Saturday, February 16, 2008
Clancy Sigal: Strike Notes from a Screenwriter
Counterpunch: "Our strike is a victory against negatives. We successfully resisted the studios on rollbacks. And the union remained united, solid and militant in the face of the media conglomerates' obvious intent to break or enfeeble the Writers Guild of America, west and east. The strike the conglomerates' film studios provoked had the unintended consequence of strengthening our union and uniting the membership as never before."
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SCARCITY
Showcase Benefit for the Class of 2008
SCARCITY
by Lucy Thurber
"...a rancid slice of white-trash.."
Featuring:
Ryah Nixon
John McKetta
Erika Strasburg
Adam Berry
Katie Wieland
Peter Moses
Caitlin Kimball
Ryah Nixon
John McKetta
Erika Strasburg
Adam Berry
Katie Wieland
Peter Moses
Caitlin Kimball
Rauh Studio Theatre
Sunday Feb. 17th @ 8pm
Suggested donation 5.00
Astria Suparak Named New Director of Regina Gouger Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon
Astria Suparak Named New Director of Regina Gouger Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon
For a photo and additional information visit: http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/February/feb15_suparakrgm.shtml
Astria Suparak, a curator known for her efforts to highlight emerging and international artists, has been named the new director of Carnegie Mellon Universitys Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, effective March 1. Suparaks cutting-edge exhibitions often employ a variety of media, from painting and photography, to craft and electronic arts.
Suparak, who succeeds interim director Petra Fallaux, comes to Carnegie Mellon from Syracuse Universitys Warehouse Gallery, a public, non-profit art gallery. She has also curated exhibitions independently in Montreal and New York.
Astria Suparak will bring a great deal of energy and vision to her new position as director of the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, said Hilary Robinson, dean of the College of Fine Arts. While wanting to reach out nationally and internationally, she also has a keen sense of what the role of the gallery can be here in Pittsburgh. I look forward to working with her in the years to come.
Suparak curated the Warehouse Gallerys incisive COME ON: Desire Under the Female Gaze in late 2007. She described the exhibition as unabashed explorations and unapologetic articulations of female libido and an attempt to break down the notion of dichotomous gender. Thousands of people visited this exhibition, which received international press attention.
I look forward to leading the Miller Gallery into its next phase, as a vital component of Pittsburghs flourishing cultural life, Suparak said. Future programming will highlight critical and inspirational contemporary artists through provocative and illuminating exhibitions, projects, events and publications. I envision dynamic collaborations with other local, national and international organizations, bridging diverse communities across the campus, the city and the art world at large.
Suparak has curated national exhibitions, screenings and events at the Yale University School of Architecture, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Kitchen, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the FotoFest Biennial, Eyebeam, the Anthology Film Archives and P.S.1. She has also worked in England, Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Belgium and France. From 1997 to 2000, she was director of the media series at Pratt Institute, and she is currently serving on the advisory panel for the Aurora Picture Show in Houston and the Public Art Commission for the city of Syracuse.
As an artist, Suparaks work has been published in the feminist journal LTTR, the British art magazine Black Diamond and the book Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents. She has written for NY Arts, Heeb, The Independent Film and Video Monthly and has an essay in the forthcoming volume of Live Cinema: A Contemporary Reader.
Suparak received a bachelors degree in studio art and art history from Pratt Institute in 2000, and later pursued museum studies at Syracuse University.
Named for avid art collector, principal donor and Carnegie Mellon alumna Regina Gouger Miller, the Miller Gallery has sought to support the creation, growth and understanding of contemporary art since January 2000. Located in the Purnell Center for the Arts on Carnegie Mellons campus, the three-story, 9,000 square-foot space functions not just as a showcase for art, but also for experimentation, examination, discovery and discussion. The gallery is free and open to the public. For more information on Suparak visit http://www.astriasuparak.com/. For more information on the gallery visit http://millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu.
For a photo and additional information visit: http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/February/feb15_suparakrgm.shtml
Astria Suparak, a curator known for her efforts to highlight emerging and international artists, has been named the new director of Carnegie Mellon Universitys Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, effective March 1. Suparaks cutting-edge exhibitions often employ a variety of media, from painting and photography, to craft and electronic arts.
Suparak, who succeeds interim director Petra Fallaux, comes to Carnegie Mellon from Syracuse Universitys Warehouse Gallery, a public, non-profit art gallery. She has also curated exhibitions independently in Montreal and New York.
Astria Suparak will bring a great deal of energy and vision to her new position as director of the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, said Hilary Robinson, dean of the College of Fine Arts. While wanting to reach out nationally and internationally, she also has a keen sense of what the role of the gallery can be here in Pittsburgh. I look forward to working with her in the years to come.
Suparak curated the Warehouse Gallerys incisive COME ON: Desire Under the Female Gaze in late 2007. She described the exhibition as unabashed explorations and unapologetic articulations of female libido and an attempt to break down the notion of dichotomous gender. Thousands of people visited this exhibition, which received international press attention.
I look forward to leading the Miller Gallery into its next phase, as a vital component of Pittsburghs flourishing cultural life, Suparak said. Future programming will highlight critical and inspirational contemporary artists through provocative and illuminating exhibitions, projects, events and publications. I envision dynamic collaborations with other local, national and international organizations, bridging diverse communities across the campus, the city and the art world at large.
Suparak has curated national exhibitions, screenings and events at the Yale University School of Architecture, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Kitchen, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the FotoFest Biennial, Eyebeam, the Anthology Film Archives and P.S.1. She has also worked in England, Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Belgium and France. From 1997 to 2000, she was director of the media series at Pratt Institute, and she is currently serving on the advisory panel for the Aurora Picture Show in Houston and the Public Art Commission for the city of Syracuse.
As an artist, Suparaks work has been published in the feminist journal LTTR, the British art magazine Black Diamond and the book Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents. She has written for NY Arts, Heeb, The Independent Film and Video Monthly and has an essay in the forthcoming volume of Live Cinema: A Contemporary Reader.
Suparak received a bachelors degree in studio art and art history from Pratt Institute in 2000, and later pursued museum studies at Syracuse University.
Named for avid art collector, principal donor and Carnegie Mellon alumna Regina Gouger Miller, the Miller Gallery has sought to support the creation, growth and understanding of contemporary art since January 2000. Located in the Purnell Center for the Arts on Carnegie Mellons campus, the three-story, 9,000 square-foot space functions not just as a showcase for art, but also for experimentation, examination, discovery and discussion. The gallery is free and open to the public. For more information on Suparak visit http://www.astriasuparak.com/. For more information on the gallery visit http://millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu.
CFA Announcements
The Carnegie Mellon School of Drama 2008 Winter New Play Festival continues
New Works Schedule:
GRAE MATTERS By Carol J. Godart Directed by Kate Pines Feb. 13, 8 PM Feb. 20, 8 PM Feb. 15, 4 PM Feb. 22, 8 PM Feb. 16, 8 PM Feb. 23, 2 PM
FATIS LAST DANCE By France-Luce Benson Directed by Dana Friedman Feb. 14, 8 PM Feb. 21, 8 PM Feb. 15 8 PM Feb. 22, 4 PM Feb. 16 2 PM Feb. 23, 8 PM
Admission is FREE. Seating is limited. Tickets are available at the door 1 hour before performance. John Wells Studio Theatre. Purnell Center for the Arts. For more information contact Rob Smith at resmith@andrew.cmu.edu. ______________________
Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Performs Anton Bruckners Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Thomas Baldner will guest conduct the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in Anton Bruckners monumental Symphony No. 7 in E Major Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and free for Carnegie Mellon students with ID.
Bruckners seventh symphony, written between 1881 and 1883, was immediately popular with audiences and even with critics. Although he mastered the craft of composition, Bruckner labored over the composition of his symphonies and frequently revised them at the suggestion of friends and critics alike; Symphony No. 7 was revised in 1885. Bruckner was affected by the death of his idol Richard Wagner in 1883 and acknowledged him by using Wagner tubas in the symphonys adagio. The symphony requires a rather large brass contingent including four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, four Wagner tubas, and a contrabass tuba. The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic brass, which can claim alumni in the horn sections of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, promise to shine.
Bruckners seventh symphony is a monumental work that is both deeply spiritual and formally groundbereakingl, said Noel Zahler, head of the School of Music. The grandeur of Bruckners symphonies are only rivaled by the cathedrals in which Bruckner worked as an organist.
Baldner was educated at Indiana Universitys noted Jacobs School of Music and served as chair of the Department of Instrumental Conducting there from 1976 to 2000. He was conductor of Colognes Rheinisches Kammerorchester. He has guest conducted the Berlin, London and Munich philharmonics and the London Symphony Orchestra among others.
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Carnegie Mellons School of Drama Presents August Wilsons The Piano Lesson Opening Feb. 21
Carnegie Mellon Universitys School of Drama presents August Wilsons The Piano Lesson Feb. 21 through March 1 in the universitys Philip Chosky Theater. Elizabeth Van Dyke, renowned New York-based director, actress and Wilson interpreter, will direct this enthralling struggle between two siblings set in Depression-era Pittsburgh.
For more background on The Piano Lesson listen to a podcast with dramaturg and senior Breanna Zwart, whose research carried her to Pittsburgh's Hill District as well as to many of the places Wilson described in his play, visit http://www.cmu.edu/cfa/labA6.html.
We have waited quite a while for circumstances to be right to allow us to commit to a major staging of Wilson in the School of Drama. Happily that time has come, said Elizabeth Bradley, head of the School of Drama. Selecting one of Wilsons Pittsburgh plays gives the design, creative team and acting company a unique opportunity to research a play in the city in which it is set. Under Van Dykes authoritative and sensitive guidance, students will relate to this extraordinary dramatic material in compelling ways.
Wilson's Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama documents the conflict between Boy Willie and his sister Berniece by examining their relationship to a piano that has great significance in the story of their family, as well as to one another. Boy Willie wishes to sell the instrument and use the proceeds to purchase the farmland where his ancestors worked as slaves, while Berniece wants to keep the piano because of the strong memories and sense of family that it evokes. The Piano Lesson remains a complex allegory of how African-Americans confront their own tumultuous and fractured histories. William A. Henry III, the late theatre critic for Time magazine, called the piano the most potent symbol in American drama since Laura Wingfield's Glass Menagerie.
Tickets are $22-$25. Discounts are available for students and seniors. For additional information about ticket purchases and the upcoming season, contact the School of Drama box office at 412-268-2407 between noon and 5 p.m., Monday Friday. Tickets can be purchased online at www.drama.cmu.edu . _____________________
Plastic Poetics Curator's Tour, February 21, 12:00 pm Miller Gallery, 3rd floor Cara Erskine http://caraerskine.com
Cara Erskine is the Exhibitions Coordinator at the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, and her debut curatorial project Plastic Poetics, on view from January 18-February 22, 2008, features the work of artists Ian Finch, Maya Schindler, Sarah E Wood and Colin Zaug.
Cara is an artist and curator based in Pittsburgh, PA. Her paintings and drawings have been exhibited most recently at Front Room Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Tunnel Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA and Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. _____________________
Remaining School of Architecture lectures in the series
Martin Haas | www.architekthaas.com Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart, Germany Friday, February 22, 2008, 6:30 pm Carnegie Museum of Art Theater Sponsored by Heinz Architectural Center to mark the exhibition Ecology.Design.Synergy
Lars Lerup Dean and William Ward Watkin Professor, School of Architecture Rice University, Houston TX Monday, March 3, 2008, 6:30 pm Giant Eagle Auditorium, Baker Hall A51, Carnegie Mellon University William Finglass Lecture
Lisa Iwamoto | www.iwamotoscott.com IwamotoScott Architecture Monday, April 7, 2008, 6:30 pm Giant Eagle Auditorium, Baker Hall A51, Carnegie Mellon University Sponsored by NCMA
Stefan Behnisch + Thomas Auer | www.transsolar.com Behnisch Architekten + Transsolar ClimateEngineering, Stuttgart Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 6:30 pm Carnegie Museum of Art Theater Sponsored by Heinz Architectural Center Hans Vetter Memorial Lecture
James Timberlake | www.kierantimberlake.com KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP, Philadelphia, PA Monday, April 21, 2008, 6:30 pm McConomy Auditorium, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University Henry Hornbostle Lecture
PGH Events _____________________________________________________________
Bedazzled: Stars, Pagans and the Cosmos - School of Art faculty Suzie Silver presents time-based work at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts continues
Working primarily in video and performance, Silvers provocative time-based art explores themes of obsession, mythology, gender, pop music, desire, and ritual in the eight videos presented in this show. They include live action and animation. The Happiest Day and Nebula are collaborations with Hilary Harp; Tri-Stan is a collaboration with Eric Moe. Closes March 9.
See link: http://www.pittsburgharts.org/gallery_current.php ______________
Silver Eye Gallery Presents
New Works Gallery: Opens February 13 March 15, 2008
Features: School of Design faculty Charlee Brodsky and Steve Simon of New York, NY Click here http://silvereye.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=EcZpCQAUAAEAAAO8AAGu9Q to learn more.
The New Works Gallery is a space for Silver Eye members to exhibit their recent work, rotating each month. The two-person exhibition is dedicated to keeping members and visitors informed of contemporary trends in the field. The New Works Gallery features images by photographers selected from submissions to Silver Eyes Exhibition Opportunities.
Silver Eye Gallery Hours Wednesday, Noon - 6:00 p.m. Thursday, Noon - 8:00 p.m. Friday, Noon - 6:00 p.m. Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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The College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University has launched "Lab A6," a weekly podcast program that brings together Carnegie Mellon faculty, students and community members for discussions on how art impacts life. The program, online at www.cmu.edu/cfa/labA6.html, has 18 podcasts with more in the works on subjects ranging from the environment and product design, to music, drama and the visual arts.
The podcasts give community members access to the diverse expertise of Carnegie Mellon faculty. One podcast focuses on the environment with Architecture Professor Volker Hartkopf, who's heading up a United Nations think tank on sustainable architecture.
"Lab A6 is an opportunity to shine a light on the extraordinary work of the artists, scholars and students at Carnegie Mellon and in the Pittsburgh community," said Marge Myers, host of Lab A6 and associate director of Carnegie Mellon's STUDIO for Creative Inquiry. "Artists throughout the Pittsburgh region participate in these informative discussions about art, which focus on the impacts of art. These folks are worthy of the extra time and attention the podcast medium offers."
The podcasts also engage audiences by taking them behind the scenes of productions and art exhibits. One podcast focuses on trends in opera with Gregory Lehane, who directed the School of Music's production of the opera "The Consul," and another focuses on "echo::system-The Desert," a performance art piece that ran at the New Hazlett Theater last September. Another podcast gives the audience a look into the inspiration of artist Lowry Burgess, whose paintings can be viewed at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
The podcasts are intended to be "timeless." While some focus on specific projects or events, these projects serve as the starting point for expansive discussions. Ayanah Moor's exhibit W(RAPPER) was the basis for a discussion on notions of cultural ownership. Other podcasts, like "Composers Discuss the Newest in New Music," aim to generate general discussion.
The music at the opening and conclusion of the podcasts is Mendelssohn's second quartet and Ravel's quartet performed by the Starling Quartet at Carnegie Mellon. Riccardo Schulz, associate teaching professor in the School of Music, is the recording engineer. The podcasts are recorded in Studio A6 in the College of Fine Arts building.
Campus Events _________________________________________________________
Monday, February 18th 4:30pm Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Florida Contaminants and the Developing Reproductive System: Lessons from Wildlife Co-sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
For over a century, wildlife and other animals have been used to predict the potential detrimental or beneficial human health effects of various environmental factors. These factors range from dietary and pharmaceutical effects to exposures to toxic chemicals. As the molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms underlying the biology of reproduction in vertebrates are clarified, we are able to determine with better assurance, which endpoints are important indicators of compromised reproductive potential. Studies examining the reproductive biology of an wide array of vertebrate species, from fish to non-primate mammals, indicated that exposure to ecologically relevant concentrations of various common environmental contaminants have the potential to disrupt the development and functioning of the reproductive system. Specifically, studies of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and non-primate mammals indicate that developmental exposure to compounds such as various pesticides, plasticizers, industrial waste products, chemical stabilizers, pharmaceutics, plant secondary compounds (phytoestrogens) and flame retardants alter the development of the ovary or testis, for example, leading to compromises in reproductive potential. A growing literature demonstrates the common relationships in the biology of reproduction among vertebrates. Although each species has its unique attributes, significant conservation exists in the underlying molecular, cellular and physiological systems associated with vertebrate reproduction, allowing us, with a reasonable degree of caution, to use data from wildlife and other animal species to access potential environmental influences on the process of human reproduction.
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE TWO LECTURES ON FEBRUARY 18TH Monday, February 18th 4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall Lou Guillette, Department of Zoology, University of Florida CONTAMINANTS AND THE DEVELOPING REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM: LESSONS FROM WILDLIFE Sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
4:30pm Rangos 3, University Center Barry Barkan, Founder, Living Oaks Institute TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE OF AGING IN AMERICA Sponsored by the Institute for Social Innovation
Thursday, February 21st 4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall Alejandro Garca-Rivera, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley TOPIC: TBA Sponsored by Carnegie Mellons Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
Monday, February 25th 6:30pm McConomy Auditorium, UC Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador to the United States U.S., SYRIA AND THE NEW OLD MIDDLE EAST: CONFRONTATION OR COOPERATION? Sponsored by the Arab Student Organization (ASO)
Tuesday, February 26th 5:00pm Rangos 3, University Center Michael Shuman, Author of The Small-Mart Revolution LOCAL ECONOMYSAVING THE WORLD BY EATING LOCALLY: THE SMALL-MART REVOLUTION
Thursday, February 28th 4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall Xiaofei Kang, Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon SPIRITS, SEX, AND WEALTH: FOX LORE AND FOX WORSHIP IN CHINA
New Works Schedule:
GRAE MATTERS By Carol J. Godart Directed by Kate Pines Feb. 13, 8 PM Feb. 20, 8 PM Feb. 15, 4 PM Feb. 22, 8 PM Feb. 16, 8 PM Feb. 23, 2 PM
FATIS LAST DANCE By France-Luce Benson Directed by Dana Friedman Feb. 14, 8 PM Feb. 21, 8 PM Feb. 15 8 PM Feb. 22, 4 PM Feb. 16 2 PM Feb. 23, 8 PM
Admission is FREE. Seating is limited. Tickets are available at the door 1 hour before performance. John Wells Studio Theatre. Purnell Center for the Arts. For more information contact Rob Smith at resmith@andrew.cmu.edu. ______________________
Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Performs Anton Bruckners Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Thomas Baldner will guest conduct the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in Anton Bruckners monumental Symphony No. 7 in E Major Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and free for Carnegie Mellon students with ID.
Bruckners seventh symphony, written between 1881 and 1883, was immediately popular with audiences and even with critics. Although he mastered the craft of composition, Bruckner labored over the composition of his symphonies and frequently revised them at the suggestion of friends and critics alike; Symphony No. 7 was revised in 1885. Bruckner was affected by the death of his idol Richard Wagner in 1883 and acknowledged him by using Wagner tubas in the symphonys adagio. The symphony requires a rather large brass contingent including four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, four Wagner tubas, and a contrabass tuba. The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic brass, which can claim alumni in the horn sections of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, promise to shine.
Bruckners seventh symphony is a monumental work that is both deeply spiritual and formally groundbereakingl, said Noel Zahler, head of the School of Music. The grandeur of Bruckners symphonies are only rivaled by the cathedrals in which Bruckner worked as an organist.
Baldner was educated at Indiana Universitys noted Jacobs School of Music and served as chair of the Department of Instrumental Conducting there from 1976 to 2000. He was conductor of Colognes Rheinisches Kammerorchester. He has guest conducted the Berlin, London and Munich philharmonics and the London Symphony Orchestra among others.
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Carnegie Mellons School of Drama Presents August Wilsons The Piano Lesson Opening Feb. 21
Carnegie Mellon Universitys School of Drama presents August Wilsons The Piano Lesson Feb. 21 through March 1 in the universitys Philip Chosky Theater. Elizabeth Van Dyke, renowned New York-based director, actress and Wilson interpreter, will direct this enthralling struggle between two siblings set in Depression-era Pittsburgh.
For more background on The Piano Lesson listen to a podcast with dramaturg and senior Breanna Zwart, whose research carried her to Pittsburgh's Hill District as well as to many of the places Wilson described in his play, visit http://www.cmu.edu/cfa/labA6.html.
We have waited quite a while for circumstances to be right to allow us to commit to a major staging of Wilson in the School of Drama. Happily that time has come, said Elizabeth Bradley, head of the School of Drama. Selecting one of Wilsons Pittsburgh plays gives the design, creative team and acting company a unique opportunity to research a play in the city in which it is set. Under Van Dykes authoritative and sensitive guidance, students will relate to this extraordinary dramatic material in compelling ways.
Wilson's Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama documents the conflict between Boy Willie and his sister Berniece by examining their relationship to a piano that has great significance in the story of their family, as well as to one another. Boy Willie wishes to sell the instrument and use the proceeds to purchase the farmland where his ancestors worked as slaves, while Berniece wants to keep the piano because of the strong memories and sense of family that it evokes. The Piano Lesson remains a complex allegory of how African-Americans confront their own tumultuous and fractured histories. William A. Henry III, the late theatre critic for Time magazine, called the piano the most potent symbol in American drama since Laura Wingfield's Glass Menagerie.
Tickets are $22-$25. Discounts are available for students and seniors. For additional information about ticket purchases and the upcoming season, contact the School of Drama box office at 412-268-2407 between noon and 5 p.m., Monday Friday. Tickets can be purchased online at www.drama.cmu.edu
Plastic Poetics Curator's Tour, February 21, 12:00 pm Miller Gallery, 3rd floor Cara Erskine http://caraerskine.com
Cara Erskine is the Exhibitions Coordinator at the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, and her debut curatorial project Plastic Poetics, on view from January 18-February 22, 2008, features the work of artists Ian Finch, Maya Schindler, Sarah E Wood and Colin Zaug.
Cara is an artist and curator based in Pittsburgh, PA. Her paintings and drawings have been exhibited most recently at Front Room Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Tunnel Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA and Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. _____________________
Remaining School of Architecture lectures in the series
Martin Haas | www.architekthaas.com Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart, Germany Friday, February 22, 2008, 6:30 pm Carnegie Museum of Art Theater Sponsored by Heinz Architectural Center to mark the exhibition Ecology.Design.Synergy
Lars Lerup Dean and William Ward Watkin Professor, School of Architecture Rice University, Houston TX Monday, March 3, 2008, 6:30 pm Giant Eagle Auditorium, Baker Hall A51, Carnegie Mellon University William Finglass Lecture
Lisa Iwamoto | www.iwamotoscott.com IwamotoScott Architecture Monday, April 7, 2008, 6:30 pm Giant Eagle Auditorium, Baker Hall A51, Carnegie Mellon University Sponsored by NCMA
Stefan Behnisch + Thomas Auer | www.transsolar.com Behnisch Architekten + Transsolar ClimateEngineering, Stuttgart Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 6:30 pm Carnegie Museum of Art Theater Sponsored by Heinz Architectural Center Hans Vetter Memorial Lecture
James Timberlake | www.kierantimberlake.com KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP, Philadelphia, PA Monday, April 21, 2008, 6:30 pm McConomy Auditorium, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University Henry Hornbostle Lecture
PGH Events _____________________________________________________________
Bedazzled: Stars, Pagans and the Cosmos - School of Art faculty Suzie Silver presents time-based work at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts continues
Working primarily in video and performance, Silvers provocative time-based art explores themes of obsession, mythology, gender, pop music, desire, and ritual in the eight videos presented in this show. They include live action and animation. The Happiest Day and Nebula are collaborations with Hilary Harp; Tri-Stan is a collaboration with Eric Moe. Closes March 9.
See link: http://www.pittsburgharts.org/gallery_current.php ______________
Silver Eye Gallery Presents
New Works Gallery: Opens February 13 March 15, 2008
Features: School of Design faculty Charlee Brodsky and Steve Simon of New York, NY Click here http://silvereye.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=EcZpCQAUAAEAAAO8AAGu9Q to learn more.
The New Works Gallery is a space for Silver Eye members to exhibit their recent work, rotating each month. The two-person exhibition is dedicated to keeping members and visitors informed of contemporary trends in the field. The New Works Gallery features images by photographers selected from submissions to Silver Eyes Exhibition Opportunities.
Silver Eye Gallery Hours Wednesday, Noon - 6:00 p.m. Thursday, Noon - 8:00 p.m. Friday, Noon - 6:00 p.m. Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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The College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University has launched "Lab A6," a weekly podcast program that brings together Carnegie Mellon faculty, students and community members for discussions on how art impacts life. The program, online at www.cmu.edu/cfa/labA6.html, has 18 podcasts with more in the works on subjects ranging from the environment and product design, to music, drama and the visual arts.
The podcasts give community members access to the diverse expertise of Carnegie Mellon faculty. One podcast focuses on the environment with Architecture Professor Volker Hartkopf, who's heading up a United Nations think tank on sustainable architecture.
"Lab A6 is an opportunity to shine a light on the extraordinary work of the artists, scholars and students at Carnegie Mellon and in the Pittsburgh community," said Marge Myers, host of Lab A6 and associate director of Carnegie Mellon's STUDIO for Creative Inquiry. "Artists throughout the Pittsburgh region participate in these informative discussions about art, which focus on the impacts of art. These folks are worthy of the extra time and attention the podcast medium offers."
The podcasts also engage audiences by taking them behind the scenes of productions and art exhibits. One podcast focuses on trends in opera with Gregory Lehane, who directed the School of Music's production of the opera "The Consul," and another focuses on "echo::system-The Desert," a performance art piece that ran at the New Hazlett Theater last September. Another podcast gives the audience a look into the inspiration of artist Lowry Burgess, whose paintings can be viewed at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
The podcasts are intended to be "timeless." While some focus on specific projects or events, these projects serve as the starting point for expansive discussions. Ayanah Moor's exhibit W(RAPPER) was the basis for a discussion on notions of cultural ownership. Other podcasts, like "Composers Discuss the Newest in New Music," aim to generate general discussion.
The music at the opening and conclusion of the podcasts is Mendelssohn's second quartet and Ravel's quartet performed by the Starling Quartet at Carnegie Mellon. Riccardo Schulz, associate teaching professor in the School of Music, is the recording engineer. The podcasts are recorded in Studio A6 in the College of Fine Arts building.
Campus Events _________________________________________________________
Monday, February 18th 4:30pm Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Florida Contaminants and the Developing Reproductive System: Lessons from Wildlife Co-sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
For over a century, wildlife and other animals have been used to predict the potential detrimental or beneficial human health effects of various environmental factors. These factors range from dietary and pharmaceutical effects to exposures to toxic chemicals. As the molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms underlying the biology of reproduction in vertebrates are clarified, we are able to determine with better assurance, which endpoints are important indicators of compromised reproductive potential. Studies examining the reproductive biology of an wide array of vertebrate species, from fish to non-primate mammals, indicated that exposure to ecologically relevant concentrations of various common environmental contaminants have the potential to disrupt the development and functioning of the reproductive system. Specifically, studies of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and non-primate mammals indicate that developmental exposure to compounds such as various pesticides, plasticizers, industrial waste products, chemical stabilizers, pharmaceutics, plant secondary compounds (phytoestrogens) and flame retardants alter the development of the ovary or testis, for example, leading to compromises in reproductive potential. A growing literature demonstrates the common relationships in the biology of reproduction among vertebrates. Although each species has its unique attributes, significant conservation exists in the underlying molecular, cellular and physiological systems associated with vertebrate reproduction, allowing us, with a reasonable degree of caution, to use data from wildlife and other animal species to access potential environmental influences on the process of human reproduction.
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE TWO LECTURES ON FEBRUARY 18TH Monday, February 18th 4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall Lou Guillette, Department of Zoology, University of Florida CONTAMINANTS AND THE DEVELOPING REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM: LESSONS FROM WILDLIFE Sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
4:30pm Rangos 3, University Center Barry Barkan, Founder, Living Oaks Institute TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE OF AGING IN AMERICA Sponsored by the Institute for Social Innovation
Thursday, February 21st 4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall Alejandro Garca-Rivera, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley TOPIC: TBA Sponsored by Carnegie Mellons Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
Monday, February 25th 6:30pm McConomy Auditorium, UC Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador to the United States U.S., SYRIA AND THE NEW OLD MIDDLE EAST: CONFRONTATION OR COOPERATION? Sponsored by the Arab Student Organization (ASO)
Tuesday, February 26th 5:00pm Rangos 3, University Center Michael Shuman, Author of The Small-Mart Revolution LOCAL ECONOMYSAVING THE WORLD BY EATING LOCALLY: THE SMALL-MART REVOLUTION
Thursday, February 28th 4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall Xiaofei Kang, Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon SPIRITS, SEX, AND WEALTH: FOX LORE AND FOX WORSHIP IN CHINA
Campus Lectures
Monday, February 18th
4:30pm Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Florida
Contaminants and the Developing Reproductive System: Lessons from Wildlife
Co-sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
For over a century, wildlife and other animals have been used to predict the potential detrimental or beneficial human health effects of various environmental factors. These factors range from dietary and pharmaceutical effects to exposures to toxic chemicals. As the molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms underlying the biology of reproduction in vertebrates are clarified, we are able to determine with better assurance, which endpoints are important indicators of compromised reproductive potential. Studies examining the reproductive biology of an wide array of vertebrate species, from fish to non-primate mammals, indicated that exposure to ecologically relevant concentrations of various common environmental contaminants have the potential to disrupt the development and functioning of the reproductive system. Specifically, studies of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and non-primate mammals indicate that developmental exposure to compounds such as various pesticides, plasticizers, industrial waste products, chemical stabilizers, pharmaceutics, plant secondary compounds (phytoestrogens) and flame retardants alter the development of the ovary or testis, for example, leading to compromises in reproductive potential. A growing literature demonstrates the common relationships in the biology of reproduction among vertebrates. Although each species has its unique attributes, significant conservation exists in the underlying molecular, cellular and physiological systems associated with vertebrate reproduction, allowing us, with a reasonable degree of caution, to use data from wildlife and other animal species to access potential environmental influences on the process of human reproduction.
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE TWO LECTURES ON FEBRUARY 18TH
Monday, February 18th
4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Lou Guillette, Department of Zoology, University of Florida
CONTAMINANTS AND THE DEVELOPING REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM: LESSONS FROM WILDLIFE
Sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
4:30pm Rangos 3, University Center
Barry Barkan, Founder, Living Oaks Institute
TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE OF AGING IN AMERICA
Sponsored by the Institute for Social Innovation
Thursday, February 21st
4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Alejandro Garca-Rivera, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
TOPIC: TBA
Sponsored by Carnegie Mellons Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
Monday, February 25th
6:30pm McConomy Auditorium, UC
Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador to the United States
U.S., SYRIA AND THE NEW OLD MIDDLE EAST: CONFRONTATION OR COOPERATION?
Sponsored by the Arab Student Organization (ASO)
Tuesday, February 26th
5:00pm Rangos 3, University Center
Michael Shuman, Author of The Small-Mart Revolution
LOCAL ECONOMYSAVING THE WORLD BY EATING LOCALLY: THE SMALL-MART REVOLUTION
Thursday, February 28th
4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Xiaofei Kang, Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon
SPIRITS, SEX, AND WEALTH: FOX LORE AND FOX WORSHIP IN CHINA
4:30pm Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Louis J. Guillette, Jr., Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Florida
Contaminants and the Developing Reproductive System: Lessons from Wildlife
Co-sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
For over a century, wildlife and other animals have been used to predict the potential detrimental or beneficial human health effects of various environmental factors. These factors range from dietary and pharmaceutical effects to exposures to toxic chemicals. As the molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms underlying the biology of reproduction in vertebrates are clarified, we are able to determine with better assurance, which endpoints are important indicators of compromised reproductive potential. Studies examining the reproductive biology of an wide array of vertebrate species, from fish to non-primate mammals, indicated that exposure to ecologically relevant concentrations of various common environmental contaminants have the potential to disrupt the development and functioning of the reproductive system. Specifically, studies of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and non-primate mammals indicate that developmental exposure to compounds such as various pesticides, plasticizers, industrial waste products, chemical stabilizers, pharmaceutics, plant secondary compounds (phytoestrogens) and flame retardants alter the development of the ovary or testis, for example, leading to compromises in reproductive potential. A growing literature demonstrates the common relationships in the biology of reproduction among vertebrates. Although each species has its unique attributes, significant conservation exists in the underlying molecular, cellular and physiological systems associated with vertebrate reproduction, allowing us, with a reasonable degree of caution, to use data from wildlife and other animal species to access potential environmental influences on the process of human reproduction.
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE TWO LECTURES ON FEBRUARY 18TH
Monday, February 18th
4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Lou Guillette, Department of Zoology, University of Florida
CONTAMINANTS AND THE DEVELOPING REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM: LESSONS FROM WILDLIFE
Sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
4:30pm Rangos 3, University Center
Barry Barkan, Founder, Living Oaks Institute
TRANSFORMING THE CULTURE OF AGING IN AMERICA
Sponsored by the Institute for Social Innovation
Thursday, February 21st
4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Alejandro Garca-Rivera, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
TOPIC: TBA
Sponsored by Carnegie Mellons Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
Monday, February 25th
6:30pm McConomy Auditorium, UC
Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador to the United States
U.S., SYRIA AND THE NEW OLD MIDDLE EAST: CONFRONTATION OR COOPERATION?
Sponsored by the Arab Student Organization (ASO)
Tuesday, February 26th
5:00pm Rangos 3, University Center
Michael Shuman, Author of The Small-Mart Revolution
LOCAL ECONOMYSAVING THE WORLD BY EATING LOCALLY: THE SMALL-MART REVOLUTION
Thursday, February 28th
4:30pm Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Xiaofei Kang, Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon
SPIRITS, SEX, AND WEALTH: FOX LORE AND FOX WORSHIP IN CHINA
CFA Announcements
Events _____________________________________________________________________
Carnegie Mellon's School of Art lecture series presents CAROLINE JONES Tonight! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 5 PM, Kresge Recital Hall ORVILLE M. WINSAND LECTURE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDIES IN ART
CAROLINE JONES is Professor of Art History and Director of the History, Theory and Criticism program in the Department of Architecture at MIT. Dr. Jones is the author of Machine in the Studio: Constructing the Postwar American Artist, and Eyesight Alone: Clement Greenbergs Modernism and the Bureaucratization of the Senses, in addition to other books. She edited the recent Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art, and co-edited Picturing Science, Producing Art. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on its technological modes of production, distribution, and reception. Trained in visual studies and art history at Harvard, she did graduate work at the Institute of Fine Arts in New York before completing her PhD at Stanford University in 1992. Previous to completing her art history degree, she worked in museum administration and exhibition curation, holding positions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York (1977-83) and the Harvard University Art Museums (1983-85), and completed two documentary films. In addition to these institutions, her exhibitions and/or films have been shown at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC, the Hara Museum Tokyo, and the List Visual Art Center at MIT, among other venues. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (among others). _____________________
Carnegie Mellon's School of Music Presents
Concert Wednesday, February 13 Carnegie Mellon Jazz Ensembles David Pellow, director Eric DeFade, saxophone, guest artist Carnegie Music Hall 8 pm Tickets $5/$4 at the door Students free with Carnegie Mellon ID
Convocation Thursday, February 14 Vivace Flute Quartet presentation on their experiences in South America Kresge Recital Hall 12 noon
Junior Recital Saturday, February 16 Mira Magrill, flute Kresge Recital Hall 5:30 pm
Junior Recital Sunday, February 17 Karina Bharne, trombone Deanna Tham, horn Alumni Concert Hall 6 pm
Senior Recital Monday, February 18 Brittany Lockman, oboe Kresge Recital Hall 7 pm
Graduate Recital Tuesday, February 19 Neysis Rangel, violin Kresge Recital Hall 8 pm
Carnegie Mellon's School of Art lecture series presents CAROLINE JONES Tonight! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 5 PM, Kresge Recital Hall ORVILLE M. WINSAND LECTURE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDIES IN ART
CAROLINE JONES is Professor of Art History and Director of the History, Theory and Criticism program in the Department of Architecture at MIT. Dr. Jones is the author of Machine in the Studio: Constructing the Postwar American Artist, and Eyesight Alone: Clement Greenbergs Modernism and the Bureaucratization of the Senses, in addition to other books. She edited the recent Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art, and co-edited Picturing Science, Producing Art. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on its technological modes of production, distribution, and reception. Trained in visual studies and art history at Harvard, she did graduate work at the Institute of Fine Arts in New York before completing her PhD at Stanford University in 1992. Previous to completing her art history degree, she worked in museum administration and exhibition curation, holding positions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York (1977-83) and the Harvard University Art Museums (1983-85), and completed two documentary films. In addition to these institutions, her exhibitions and/or films have been shown at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC, the Hara Museum Tokyo, and the List Visual Art Center at MIT, among other venues. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (among others). _____________________
Carnegie Mellon's School of Music Presents
Concert Wednesday, February 13 Carnegie Mellon Jazz Ensembles David Pellow, director Eric DeFade, saxophone, guest artist Carnegie Music Hall 8 pm Tickets $5/$4 at the door Students free with Carnegie Mellon ID
Convocation Thursday, February 14 Vivace Flute Quartet presentation on their experiences in South America Kresge Recital Hall 12 noon
Junior Recital Saturday, February 16 Mira Magrill, flute Kresge Recital Hall 5:30 pm
Junior Recital Sunday, February 17 Karina Bharne, trombone Deanna Tham, horn Alumni Concert Hall 6 pm
Senior Recital Monday, February 18 Brittany Lockman, oboe Kresge Recital Hall 7 pm
Graduate Recital Tuesday, February 19 Neysis Rangel, violin Kresge Recital Hall 8 pm
The Core Company
The Core Company offers an opportunity for dedicated and adventurous theatre artists in training to spend five weeks creating THEIR OWN original work alongside today's most cutting edge theatre companies. When they're not working on their own material, Core Company members will join with professional artists in master classes, apprenticeships, and dialogues about what it means to work collaboratively in theatre today.
We are looking for students from diverse creative backgrounds: not only acting, but directing, writing, choreography, painting, music, film-making, etc. If any of your students are interested in applying, please direct them to the Core Company website (link to application is in the left margin). We also have a Facebook group, called "Core Company @ The Orchard Project," where students can find more frequently updated information and connect with other rising and established artists around the country. Our application deadline is March 15.
Thanks so much, and please don't hesitate to contact us with questions. We look forward to hearing from you and your students soon.
Sincerely, Andrew & Jake
Andrew Kelsey & Jake Jeppson Program Directors Core Company at the Orchard Project 301 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022 core@orchardproject.com
The Orchard Project "A vitally important and necessary space for companies and artists..."
The Orchard Project is a joint program of the Exchange and the Catskill Mountain Foundation. Through its unique residencies, the Orchard Project provides much needed resources of time and space to today's most influential theatre companies, and thus has quickly become a leading center of development for company sponsored artists to experiment and explore new ideas, develop their next great work, and collaborate with other theatre professionals. Past resident companies have included Pig Iron, Radiohole, Royal Court, Rude Mechanicals, Edge Theatre and The Civilians, among others. Read more about the Orchard Project at www.orchardproject.com , and in this 2006 New York Times article: "Collaboration in the Catskills ."
We are looking for students from diverse creative backgrounds: not only acting, but directing, writing, choreography, painting, music, film-making, etc. If any of your students are interested in applying, please direct them to the Core Company website
Thanks so much, and please don't hesitate to contact us with questions. We look forward to hearing from you and your students soon.
Sincerely, Andrew & Jake
Andrew Kelsey & Jake Jeppson Program Directors Core Company at the Orchard Project 301 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022 core@orchardproject.com
The Orchard Project "A vitally important and necessary space for companies and artists..."
The Orchard Project is a joint program of the Exchange and the Catskill Mountain Foundation. Through its unique residencies, the Orchard Project provides much needed resources of time and space to today's most influential theatre companies, and thus has quickly become a leading center of development for company sponsored artists to experiment and explore new ideas, develop their next great work, and collaborate with other theatre professionals. Past resident companies have included Pig Iron, Radiohole, Royal Court, Rude Mechanicals, Edge Theatre and The Civilians, among others. Read more about the Orchard Project at www.orchardproject.com
Finisher's K.I.S.S. Program
Modern Woodworking: Stains are complex chemical formulations affected by a variety of variables we will attempt to simplify and explain.
In Oil-Rich Mideast, Shades of the Ivy League\
\New York Times: "When Dana Hadan was a student at Doha’s leading girls’ science high school, she wanted to be a doctor and applied to Cornell’s medical school. But Cornell rejected her, and her parents did not want her to go to a medical school overseas. So Ms. Hadan enrolled instead in the business program at Carnegie Mellon."
Look Solutions Wins Technical Achievement Academy Award
Lighting&Sound America Online - News: "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Technical Achievement Award goes to the Tiny-Fogger Series from Look Solutions."
John Conklin And Robert Fletcher Take Home 2008 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
Live Design: "Legendary designers John Conklin and Robert Fletcher are among the recipients of the 2008 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards. For his achievements as both a costume and set designer, John Conklin will receive the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards' special Robert L. B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design. Acclaimed costume designer Robert Fletcher, who also produced, performed and designed sets, will receive the 2008 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on Friday, March 28, at the Hudson Theatre in New York City."
New Cabaret Premieres at Zipper
Carnegie Mellon New York Drama Alumni Clan: "HOMEMADE FUSION is a series of musical snapshots from the imaginations of composer Michael Kooman ('06) and lyricist Christopher Dimond ('07). Each snapshot attempts to make sense of an increasingly senseless world by examining the paradox of modern times. At once dangerously cynical and desperately romantic, it is a tale of love, loss, and candy bars."
Wired Campus: Shakespeare Goes Digital Again
Chronicle.com: "Michael Witmore, an associate professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, announced the launch of Shakespeare’s Global Globe on Saturday. The site is a map that indicates the locations of self-reported Shakespeare readers across the globe."
Dealmakers spurred by fear, loathing
Variety: "Was the strike worth it?
In the eyes of many scribes, the answer is an unqualified yes. But when it comes down to dollars and cents, the answer is murkier. The victories in new media that may pay big dividends in the future have come at a high price in the here and now."
In the eyes of many scribes, the answer is an unqualified yes. But when it comes down to dollars and cents, the answer is murkier. The victories in new media that may pay big dividends in the future have come at a high price in the here and now."
Striking a deal
Los Angeles Times: "LET'S not kid ourselves. This town is so desperate to get back to work it's like that girl auditioning on 'American Idol' last week, who would have gladly given Simon Cowell her dog if he'd just put her through to Hollywood."
Strike Update: Actors Guild Marching to Start Talks Next Month
Hollywood Today: "The actors are taking the stage now that the writers strike appears to be over come Monday (see related HT stories). The Screen Actor’s Guild is maneuvering to move up negotiations on a new contract with the AMPTP in order to get to the bargaining table ahead of AFTRA, as a result of the expected break-up of the longtime partnership between the two primary acting unions, according to sources. If AFTRA, considered more moderate than SAG, makes a deal first, it will set a precedent and could make it difficult for SAG to achieve its more ambitious goals under the activist leadership of Alan Rosenberg."
WGA Contract: Why the Writers Won and the Strike Was Worth It
Hollywood Today: "Everybody wants to know who won and who lost in the writer’s strike, now that the end appears to be in sight. Here’s the answer: The writers. Despite the grumbling, the gains they have achieved are significant, including a share of the distributors gross for the first time along with the creation of a whole new model for how the economics of big time media work in the future."
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