreary front porch, also known as the sidewalk on Second Ave between James and Yesler.    Naomi and Simone decide to … Continue reading

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He said, “Nobody gets out of here alive.”

Was there a moment in your life that calibrated you for everything after it? This was one of mine. The summer after high school, I enrolled in a choreography workshop at Harvard University. Bill T Jones, Arnie Zane, and Lucinda … Continue reading

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The Artist Toolbox – NOW for Season Two!

With each week, we become more popular!  The Artist Toolbox is now running 2 to 4 times a week in 227 PBS markets.  We were the LA Times “Pick of the Week” again (fifth time) as well as covered in … Continue reading

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Why they were saying among themselves that it cannot be done, it was done.

“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” – Helen Keller Simone is working on a report about Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller. Though Helen … Continue reading

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The Artist Toolbox

I am having so much fun! I’m working on the television series, “The Artist Toolbox.” To find out when it is playing in your area, put your zip code in here:

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Carrying the world on your shoulders?

I love this image.  Books.  Have you ever fallen into a book?  I sometimes carry pieces of them around in my head so woven into the brain that I have a hard time distinguishing what is actual and what was … Continue reading

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IndieFlix

My friend Scilla Andreen is on The Film School board with me.  She runs a company she started with Carlo Scandiuzzi called IndieFlixs.  You can find great independent films on her website as well as a party game where everyone … Continue reading

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Simone’s on the cover of Life Magazine in Shanghai

Peter Lundberg, the sculptor of massive concrete works, and Graceley, the curator for the Chinese Olympic sculpture collection, came to visit last week.  Gracely brought a copy of Life magazine from Shanghai (There it is called The Bund).  Would you … Continue reading

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Violin

It was nerve wracking for sure. Simone considered not even going to school the day of the recital but when the time came for her to play…she did it.

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Massive art involving tens of thousands of individuals and best seen, in many cases, from outer space.

Bill McKibben’s recent article in Grist, talks about the massive art coming out of the 350 initiative. The name, 350 Earth, points to the number of parts per million that most scientists agree is an acceptable upper level of carbon … Continue reading

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"Failure is Impossible"

My friend Roberta Riley and I have been emailing back and forth about hiring actress Debbie Dimitre or perhaps actress and playwright, Rachel Atkins to perform their profound pieces about the fight for the vote (the woman’s suffrage movement) at … Continue reading

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Naomi’s KOMO tour of the Tower or “What was on the cutting room floor?”

This KOMO news piece turned out well. In the hopes of championing ACT Theatre, which I love, I mentioned them dozens of times. I tried to weave ACT into whatever they asked about. “Yes, I DO love living downtown, especially … Continue reading

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Art is never chaste.

“Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.” Pablo Picasso

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Making body parts and firing madly!

The sign read “The Lieutenant of Inshmore contains strong language, adult themes, fog, gunshots, violence, torture, mayhem, and a lot of laughs.” I can handle a little fog but torture? Is the audience in danger? Can you tell what is … Continue reading

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Simone’s laptop

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You’re just jealous cause the voices only talk to me or "Pumpkin Head"

Outside of the grocery store was a monster pumpkin with three heads carved into it. Here are two of them.

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Enjoy KT Niehoff’s “Relatively Real” from 2005

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rock n roll camp

Naomi and I logged serious hours at Seattle Center this week as Simone was in rock n roll camp at the Pacific Science Center and Experience Music Project. Naomi laid on the lobby floor and looked up at the ceiling … Continue reading

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Mama Mia

Just in from David Stephenson: A snap from the Mama Mia Broadway Bound camp that Simone (pink flowers), Claire (blue flowers), Sophie and Evelyn were in this week. It was a TON of fun. ”Here I go again…My My…How can … Continue reading

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Arne’s egg.

What a satisfying chair. Thank you Arne Jacobsen for creating this beautiful lounge. (There is a whisper of Eero Saarinen in here.)

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