Showing posts with label East Nashville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label East Nashville. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Panama Red Arts Launch Party

This Saturday
at 7:00
15 June 2013
 Panama Red Arts 
presents:


EYE DECAY

Presenting:
Javier Baeza
Carlos Ventura
Jamie Zoe Givens
and more!

Join us at The Building in 5 Points
1008 Woodland
East Nashville

An evening of art in many forms
beer and wine
and cupcakes.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Altarations

A Social Study.
First installation: Cleveland/West Eastland & McFerrin, near Más Tacos X Favor.
Pay your respects.


Una investigación social.
Primera instalación: Cleveland/West Eastland & McFerrin, cerca de Más Tacos X Favor.
Favor de respetar.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

El Año de Transformar: Crecer.

The Year of Transformation: Grow.

As part of my year with Colectivo TAN 473 I would like to plant a garden at the Buen Pastor for the girls to tend.   The garden would be primarily edible fruits, vegetables and herbs and they would have the opportunity to see the entire life cycle of the plants and then, as the plants ripen, we will come up with meals using the food harvested from the garden.  

Working in the garden will not only provide the girls with responsibility but a sense of fulfillment in seeing the literal fruits of their labor.  I look forward to using the garden as inspiration for different creative projects.

For example, the girls will make sketches and observations in their Cuadernos that will, at the end of the year, allow them to look back and see how the plants progressed from seed to stem, then leaves, flower and finally fruit.  

The beauty of what nature provides for us and the necessity of its bounty are often overlooked as fast food and supermarkets offering pre-made, packaged meals become prevalent in our societies.  I hope to engage the girls in their relationship with the Earth and inspire them to be aware of how well they maintain their planet as well as their bodies.

Please help me to make this dream a reality! 
Check out Celia Rose's Guanajuato Transformation and please share it with your friends. 
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El año de transformar: Crecer.

Como maestra y artista en Guanajuato y Colectivo TAN 473 quiero crear un jardín en el Buen Pastor al que pueden cuidar las niñas.  El jardín contará con vegetales comestibles y plantas de olor. Las niñas tendrán la oportunidad de ver por completo el ciclo de vida de las plantas y, una vez listas, haremos menus y platos utilizando las verduras y frutas.

Trabajar en el jardín no sólo dará a las niñas responsabilidad sino también el sentido de cumplimiento al ver los frutos de su trabajo.  Me encanta la idea de usar el jardín como inspiración para diferentes proyectos creativos.

Por ejemplo, las niñas harán bocetos y observaciones en sus Cuadernos que, al final del año, les da una vista completa de como se transformen las plantas desde semilla a tallo, luego hojas, flores y después la fruta.  

La belleza de eso que nos ofrece la naturaleza y la necesidad de su generosidad son muchas veces ignoradas mientras las cadenas de comida rápida y los mercados con sus comidas envueltas de plástico llegan a ser más prevalentes. Espero inspirar una relación entre las niñas y la tierra, animarlas a estar consciente de la importancia de cuidar a su planeta tanto como a sus cuerpos.

Ayudame a hacer este sueño realidad!
Lee Celia Rose's Guanajuato Transformation y compartela con tus amigos!
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Monday, February 11, 2013

Tokens of Amor


The Skillery's Nasvhille Creativity Summit was two full days full of creative collaboration and focusing on ways to grow as an individual while giving back to the city which is endless in its inspiration.


I have been out of the bubble of academia for a while so the feel of the weekend was laced with nostalgia for the days that were crisp with the energy of exchanging knowledge.  The workshop on Saturday the 9th was more reminiscent of a lecture-based course with speakers, power point presentations and only a couple of breaks to go out and soak up the returning sunshine that has been away during the winter months.  We were well caffeinated by Beve Mobile Coffee and I finally got to sample the goods of Bang Candy Company for lunch. I was impressed by and encouraged by the strong voice that women had among the guest speakers.  The panel discussion with Liza GravesKate Mills and Kaelah Bee was just what I needed to top off all of the preparations I had done for the Valentine-making workshop the next day.


I have to say, before anything else, that I would not have pulled off the class if it hadn't been for my roommate. She let me load her car down and offered to spend her morning off to help me out by arranging, rearranging, unpacking and sorting, tasting and moving everything around the shop all while I steadily babbled my thoughts out loud and worked myself into an excited mess.


For me, the preparations that go into teaching a class are similar to those that go into creating a painting. Planning the activities, looking at the workspace, gathering supplies and then making the projects before hand are for my pre-class routine what the laying out the brushes and solvents, scraping the palette and stretching the canvas are for my process of painting. I want the participants in the class to feel that they have the freedom to stand or sit and move around while working. Having options at your fingertips and the opportunity to use different materials on a whim allows the dream to become tangible.   I hope to provide a comfortable environment that enables the imagination during my classes. 


It was a joy seeing how the scraps of paper and pieces of ribbon were used transform the maps and magazines into Tokens of Amor that will be shared with loved ones this coming Thursday.  It was a wonderful day of loving love as my friend, Janelle of Panama Red Arts, says. 




Friday, November 23, 2012

una noche enmascarada


         The colorful holiday of Los Días de los Muertos, The Days of the Dead, is celebrated in Mexico to honor those family members or loved ones who have died. These two days, November 1 and 2, are also the Catholic holidays of All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Altars are created in homes and feature portraits, favorite foods and personal items such as reading glasses and hats.  The cemeteries are filled with family members gathered together lighting candles and adorning the tombs with Marigolds and Cockscombs. In the streets there are often parades and fairs, music and dancing. During many of the traditional performances the dancers wear masks that represent old men, death, animals and other characters to better tell their story.  The dances are comprised of steps passed down over the years along with other traditions such as making sugar skulls and hanging decorations like banners of papel picado, cut paper, to make the fiesta more colorful and bright. Los Días de los Muertos are vibrant and lively days focused on the precious memories rather than the fear and gore focused Halloween holiday that we in the US typically celebrate.  




Celia Rose recently relocated to Nashville from Guanajuato, Mexico. Unlike the mountainous desert town where she had been living for the past three years, there are few opportunities to enjoy the outdoors in Tennessee without either the mosquitoes, the humidity or the bitter chill driving you back inside.  Not wanting to miss the chance to spend a night under the stars, Celia Rose organized an evening of art and music to celebrate Los Muertos at Mas Tacos Por Favor, a taco shop in East Nashville known for their tasty tacos and delicious soups, for Los Muertos.  




 Paper mâché and horchata were among the supplies scattered across the tables Thursday night while the first round of mask-making got under way.  Among the many artists were a mother and son team, and one boyfriend who surprised his girlfriend on her spooky birthday. Friday night, the taco truck was posted up outside of the East Nashville location of Mas Tacos and kept cranking out pork and vegetarian tamales while local bands New Pleasure  and Promised Land entertained the ever-growing crowd that was gathered outside.





Among the confetti and paint, and behind the masks, there was a beautiful combination of cultures and traditions.  The left over jack-o-lanterns smiled on the table next to the sugar skulls as the last of the spirits slipped away into the night. No matter the tradition or the language, the turning of the seasons seems to spark that sense of nostalgia in all of us.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

art show and sale

CASITAS DE ELOTE
drawings and paintings by Celia Rose

part of the días de los muertos celebration



This is the Celia Rose's premiere show in 
Nashville featuring drawings of each of the 
West Eastland Avenue homes.

Friday, November 2
6:00 - 9:00 pm

---música en vivo---
New Pleasure
Promised Land

byob

more information and links
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maverick facebook
maverick tumblr
maverick etsy
The Skillery



mask makers, unite!!!

Come create on los días de los muertos!
Mask-making workshop with Celia Rose


November 1 and 2 
4:00 - 6:00

For más information and to register
check out The Skillery
Tickets are limited, so don't wait!



Sunday, August 12, 2012

when life gives you masks...

MASQUERADE!


Everyone get excited! 
A fiesta in East Nashville is in the works.
Grace and Hallie have been helping me play
with papier mâché.
More info to come about the fiesta
and workshops!


Ya es la hora de emocionarse! 
Se planean una fiesta en Nashville Este.
Me echan la mano Hallie y Grace 
con preparar el papel mache.
Detalles sobre talleres 
y la fiesta pronto. 


Monday, August 6, 2012

sugar skull... sweeter than s'not

when words won't flow 
one works on waiting for
what wisdom will come
while watching








Thursday, July 12, 2012

a score is 20 years

     In the twenty-plus-two days since last reporting for duty, 
I have done a few things many times over.

The bandits in the kitchen of Más Tacos Por Favor
have taken me as one of their own.
I spend the daylight hours learning the trade and testing the tacos.

 By night, I creep about below the floorboards
fixated on affixing bones to metal to wood. 
Learning to "appreciate the impermanence of the human condition." -droot

Between the taco stand and mi casa, there are homes.
There are lives and people and everything that happens
will happen today.



Durante los 22 días de mi ausencia,
he repetido poquitas cosas varias veces.

Los bandidos de la cocina de Más Tacos Por Favor
me han secuestrado para ser una de ellos.
Me la paso aprendiendo su oficio y probando los tacos.

Por la noche voy trepando debajo de los pisos
enfilada en fijar hueso a metal a madera.
Aprendiendo a "apreciar que la temporalidad de la condición humana." -droot

Entre el puesto de tacos y mi casa, hay hogares.
Hay vidas y personas y todo que pasa
pasara hoy.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

water aerobics

I am in the process of reassimilation.  
The East Park Community Center has helped immensely.  The beautifully maintained facility has quite an impressive offering of activities that fit within my [currently-job-hunting] budget.  It is near enough to my house that I can ride my bike and so I get to count that as a warm up when I arrive to take water aerobics in the indoor pool.  There is a walking track, a gym with exercise equipment, a kids summer program and group classes like yoga, boot camp and Zumba. 

Emily and the ladies that come to her water aerobics class have welcomed me warmly and have already been a great inspiration to me. If it weren't for them I would never keep up an exercise routine that requires an every-other day bathing schedule.  Their personalities and enthusiasm have also offered me a grand source of motivation for my paintings.