Some of my paintings that will be in my and Elaine Weiner-Reed's exhibit, "Portraits of Life - The Art of Storytelling," were inspired by a concert that my husband - Chas- and I attended last year. This post starts with some photographs I took during the concert that lead to many of my musician paintings. After the video I show several of the resulting paintings.
The concert was Voodoo Threauxdown featuring Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Galactic, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Breed Brass Band, Cyril Neville, Walter Washington and Kermit Ruffins.
There are paintings of people in different endeavors and other musicians in the exhibit, but I'll save those for another post.
This is not your standard exhibit. In addition to a reception with a Gallery Talk by both of us, we're also holding two collaboration events with poets and musicians. They have written work inspired by our paintings that will be read or performed during our Collaboration Events on May 21 and 22, from 6-8pm. The poets will read on May 21st and Bob Jacobson will perform some improvisations on saxophone or clarinet in response to our paintings. May 22nd will feature Rogue Collective a group of violinists and a cellist who bridge the gap between classical and popular music. They will perform structured improvisations to our paintings. See the full list of performers here. I hope you can come enjoy our art and these events.
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| Letting Loose by April M Rimpo 22" X 34" (Inspiration: The Preservation Jazz Band) |
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| Heating Up by April M Rimpo 24" X 24" (Inspiration: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue) |
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| Jammin by April M Rimpo 12" X 12" (Inspiration: Galactic) |
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| Leading the Way by April M Rimpo 36" X 24" (Inspiration: Cyril Neville) |
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| Showin' Off by April M Rimpo 20" X 36" (Inspiration: The Preservation Jazz Band) |
There are paintings of people in different endeavors and other musicians in the exhibit, but I'll save those for another post.
This is not your standard exhibit. In addition to a reception with a Gallery Talk by both of us, we're also holding two collaboration events with poets and musicians. They have written work inspired by our paintings that will be read or performed during our Collaboration Events on May 21 and 22, from 6-8pm. The poets will read on May 21st and Bob Jacobson will perform some improvisations on saxophone or clarinet in response to our paintings. May 22nd will feature Rogue Collective a group of violinists and a cellist who bridge the gap between classical and popular music. They will perform structured improvisations to our paintings. See the full list of performers here. I hope you can come enjoy our art and these events.
Interested in April's artwork or taking one of her classes? Consider becoming a Studio Friend by signing up for her twice-monthly email. April segments her newsletter so you can select topics you'd like to hear about when you sign up. For those who Select the General Interest topic you will receive emails about twice-monthly. If you are only interested in classes, then the emails will be much less frequent discussing upcoming classes and how to register. Select as many topics as sound of interest. Thank you for your support of April M Rimpo Art.
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