Nov 29, 2012

I'm curating an art and poetry show called "Each Moment We Live Our Lives Shine -- drawings and poems by six women".


The show opens on 12/6/2012 at Cullom gallery in Seattle, WA.
Featuring drawings by Amanda Manitach (Seattle), Jayoung Yoon (Brooklyn, NY), and Martha Tuttle, (Santa Fe, NM).Visual work in the exhibit will be paired with poems by one of three women poets: Jane Cope, a queer poet and activist from Michigan; Baltimore poet Tamar Nachmany, whose themes include women's bodies, environmental imagination, and contemporary American Jewishness; and Valeria Tsygankova, a Russian poet living in Brooklyn, who writes poems about academic gurlesques, topographical maps, bilingual romanticism.

The opening reception starts at 6pm and the
Hollow Earth Radio founders Amber Kai Morgan and Garrett Kelly provide music to our ears! Come join us!

Aug 19, 2012

A Thin Thread show extended

The two person show featuring My drawings and Rumi Koshino's paintings has been extended. I will be at the gallery everyday from 8/22 wed to 8/25 sat, from noon to 6pm.
Come see me at Cullom gallery 603 S Main st Seattle. 

http://www.cullomgallery.com/

Jun 26, 2012

"A Thin Thread" two person show, 7/27-8/18/2012, Seattle

A Thin Thread: Drawings & Paintings by
Rumi Koshino & Mugi Takei

Opens July 27th, preview with the artists from 6 to 8 pm and continuing through August 18th.


Gouache and pencil drawings by Mugi Takei and watercolor paintings by Rumi Koshino - new work by both artists - explore symbols and memories of human connection - across generations, through the spirit world, dreams, and in souvenirs of old-fashioned, hand-mailed correspondence.



At Cullom Gallery
603 S Main Street, Seattle, Washington 98104
1 (206) 340-8000
http://www.cullomgallery.com/ 



The general esthetic of my work has shifted since the previous show. It still speaks about (spiritual?) invisible links among people, generations, people&memories, events, etc… in the collective aloneness we live in which could also become massive oneness and complete wholeness! I’m extremely grateful and honored for the opportunity to show with Miss Rumi Koshino. I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to all my friends and family. Especially to Beth Cullom. I’ll be at the opening. So will the talented Miss Rumi Koshino. Please, come join us if you are in the area! xo

Apr 6, 2012

Tamar Nach­many's Yiddish/English Play Debuts!

http://blogs.citypaper.com/index.php/2012/04/hopkins-students-yiddishenglish-play-debuts/

Inspired by the erotic story “Teibele And Hur­mizah” by Isaac Bashe­vis Singer, Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­sity stu­dent Tamar Nach­many has adapted the story into a play that incor­po­rates a con­gru­ous mix of Eng­lish and Yiddish! The play, with accom­pa­ny­ing music from Charm City Klezmer, will be per­formed on April 13 and 14 at the Arel­lano The­ater at Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­sity, April 19 at the Jew­ish Museum of Mary­land, and April 21 at the Bell Foundry at 1539 N. Calvert St. (Sta­tion North). The shows will open with Tal­mu­dic standup by the poet Alexan­der Nemser and a short screen­ing of Mugi Takei’s erotic, stop-motion ani­ma­tions.

More infor­ma­tion can be found on the Face­book page; all shows are free!

Jan 11, 2012

a long time ago i died in the water

 so many sweet bubbles around me each whisper broke in my ear i stopped writing after seeing you last i felt too crazy to stop then kept on driving i saw so many things i was touched by many now your voice don't break in my ear i've come so far

Jan 10, 2012

so, me a young woman trying to grow up i was alone driving into the desert away from my own home away from everything
i knew i said "mother, i've come so far i've come so far you cannot catch me" i kept on driving i thought of the young
lover i left behind will i love again like i've loved? i felt drowsy in the overwhelming life force of the desert and my own desire to live almost sleepy i had to force myself to keep my eyes open i thought of my father my father fragile emotional overly sensitive crazy the words to describe him all these beautiful words i kept on repeating in my mouth