Unfettered: New Work by Artist and Gallery Owner Eileen Corse

Posted on October 1, 2010 by dylan

Cover: Art & Healing Issue

Oct/November 2010

Eileen Corse, artist and owner of Corse Gallery & Atelier, unveiled a collection of her new paintings in September. The show, titled Unfettered, comes just months after Corse celebrated her business’s second anniversary in March, 2010. Corse says that for the past two and a half years she has put her painting career on hold in order to promote other artists and her gallery, because she thought it was a great thing for Jacksonville.

But now she is ready to promote her own work. She is calling her show Unfettered, she says, “because I feel free to paint again.”

Why Art Matters

Posted on July 8, 2010 by dylan

With so much taxpayer money now being allocated to the arts in Jacksonville, the Cummer Art Museum recently announced a timely program scheduled for July 13th, “Why Art Matters: An Arts Roundtable.” During the event local educators, business executives and civic leaders will gather to discuss the importance of art and culture in Jacksonville.

Read more: http://www.eujacksonville.com/story2.php?storyid=1734

Voices of the Valley: Environmental Challenges

Posted on May 28, 2010 by dylan

May 28, 2010

EDITOR’S NOTE: Some scientists call climate change the greatest challenge humanity has faced. And then there are the threats to clean drinking water and a food system that depends on diminishing fossil fuels.

Valley Voices videographer Dylan Klempner visited Amherst’s first Annual Sustainability Festival to speak with community members concerned about the environment. He asked them to name our biggest environmental challenges – and point to ways to address them.

Watch the video: http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/05/28/voices-valley-environmental-challenges

Voices of the Valley: Economy

Posted on April 30, 2010 by dylan

April 30, 2010

EDITOR’S NOTE: Though consumer confidence is lifting and signs point to an economic recovery, the job market remains tight, particularly for those without degrees and skills.

For today’s installment of Voices of the Valley, reporter and videographer Dylan Klempner visited with residents of Hampshire Heights in Northampton, where they spoke about their frustrations with finding work.

Watch the video: http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/04/30/voices-of-the-valley

Revealing a moment in America: UMASS theater creates a community to capture one

Posted on January 21, 2010 by dylan

January 21, 2010

Under bright lights in the Curtain Theater at the University of Massachusetts, actor Jonathan Fielding trails Sarah Wiggin across the stage, holding up his hands as if filming her with a movie camera. He speaks to her in German-accented English.

“You are home. And you are very tired,” he says.

Wiggin, who looks exasperated, pulls up the collar of her brown, corduroy sport coat.

Fielding stops suddenly and turns to director Gina Kaufmann, who sits offstage. Kaufmann had encouraged the pair to experiment with adding new dialogue to a scene from the play “1905,” set to open Friday at UMass. Fielding now questions whether the new dialogue is working. A thoughtful discussion between actors and the director ensues.

Members of the cast and crew of “1905″ say that this kind of open collaboration has been the primary feature of the play’s construction.

Read more: http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/01/21/revealing-moment-america#

World of Blessings

Posted on November 26, 2009 by dylan

November 26, 2009

For some today, a traditional prayer will express thankfulness. Others will pick up poems, or enact meaningful family rituals.

However families choose to commence their Thanksgiving Day meals, this remains a special kind of holiday.

Spiritual leaders and thinkers from across the Valley offered ideas this week on ways to make the most of the day’s enduring theme – gratitude.