Multi-media Art Salon Delights Attendees
On June 26, Urban Media Arts (UMA) hosted an art salon for the Mental Mapping: The Art of Making Connections Exhibition. In addition to the display of artwork, this gathering provided a ‘behind the scenes” multimedia look at the artist’s process, live music, poetry and community discussion.
Multimedia look at Artists’s Process
Live Music
Brian Urra is a Chilean violinist and composer. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Modern School of Music in Chile, and a double major in Jazz Composition and Performance at Berklee College of Music.
Brian’s musical journey has led him to perform at Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, and receive the 2023 Ravinia Bridges Composition Prize. brianfiddle.com IG: @brianfiddle
Pavle Zvekić is an classically trained, Serbian jazz pianist, composer. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston with a bachelor’s degree in music performance, and is now currently enrolled in the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. In November of 2023 he released an album entitled Small Hours. He is also Managing Director of the Youth Jazz & Rock Festival in Serbia.
IG: @pavlezvekic FB: https://www.facebook.com/zvekic.pavle
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Poetry
Artist, filmmaker, photographer, and poet Nicolas Hyacinthe, read one of his poems.
Reading of John O’Donohue’s
“For a New Beginning”
Photo Gallery
Acknowledgements
- This program and project was funded in part by support from the Malden Cultural Council, a local agency of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
- Photos and video by Jonathan Bekemeier and Anne D’Urso-Rose.
- Special thanks to Joshua for the extra effort to create videos and displays that help viewers understand his process and thinking about this project.
- Thank yous to Lori Ardai and Jon Bekemeier of the UMA Board for their presence and for assisting in welcoming attendees; Intern Sarah Harris for help with set up; James Mudge and Terlonzo Amos for assistance in setting up studio.