Join Visual Jazz @ The Future of Film 2017 Conference

THE FUTURE OF FILM 2017 CONFERENCE
 

Please join yours truly Visual Jazz and a great panel of other presenters for a dope weekend here in PG County for The Future of Film (FOF) 2017 Conference. FOF 2017 Conference is our annual platform to exchange ideas, re-think community and promote innovation in the film and digital media industry in Prince George's County and the DMV region. This is the 4th year of this event and this year’s theme is

“We are the New Makers: Turning the Lens on the Creative Economy” 

See you and to get tickets visit: fof.media

Gateway Open Studio Tour - May 13, 2017

13th Annual Gateway Open Studios Tour
Saturday, May 13, 2017, 12-5pm
After Party, 5-8pm, hosted by 39th Street Gallery & Brentwood Arts Exchange at the Gateway Arts Center

Our community, the Gateway Arts District, is home to hundreds of artists representing every artistic medium. On this self-guided tour, you are invited to visit over 100 participating studios, galleries, and other cultural venues for a behind-the-scenes experience of the workshops and creative places in our neighborhood.

Along the tour, from Mount Rainier to Hyattsville, you will discover live art demonstrations, music, performances, glassworks, sculptures, painting, and so much more! All ages are welcome, and since there is SO much to do, we recommend you look ahead and plan your tour route in advance.

Participating locations include:
Adinkra Cultural Arts Studio
Brewer's Arcade
Dc Glassworks
Gateway Arts Center
Gateway Media Arts Lab
Green Owl Design
Joe's Movement Emporium
Mount Rainier Artist Lofts
Nisey's Boutique
Otis Street Arts Project
Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Recreative Spaces
Red Dirt Studio
Robinson Forged Metals
Studio 3807
Tanglewood Works
viaJ entertainment
Washington Glass School
The WaterHole
...and many more + individual artists!

Visit www.gatewayopenstudios.org for a full listing of participating artists, locations, and schedule.

Creative Resistance: Tactics and Tools for the Everyday

The Black Love Experience is a conglomerate of artistry and inventiveness geared towards fearless visionaries and cultural nomads featuring performance and visual artists, independent creatives, entrepreneurs, and kindred souls under the canopy of all things Black. This movement connects the vibrant, creative community through music, poetry, live art, wellness, and commerce representing Black and Brown people from across the globe. All within a kinetic, high-vibe environment, to contain it under the guise of a party, pop-up, concert, or gathering of any kind would be an understatement.  MORE: http://www.blackloveexperience.com

Come check me out as a panelist on "Creative Resistance: Tactics and Tools for the Everyday" 2/18/17 - 7 pm.
I am so honored and shout out to @KatsKornerCo @blacklovedc @AnacostiaArts @nubianhueman  and my co-panelists Amina Carter, Eshe Armah, Adamaah Grayse and Edward Jones.

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The Black Love Experience

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Creative Resistance: Tactics and Tools for the Everyday presentation by Teo Melchishua Williams

Okay, I admit I am horrible blogger...but Visual Jazz has been busy!

Okay, I must admit I am the worse when it comes to blogging. But, Visual Jazz has been busy and working hard on projection and multimedia design for clients including Helen Hayes nominated writer Psalmayene 24 and his production of "The Freshest Snow Whyte" at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD and also for SOLE Defined's new project "Big Easy" that had a great debut at the Dance Place in Washington, DC in 2017. It was indeed hard work but so worth it and a total pleasure to work with both of these great performances. For more on "Snow Whyte" which runs from Feb. 8-March 11. Get more info and tix:

"The Freshest Snow Whyte" at Imagination Stage, 2017 (Bethesda, MD)

Now I am back in the lab working on screenplays and projects of my own some great stuff cooking. Until next time, be easy baby and peace!