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Exquisite Naive Art for the Heart and Soul at GINA Gallery

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Keri Douglas • 2 Comments

GINA Gallery in the heart of Tel Aviv radiates the warmth, joy of enchanting naive art from around the world. Rich verdant landscapes, brilliant ruby red accents and gentle earth tones entice the viewer in to experience a world of dreams, magic and universal treasures of the soul.

Dan Chill, founder of GINA, represents more than 200 artists from more than 33 countries. He expertly weaves together into one portfolio the best of modern naive art known today, art with brilliant jeweled colors, exquisite skill and the core essence of the best of humanity. Chill is discovering each artist, each story, with an intrepidness only a bold visionary would ever dare consider. Continue reading →

Art

Madama Butterfly Coloring Activity for Children by Annina Luck Wildermuth

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Keri Douglas • 1 Comment

Annina Luck Wildermuth, one of my dearest friends and a huge supporter for 9 muses news, is a children’s book author and illustrator. She is offering this illustration as a gift to friends who have children (or adults) who love to color, dream and imagine. Follow the link to print the PDF. If you want, share your own colored Madama Butterfly on the 9 muses news Facebook page! Continue reading →

Poetry

Poetry: “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal” by Naomi Shahib Nye

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Keri Douglas • 2 Comments

Travelers know the risks, know the loneliness and even know the fear of the ‘what ifs’ starting out on the journey. Yet, each journey is filled with a story to give hope, compassion and a reminder that we are all human and connected. Following is “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal” by Naomi Shahib Nye .

After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
Please come to the gate immediately. … Continue reading →

Books / Poetry

Poetry: Maiden of the Heavens & Love in Pagan Idylls by Artin K. Shalian

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Keri Douglas • Leave a comment

What do old tales tells us? We live, we die and the creative spirit within blossoms and sparks the legacy of our life.

Artin K. Shalian captures the spirit of the writer, the storyteller with ancient Armenian tales preserved with great love. Around our kitchen table growing up, I heard the legends of his craft; his love and support for other authors, including Khalil Gibran; and, his devotion to his wife, Baidzar Shalian.

Here is an excerpt, ” Although she was a maiden of the heavens, she still possessed many a caprice of love that could not be satiated in her ethereal state of existence. According to the ordinance of the Great Master, love in its realization would consummate in creativity, and creativity … Continue reading →

Art / Innovation / International / Leaders & People / Paris

Santo Spada: Maestro of Couture, Beauty, Elegance and Sensuality

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Keri Douglas • Leave a comment

Santo Spada, a maestro of couture, magically transforms women into their own presence of beauty, elegance and sensuality. With the senses engaged, Spada illuminates the delicate relationship between the contours of a woman and the energy of her movements highlighted by silks and cashmere. His masterpieces are now in two collections with cascading sheers hiding or revealing the curve of the small of the back, a thigh as though gently allowing the beautiful spirit to emerge on her own terms, her own way, her own style.

Spada engages the ethereal and the physical through his haute couture in an enticing dance for the eyes, a metamorphosis of the sensual language of the feminine spirit.
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Innovation / Leaders & People / News/Media

“Touch Me” says ThingLink to All Facebook Users

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Keri Douglas • 2 Comments

ThingLink goes global today giving access to the next frontier of social media engagement to all users on Facebook. Kiss goodbye those static images with superficial messages imposed. Be curious, hover over the images, ‘touch’ them and experience the spontaneity of learning through curated links. The next generation of web social engagement has arrived for … Continue reading →

Books / Poetry

Poetry: Treasure Things by Annette Wynne

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Keri Douglas • 2 Comments

Sitting on my shelf is a worn, torn and colored Treasured Things children’s book with little poems to recite by poet, Annette Wynne. A telescope into the lives of children and adults in 1922.

Newspapers

If all the news gave out
And there should come a day
With nothing …. Continue reading →

Antiquity / Art / Cultural Heritage / Greece / International / Leaders & People

Campaign for the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures in the Age of Social Media

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Keri Douglas • 4 Comments

During the occupation of Athens by the Ottoman Empire, over 50% of the Parthenon sculptures were taken by questionable or unscrupulous means by then Ambassador and Lord Elgin for his home in Scotland that were later purchased by the British Parliament for the British Museum.

The International Organizing Committee – Australia – for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (IOC-A-RPM) will host a two day second International Colloquy Parthenon: An Icon of Global Citizenship beginning on November 15, 2013 at the University of Sydney Nicholson Museum that will concentrate the dialogue in four areas: education, economy, activism and litigation. A call for papers and expert speakers is open until July 31, 2013.

Why now? What are the key points to ensure the return of the Parthenon sculptures?
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Antiquity / Art / Cultural Heritage / International

Poll: When you buy art or artifacts, do you know difference between what is looted or not?

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Keri Douglas • Leave a comment

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Antiquity / Art / Innovation / International / Leaders & People

Ingenuity: Cards to Protect Cultural Heritage in War, Conflict & Galleries

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Keri Douglas • 2 Comments

One of the many paradoxes of war is destruction with simultaneous protection of civilians and cultural heritage. We know the political figures and weapons of war and see photographs in the press of anonymous bloody lifeless corpses twisted in the wreckage of urban settings. How can one possibly think of cultural heritage with so much human suffering. Yet, cultural monuments are targeted, pillaged, looted, destroyed all too often.

Cultural heritage is for the survivors, the future, world knowledge and ultimately, a record of human accomplishments.

World Heritage Day is April 18th. What will you do to help protect cultural heritage? Continue reading →