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Studio PAUSE Theme for Nov-Dec: Nostalgia
DEC 2013 CALENDAR
Sunday, Dec 8, 10 am – 5 pm.
Cecilia’s art is happy and reminds me of candy!
Cecilia & Sush’s CANDY STORE!
Candy and sweets are a part of all our childhood memories, no matter where we might have grown up. And the stores we loved were always filled with colorful little goodies we loved to take home. But we probably don’t do that much anymore. So how about small, yummy, colorful bits of art instead? Zero sugar and no calories! Paintings, ornament books, cards, and art gifts all made by Cecelia—who has been painting at Studio PAUSE every Monday since it opened—and Sush. Come by, stop in, and get your candy fix. Almost everything just $5 – $40. Also, Promise of PAUSE Gift Cards!
Mondays, 12/9, 16, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
ArtPAUSE with Sush: Playing with Paint (max. 4)
A painting class where the aim is to explore materials and techniques and play with acrylics and abstracts. No prior experience necessary! $15 / session. Get your 2PAUSE card here or email me to register.
Fridays, 12/6, 13, 20, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
WritingPAUSE with Sush: So You Think You Don’t Have a Story?
Particularly requested by a friend who wants to write but doesn’t think she has stories, this session is about helping us find the stories in our lives or imagine them using all sorts of techniques, discussion, and feedback.
$15/session or get your 2PAUSE card here and email me to book your spot.
Hands Around the Library, by Karen Leggett and Susan Roth
Saturday, Dec 14, 2-4 pm
Community PAUSE: Multicultural Storytime
Meet local children’s author Karen Leggett and listen to her award-winning storybook Hands Around the Library—recently translated into Arabic—read aloud by her family and friends. Share writing, ditties, and words in languages from your childhood. What did they sound like? What did they mean? I will share some Bengali rhymes too. Let’s celebrate our hometowns right here in our community. Children welcome!
Christmas, Cookies, & Colleen: Christmas and cookies go together like, well like Santa’s cookies and milk! Every family has their own connection with holidays and food, and Colleen’s family is no different. Their tradition of baking and sharing cookies has stood the test of laughter, time, and tears! Join Colleen Moore at Studio Pause, be there to hear her family’s story and enjoy some yummy holiday treats that she herself can’t eat. Why? Find out at www.askinnygirlinside.com!
Edith paints, writes, and performs!
Opening Reception, Saturday. Dec 14, 6-8 pm
Nostalgia: The Spirit of the Andes
Poetry, Paintings, and Bilingual Storybooks by Edith Graciela Sanabria
Edith loved the way her parents spoke to her in rhyme when she was little, back in her native Bolivia. She will share that love and what inspired her to write a bilingual childrens book at the opening of her show. Enjoy poetry and performance in Spanish, English, and Quechua, an old Inca language.
Saturday 11/2, 6 pm – 8 pm
Goldfish, streamers, letters bring memories of Celebrations!
Community PAUSE: Nostalgia: Celebration! Join us in a community exhibit and potluck titled Nostalgia: Celebrations! Bring your art, stories, poems, costumes, traditions, and food to share and display in this week-long exhibit. What memories do you have of celebrations in your life, community, or culture? What did you celebrate and how did art, stories, and community play a role? Come see how people remember celebrating diwaali, eid, halloween, dia de los muertos, and more. Also, meet local artist and art professor Sharmila Karamchandani, and sign up for some new workshops with her.
Mondays, 11/4, 11/11, 18/11 9:00 am – 10:30 am
ArtPAUSE with Sush: Playing with Paint (max. 4)
A painting class where the aim is to explore materials and techniques and play with acrylics and abstracts. No prior experience necessary!
$15 / session. Email me or drop in.
Friday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
BookPAUSE with Sush
We will make books of all sorts from Origami books to elements from books in different cultures. Come in and explore all sorts of papers and book structures, and take home something new and different in each session!
$15 or get yourself a 2PAUSE card and try this session and another one. Email me to book your spot.
Fridays, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
WritingPAUSE with Sush: So You Think You Don’t Have a Story?
Particularly requested by a friend who wants to write but doesn’t think she has stories, this session is about helping us find the stories in our lives or imagine them using all sorts of techniques, discussion, and feedback.
$15 or get your 2PAUSE card here and email me to book your spot.
Saturday, 11/9, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Rangoli Workshop with Sharmila:Learn the fun floor art of Rangoli—colorful designs made to celebrate the Indian festival of Diwaali. Sharmila, a local graphic design professor, shares traditions from her culture and shows us how we can all have fun doing this. Adults and kids welcome!
$30/2PAUSE card for adults and $15/child. 90 min. session incl. materials.
Saturday, 11/9, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Henna Design with Sharmila: Ever wanted to try doing henna designs yourself? On your very own hands? Let Sharmila show you fun ways to decorate yourself with temporary color from the henna plant, like people in so many parts of the world do to commemorate special occasions like weddings and festivals. Adults and Kids welcome!
$30/2PAUSE card for adults and $15/child. 90 min. session incl. materials.
Saturday 11/16, 5 pm – 8 pm
Ellie and Kori remember being kids.
Show Reception, Nostalgia: Homecoming
Co-workers Kori and Ellie remember the time when they were just kids growing up in different parts of America and share their nostalgia through photos, poetry, sketches, and more. Relive the time of Saturday morning cartoons and impossible-to-brush hair with them and share what you remember too!
Cause PAUSE: Jewelry Remembering Trinidad & Tobago Amanda Stephen makes jewelry that reminds her of home in Trinidad and Tobago, sells them, and donates 50% of the proceeds to FAIR Girls, a local non-profit that prevents the exploitation of girls worldwide with empowerment through prevention, education, compassionate care, and survivor inclusive advocacy. Amanda’s hands are the tools with which she creates unique, beautiful handmade jewelry through which she remembers her hometown of Trinidad and Tobago. Her inner passion for designing jewelry has led her to create a business to help raise awareness of trafficking and exploitation of young girls like herself.
OCT. 2013 CALENDAR: Studio PAUSE Theme for Sept-Oct 2013 is Black And White And…
Pedastals by Ken Marti
Opening reception Friday 10/4, 6 pm – 8 pm.
Black & White … And Absence. Photographs by Kenneth Marti.
Ken Marti works for the DHHS. Most days, he misses people, sounds and flavors from his childhood, as well as those moments when thoughts go missing and words linger on the tip of his tongue. His camera is a companion, and together they make images of things that are missing, or of his feelings of missing someone or something. It is an overexposed and dysfunctional relationship, most of the time.
Photo on left: Pedestals. Location: Matt Room, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, April 2011
Saturday 10/19, 5 pm – 7 pm
Community PAUSE: Black And White And Life And Death Meet some everyday people from the community who share how they use the arts—poetry, photography, music, food, and stories to deal with death and celebrate life. And how these traditions are different all over the world.
Ken Marti shares his photos of dealing with cancer in the family. Hear from retired army Staff Sgt. Charles “Chaz” Allen who lost both legs when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan. Shabnam Samuel talks about writing poetry on her blog to help her—and hopefully others—deal with death. Listen to a short story about a young man on a train sketching the hands of an older man, which really happened to writer Terence Kuch. And learn how Colleen Moore takes painful real-life events and turns them into fiction. Plus, Studio owner Sushmita Mazumdar celebrates two lives, recently lost, one with a musical tribute and another through food. And more… Event is free and light refreshments will be served.
Writing Spirals, by Mary Louise Marino
SEPT. 2013
Saturday, 9/14/2013, 4 pm to 7 pm
Studio PAUSE’s Grand Opening! (Photos!)
Welcome to the opening celebrations of Studio PAUSE! Meet Empowered Women International, the organization without which I wouldn’t have been able to do any of this, and hear founder Marga Fripp tell their story. Also, hear the story from my friend Kat whose elementary school had stood where my studio now stands!
Opening show: Black And White And Lines by Mary Louise Marino.
Mary Louise Marino is an artist and loves working at EWI. Black and White and Lines is part of an ongoing series inspired by a fascination with nature’s patterns. Much of her work is an investigation of the line and its expression. More at www.marylouisemarino.com.
Saturday 9/21, 4 pm – 7 pm
Community PAUSE: Black And White And History! (Photos)
Our first CommunityPAUSE where we will meet and hear presentations on the theme by a photojournalist, a historian, authors, and a musician. Enjoy some refreshments and share your stories too.
4:30 — Hear from historian Audrey Davis and Christa Watters, two of the authors of the new book African Americans of Alexandria, Virginia: Beacons of Light in the Twentieth Century. Book signing follows.
5:00 — Photojournalist and founder of Living Legends of Alexandria, Nina Tisara talks about documenting stories through Black and White photography.
5:30 — Howard Feinstein, aka Hurricane Howie, plays his music and talks about its history.
Free.