Yolantha Harrison-Pace
Yolantha Harrison-Pace es una autora, dramaturga, poeta galardonada y especialista en artes escénicas del Kentucky Arts Council http://artscouncil.ky.gov/ . Poeta y autora humanitaria del año 2004 y destacada entre las 100 mujeres literarias más importantes de Estados Unidos, es la voz de la escritora principal del siglo XXI. También escribe para el Kentucky Advocate Messenger http://www.amnews.com/ y la Galería de Arte del Instituto de Medicina Genética de la Universidad del Sur de California www.usc.edu/igm .
Actualizado en julio de 2011
Historias de Este Autor
The Multifaceted Eye: Working to Realize the Dream
6 de octubre de 2011 • Yolantha Harrison-Pace
William Arthur Ward, scholar, author, editor, pastor and teacher once said, “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it, if you can dream it, you can become it.” Ward also said, and one rarely hears, “Do more than dream—WORK.” The community capacity building, creative philosophy and work of Mike Saijo renews the vitality of both these quotes. When asked how his philosophy and work developed, Mike reminisced, “Ever since I was a child, I used my imagination to escape …
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE: Then and Now, The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Project
15 de diciembre de 2010 • Yolantha Harrison-Pace
Why pick up a paint brush, choose a camera lens, struggle over new computer software, or the latest in hip-hop-rock-blues beats? Why toil over architectural theories and algorithms, decide on the temperature of a kiln or which perspectives, points of view or editorial slants? What difference does it make now, or will it make in the grander scheme of things? “It’s never enough to sit in your studio and make works of art for commerce. To use one’s life and …
Art is Life; Life is Art: Richard Yutaka Fukuhara’s Tapestries on Life
23 de octubre de 2010 • Yolantha Harrison-Pace
Richard Yutaka Fukuhara’s computer-manipulated photographs are classified in the “visionary” category. When asked about this label he responds, “To me visionary means to look beyond what is obvious.” Fukuhara says he fights the battle of the commonly held misconception that he is gifted with ‘a good eye.’ He states adamantly, “It’s not only the eye that determines how one approaches an artistic exploration. What lens, what angle, what lights, who is the audience are among the many considerations determined by …
