The Creative Coalition will host an exclusive one-night-only sneak preview of my portraits of performing artists from the entertainment industry with an exhibit of the ‘Art & Soul’ project in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress on April 29, 2010. ‘Art & Soul’ is the cornerstone of The Creative Coalition’s arts advocacy campaign to focus national attention on the need to secure federal funding and support for the arts.
Entertainment for the evening’s star-studded event will be The Creative Coalition’s one-night show by the same name, ‘Art & Soul’. The show, written and produced by multiple Emmy Award-winning producer Tom Fontana (Oz, Homicide: Life on Street) starring Co-Presidents of The Creative Coalition, Tim Daly (Private Practice) and Dana Delany (Desperate Housewives); director Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing); actors Adrian Grenier (Entourage), Omar Epps (House); Marlon Wayans (White Chicks, Scary Movie), Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm); Steven Weber (Brothers & Sisters); Wendie Malick (Confessions of a Shopaholic, Just Shoot Me); Richard Schiff (The West Wing) and CCH Pounder (Avatar) among others to be announced.
The portraits of artists including Anne Hathaway, Samuel Jackson, Alyssa Milano, Tony Bennett and Kerry Washington are accompanied by handwritten personal testimonials from each individual, expressing the positive impact art has had on their lives which will appear in a book to be published by Filipacchi Publishing. The exhibition is sponsored by Sony and Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. and it will showcase 20 photographs from the project printed by Duggal Visual Solutions.
– The Creative Coalition Executive Director Robin Bronk
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Hi Brian, thanks for your work on this advocacy project for increased federal funding of the arts. I recently read Jane Alexander’s book “Command Performance” about what it was like to run the National Endowment for the Arts. It is high profile, organized advocacy efforts like this one that make a difference. I hope you have a wonderful evening at the Library of Congress.
Thank you Karen. Jane is a wonderful example of creative artists who have given back to the arts. Thank you for your kind words!
Excellent work, as usual, Brian. Congratulations on the show at the LOC. Have fun!
Thanks, my friend, I will…
Wonderful, Brian.
Now, go kick a lawmaker in the pants for all of us.
Clem
Clem,
Two guys from Capitol Hill Security just showed up to talk with me…I sent them to see you…
Very nice job Brian….what a great body of nice, consistent work. Enjoy the evening!
Thank you Robert. I think I will…
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