4th Annual Poetry Month 30/30/30 :: Day 1 :: Diana Rickard on Akilah Oliver
[box]It's hard to believe that today's post marks the first of our FOURTH annual 30/30/30 series, and that when this month is over we will have seeded and scattered ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY of these love-letters, these stories of gratitude
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: SABINA IBARROLA on LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA
When I think of Leah Lakshmi’s poems, I think about femme. I think about hustle, and I think about love. I think of words like pussy and glitter and plum and open. I think about that pretty brown brown. I
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 15 :: CRISTINA PREDA on LILLIAN-YVONNE BERTRAM
[Editor's Note: Cristina Preda comes to us via our favorite model: the person to person relay-style hand off from former participants (in this case, frequent OS contributor, and all around badass inspirational mama Caits Meissner). I was overwhelmed with gratitude to
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 9 :: MAIGA MILBOURNE on NAZIM HIKMET (1902-1963)
[Editor's Note: Maiga Milbourne comes to us via our favorite model: the person to person relay-style hand off from former participants (in this case, frequent OS contributor, and all around badass inspirational mama Caits Meissner). I was overwhelmed with gratitude
COMMUNITY :: THE INSTITUTE OF NARRATIVE GROWTH : CAITS MEISSNER and MARK GONZALES
There is nothing more at the heart of The Operating System than a deep belief in the transformative power of creative practice -- of storytelling and narrative practice, in particular. In light of that, nothing could give me more pleasure
FIELD NOTES :: CAITS MEISSNER's TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY :: Incantations, Magic Spells & The Power of Writing: When Words Do Their Job
Editor's note: We have been pinching ourselves to keep this a secret! Beginning with this terrific entry we will be bringing you weekly episodes of Poet / Artist / Educator Caits Meissner's "TRANSCRIBING THE JOURNEY," as a FIELD NOTES series-within-a-series.
THE OS PRESENTS :: PRINT! DOCUMENT EXHIBIT A : RE/PRODUCTION and RE/PRESENTATION // CREATIVE CAPITAL and STRATEGIES FOR RESILIENCE for the ARTIST as ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PRINT! DOCUMENT :: EXHIBIT A :: RE/PRODUCTION and RE/PRESENTATION LAUNCHPAD BROOKLYN 721 FRANKLIN AVENUE BROOKLYN NY OPENING JUNE 14th, 2013 at 6pm Curated by Managing Editor Lynne DeSilva-Johnson with Production Assistance from Ben Wiessner, Taylor Quilty, Kevin William Reed, and Georgia Elrod exhibiting selected artists
NEW SERIES ANNOUCEMENT :: [RE:CON]VERSATIONS
reconnaissance (n.) 1810, from French reconnaissance "act of surveying," literally "recognition," from Old French reconoissance (see recognizance). U.S. military abbreviation recon is attested from 1918. conversation (n.) mid-14c., "living together, having dealings with others," also "manner of conducting oneself in the world;" from Old French conversation, from Latin conversationem(nominative conversatio) "act of living
COMMUNITY :: LAUNCHPAD BK :: Women Love The World Festival
Women Love the World: A three day festival and fundraiser celebrating women artist-activists and their contributions to bettering our world community. We are proud to announce Women Love the World (WLTW), a festival co-curated by Caits Meissner, Karla Rodriguez and Lehna
PRINT! Vol. 2 :: UPDATES AND GENERAL AFTERGLOW
Oh, Exit Strata family. What an amazing journey it's been! and what an incredible experience we shared just a month ago at our launch party for PRINT! Vol. 2, at the aptly named Launchpad in Brooklyn. We've been busy as little
