Monthly Archives: February 2009

The sky is the limit

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Untitled (Waiting for Felix’s bird to fly into view).

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Untitled (The incomplete sky).

Believe it, or not, these are the results of my trying to get to grips with a new camera. I suppose that in the land of Jacob van Ruisdael, it’s only natural to look upwards. If clouds over the Netherlands are of interest, then I recommend this text.

My Last Friday of the Month

Every month, at least every month during the ‘season’, the last Friday is reserved for openings, and trolley rides.

This past Friday was marked by the opening of Memphis College of Art MFA students Catherine Blackwell-Pena and John Gutierrez showing their work, as well as the launch of a project by Dwayne Butcher, for the 10th anniversary of the Urban Arts Commission.

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Forty Years Later

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., which was marked by a series of events, including a Recommitment March, lead by the Rev. Al Sharpton, ending at the Lorraine Motel, where King was gunned down, now the National Civil Rights Museum.

A vigil, to commemorate King and his legacy was held from the former motel balcony, where speakers, including his son Martin Luther King III, daughter Bernice King, and Jesse Jackson, spoke about King, his work, and his ongoing legacy.

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