in AAW? ArT AtTacK Weekend 5/30-6/01.

G.i.g.a.t.t. In Action (on YouTube)!

Ladies and Gentlemen (echo, echo, echo).  We now present to you…the Gigatt Small Group!!!  Enjoy this short video.

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Art ATtaCk! April Edition ‘08. Fri.-Sun. 4/4-4/6

Whew! It’s busy on the blog, huh?!  Here’s some more…ART ATTACK WEEKEND in LOS ANGELES, baby!  Be there, or be hexagon.

EVENTS!

Fri. 4/4. 6:30p-7:30p. Terrace Cafe.  Hitcliff, our resident DC Dancer, may be offering Ballroom Dancing for us laymen and ladies.  The class is a big MAYBE, but if you’re around you might just check-in a little before/during that time and see what’s up; then follow your lesson up with our “Open Mic” nite at 8pm.  Same place. Same nite.

Location: 626 Coronado Terrace, Los Angeles, CA, 90026. (213) 273-7075

This Fri- Sat. April 4-6th. is our monthly Art Attack weekend.  Here’re this month’s details, with one big change…

Fri. 8p-9p. Terrace Cafe- Open Mic. Music, dance, spoken word…fun! (If you have a short video to share, bring that, too! We’re gonna try to get the flat screen to cooperate with us this time…anyone know how to bribe a t.v.?  Just askin…)    

Location: 626 Coronado Terrace, Los Angeles, CA, 90026. (213) 273-7075

Friday l8 nyt art: Chalk-Alot is on hold this month, guys.  Why?  Read Sunday’s blurb.  But, our ”Friday l8 nyt art” will return next month, and should remain rocksteady from that point on. Will keep you posted.

Sat. 3p-6:45p. Family Center Kitchen/Main Room - Creative Cookies  Cupcakes!  Just say, “Yum”.

Sun.

• 12noonish-1:30p. Art in Echo Park. 
• 2p-6p. Public Mural in Skid Row.  This is our community visual art, guys!

Come to Art in Echo Park or meet us there.  We leave for the mural @ 2:30p and will figure out carpooling with whoever’s there. 

The organization commissioning these community murals wants that block of Skid Row to be a light in a dark place.  So, we get a wonderful opportunity to be a blessing, touch lives we may never meet and be a part of something bigger than ourselves.  Join in! Bring clothes you can get messy in. 

So, yeah! Come out and exercise your right brain. Creativity is ageless, so there are no bones to break or tendons to strain.

Where I parked my pen last Sunday – ART IN THE PARK

Where I parked my pen last Sunday? Art in the Park! GIGATT’s very second art in the park last Sunday, across Angelus Temple, in the Park (no kidding) was another great success. Easels, paints, painters, writers, non-writers, food lovers, kids, adults, gathered together to make a colorful mix! Some artists were born (or maybe not), some artists were made. I just thoroughly enjoyed that pristine feeling of being under a tree, armed with nothing but a pen and a piece of paper.

Quoleshna was right at the middle of the action (to be known as queuey from now on). Sarah, always present, sat in quiet merriment, painting the town (literally). The Singles Small Group brought the food (there ya go! glorify God in your singleness!) which was well appreciated. We had chicken, coleslaw, mashed potatoes and sliced sweet bread. (Did I mention that we’re also health freaks? NOT.) Wait till the newest sub-group of GIGATT comes together. (hint. hint.) We’ll never eat fast food again. (never as in not for a while).

After some colorful fellowship, The Dreamweavers convened for the first writer’s meeting of the month. The assignment discussed was “My Letter to the Church.” The question: If you were Paul and you were to write a letter to the Church, what would you say? Everybody had something good to share. Jason, one of our new members deserves special mention for his very Paulinian contribution. (did i mention that we’re all new anyway) See his verbal prowess in the coming posts as I will be posting the homeworks of everyone. (those who are willing).

Writing exercises followed. I coerced, er, I mean asked to them to write from the perspective of an inanimate object. The point: empathizing with objects. No seriously, the point is: learning the idea of voice; developing the skill of writing the accurate voice of a created character. I also asked them to write about their favorite place. The point: establishing setting.

Homework for next next week to those who weren’t there or those who weren’t able to catch it: Write your very own parable.

Please feel free to comment with insights, the stuff you wrote during the meeting, smileys, or anything at all!