Going into the 3rd week with Re-Frame, I was a little "workshop-ed" out. It had taken me the entire weekend to recuperate from the beautiful intensity of participating in the motiroti project Potluck: Chicago. I came to Rumble Arts on Monday still feeling a bit frayed at the edges while at the...

This is what I did when I arrived home from the first coalescing of artists that will be Re-Frame: A Gathering. I took out some black eyed peas I had soaked, started chopping onions and scallions, washed some collards, and set out to make a stew that I had made once before via some quick post-performance...

Chicago continues to impress me with its ability to shoot straight from the hip on certain issues.  The City of Chicago's Artists at Work Forum was entitled, "Building a Creative Career as a Black Artist" and the panel delivered an informative past and present of Chicago's legacy dance and theater...

Originally posted as part of the Emerging Arts Professionals - Bay Area, Spring 2011 Blog Salon. “In a capitalist system, culture is an object of control.” – Todd Lester – Founder, www.freedimensional.org It’s 3am. I just got off the phone with a friend of mine – a talented visual artist –...

Originally posted as part of the Emerging Arts Professionals - Bay Area, Spring 2011 Blog Salon. “Katrina played a big part in spreading bounce… We were displaced all over the world.  People were trying to find bounce music like it was a drug.” ~ Big Freedia (on Late Night...

Originally posted as part of the Emerging Arts Professionals - Bay Area, Spring 2011 Blog Salon. “Our communities need to see our artists doing their art.” ~ Senay Dennis (aka Refa 1) As a transplant from New York (8 years and counting), I have come to expect the performing...