Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts

Saturday, October 12, 2024

SAUDADES FEATURED ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: STEVE WRIGHT

PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE BOOK LAUNCH 

AT BOOKS AND BOOKS THIS MONTH


Steve Wright is a visual and verbal storyteller.

His street photography is inspired by Ara GΓΌler, the Eye of Istanbul. He learned from and edited a book about the great Turkish photographer.

Wright is a Pulitzer-nominated, award-winning writer and has published more than 5,000 professional articles.

His Save My Little Havana, a one-man show photo exhibit opened in August 2023 at the Art Deco Welcome Center in Miami Beach and ran through Thanksgiving.

Several photos by Steve are published in the book, and will exhibited at the Books & Books Gallery Space.

Steve and other artists were present at the Book Launch on October 4, when they signed books.



Saturday, September 14, 2024

SOME SAY THAT THE EMOTION OF SAUDADE IS ABOUT THE LOVE THAT REMAINS AFTER SOMEONE OR SOMETHING YOU LOVE DEEPLY HAS GONE

BUT FEELING OR HAVING SAUDADE IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE

Check out the trailer for the Saudades book.

https://vimeo.com/1005984497?share=copy

I'm honored to be among the elite artists in this wondrous anthology.

Book launch in Miami Oct. 4 at Books and Books.

Saudades -- a global collaboration -- features the work of 28 multimedia artists representing 12 countries.

Through poetry, short stories, song lyrics, art, and fine art photography, they join lead author/artist Amy Serrano to undertake the exploration of the beautiful complexity of this word that may be for an ardent desire, a deep seated longing, a bittersweet nostalgia, a haunting melancholy, a mysterious incompleteness, a desperate yearning, a poignant sadness, an elusive wish, an irreplaceable loss, a pervasive sense of missingness, and other nuances unraveled in the book.

Though the word saudade is untranslatable into English, the experience of this emotion is universal.



Saturday, August 3, 2024

AN IMMERSIVE EXPLORATION OF “SAUDADE”

THROUGH LITERATURE, ART, AND OTHER MEDIA

I am honored to be among the world class multimedia artists included in Amy Serrano's colorful, engaging Saudades book.

My back cover photo is on the bottom right.

More of my street photography in Portugal is in the book.

Official book sales started July 31.

It’s available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million and powerhouse Miami local Books and Books.

The Miami Launch event is on Oct. 4.

For much more information, click on the press release:

https://files.constantcontact.com/be755cbc401/7673ddfe-4756-4c76-b51a-0527d29455a1.pdf




Saturday, June 29, 2024

HONORED TO HAVE MY FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASED IN SAUDADES

BOOK PRE-SALE PHASE LAUNCHING AT BOOKS & BOOKS


I kicked off the weekend among fellow creatives at Books & Books in Coral Gables, which will by the Miami headquarters for the book’s pre-sale phase and major release party (October 4.)

Pre-sale copies will be in the Art/Anthology section of legendary independent bookseller.

Statement from Editor/Chief Contributor/Siren Amy Serrano:

On behalf of all participating artists, I am so proud to share this beautiful book with you!

After living with the word Saudade for about 5 years now, exploring it, understanding it, feeling it, living it, listening to music about it, and writing about it through the prism of my own experiences, in the end the word is really about LOVE.

Love lost, Love yearned for, Love that remains, Love of a place, Love of the self you wished you had become and/or still hope to recover, and the convergence of many of these aspects of saudade through the element of Time, time, TIME

The word saudade, in its plural form “Saudades” spoke to me deeply and I believe this emotion, this feeling may also speak to you, it is universal…

Buy the book in person or order it today from Books & Books

Then come meet the artists during the official book release on October 4 also @Books&Books.

We will have red wine and red roses for you along with a few other surprises and we will sign your copy!

(photo is with a few of the Miami Artists Carlos A. Navarro Jonathan Rose and Steve Wright with the book’s wonderful publicist, Maru Lanao )

Saturday, January 27, 2024

SAVE THE DATE FOR MY MAY 3 BOOK SIGNING

PROUD TO BE A VISUAL ARTIST IN SAUDADES


I will be joining other artists for the book release of SAUDADES: Anthological Contemplations on Persons, Places, Identity, and Time

The event will take place 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. May 3 at the legendary Books and Books, 180 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables, Florida.

It will be a multimedia event featuring:

Poetry readings

Premiere of short film Saudade

Live performance by multi instrumentalist singer/ songwriter Bill Cruz who will perform the 2 song lyrics included in book

Gallery exhibit curated by Diego Quiros composed of works by the visual artists in the book

Saudades book signing by all artists.

Saudades is part of the Untranslatable Words Series by Amy Serrano.

https://www.facebook.com/SaudadesBook/ 

https://www.sirenfilms.us/films




Saturday, November 30, 2019

SAUDADES: EDITED AND CONCEPTUALIZED BY AMY SERRANO

Proud to be a part of this artistic endeavor


Here is the book cover and the artists whose gorgeous and haunting works will be featured in the upcoming book.