My works are African paintings concerning YORUBA People of Nigeria.This Specific CULTURE is World wide spoken even in Brazil and Other south America but originally from Africa.I use figures still life... more
Author and Illustrator of Childrens Books
Professional jazz pianist composerarranger and leader of several jazz combos including The TUBA PROJECT featuring Bob Stewart on tuba BLUTOPIA a jazz quintet featuring the great blues saxophonist Ale... more
I've strived to make my work a process of spiritual research. My goals are to identify, share, and create, in art forms, those connective patterns, structures, and principles that underpin the natur... more
I am a visual storyteller. Myphotographs depict explorations inMaine Missouri New MexicoCalifornia and New York as well asher international travels to CubaAustralia India and Colombia. Iseek out indiv... more
experimental poetry intergenre collaborations socialhistorical investigatory language practice
I produce and perform Spoken WordTheatre in Concert. Actorspoets musicians and dancersinhabit my productions andremember what is unique andcommon about all folk.
I teach Salsa Mambo Hip Hop to kids and teens in the Brooklyn Community. These kids then enjoy being part of the Tropical Image Dancers a well known performing team in the Mambo community that has tra... more
InDidgDance performs indigenousdance and songs from Australia. Representing both the Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander tribes. InDidgDance conducts culturalworkshops and performancesincluding tradi... more
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Using freestyle hip hop and poetry Malaika examines the modernity of thefirst world and the traditional ideals of the third world from the perspective of the hip hop generation.
FounderDirector of uniqueChildrens Theatre troupe of7yearolds called The DreamaPlayers. In residence at CarrollGardens Branch Public Library.Through imaginary storytellingtechnique has taught this gro... more
Images. Moments. Brooklyn. New York. Recording the city constant flux for better or worse around every corner beauty to those who choose to notice absorb. Work done solely on location. Brooklyn a fa... more
3rd generation carnival costumemasquerade designer. carnival accessories fabric murals live sized puppets mask making other crafts. Specialize in arts education programs 1st grade to JHS. Display at... more
Painting, sculpture, art reviews and arts educator.
Belle Benfield is a portrait painter muralist and printmaker. She has much teaching experience and is happy to run workshops for all agegroups in any of the above media. She welcomes commissions for... more
The Ground Provision Movement is a dance theater company who combines contemporary modern dance movement with afrodiasporic influences. We utilize text video and vocals for a multi sensorial and textu... more
Hand thrown and carved porcelain giving nature a presence in color and texture based in cultural and historical patterns and influences
My work develops from drawing in sketchbooks. Observing an array of eyecatching objects plants and people in the world around me I record realistic details with edgy linear abstraction. Welledited res... more
This dynamic vocalist and songwriter has been called Tom Waits meets Tracey Ullman. She moves effortlessly from slinky blues to shimmering ballads to raucous roadhouse. She has released three CDs and ... more
Theatre Artist specializing insmall spectacles and puppet shows. Work consists of visually drivennarratives using performers performing objects puppets and film.Available for performances andworkshops... more
I am a writer producer and director of motion pictures. I am an ardent scholar and follower of Alfred Hitchcocks techniques and sympathetic to the Francois Truffaut and the French New Wave La Nouvelle... more
Founding Artistic Director of the Egress Theatre Co.
A true praise dance collective catering to Brooklyn youth and the community successfully since 1996. Teachings and choreography based on foundational modern and ballet techniques. Features a youth dan... more
Unlike your usual gallerymuseum or salon we mesh these two with characterChildren and Adult art classes.Original fine art piecesfine art photographylimitedopen edition printsposterpostcards.Exhibition... more
Sculpture in stone wood and metal. Paintings on paper and canvas.ComposerBassist
My work is created with oil and enamel paints. I create an abstracted graphic image with the negative space of this image serving as a window to the rest of the painting. The painting viewed throug... more
maker of things, collector of lost & found objects, painter & illustrator.
I create narratives with an enriched use of history as material. Using definitive line and color as a tool I create a concurrent entity fortresses with a personality. I use familiar patterns from both... more
I am a dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company a performance practitioner utilizing choreography and digital media and the founder of Chez Bushwick Studios a multidisciplinary performance loft ... more