Women Speak 11/7/2013

Art is whole lot about passion and showing up for the experience.

I invite you to join me at "Women Speak Encore & More" on Thursday, November 7, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Multicultural Center Art Gallery and Womens' Center at Ohio University (Baker Center) in Athens, Ohio. I will read a revised version of my essay, Clarity.

The mission of the WOA (Women of Appalachia) events is to showcase the way in which female artists respond to this region as a source of inspiration with the intention that this gathering of artwork and spoken word will prove to be greater than the sum of its parts as visual and verbal themes emerge through the intertwining of the artwork and language. Hopefully, this confluence of ideas and inspirations will empower other regional female artists and the surrounding community so that they might continue the narrative.

Many people have an image of an Appalachian woman, and they look down on her. The Women of Appalachia Project encourages participation from women of diverse backgrounds, ages and experiences to come together, to embrace the stereotype, to show the whole woman; beyond the superficial factors that people use to judge her. 

We believe that all women are capable, courageous, creative and inspired. 

We tell our stories through our art.

Please join us this Fall/Winter for our fifth annual event! We are women of diverse backgrounds, ages and talents, pleased with the opportunity to share our creative spirits, our stories and our music with each other, and with you.

Kari Gunter-Seymour, Founder/Curator 

Woman of Appalachia

Here is the program for the evening of November 7th, I hope to see you there!

Showing Up for Art & Film

I'm impressed at what the College Town Film Festival has brought to Athens-- from the films to the talent, from LA to the UK. What a creative feast!

Julian Doyle teased out the language of translating screenplays and words into films and brought his film Twilight of the Gods. 

Eric Zudak and Mike Petty explained the impetus behind their film Karaoke Man. 

Director, Malcolm Goodwin, and writer, Cameron Fife, told Annie Howell of their adventure in making their first feature film for $45,000, A True Story. 

Last night I asked Carrie Preston, director and producer of That's What She Said, the final film of the festival, about why she was here in Athens. "I want people to see my movie," she replied. The opening scene of Anne Heche brushing her teeth while smoking a cigarette is iconic.

Small towns, like Athens, are lucky to have universities that support the arts. However, whatever art form you enjoy, an audience is a necessity.

Athenians dust off your shoes and get to the Athena tonight at 7pm for the film and for the Q&A afterward with Carrie and Pearl Gluck, visiting film professor at Ohio University.

Show up for the artist, art, and for the creative fuel to which you will give yourself wherever you live!

Carrie Preston brings a touch of Hollywood to Athens, Ohio