Tony Luna Creative- Update- 7-31-2020
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Robert Gallagher (c) 2020
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HERE ARE THE HEADLINES…
- Mark your calendars:
Our next Zoom SchmoozeFest! will be September 10, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM.
Our last Zoom SchmoozeFest! (our very first online event) was a wonderful opportunity for our talented friends to come together virtually and share their creative projects. Keeping in mind that it is more than a month away you can start putting together the concepts/projects you would like to present to our potentially world-wide audience. So get on that topic you have been wanting to manifest and share it with other talented, like-minded, creatives during our upcoming September Zoom SchmoozeFest!
A link to the login to the next Zoom SchmoozeFest! will be provided in the August 31 st. edition of this blog.
- Art Center Extension’s registration for the Fall Term begins August 17.
The Fall Term begins September 14.
Registration for the Fall Term will soon be open. Sharpen your skills, learn new technologies, or take that class you always wanted to take by checking the catalogue of intriguing classes that can expand your world and your creativity at: https://www.artcenter.edu/acn/coursedescriptions.jsp
Then to register for any of the life-enhancing classes go to https://www.artcenter.edu/acx/index.php?page=how-to-register
- Our Crafting a Meaningful Career-Part One-Discovering the Dream” online class will begin through Art Center Extension on Tuesday, September 15 and run for fourteen weeks. This class, now in it’s fourteenth year, has helped hundreds of mid-career professionals discover and create new meaningful career paths for themselves. Life is too short for us to live “in quiet desperation.” Now’s the time to participate in this class that can put you on a trajectory to a more purposeful career. For more information you may contact the instructor, Tony Luna at tony@tonylunacreative.com. This could be the move you have been waiting for!…
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Robert Gallagher (c) 2020
- Robert Gallagher, Photographer- https://www.gallagherphoto.com/galleries/strange-days
Strange Days; Life Under Covid-19
A photographic project documenting the strangely poetic visual language of life under quarantine.
As a Photographer I naturally respond to things by photographing them. This project started when, just a few days after the California Public Health Emergency was announced and a lock down imposed, I saw a man walking around my neighborhood in Santa Monica hugging trees. I knew something unusual was happening. People acting outside of their normal selves as a way to cope. Sometimes strange. Sometimes comedic. But often visual.
It almost appeared to me like that man was hanging onto the tree for dear-life, as if the last man on the deck of the Titanic. The visual metaphor resonated with me as a way to illustrate how we’re processing our lives right now.
So I’ve spent some time most days since then, just walking or cycling around my neighborhood with a Fuji X100 camera, observing and absorbing. Street photography with a very specific, yet unknown, objective in mind. The people of Santa Monica, birthplace of skate culture and the original Muscle Beach, are used to a social, healthy, outdoor lifestyle. So how would they react?
As we learn to cope with a whole new normal, I'm seeking out the visual cues that speak so much of our emotions within this changing human experience. It’s an ongoing project and for as long as I see people expressing themselves in a ‘Covid-specific’ way, I’ll keep working on it. A portrait of adaptability of who we were as a society under Covid-19.
These are strange days indeed.
Robert Gallagher (c) 2020
Robert Gallagher (c) 2020
Robert Gallagher
p h o t o g r a p h e r
Los Angeles, CA, USA
http://www.gallagherphoto.com
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- Shirin Raban, Brand Designer | Cine-Ethnographer | Educator - “Dear Friends and Family: I am very proud that Jewish Life Television will broadcast and live stream my latest film, “Between The Shells” this Saturday August 1st, 8 pm ET/PT.
The film is about the gifted #Persian #Jewish artisan, Mr. Jalil Harooni, who uses sea shells to depict historic events throughout time. This extraordinary film “…is a reflection of the life journey of an Iranian Jew who grew up during World War II, lived through the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and migrated to the United States after the Iran-Iraq war.
Watch the film online at: http://www.jltv.tv/index.php
Watch the film on Television: Spectrum - Time Warner: Channel 469; DIRECTV: Channel 325-1
Watch Trailer: https://youtu.be/1gS-9FmDH24
Film Website: https://betweentheshells.com/
Shirin Raban
Visual Anthropology MVA | Graphic Design BA
Brand Designer | Cine-Ethnographer | Educator
Lecturer at California State University Northridge
Instructor at UCLA Extension
shirin.raban@icloud.com
http://www.shirinraban.com
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- Julie Smith, Photographer, Set Designer, and now, author- “Hi Tony, I hope this email finds you and your family happy and in good health. Strange absurd times indeed. I often read your emails and wonder, "when will I find/make the time to participate?” Today will be that day...
I recently read a post by a person asking if it is okay to be joyful right now? Feeling a bit guilty that life was going well for her during all of the insanity. In our current environment it's too easy to get sucked into a vortex of fear, anxiety, anger, sadness etc. It's crucial to remember to smile! To be joyful when you can. Maintain your well being so that you are able to fight another day.
Taking a break from my usual work (set decorating and photography), I have implemented your advice on the importance of play. I am happy to announce the self-publication of “Fat Ugly Yippie Dog In Sweater” a book of drawings of dogs wearing sweaters (available on amazon). I hope it brings a smile to those who view it! Maybe it can lighten the load at least for a minute. Please feel free to share.
Also if you have any tips on marketing picture books of dogs wearing a sweater I’m at attention ;)
Thank you Tony!!
best,
Julie Smith
Fatdoginsweater@gmail.com
gravitydog@me.com
http://www.julieksmithphoto.com
https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Ugly-Yippie-Dog-Sweater/dp/1733570837/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FLS0G2CMKGVL&dchild=1&keywords=fat+ugly+yippie+dog+in+sweater&qid=1594227903&sprefix=fat+ugly+%2Caps%2C414&sr=8-1
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(Editor’s note: In order to conserve space only the opportunities in the Arts in California are represented here. For opportunities in the United States and across the world click on https://finearts.academickeys.com/.)
- Andrea McCarthy, AcademicKeys- “Dear Professor Luna, This month's issue of AcademicKeys' e-Flier for Fine Arts features 19 faculty openings, 6 senior administrative positions, and 0 post-doc opportunities and links to hundreds more positions in higher education.’
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Issue: Fine Arts Jul. 24th, 2020
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This AcademicKeys e-Flier contains higher education positions in: Art - Photography
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SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:
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NEW! - Dean - Div. of Arts & Humanities, Coll. of Letters...
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
Date Posted: Jul. 2, 2020
https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=143666&o=1176689&t=FI200724m-7
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS
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NEW! - UCSD Visual Arts Lecturer
University of California, San Diego
Visual Arts
La Jolla, CA, United States
Date Posted: Jul. 23, 2020
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NEW! - Lecturer - Sound Design - Theater, Dance, and Perf...
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
Date Posted: Jul. 21, 2020
https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=144762&o=1176689&t=FI200724m-3
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NEW! - Music Technology and Music Perception - 2020-2021
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, United States
Date Posted: Jul. 7, 2020
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Academic Keys, LLC
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Storrs, CT 06268
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Author: "How to Grow as a Photographer: Reinventing Your Career" Allworth Press and
"Mastering the Business of Photography: What the Pros Do When They Are Not Taking Incredible Photos" Skyhorse/Allworth Press
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