LIPSTiCK TrACeZ

"Half the Sky" is an amazing book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. It's a life changer but don't be alarmed, it's very glass half full! Not an easy task when discussing such a weighty issue as worldwide female oppression. "Half the Sky", is also now a series of short films based on the stories in the book. The film series is still in production and produced by half the sky llc and fugitive films. The first and only finished film to date is the unbelievable story of Woineshet, an ethiopian woman she is really inspirational. She was just a girl when the story begins and now she is a woman and law student/activist. "Woineshet" is the directorial debut of Marissa Tomei, co-directed with Lisa Leone. For details go to the care website below.

http://www.ncm.com/Fathom/OriginalPrograms/event/Half_The_Sky.aspx

for more info on this fledgling movement go to

http://www.halftheskymovement.org/

I attended the premiere and Woineshet was there and she spoke a bit, she is a true beauty.

Screening Thursday, March 4 at select theaters

Great little Group show I am a part of. Mastermind Jackie Saccoccio whipped this little baby up in conjunction with Art Production Fund. My contribution is the logo/decal in the photo and some very shiny silver rocks. Go see it, it's in Soho until Tuesday morning.

Art Production Fund is pleased to announce the opening of APF LAB, an experimental art space. Occupying a storefront on 15 Wooster Street, generously donated by Soho Mews, APF LAB will invite artists to use this public venue in innovative ways. Projects will last from one day to undefined amounts of time and range from installations and performances visible only from the street to highly participatory environments within the room. APF LAB aims to offer an environment that is completely open to the artists' vision.

BlueBalls, the inaugural project for APF LAB, examines the transitory nature of the creative moment, the acquisitive character of the viewer and the curious longing that occurs between the two. Conceived by artist Jackie Saccoccio, artists have been invited to self- install and work atop one another's pieces in the space with the premise of desire and denial as their muse. By installing their own works in staggered timeframes, layering one over another, the end results become the compound of this transitory experience of the creative act. Poised behind a glass façade, this collaborative artist project will transform weekly as the next round of artists amplifies the collective.

Situated in a narrow storefront, the space itself becomes the first participant of the project. A playful hierarchy of entry, procession and invitation is established and evaporates as one advances to the top of the entry stairs, where the viewer is met by an imposing column. Asserting itself in front of the bulk of the space, it acts at once as maitre-de and bouncer. BlueBalls is visually accessible from the street during the extended installation period from October 27 - December 7.

Participating artists:
Caroline Achaintre
Nicole Cherubini
Carl D'Alvia
Lucky DeBellevue
Franklin Evans
Jeffrey Gibson
Susan Jennings
Michel Majerus
Marilyn Minter
Joyce Pensato
Erica Royer
Jackie Saccoccio
Laura Stein
Doug Wada
Christopher Wool