An exciting new performance series, “Be Exposed!“, is launching in Kenosha on Friday, Feb. 19th. The event will feature poets, musicians, visual artists, and other creative people.
“Be Exposed!” began with a group of friends from different artistic backgrounds: visual artists Catherine Patin and Francisco Loyola, writers Lisa Adamowicz Kless and Jen Sepanski and actor Brent Allen Caputo. They wanted to combine elements from art shows, concerts and poetry readings into one event. Brent Allen Caputo said, “There’s nothing like sharing your ideas with other artists, and to allow an open window for creating a series such as this.”
The performance series, which takes inspiration from and will have some collaboration with “BONK!” in Racine, is the spirit of the Expose Kenosha website in a live format, shining a spotlight on creative people from our own city and beyond. The founders hold a common belief that art and creativity in all of its forms should be easily accessible to everyone. They hope that the series will serve to celebrate the power of creativity and a shared love of the arts. Catherine Patin adds that she hopes that the series “…will enable the audience to become acquainted with the exceptionally talented artists in the area, while forming a network in which the artistic community can collaborate.”
Featured artists for the first “Be Exposed!” show will include visual artist Rebecca Venn, poet Nick Demske, and musician Brent Mitchell. At the end of the evening, there will be a Q&A session for the audience to interact with the performers.
Sponsored by ExposeKenosha.com, Carolyn’s Coffee Connection and the Kenosha Writers’ Guild, the series will be held every third Friday of the month, and feature not only local artists, but national talent as well. Shows begin at 7 p.m. at Carolyn’s Coffee Connection and are free and open to the public.
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count me in !
Sounds like a really fun evening. (I’m not surprised, considering the people organizing it!)
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I’ll make a special trip to see this show! And bring some friends. It sounds like it’ll be a great experience!
Pretty cool! It always helps to network and feed off each others talent..
This sounds like an outstanding idea!!! This could one day be the artistic equivalent of all the super mega gatherings combined!!! Call it…ARTISTCON!!!!
Go for it!!!
This sounds like an exceptional idea that should become of significant importance to those involved as well as the entire community,hopefully nationwide in near future.Wish I could be there in person.
This is great. When Brent told us Kenosha was a wonderfully receptive city for the Arts I had no idea to what extent. Every place we went when we were filming RED received us with open arms. It’s a great city. Good luck with your exposure. We need avenues like this.
[…] “Be Exposed!” is proud to announce that award-winning visual artist Rebecca Venn will be among the featured artists at their debut show. Rebecca was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. She graduated with a BA from Brescia College, Owensboro, Kentucky in 1969, and concluded early in her studies that the human figure was her primary interest. As her undergraduate education offered little in this area, she undertook a long period of self-directed study in figurative drawing and painting. Ms. Venn has taught life studio at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and various life drawing workshops. She is a member of Wisconsin Visual Artists, MARN, AHA! and is represented at Artists’ Gallery, Racine, Wisconsin, Seebeck Gallery, Kenosha, Wisconsin, and The Norman Lasiter Gallery in Palm Springs California; her work is included in a number of private collections. Her studio is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Most recently, her work is being showcased at Carolyn’s Coffee Connection as part of the “Secret Gardens” exhibition. […]
[…] a sneak peek of this month’s featured musical artist, Brent Mitchell… “Be Exposed” Performance […]
Excellent idea! Good luck to all of you and thank you for helping bring exposure to artists.
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