Archive for July 22nd, 2010

update on Dance New Amsterdam studio rally, what you can do

July 22, 2010

i’ve been corresponding with Martha Chapman about DNA loosing their current home and city hall demonstration in the rain.

lone dancer (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

Dance joy (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

it really would be a great losses to this fair city to loose a very nice performance and studio space in the city. i know DNA is furlonging their staff to keep expenses down so it’s hard to get more information about what’s actually going on there. but you could do dear reader is write and send an email to Hon Mayor Bloomberg expressing surport for DNA here and ask the mayor to help in this matter. write of call 311 ask for the mayors office and speak up for our arts and culture.

does the city really need this space and monies or does the city benefit more from having dancers dancing.

i’d hate to see groups of dancers hanging around on street corners dancing for spare change or food.

c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

NY1 covered the rally and heres a link to NY1’s story because a picture tells a better story than i do. also New York Daily news covered the event see their link or one can go to DNA’s facebook page to keep up late developing news. better yet go directly to DNA’s web page for class information.

Keep dancers dancing (c)2010, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

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The Cabinetry Heritage of Japan exhibit

July 22, 2010

yesterday i discovered a wonderful exhibit at the Nippon Club gallery called ‘Tansu’ an exhibition of historic Japanese cabinetry from the 18th century through modern times.

with pieces supplied by a brooklyn fine asian wares and antiques emporium called Shibui

stairstep chest

as only the japanese seen to work with wood in a unique way this exhibit shows the many different ways to decorate and build seemly ordinary functional pieces fo furniture.

boxes in boxes in drawers behind keyed panels.

and the real fun of this exhibit is that the pieces live in brooklyn when not at Nippon Club. for me the feel of wood is something special and in this gallery one can touch the pieces, open drawers while talking to owner Dane Owen or David Jackson about the work. how cool is that?

the Nippon Club gallery is located on the first floor at 145 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, open free of charge,

mon-fri 10a – 6p, sat 10a- 5p this exhibit continues until aug 4, 2010 and in my humble opinion is well worth the effort.

with the rate forest are disappearing and trees cut down and being used for firewood wooden chest maybe a thing of the past. owning one of these lovely chest would be very worth while or become great stories to tell our grandchildren.

jene

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