Weekly Update and Thoughts

Virtual Artist Mixer

Last Friday night's Artist Mixer was a breath of fresh air in a year of challenge. Artists of varied backgrounds and talents got to know both new and resident artists in the Albuquerque area and beyond through several random small group breakout sessions where thoughts and projects were explored, and connections made. We thank everyone who came for their positive energy and willingness to participate and promise those of you who missed out that we will continue to provide similar events in the future.

Remember, if you are seeking collaboration or desire to participate in a project, one of the benefits to being an ADC member is your ability to send out an email to the list-serv google group. Refer to the Contact Page on our website for guidelines in the use of our list-serv group.abqdanceconnect@googlegroups.com

Updates on the Advocacy Page

Artist Relief is extending their grant offering to artists affected severely by the pandemic with three more cycles in which to apply until the end of the year. Full information can be found here: https://www.artistrelief.org/faq.

Health and Business Operation: https://cv.nmhealth.org/public-health-orders-and-executive-orders/ has been updated with the latest NM health order dated Sept. 18 thru Oct. 16.

Thoughts and Ideas

Musings

Communication through gesture and eyes. Have you noticed yourself using these means to communicate in your daily life lately due to mask wearing? Try wearing a mask while dancing and see how this generates new use of these tools in your work. Extending from this thought, can a smile or act of kindness be more contagious than the virus? Test the theory!

Conversation starter

Technical adjustment to artistic output: You may be dancing on atypical dance surfaces through isolation; tile floors, carpet, uneven levels, sticky or slick surfaces, perhaps you have started dancing outdoors on grass, cement or dirt and changed footwear. Your core and hip strength will be more important than ever, affecting knee and ankle integrity. Think about how the modification challenge has not only affected your need to build core and joint strength, but also affected your creative output. Explore, Are you more in tune with alignment? Has this time been an opportunity to work on fundamentals, or has it had additional unexpected creative benefits? Share your insights with another artist? How can your response to the challenges serve the artist in you and artists you interact with?

Escape

Performance

A response to performance in pandemic using the headlights from a circle of vehicles: https://www.kcet.org/shows/southland-sessions/jacob-jonas-creativity-soars-within-pandemics-restrictions

Check out the inspirational offerings Dancing Earth has this October and beyond: https://dancingearth.org/events?view=calendar&month=09-2020

Consume Visual Art

The Albuquerque Museum opens a new show entitled "30 Americans" showcasing three generations of African American Artists with a large variety of visual arts stretching from paintings to film and installation revealing the complexity of culture as well as tensions impacting freedom of expression.

The Spectra Gallery in the UNM Honors College, Anderson School of Management Building has a photography exhibit "A yellow Rose Project" with 30 photographs from 30 women in tribute to the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. Open by appointment 271-4211, honors@unm.edu

Remember, ADC exists for you; we're hoping to inspire!