Berette's Creative Life Journey: November 2011

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Next SeBiArt Show in Miami + first time Art Basel Visit

First to my US of A readers:

...and be careful on Black Friday guys - I somehow doubt all those deals are real...or will remain real after 6am. Like I heard someone say - those shopping 'deals' will be around next week too, so if you have the day off, sleep in. Shop later. Hahaha!

Okay folks - so here it is - news of the next. I'm so excited; so stressed; so overwhelmed with gratitude. And so UNDER the PRESSURE to kick ass at this show people!! I've never been to Art Basel Miami Beach week and I'm pleased to announce that thanks to my beloved Art for Progress, I will have my first experience as an exhibited artist. AFP is presenting 15 of their artists at the Fountain Arts Fair during Basel week from Dec 1st - 4th.


white box frame for the pieces - sample for Herman

In preparing for this show, I've been tested in every exercise of faith, and come through victoriously with unquantifiable and indefatigable support from a number of people. First off my patrons* who made donations to this effort thereby enabling me to meet the cost of participating in the show. And to my family - wow do I come from a seriously supportive family.

I decided to support the local economy of my beloved Jamaica by having the pieces printed by master Jamaican photogs Franz Marzouca and Jeremy Francis, and to have them framed by Herman van Asbroek of Amaicraft (both located in The Trade Center, Red Hills Rd, Kingston, Jamaica). These guys have handled my work superbly for previous shows, and since I was doing this essentially in the dark (from New York), it just made sense that I do so with familiar guides. And no matter the preparatory choices for this, shipping my art was an unavoidable part of the process - perhaps the most frightening part of all. I just confirmed today however that the pieces arrived safely. YeeeeHAW!!! Thanks Bernadine, Marjorie, and Carmalita!

After 3 weeks of fundraising, frantic emails, phone calls, and panic attacks - it's all come together and I can finally breathe. Two pieces chosen for the show are from my series you've heard and seen bits about over the past year, BRANDED ...therefore I AM. I finally finished it in Denver's Civic Center Park this summer with a portrait of budding young illustration artist, Hans DeHaas (seen below on the show postcard[click for larger view]). I also have to send out appreciative words to all who participated as models and assistants in this project. I hope to name every single one of you when I blog next year about the solo baby!! Hear that Mother Universe. Manifest. In'sha Allah.

SOoooo...pleeeeeez spread the word on this guys, whether you can attend or not. According to The Economist,the Fountain Art Fair is "The way an art fair should be". So if you will happen to be in Miami from Dec 1st thru 4th, or know anyone down there (particularly collectors!! hee hee) - come one and all and support the AFP artists!!

AFP Artists at Fountain Art Fair: Sol Kjøk | Berette Macaulay | Juan Manuel Pajares

The Miami Art Week breakdown and Fountain Art Fair sweet talk from ARTSLANT - SO excited!

FREE iPAD app for the Fountain Art Fair - how cool is that??!!! Download HERE

Exhibition Location:

FOUNTAIN ART FAIR
2505 North Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33137

Exhibition Schedule:

Thursday, December 1

12pm - 5pm

VIP/Press Preview

Friday, December 2

12pm – 7pm

Open to the public

7pm - midnight

Opening Reception with curated music program

Saturday, December 3

12pm - 7pm

Open to the public

Saturday, December 3

7pm – midnight

Party with curated music program

Sunday, December 4

12pm - 5pm

Open to the public

*A
 special word of thanks to my patrons without whom my part in the 
Fountain Arts Fair SERIOUSLY would have been impossible.  Thank you for 
supporting me and my ability to show my art.  You have instilled great 
confidence in me to keep creating and sharing my work by validating me 
with your fiscal assistance.  It sure does feel good to be a funded 
creative.  Eternal Gratitude.

Berthan Macaulay, Jr.

Margarette May Macaulay

James Joseph

Bernadine Simpson

Martyn and Jenny Marriott

Steve "Urchin" Wilson

Gertrud Kretzschmar

Robert Sinclair

Raxann Chin-Anguin

Janice Thompson

Shirley Hawkinson

Mark Pergola

Rachel Tinguely

Merle Bassie

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Show Follow Up: AFTH with The Vanderbilt Republic

So my debut last week with The Vanderbilt Republic at 25CPW Gallery was a wonderful success. The pop up (one night only) gallery exhibit entitled Art From The Heart was seen by over 500 visitors which is what you call a kick ass event man! And as I understand it - there will be a book featuring all the work of the artists in the show, which will be available via VR's Artifacts Store. I suggest checking it out. With such a large group of shooters represented, it is truly a rare thing to say that all the art was good. But seriously, ALL the art was good - it felt great to be in such company. Jo-Anneke van der Molen (curator) made funky use of the space and represented us well.

AFTH/Vanderbilt Republic photos at 25CPW Gallery by Justin Lynch

And now that the surprise is over with (remember I didn't know what they were gonna show from my submission packet), the piece they chose was a pinhole camera portrait I took of Mark Sink this summer. YeeHAW!!! And I STILL have yet to blog about THAT experience - IE. my Pinhole and Collodion Wet Plate apprenticeship with Denver based master shooter - the Sink himself. Once I'm outta the pressure zone with these shows that will come...

...next up: Fountain Arts Fair during Art Basel Miami Beach week!

Art From the Heart 2011 from The Vanderbilt Republic on Vimeo.

RELATED JOURNEY POST:  

Next SeBiArt Show - New York City/Central Park West! (Nov 2011)

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Next SeBiArt Show - New York City/Central Park West!

Hey guys - here's a flyer for my next show - it's a pop up gallery group show Art from the Heart(AFTH) with a really cool new organization called the Vanderbilt Republic (VR). AFTH is in it's 2nd year and it's going up in a uber sweet spot - 25CPW Gallery (click here for their FB page). It's gonna be a treat - come if you're free, up for buying some affordable art, or just ready for some fun!

Oh and what I'm showing is a surprise even to me - they selected one piece from my batch of submissions and refuse to tell me which one! Anyway you can preview some of the pieces (mine not included) at the link provided above.

More online information can be found through these links. 

The press release: http://vanderbiltrepublic.com/pr

The Facebook event: http://facebook.com/event.php?eid=197593476984040

Check out this Vanderbilt Picture Story preview featuring the curator Jo-Anneke van der Molen at work - if you squint and concentrate you'll see some of my work! haha

AFTH2011: First Look from The Vanderbilt Republic on Vimeo.

As always - thanks for your support PEOPLE!!

Oh - and stay close by - more news coming your way about my next show in December...in Miami! YeeeeHAW!!!

♡♡♡

Monday, 7 November 2011

All is illuminated...

kWotes and Haikus

How do I know what I think until I see what I write.
~Unknown

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
James Baldwin

For an idea that does not at first seem insane; there is no hope.

Einstein

no one ever really criticizes those who live out their dreams. but some will curse the courage it displays that they have yet to adopt. share not only your dreams but your daring to realize them. go forth and inspire. build together.

~Scoop
i•ma•gine | e•volve

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.

~James Baldwin~

The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating -- in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life.'

~ Anne Morriss

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

~Albert Einstein

When you stay awake, you see the sun. Anywhere you are, you have to make it your paradise.

~Joseph Buchanan

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

~Albert Einstein

Tomorrow will bring different questions and answers. OWN NOW.

~Scoop

A government which robs Peter to
pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. 

~ George Bernard Shaw

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.~

Live with your toes digging into the earth, with your eyes open wide, and your heart warm. This way you won't miss a thing little one. :)

~Scoop

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

~Daniel J. Boorstin

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

~Steve Jobs

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

~Leo Tolstoy

I'd rather be busy than bored;
I'd rather burn out than rust out.

~Johnny Mandolin

We are all we are all the time.

~Karin Wilson of YardEdge.net

Whatever you ardently desire,
Sincerely believe in,
Vividly imagine, and
Enthusiastically act upon,
Must inevitably come to pass.

- Sybil Leek, Diary of a Witch

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning
of the people by the people for the people.

~Oscar Wilde

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Ivan Panin

Remember to play after every storm.

~Mattie Stepanek~

The most original thing you've ever come across is actually yourself.

~Saul Williams~

Why fight it?
Be seduced by your purpose.

~Scoop~

The light at the end of the tunnel
is not an illusion. The tunnel is.

~unknown~

Fear is just another word for ignorance
...
Freedom is something that dies unless it's used

~Hunter S. Thompson~

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

~Marcel Proust~

Unexpected beauty in life shatters our monument to suffering.

~Scoop 2001~

Once you label me, you negate me.

~Kierkegard~

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe, to re dream our world. The fact of possessing imagination means that everything can be re dreamed. Each reality can have it.

~Ben Okri~

Cautionary actions to prevent future pain or loss may also function as obstacles to any happiness you could have presently.

~Berette Macaulay~

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

~unknown~

We shall not cease from exploration, but at the end of all of our exploring will be to return to the place from which we originated and to know it for the first time.

~T.S. Elliot~

Isn't it funny how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creatures’?

~Anonymous~

"You have a grand gift of silence, Watson," said he, "it makes you quite invaluable as a companion."

~Sir Arthur Conan Doyle~

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

~Ben Okri~

[I am] not so interested in the length of the road so much as the width.

~A. Regsmith~

Losers fold; winners take hits.

Forget the odds; draw, raise, bluff, call, stand.

~unknown~

Great ideas are no different from useless thoughts until they are put to use.

~Kynan Cooke, 1994~

In life you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

~anonymous~

It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before, to test your limits, to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

~Anais Nin~

Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to a form of mental agoraphobia, and that brings its own terrors. …the willfully unimaginative see more monsters, they are often more afraid.

~JK Rowling~

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

~Marcus Garvey~

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

~Elbert Hubbard~

a simple guide:
no NOW...no JOY...no LIFE.

~Robert Holden~

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

~Bertrand Russell~

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.

~John Lennon~

Being proactive instead of reactive always lessens the pressures of adversity.

~Kevin C. Robinson~

There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death? If making love might be fatal and if a cool spring breeze on any summer afternoon can turn a crystal blue lake into a puddle of black poison right in front of your eyes, there is not much left except TV and relentless masturbation. It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die.

~Hunter S. Thompson, 1988~

The minute you try to prove yourself is the moment you've lost the point. 'Doing it' moves you forward, 'proving it' takes you back.

~Berette Macaulay~

I want death to find me planting my cabbages.

~Michel de Montaigne~

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by.

~Douglas Adams~

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.

~Norah Ephron~

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.

~Shakti Gawain~

Can you get over
Something you truly enjoy
And if indeed, why?

~Mystic Urchin~

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

~William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"~

There are indeed a thousand ways of acquiring an opinion that have nothing to do with rational thinking.

~R.J. Hollingdale~

There is need to sway
Naked Rhythm summons blues
Wind and Whispers dance.

~Mystic Urchin~

Chill out somewhere for a minute. Things get clearer when you get quiet.

~Scoop~

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.

~Charles Peguy~

We are so accustomed
to disguising ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

~Francois de La Rochefoucauld~

A man is not an orange. You can't eat the fruit and throw the peel away.

~Arthur Miller~

There is no truth; everything is permitted.

~William S. Burroughs~

Nothing is true or false but thinking makes it so. You believe you have appeased the thunder and lightening and the ground that grows your grain; you believe it, you have.
~Shakespeare~

Knowing how to see is much more important than what kind of camera or lights you have.

~ David Harry Stuart~

Every work comes into being in the same way as the cosmos – by means of catastrophes…

~Wassily Kandinsky~

Every man takes
The limits of his
Own field of vision
For the limits of the world.

~Arthure Schopenhauer~ 1788-1860, Studies in Pessimism

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

~Dorothea Lange~

Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

Nature Will Hold You
Live within Integrity
Sweet Dew Forever

~Ku by Scoop~

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
~Hunter S. Thompson~

I refuse to lose my mind to the sadness locked in the illusion of my finitude.

~Chuma and Fiswe~

fear of mediocrity creates it by narrowing your vision of yourself. get as far away from fear as you can by daring your ass to face it everyday.

~Berette Macaulay~

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming -WOO HOO what a ride! ~JAH – E~

Kill the arrogance. It will never serve you in the long run - as ultimately it acts as an inhibitor.

~Berette Macaulay~

Desire is a magnificent nomadic energy.

~Scoop, inspired by Nietzche~

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

~Lou Holtz~

There’s no great genius without some touch of madness.

~Seneca~

Live for the truth or lie
What are the consequences?
RECIPROCITY

~Ku by Scoop~

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

~Hunter S. Thompson~

Water marks the way,
We wander thru wet slipways,
Happy to be damp.

~ Ku by Steve Wilson, nee Mystic Urchin ~

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”

MIND THE GAP

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

-Gail Sheehy

"Watch Your Thoughts, They Become Your Words,Watch Your Words, They Become Your Actions, Watch Your Actions, They Become Your Habits, Watch Your Habits, They Become Your Character, Watch Your Character For It Becomes Your Destiny"

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

-Dorothea Lange-

“Fear is temporary. Regret lasts a lifetime.”

“Caution is the death of Creativity”

Let your deeds themselves praise you, for here I leave them
in all their glory, lacking words to extol them.

~Cervantes, Don Quixote de la Mancha~

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Next SeBiArt Show in Miami + first time Art Basel Visit

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Show Follow Up: AFTH with The Vanderbilt Republic

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Next SeBiArt Show - New York City/Central Park West!

Monday, 7 November 2011

All is illuminated...

kWotes and Haikus

i•ma•gine | e•volve

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