I will be participating in this edition of the talk20 presenter series. As always there is a great group of presenters. More info below taken from C3's website.
talk20: 7th Edition
November 27, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
1812 West Main Street
November 27, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
1812 West Main Street
Studio Two Three with Ashley Hawkins and Tyler Dawkins. Ashley Hawkins is
the Executive Director of Studio Two Three (S23), a nonprofit community
print shop and gallery. She graduated in 2007 from VCU with a BFA in
Painting and Printmaking, and is back at VCU pursuing a Masters of
Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management. When
not busy running S23 in all its awesome glory, Ashley enjoys designing
props for movies that will never be made, thinking about sharks, and
wishing she were Tina Fey. Tyler Dawkins, a founding
member of Studio Two Three, attended Alfred University from 2004 to 2007
were she studied for her BAFA (Bachelor of Art and Fine Art). Her mixed
media work has been in several shows in Richmond (VA), Alfred (NY) and
Prague (CZ). She loves to dance to Bruce Springsteen and Tina Turner
while continuing her freelance print work in Richmond, Virginia.
Bizhan Khodabandeh is
a visual communicator who moves freely across the professional
boundaries as designer, comic artist, illustrator, fine artist and
activist. Khodabandeh is particularly fascinated by how art and design
can be a catalyst for social change. Bizhan has received numerous
international and national awards for his design work and been featured
in publications such as Print, Creativity International, Adbusters, etc.
Bizhan is the Design Director of Gallery5, teaches at Appomattox
Regional Governor's School, is adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth
University, freelances under the name Mended Arrow, and produces the Richmond Momuments comic strip.
Lisa Taranto is an architect, artist and activist. In 2002, she founded Tricycle Gardens,
and has since gone on to consulting & teaching on various aspects
of urban ecology, permaculture, and systems thinking. Lisa has
experience living in different environments including 25 years ago
spending 18 months living in central Arizona at Arcosanti, living in the
middle of the jungle, and last summer spending 6 weeks living in a tent
on the edge of West Virginia.
Richmond Comedy Coalition is
RVA's premier source for awesome live comedy shows and improv comedy
classes. Their favorite thing to do is use a member of the crowd as the
inspiration for their playful formats, whether it's nosing through their
Facebook page, grabbing their iPod and putting it on shuffle, or
getting them to tell a candid and true story. The RCC hold the title of
Best Comedy Group for two years running as voted by the people, via
Style Weekly's annual reader's poll.
Stanley Rayfield is
portrait artist, who has exhibited at Art 6 Gallery, ISHQ Gallery, 312
Gallery, the Anderson Gallery, Glave Kocen Gallery and Sage Moon
Gallery (Charlottesville, VA). He is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth
University, with a BFA in Communication Arts. In 2009, his painting
titled “Dad” was awarded 2nd place in the Outwin Boochever Portrait
Competition at the National Portrait Gallery.
Patrick Gregory has
worked professionally as a cinematographer, filmmaker and film and
video artist for the past 18 years. His work has taken him to over 18
countries around the world and it has manifested itself in conventional
documentaries, music videos as well as art installations, group shows,
including showings at 1708 gallery as well as InLight 2010. His current
project is a documentary film about the history of Richmond’s electric
streetcar.
Michelle Anthony is
the owner of Slice of Grace Bakery Boutique and Cap City Cupcakes
(opening in November). Michelle started her company 7 years ago
determined to make her mark in the “baking business” by creating
desserts that look good and taste even better. Her determination has
landed her on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars and her creations have been
seen on Bravo Network’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta.”
Bartholomew Broadbent is one of America’s leading wine importers with Broadbent Selections, Inc. representing such famous brands as Spy Valley, Quinta do Crasto and Chateau Musar. In 2012, IntoWine.com ranked him 50th in
“Top 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry". He’s been
profiled in Wine Spectator [1986], Market Watch “The Pioneer of Port”
[2008], American Fine Wine Magazine [2008] and Forbes.com [2009]. He had
a 50% partnership in Dragon's Hollow, a pioneering winery in China, and
launched the first nationally available Chinese wine in the US. He
conceived the re-birth of Madeira in 1987 and marketed Barboursville,
making it the first Virginia wine to become available in all 50 States.
