Beaming poets, musicians and artist after the performance. Left to right, poet Maja Trochimcxyck, musician Rick Wilson (he played Japanese, Native American and baroque flutes, artist Bill Anderson (poets wrote four poems on his beautiful painting "A View From Lone Pine", poets Susan Rogers, and Mira Mataric. photo by someone, with our camera.
Ron Libbrecht, left, listening. Janis Lukstein in center room, the beautiful painting by Fumi Arakaki, "My Barrack". photo by Kathabela
Radomir Luza is a strong and expressive reader. Because the gallery was so large and sectioned it still helped when Taura would sneak up and make sure he was amplified a bit. Photo by Kathabela
Mira Kirby reads one of her seven beautiful poems on the paintings. photo by Kathabela
Dekighted artists Bill Anderson on the left, and Ron Libbrecht, looking into the gallery room. Poet Sharon Hawley reading in the center. photo by Kathabela
Mira N. Mataric gives one of her dynamic, expressive readings, this one in answer to Kathabela's question, "What does Mira see in Larry Murphy's "Alabama Hills"? Painting is left, jusdt over Taura's head. Photo by Kathabela
Nancy, colorful and expressive, reading in the Alabama Hills room. The exhibit spanned three small gallery rooms and the large outer room, giving a maze like feel to the exhibit. The poets gave a tourguide walk through the rooms, stopping in front of each painting to read. Anywhere from one to six poems were read on a painting, thus providing multiple "readings" of the works.
Artist Ron Libbrecht, owner of APC Fine Arts and Graphics Gallery, invited the poets to write on this exhibit. He was delighted with the result, and spoke afterwards of how our poetry and music added another level to the expression and interpretations. photo by Kathabela
Nancy Ellis Taylor reads her wonderful poem on Woody Hansen's "Keeler Talc Mill". Taura making sure she is heard perfectly.
Taura was wonderful in her ability to have each poet's voice well amplified without any extraneous noise, and allowing all the audience, everywhere in the gallery to enjoy the poetry. photo by Kathabela
Poet Sharon Hawley on far right, about to read. Sharon created a website as a resource for the poets' inspiration, with as many or the paintings we photographed before the show opened. Reflections in the gallery limited those that were successful. photo by Kathabela
Beth Shibata, left made a video with our camera. Beth had two paintings in the show, and wrote six poems on other artist's work. Poets wrote six poems on her two photographs of the Manzanar landscape. Poet Radomir Luza, center. Radomir wrote on eight of the paintings.
Rick plays Native American flute during interludes for some of the Alabama Hills, Lone Pine section. The original inhabitants of the area, Native American reservations are there, and the Manzanar camps shared their land. It was fitting that their music was incorporated into the performance. Guinevere and the paintings listen.
Rick Wilson, baroque flute, Guinevere Saenger, a student of Patricia Maybe, at Cal Arts. Guinivere is playing the harpsichord that usually resides in the home of Kathabela and Rick Wilson. It is a small Italian harpsichord built by our friend Daniel Jencka, also a fine harpsichordist. It is actually on loan until he finishes our larger Flemish harpsichord we ordered from him eight years ago. Hopefully you will see that someday in one of our presentations. Paintings glow above and around in anticipation.
Poet Mira Mataric on left, prepares her reading of Cindy Rinne's poem. Cindy was one of 3 poets who could not attend. 16 poets read poems in the gallery. On the right in turquoise, poet Constance Griesmer and Maja Trochimczyck before the performance. Constance, has a braille copy of her poem she wrote on Henry Fukuhara's "Manzanar Symbols, 2008" She also wrote on Ada Passaro's "The Sentinel". photo Kathabela
Rick Wilson, baroque flute, Guinever Saenger, harpsichord play movements of a Telemann Sonata in G as interludes during the performance. Taura Scott with the microphone, helps the audience in the other rooms to hear. photo by Kathabela
Diane and artist owner Ron Libbrecht, wonderful hosts to poets on Site at their beautiful gallery. Bill Anderson's beautiful painting "A View From Lone Pine" in the background." photo by Kathabela
Guinevere amused by some of Kathabela's "musical instructions" that helped guide the moods for the interludes. Photo by Susan Rogers
Paintings of Alabama Hills glow over the musicians heads as they plan their interludes. Photo by Susan Rogers
Rick plays Japanese music on his Shinobue, a Japanese bamboo flute. The Japanese melodies were elegant and hauting, in proper tone for the serious, emotional paintings of the former internment camps where so many Japanese Americans were held during WW II. Photo by Susan Rogers
Musicians surrounded by the paintings of the 11th annual workshop of Manzanar and the surrounding hills. Photo by Susan Rogers.
Guinivere Saenger played several short solos as interludes. The music of Louis Couperin was rich and expressively fluid, suiting the setting well. Photo by Susan Rogers.
A moment of bemused satisfaction, poet Kath Abela Wilson (the Abela part of her name is her mother's beautiful maiden name, in formal listings she separates it for distinction) orchestrated the event. Photo by Susan Rogers.
Rick Wilson playing his shinobue, Japanese bamboo flute. We bought this flute several years ago on a visit to Kyoto, from the maker himself, a fitth generation maker, at his home, it is signed by him. Photo by Susan Rogers,
Guinevere Saenger, harpsichordist, like a painting herself, looking into the harpsichord. It was quite a feat to move the harpsichord into the gallery. Guinevere had to be patient with the challenges of the event, including that the harpsichord's music stand was left at home, thus the music lying flat, instead of lifted. Photo by Susan Rogers.
Bill Anderson's painting, "A View from Lone Pine" gleams with its secrets. Photo thanks to SR.
Susan Rogers reads her surprising interpretation of Bill Anderson's "A View Lone Pine". Photo thanks to SR.
Mira speaks her poem, on Beth Chipata's digital photo "Change of Venue" above on the right.Taura holds the microphone, the artist stands to the right, listening. This presense of both poet and artist, was the ideal situation, allowing the full expression and beauty of the interpretative situation to step forth. Photo by Susan Rogers.
Beautiful artistic couple, photo by Susan Rogers.
Artist Ron Libbrecht and his wife Diane in their beautiful gallery. photo by Susan Rogers.
Beuatiful glow of artistic satisfaction, Diane and Bill. photo by Susan Rogers.
Kathablea reads her poem on Henry Fukuhara's painting, ending the reading. her. Her last few lines, "In the Shape of Yesterday" were "orchards of bells rang softlty as I tasted they pealed with thunder I gathered in my mind the old inhabitants the bodies of our ancestors became smoke that gave me signals-- come back to paint the hills with witness." Photo by Susan Rogers.
An animated moment, Maja on the left, Kathabwla and Taura admiring Mionoru Ikeda's "Painters of Alabama Hills". Photo by Susan Rogers.
Susan in the light of Henry Fukuhara's Manzanar Symbols, 2008". Photo thanks to SR.
Susan Rogers beams in the sunlight. photo thanks to SR.
Henry Fukuhara's "Symbols of Manzanar" gleams near Susan Rogers as she reads her poem, In the background, Irene Horiuchi's "Sierra Blue" is waiting. Photo thanks to SR.
Constance Griesmer reading her poem in braille, "Dry Gold" on the painting by Henry Fukuhara, Symbols of Manzanar, 2008. Photo by Susan Rogers.
Poet Sharon Hawley at a particularly expressive moment. Photo by Susan Rogers.
Maja reads on the wonderful Milford Zornes painting "Alabama Hills" in the background.
Maja Trochimczyck reads, Kathabela, in background, a quiet moment of blissful listening, thank you Taura, on the right. photo by Susan Rogers.
