Saturday, May 22, 2010

6-8pm

Times Square Arts Center 669 8th Avenue New York, NY 10036

“Brothers N Arms is a experimental verite documentary film. This documentary will follow the lives of Charles Jean Pierre and Johnnie “Monk” Bess as they strive to achieve their goals of being successful artists while dealing with the issues of being young Black men living the USA during the twenty first century. Charles Jean Pierre and Johnnie “Monk” Bess are two dynamic Black painters from Washington DC who use their paintbrush as a means of dialogue to address issues of poverty, balance, contradictions, cause and effect in peoples lives and the effect we have on our environments and vice versa. Jean Pierre and Monk, go through life finding and expressing their passion for art, dealing with societal pressures for young Black men and constantly working towards a better future by inspiring Black youth and staying true to their calling as artists.”

MBA hosted the NYC premiere of brothas n arms @ Times Square Arts Center on Saturday May 22, 2010

May 2, 2010 MBA launched its Frustration & Artistry Workshop with the  ”This How I Make It”  Artist Round Table Discussion.

Artists: Nakeisha Gumbs, Jamala Johns, Marissa Arterberry, Shayna Jeffers and Melissa Matthews shaped an eye-opening discussion of the frustrations of “Brown Lady Artists”…

“We are all familiar with the stereotype of the ‘Starving Artist’ are things really that different?”

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“Is blogging a way of being paid to do your art?”

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