By John A. Barry And Bill Carmel
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About this blog: John Barry is the creator of trAction Painting, a process/performance genre in which he applies paint to large surfaces with bicycles, roller skates, and other wheeled conveyances. With Bill Carmel and other associates, he has bro...
(More)About this blog: John Barry is the creator of trAction Painting, a process/performance genre in which he applies paint to large surfaces with bicycles, roller skates, and other wheeled conveyances. With Bill Carmel and other associates, he has brought trAction Painting events to local schools and summer camps. He also creates visual puns. His works are included in several private collections. John has authored/coauthored a dozen books, including Technobabble and Sunburst: The Ascent of Sun Microsystems. John can be contacted at jobarry33@comcast.net or 925-918-7882.
Bill Carmel has 35 years' experience as a professional artist. His fine art paintings, sculptures, and designs are included in private, corporate, and public art collections in the United States, Europe, and Australia. After teaching at Humboldt State University and Southern Illinois University, he returned to the Bay Area, where he remains active in the arts by serving as a co-curator for the Lamorinda Arts Council's Orinda Gallery and by exhibiting throughout the Bay Area. Bill reviews exhibits at SFMOMA, the De Young and Palace of Fine Arts museums, and other Bay Area exhibition venues. Bill can be contacted at billcarmel3@yahoo.com.
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Last Sunday I attended and participated in a combination art exhibit and concert at Peace Lutheran Church in Danville. Adorning three walls of the sanctuary are paintings and text by Christine Hartmann, both of which come from her book I Stand at Your Gate. She wrote and illustrated the book as "a love letter to all men, women, and children who have been bought or sold through human trafficking or exploitation." Dr. Hartman works at Lawrence Livermore Labs. More about Hartman and her work in a later blog entry.
Surrounded by her work was woodwind quintet Mistral (Lisa Maher, flute; Eva Langfeldt, oboe; Christy Diggins, clarinet; Michael Garvey, bassoon; and Jeff Dickey, horn). A mistral is a force of nature, as is an earthquake, one of which had occurred near Napa that morning. With about 80 people in attendance, this wind ensemble played a one-hour set of jazz and dance pieces composed or arranged for woodwind quintet.
Complementing the jazz theme was a smaller exhibit of music-themed works in the church's gathering hall. Among the artists represented were Bill Carmel, Judy Chamberlin, Mindy Goldman, Richard Merchán, Leroy Parker, and Kathy Wills. These works and Hartmann's "Gate" will be on display at Peace until September 22.
