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Katya Grineva Benefit Concert in Field Arts in Port Angeles, Washington

Austin Tang — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:40:02 +0000

Katya Grineva Benefit Concert in Field Arts in Port Angeles, Washington. Katya will perform in Times Square for the International Day of Peace and Ecology 9/21

“LOVE & WATER” TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW

Thank you for supporting Field Arts & Events Hall! If you would like assistance, please call (360) 477-4679 or email our box office.

KATYA GRINEVA, CELEBRATED CARNEGIE HALL PIANIST

Field Arts & Events Hall is honored to host renowned pianist Katya Grineva for a benefit concert on July 16th at 3PM.

The program, titled “Love & Water,” will include a selection of romantic classics chosen by Ms. Grineva to celebrate Field Hall’s waterfront location and the beauty of the Olympic Peninsula. This unique program will be performed only once as a special gift from Ms. Grineva to honor the opening of the brand new Donna M. Morris Theater inside Field Hall and help us close our Capital Campaign.

The benefit concert will also recognize the extraordinary support from Founders Circle Patrons and Donors, including Dorothy Field, the donor and arts patron for whom the building has been named. The celebration will conclude with a champagne toast inside the new conference center overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Known as a pianist of exceptional romantic and poetic expression, Ms. Grineva holds the distinction of having been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall more than any other solo female pianist in the organization’s history. Her performance style has been described as “liquid… dreamlike” by the New York Times.

Tickets for this special event are available to Founders Circle donors who have contributed any amount in support of the Capital Campaign. We thank you for your support!

KATYA GRINEVA, STEINWAY AMBASSADOR

Listen to Katya Grineva on Spotify

Katya Grineva has concretized internationally and extensively in the United States, Europe, UK, South America, Mexico, Asia and Africa. A “noted exponent of Romantic repertoire (WNYC Radio),” Katya captures the heart of audiences with a rare combination of vulnerability, poignance and effortless virtuosity.

www.katyagrineva.com

Original link: https://fieldhallevents.org/katya/

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Singapore

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:03:58 +0000

Singapore officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula and is 137 kilometers (85 mi) north of the equator. The country’s territory consists of the lozenge-shaped main island, commonly referred to as Singapore Island in English and Pulau Ujong in Malay, and more than 60 significantly smaller islets. Singapore is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to the north, and from Indonesia’s Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to the south. The country is highly urbanized, and little of the original vegetation remains. The country’s territory has consistently expanded through land reclamation.
The islands were settled in the second century AD and subsequently belonged to a series of local empires .Modern Singapore was founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles as a trading post of the East India Company with permission from the Johor Sultanate. The British obtained sovereignty over the island in 1824, and Singapore became one of the British Straits Settlements in 1826. Occupied by the Japanese during World War II, Singapore declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1963 and united with other former British territories to form Malaysia, from which it was expelled two years later through a unanimous act of parliament. Since then, Singapore has developed rapidly, earning recognition as one of the Four Asian Tigers.
Singapore is one of the world’s major commercial hubs, with the fourth-biggest financial center and one of the five busiest ports. Its globalized and diversified economy depends heavily on trade, especially manufacturing, which represented 26 percent of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. In terms of purchasing power parity, Singapore has the third-highest per capita income in the world but one of the world’s highest income inequalities. It places highly in international rankings with regard to education, healthcare, and economic competitiveness. Approximately 5.4 million people live in Singapore (June 2013), of which approximately two million are foreign-born. While Singapore is diverse, ethnic Asians predominate: 75 percent of the population is Chinese, with significant minorities of Malays, Indians, and Eurasians. There are four official languages, English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil, and the country promotes multiculturalism through a range of official policies.
Singapore is a unitary multiparty parliamentary republic, with a Westminster system of unicameral parliamentary government. The People’s Action Party has won every election since self-government began in 1959. The dominance of the PAP, coupled with a low level of press freedom and suppressed civil liberties and political rights, has led to Singapore being classified as a semi-authoritarian regime. One of the five founding members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Singapore is also the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat, and a member of the East Asia Summit, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Commonwealth. Singapore’s rapid development has given it significant influence in global affairs, leading some analysts to identify it as a middle power.

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NEVER FORGET & GUNS IN AMERICA

editor — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:35:55 +0000

Currently Showing:

The Townley Gallery, (Laguna Beach, CA); Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, (Laguna Beach CA).

New Exibit/Opening:

Saturday April 13^th, 1-6 p.m. New Port Beach Art Exhibition, Oasis Senior Center.

Mati Russo is pleased to present, a group exhibition of new work. Please join us on Saturday April 13, from 1-6 p.m., for the exhibition opening and to meet the artist. (Mati Russo)

In the exhibition, Russo presents a series of artworks that re-live and convey a heart wrenching understanding the artist has of having experienced 9/11 and the tragedies suffered through the violent use of guns in America. Russo refers to her latest collection of work as “something very meaningful that personally motivated her to create, Never Forget & Guns in America.” This is due to her own personal relationships to 911 and her spiritual need to pay homage to those who lost their lives on that day. Further, the shootings beginning in Colorado drove Russo to voice her feelings about the situation of gun violence in America.

Russo’s installation is comprised of an eclectic perspective on violence, loss of innocence, and the unhealthy influence of gun related money in America. Pieces titled Never Forget, Tainted Glory, and Diminished Glory all depicting the sentiment of a ravished nation up-at arms. One framed in bullets; one with the words of our President emblazed within and one with the American flag beginning to implode on itself.

Born in Coney Island, New York., Mati Russo is a California based artist who has exhibited painting, installations in museums and galleries nationally. Her work was recently featured in group exhibitions at The Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, (Laguna Beach, CA) and the Townley Gallery. (Laguna Beach, CA). Mati Russo is represented by Townley Gallery & Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art. To view other Mati Russo collections of work, such as “Central Park” please refer to the links below.

“Guns In America”

September 11, 2001 was a day which changed the lives of everyone in America-everyone in the world. Living in close proximity to Manhattan on that terrible day it had a profound and life changing affect on my personal life. My daughter in law was working in the city that day and my son, her husband, was working in Brooklyn. Before the towers fell I called my sons to discover that my eldest son was crossing over the Brooklyn bridge against the tide of humanity fleeing the city to look for his wife who was working adjacent to the towers. They both made it through the experience physically unharmed, but I was terrified knowing my son was rushing into harms way. One of my closest personal friends worked at the top of the first tower where the first plane struck. As fate would have it, she had a dentist appointment and did not go to work that day. She lost a great many personal friends and professional associates when the towers collapsed. In my own business I had many friends and clients who lost close personal friends and loved ones. I watched them go down to ground zero day after day looking for some sign, some closure to their terrible loss. Living in Staten Island I saw the garbage trucks roll through our streets, taking the debris from the fallen towers to our dumps. It was a daily reminder of the horrible act which had been perpetrated against our city and our country. For weeks after September 11 the skies were blackened with the thick black smoke rising from ground zero, but our lives were effected for much longer then that in so many ways. It was not only the terrible loss of life and its ensuing pain. Lives were affected in so many other ways. People stopped taking certain subways and trains, and many of the businesses which depended on that traffic for their survival were forced to close, creating greater financial hardship at a time of terrible hardships. Despite New Yorkers rallying together to rise above these atrocities, certain ethnic groups were targeted and suffered retribution for an act which they not only had nothing to do with but in no way condoned. Among the most terrifying events of that horrible day was watching our beloved fire department, police department, our first responders who bravely rallied to rescue the doomed perish as the towers collapsed while they selflessly and heroically tried to rescue those trapped in the blazing towers. I held several events to benefit the survivors of this tragedy. I organized and participated in many runs designed to benefit those who had lost and suffered the most. I watched the children of mothers who went daily to ground zero in hope of any sign or news of their lost husbands. When I moved to Los Angeles I carried the memory and the pain from that day and the subsequent months that followed with of me. I lived my life and tried not to let it cloud my joy, but it remained inside me like a hidden scar that you try not to notice but are somehow always aware of. After seven years I felt compelled to create work to commemorate the memory of the fallen, as well as work which called to attention the flaws in the thoughts and the actions of our country’s leadership. “Never Forget” takes the headlines from actual newspapers of those terrible days and frames them in wood, steel, plaster and glass. It evokes the damage and desolate feelings created by those events, as well as a reverence and homage to those who gave their lives trying to save the lives of others. “Central Park” reminisces the walks I took in Central Park, looking at the grass and snow and fallen leaves covering the ground, reminded of the beauty that still was despite the pain we were all enduring. “Ransom Notes” is a collection of two smaller collages, “Terrorist” and “Sins of the Father”, texts from songs of the same title taken from a collection of work responding to the 911 tragedies and our country’s leaderships’ response. They are made of wood grid and plaster, with different religious texts, and the field manuals that belonged to a young soldier providing the backing to the songs text, which I burned phrase by phrase and placed upon the bed of religion and military manuals careful to create a balance to bring the pieces to their completion. “So Creepy” was created later but shares a kindred spirit with “Ransom Notes”, harboring the ghostly image of Dick Cheney (with an Iranian tie from the prior regime) grimacing (as he so often does) next to a Frankenstein Mitt Romney (wearing a China undershirt; who was constantly reassembling himself in the effort to win the votes of those who had no idea about what he actually stood for). In between the two is sandwiched the unwitting American public, a crash test dummy adorned with a crown of bullets similar to the Statue of Liberty sporting a neck made out of bullets shaped like a dollar sign. The work is constructed of wood, paint and collages made from the text of the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon and images of U.S.currency. In the aftermath of 911 guns sales skyrocket and the American public armed themselves in record numbers. This was the inspiration for the text of “Terrorist”. It also resulted in a glut of easily accessible weapons which could fall into the hands of criminals and lunatics. It is this rash of gun violence that has motivated my “Guns in America” series. I began after these the senseless and horrific massacre in Colorado. “Dying for Dollars” consists of wood, bullets, paint, ink, images of weapons and targets taken from shooting ranges. The message is on the painting-we have to stop this insanity. “Bam” is created with wood, paint, a collage of headlines, text, written sentiment, weapon images and shooting targets, the most prominent of which is pointing its weapon at its own head. “Tainted Glory’ is the first flag I created in a series of flags meant to represent the heavy and unhealthy influence of guns (and gun related money) in our country. It is made of wood, grid, plaster with headlines from current events and stripes containing the text to “America”-another song from the same collection of work previously mentioned-each line burned and placed on the canvas to imply the stripes of the American flag. The work is framed and bullets and bullets are used to imply the 50 stars. “Shattered Glory was created in response to the massacre of innocents at the elementary school in Newton Connecticut. It is made of wood, plaster and grid, with headlines relating to that terrible tragedy. The stripes are comprised of President Obama’s speech in at Newton, each line burned and put into place, with bullets creating the 50 stars and a heavy fortification of bullets framing the entire peace. “Diminished Glory” is created from wood, plaster and grid, bullet dust, current headlines from newspapers and bullets used to from the painting and represent a diminishing number of stars on the flag. The piece is hung on it’s corner rather then flat, giving the impression of an American flag beginning to implode on itself. “Twisted Glory” was created in response to the resurgence in not only gun violence but gun sales since the Newton shootings. It once again visits the text of “Terrorist” for the stripes, speaking of a society arming itself with weapons and fear which soon will become its own worst enemy. The medium is wood, plaster, paint, paper, ink and bullets, with each stripe burned and put in place. “Questionable Glory” (currently in progress) is made in response to the current gun debate gripping the country. Medium is wood, grid, plaster, paint, paper, ink and the text from the second amendment. Making these works has been emotionally draining for me. I was driven by the rash of killings and insanity of current events to create art whose objective was not to please the eye as much as cause the mind to think.

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ECOFEST www.ecofest.org celebrates its 24th Anniversary this year.

editor — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:25:30 +0000

www.ecofest.org Launched as an environmental event where people would get information, get involved, find products, learn about services and be entertained by people who care about the environment, ECOFEST started as a visionary effort for a better world. 24 years later it is still going strong supporting environmental causes and issues. ECOFEST is a cultural and educational environmental festival, free to the public, that is organized and produced by the West Side Cultural Center in New York. In its 24 year track record, ECOFEST has developed an unequaled base of public and private sector support and is a mainstay on the New York City calendar of events, bringing thousands of people to the historic NY locations including Central Park, Lincoln Center, The Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum, and now at the Solar 1 Space on the East River.

Museum. ECOFEST and its participants benefit from publicity, promotions and extensive advertising, and have always been generously covered by local and national media.

A major focus of ECOFEST is conservation of our natural resources and innovative alternative-energy technologies. This year’s ECOFEST will again feature the SEOTO (Sources of Energy Other Than Oil) Alternative Fuels Display which demonstrates a wide variety of alternative-energy vehicles – ranging from prototypes of solar cars to electric, natural-gas, hybrid, fuel cell and ethanol vehicles already in use by private businesses and many New York City and New York State Agencies. The vehicles stay on display with exciting demonstrations and activities scheduled throughout the day.

In addition to the SEOTO Display, ECOFEST regular features include the ECOFASHION SHOW on the World Solar Stage and the ECOFEST ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE with renowned experts. The ECOFASHION show presents collections made of 100% organic and recycled material and the Conference offers free seminars where key environmental issues are discussed.

Through dynamic exhibits, stimulating entertainment and celebrity performers and speakers ECOFEST fosters public awareness about opportunities for environmental change. It spurs people to take the initiative in making their homes, businesses and communities more ecologically advanced and environmentally sound, while encouraging education, inspiration, activism, membership and volunteering.

Throughout the years ECOFEST has had the support of major environmental organizations such as the New York Zoological Society, The Audubon Society, the United Nations Environmental Program, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, The Natural Resources Defense Council, Rainforest Alliance, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Council on the Environment. Major corporations and banks, such as General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Volvo, Toyota Motors, Lexus, Nissan, Brita, AT&T, IBM, BFI, Tom’s of Maine, Chase, International Paper; utilities and key government agencies, including the New York City Transit/MTA, NYC DOT, NYCDEP, Consolidated Edison, New York Power Authority, and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey provide support for ECOFEST. The presence of all these enlightened organizations from the public and private sectors are brought together at ECOFEST to offer thousands of New Yorkers a unique opportunity to learn of their environmental message.

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