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Introductions
By Sunday, February 28th, please answer the following questions in the online studio (below):

– What is the name you want to be called by your peers and professor?
– What are your pronouns?
– What books are on your nightstand or what was the best things you’ve read lately?
– What do you usually listen to when you are working in the studio or writing?
– Who is your writing or artist ancestor by mission or vision? (A person who is not living that inspires you time-and-time-again)
– Who are you always excited to read, hear or witness their work? (could be a painter, dancer, writer, actor, etc.)
– What makes the “little you” happy?
– Please share an image of you at your workspace, art-ing or creating. Or and image of you (optional).

I am so happy to share space, create, learn and share my knowledge with you! Here are my answers to the questions I asked you:

– Anastacia or Professor A.
– (She/They)
– Books currently on my Nightstand:
– James Baldwin, The Cross of Redemption, James Baldwin
– Coventry Essays, Rachel Cusk
– Growing Up Sina, Natasha Ria El-Scari
– Jambalaya, The Natural Woman’s Book, Luisah Teish
– Daylight, Roya Marsh
– Patient, Bettina Judd
– Need, Audre Lorde
– The Cancer Journals, Audre Lorde
– What I listen to: Jazz (Older jazz and acid jazz)
– Writing ancestor: Audre Lorde, Jayne Cortez
– I am always excited to hear youth poetry or view youth or emerging artist. Also Gordon Parks and too many contemporary artist to name.
– “Little me” is happy when there is a day of ease and no worries. Moments of being present. Little me is also very happy about popcorn, cooking and the feeling of a close-knit village.

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Anastacia-Renee

1 March 2021 6:25am

Greetings All,
I am so happy to share the next 6 weeks with you and I really enjoyed reading all of your answers. So many books and things to check out based on your responses. I’m thinking of making one long list of books for us. What do all think about that?

I look forward to reading your “9’s Poems.” Let me know if you have any questions on that first assignment. Please feel free to tweak the 9’s as well and make a “7’s” or an “11’s” based on the same format.

Here are some bonus prompts for the week:

What is the “play list” or “sound track” of your life right now in this moment. List ten “tracks” and give your life a genre.
If you had to sculpt, paint or choreograph one of your happiest memories, what colors and tools would you use? How big? How small? If painting acrylic, water? Would it be framed or no frame? Canvas? Side walk chalked?

Journal Assignment:
In addition to our regular class assignments, please if you are able, set aside a journal just for journal prompts. Also just a word or google doc will do! The ongoing journal assignment is to become “obsessed”with a new object every week and write down the steps of how you chose the subject matter…write down the process. For example, last week I was “obsessed” over the different names and kinds of flowers. This took me to animal kingdoms and classifications. That took me to endangered animals. That took me to why some people are vegetarians. That took me to the difference between vegans and vegetarians and that took me finally to…the term “food deserts” and “food justice.” Now, my process was long! You may know already what you want to research. The goal is to let this researching and obsession to be your go to instead of surfing the net. It becomes your random activity. This then becomes a journal full of FACTS and subjects that you can use for future writing or art…a perfect way to never have writers block and a great way to always have facts and visuals on deck.

“See” you next week!
Professor A.

Artist

Kadie Kelly

24 February 2021 6:45pm

Hi! I am Kadie. I like to be called Rainbow Schubert. I love it actually.
she/they

book on my nightstand:
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

others I’m currently reading:
How to Order the Universe by Maria Jose Ferada
home body, by Rupi Kaur
An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
four-legged girl by Dian Seuss

I like listening to different things (variety is important to me) but the Grateful Dead have been on more lately.

My writing ancestor: good question! It always stuck with me, an Interview with poet Marie Howe, where she said her mission was to write her spiritual autobiography. I like her work a lot, but I haven’t read all of it. Lidia Yuknovich and Alice Walker have changed my life so them.

On a continuing basis I am moved by Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler, Kiese Laymon, and Kimberly Dark.

Dancing, singing, playing, composing, and creating make little me happy.

This is a photo of me playing piano in my happiest place – nature. In this photo at sf botanical gardens at their Flower Piano event.

The other photo is from my studio where I have some of my art up on the wall.

Prof

j o h n r o s

25 February 2021 11:48am

so excited to be here with all of you!

here are my answers…

– name / “john” … or “johnros”
– pronouns / they, them
– books on nightstand / bell hooks, where we stand: class matters; james baldwin, the cross of redemption; zadie smith, grand union; t’ai freedom ford, & more black
– listen to / wqxr, nyc’s classical station; wbgo, newark’s jazz station; wfuv, fordam’s station.
– writing ancestor / claudia rankine, bell hooks, james baldwin, albert camus, chris hedges
– artist ancestor / vito acconci, andrian piper, pope.l, bruce nauman, sarah sze, bill traylor, agnes martin
– always excited by / lauren k alleyne, francis bacon, barnett newman, mozart
– “little you” happy / snow, fireplaces, chocolate, cheesecake

pics: home work space — couch w/ louise, my assistant; and studio.

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Artist

Jeannine Bardo

26 February 2021 2:36pm

– name, Jeannine
– pronouns, she/her
– books, At the moment I am finishing up “Land” by Simon Winchester and recent books I’ve read and would recommend are, “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson and “The Book of Unconformities” by Hugh Raffles
– What do you listen to, In the studio I like folk, rock music and when I am writing I need silence
– Who is your writing or artist ancestor, There are SO many, I get pulled in and out of different directions Writers that have taken my breath away are James Baldwin, Mary Oliver, Toni Morrison, Arundhati Roy and artists include, Theaster Gates, Louise Bourgeois, Jack Whitten, Can Guo-Quiang, Martin Puryear, Doris Salcedo, Do Ho-Suh– Who are you always excited about? I would say the list of writers and artists that I just listed can be the answer to this question.
– What makes the “little you” happy? Being with my friends and family, making art, reading, being in and around the ocean
Pictures: Me in my gallery, Stand4 at the opening of the current show “Landviews of Commonplaces, my outdoor studio and an image of me reading my latest poetry that inexplicably fell out of my head recently, but now seems to have taken pause, fingers crossed it returns for this course 🙂

I am looking forward to working with everyone!

Artist

Jeannine Bardo

27 February 2021 7:05pm

Reply to Jeannine Bardo

I forgot to list Agnes Denis as artist/ ancestor and she has to be at the top of my list

Artist

cary

27 February 2021 8:22pm

Hey everyone,

call me – “Cary”
pronouns – she/they

Currently reading:
Fiction – The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams;
Non-fiction – Four Hundred Souls, edited by Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain
Browsing through:
All The Things I Lost in the Fire by Laurie Anderson; Fluxus Means Change by Marcia Reed;
Rereading: Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 for a book club with one of my teenage nieces.

Listening –
Mostly podcasts of late. If I’m writing I tend toward something instrumental – either classical, electronic, folk.

Writing ancestors –
Gah. That’s hard. The first four names that came immediately to mind are Robert Burns, Virginia Woolf, Audre Lorde and Ursula K LeGuin, so I’ll go with them.

Always enthused to see new work by Celine Sciamma, film director; Gail McConnell, poet; Myles O’Reilly, short/music film maker; the Scots Makar, Jackie Kay; Adam Phillips, psychoanalyst; Phyllida Barlow, artist; comics authors, Seth; Chris Ware.

What makes the “little you” happy?
Soil under my fingernails. Ink stains on my fingers. Birds of prey. Street side cafes. Board games.

Photo: Action shot of me writing in my studio earlier today.

Artist

jeffrey martin

28 February 2021 5:22pm

– What is the name you want to be called by your peers and professor?
Jeffrey, Jeff, or mar-TEEN (my last name)

– What are your pronouns?
he/they/she…always a constant process

– What books are on your nightstand or what was the best things you’ve read lately?
My Grandmother’s Hands – Resmaa Menarkem
This is what I know about Art – Kimberly Drew
Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writing of Bayard Rustin – Devon Carbado and Donald Weise

– What do you usually listen to when you are working in the studio or writing?
Lots of things
Admin time – Philip Glass Metamorphosis
Ideation Time – Megan Thee Stallion
Writing for film – The Soundtracks I make for them

– Who is your writing or artist ancestor by mission or vision? (A person who is not living that inspires you time-and-time-again)
oh wow…. Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, Amy Winehouse, Barbara Hammer, Nat King Cole…

– Who are you always excited to read, hear or witness their work? (could be a painter, dancer, writer, actor, etc.)
Deana Lawson, Julianna Huxtable, Terence Nance, Jacolby Satterwhite, Solange, Beyonce,

– What makes the “little you” happy?
hugs and consistency

Artist

carli toliver

1 March 2021 9:07am

hello everyone!

-Carli
-she/her/hers
-Tarbaby and Darkmatter
-music without lyrics; jazz or other strange music, or just headphones on not listening to anything
-james baldwin, toni morrison, h.d., gloria anzaldua, audre lorde
-toni morrison
-FOOD, paint, travel, magic, anything tactile, daydreaming, staring out windows, playing outdoors, being with friends, fires, early morning, twilight
-pics: studio space/dining room table and me and my dog Miles on a road trip!

Artist

Tracy Holtham

1 March 2021 7:26pm

Hi Everyone

I’m looking forward to meeting you all.

– What is the name you want to be called by your peers and professor?
Tracy

– What are your pronouns?
She/Her

– What books are on your nightstand or what was the best things you’ve read lately?
Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
Infinite Detail – Tim Maughan
Just Kids – Patti Smith
Creative Visualization – Shakti Gawain

– What do you usually listen to when you are working in the studio or writing?
I scroll through various radio apps for shows playing anything from alternative rock to rave, or ambient when focusing on specific tasks.

– Who is your writing or artist ancestor by mission or vision? (A person who is not living that inspires you time-and-time-again)
Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Robert Johnson
Chris Cornell
Jeff Buckley
Hannah Höch
Kurt Schwitters

– Who are you always excited to read, hear or witness their work? (could be a painter, dancer, writer, actor, etc.)
Alice Walker
Neneh Cherry
Róisín Murphy
Ibeyi
Bruce Nauman
Bill Viola
The Mighty Boosh
Iris van Herpen

– What makes the “little you” happy?
Woods or forests
Any kind of sea
Strange random sounds
Writing songs
Drawing fashion sketches
Dancing anywhere
Journaling
Watching 80’s films on repeat
Listening to books on tape
Making mixtapes without the adverts
Dreaming about adulthood and imagining what it would be like

Prof

j o h n r o s

4 March 2021 12:12pm

so happy to meet you all here! welcome! i’m very excited for the course and the conversations to come!

Artist

Kadie Kelly

5 March 2021 4:08pm

Journal Entry #1
Look outside the window or take a walk. Once your return, write down a list of everything you remember seeing. Use vivid imagery and try to write down as many details as possible.

Wednesday March 3, 2021
12:51pm PST

Walking outside my studio
Located at —- MLK Jr Way, Oakland, CA

Turquoise cross on St. ____ church on the corner of 40th and MLK Jr. Way
Auto Body yard
Rusted metal cages, 4’ tall, 2 stacked
Graffiti
A dark red abandoned cupcake paper on the sidewalk, looking moist
Stickers on the street sign posts – balck and white, symbols I didn’t recognize
Palm tree pairs
Banana trees
Bougainvillea
Cherry blossoms – pink, white
Metallic rose gold trimmed cutlass sierra car in the church parking lot
Sign- Baxter’s Sophisticated Fashions
House – with a Christmas decoration on the front, freshly painted
White Honda CRV in the driveway
Painted tire-planters – white
A garden door – white
Iron gates
Straight and twisted designs
Metal bars on windows
Plastic coverings, plexiglass, behind the iron gate
White fire hydrant
Abandoned box next to it
Books, heather grey knit sweater
A white man with a golden retriever on a red leash and muzzle
Cafe
A brown man – on a bike with a large black garbage bag on his lap
Wearing a beanie
Across the street on the sidewalk, turning the corner towards us
A mosque
Palm trees in front on the 42nd side
Black Lives Matter sign in the window of a house across the street
Grass
Welcome banner on the church
Ratty looking weather worn buddhist flags above the sidewalk marquee of the church announcing a peace garden
FACE
For rent sign taped to the building up high
Freshly painted gray with red trim
Locks on gates
Cars behind gates and parked along the curb
Blinking lights
Tow truck – “Atlas” on the side
Empty in the back
Billboard – muted orange with the word Energy and some rounded arrows, above the auto body yard
Leafless trees, 3 or 4 with tangles of dry branches
My Subaru forester, sand colored, roof rack, car top carrier
Anthony’s ford car – silver colored
Green street signs – with the Oakland Tree emblem on the left side
Pottery in the window next to the cafe
Some with a metallic glaze
Flame in a pot sculptures
Mugs, other sculptures, shapes I can’t decipher
Studio sign, “J” something
I-beam – rusted with a new chain hanging down, silver
Cages with liquid -2 light blue in plastic containers on side of the building with graffiti on it. Painted black under that. Wood painted black.
Masking tape on the glass part of the door that says NO PARKING
Road closed signs on 42nd
Cars going by
Donuts
Banana bread
Cafe menu
Black ropes outside cafe
Iced latte
Paper tea cup, masking taped closed
Brown bag
A man in a mask
Red glasses rims
Oversized black puffy coat
Grey pants
Next to a clack hard cased suitcase on wheels on the sidewalk
Long, straight, gray hair, just past his shoulders
Female barista
Brown eyes
Male barista
Brown eyes
Card reader, white
Large dark green leaves on 2 or 3 trees with a few unopened blossoms going up
Concrete overpass over 42nd to the left
Houses down the streets perpendicular to MLK Way
Multi family units
Single family units
Garages with windows
Fresh paint
Wooden fence – brown stained
Bulging door with lock
Stairs going up to the door
White for sale sign in front of a house

Prof

Anastacia-Renee

7 March 2021 5:44pm

Greetings!

I am really looking forward to sharing space and words with you in tomorrows class!
Prof. A.

Prof

Anastacia-Renee

8 March 2021 7:58pm

Greetings,
Thank you for such a lovely second class and first in-person session! Thank you for sharing and being open to write! As promised a whole list of things! I will then send a separate post for the virtual tour etc., of my show at the Frye for those of you who were curious about how I incorporated text, poetry, video, paintings and items.

Finish the “Memoir” Haibun
Write another Haibun with a different theme (childhood Haibun, social justice Haibun, artist Haibun, music Haibun, love Haibun…).
Revise the “9’s” poem
Begin your “Obsession” for the week. Be sure to take notes about your process and progress.
BONUS, pull a stanza from your 9’s poem and add/shape it into a Haibun.

Prof

Anastacia-Renee

8 March 2021 7:59pm

Exhibition Close Up

Prof

Anastacia-Renee

8 March 2021 8:00pm

(Don’t be Absurd) Alice in Parts full Virtual Opening

Prof

Anastacia-Renee

8 March 2021 8:05pm

3-D Virtual Tour (If you are short on time, just pay attention to this one!)

https://fryemuseum.org/calendar/event/7525/