Good News for Twin Ports Arts Scene: Esther's Blog & Other Announcements

"The Poet" Sarah Riley

If you've been a regular follower of Ennyman's Territory you will know that I've worked hard to be both an resource to find local arts as well as a journalist documenting activities here. You will also have noticed that each month I have been on the receiving end of a lot of Esther Piszczek's efforts to gather information about what's happening here. In short, though there's no official affiliation, we've worked in tandem and I have always sought to give periodic shout outs to Esther as a thank you.

For the past month or longer Esther has been striving to create a blogspace where people can go to see what is happening in the Twin Ports art scene. It's finally been birthed and is called Twin Ports Art. It contains all the same information and features of her art emails, including: Events, Art on View, Learn a Tangle, as well as separate pages for Reoccurring Events and a list of Creative Education Opportunity links.

"The Queen's Cathedral" -- Jillian Dollars

Just click on this link: TwinPortsArt.blogspot.com to access the blog. Once there, click on the box under Latest Post that reads: Art in October to access this month's art email from Esther.

Esther promises she will continue to send out the link in a monthly email, so nothing really has changed. Feel free to pass along this email and/or the Twin Ports Art link to others who might enjoy receiving this information.

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In other news, those of you on social media have noticed that every platform seems to be adding features in order to foster engagement. I'm not sure when Facebook's "My Story" started but it dawned on me recently that I might be able to use this feature to showcase "Our Story"... by which I mean, our local Twin Ports art scene story.

"Virago 4: The Witch 2" -- Chelsey Rae

I will continue to visit openings and shows. Last night I was at the Virago opening in Kruk Gallery, UWS and Lizzard's opening reception for Murphy & Murphy. The images on this post are from last night, though I will cover them more fully in the next few days. Virago, the title of the Kruk show, means, "a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman." Synonyms include harridan, shrew, dragon, termagant, vixen, fishwife, witch, hellcat, she-devil, tartar, martinet, spitfire and more. The archaic definition might be, "a woman of masculine strength or spirit, a female warrior."

This show was curated by Annie Dugan, who was dressed in her usual cheerful countenance. Recommended: Google the Kruk hours and make a way to visit sometime this month.

If I had begun "My Story" I could have given a short glimpse of these events while they were happening.

We'll see. No promises.

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Scott Murphy is back. Check out this new show at Lizzard's
featuring Scott's paintings and ceramic sculpture by Robin Murphy.

Meantime, art goes on all around you. Get into it.