Saturday, November 12th 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM + Encore Film Showing at 10:00 PM
L I V I N G . L I F E: Film "The Devil & Daniel Johnston," Concert, Exhibit
Multidisciplinary Arts Event by SEA of Visibility and Cult Cafe in support of Mental Health. Film, Art Exhibit, Concert, Food & Discussion
L I V I N G . L I F E
SEA of Visibility & Cult Cafe
(SEA=Support Expression thru the Arts)
Visual Art Curators, Anu Annam, Hayley
Ferber
Music Curators, Matt Roren & Rorie
Kelly
Exhibit: L I V I N G . L I F E Stories of Artists
Art Reception, Cute Small Plate Friendsgiving, Author Area & Piano by Kyle Royce:
5 PM – 6 PM
Interact with the Fabulous Blobulous Installation by Robert Stenzel!
Film Screening: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON: 6 PM –
7:50 PM
Mental Health & the Arts, Stigma & Marginalized Communities Roundable Discussion: 7:50 PM – 8:30
PM
SPECIAL GUEST: Deborah N. Misir, Town of Huntington Attorney
- Oya
Bangura (she/her/hers), West African Dancer and CEO of ProjectMOVE in
Bay Shore and Teaching artist at Tilles Center. Appeared at Madison Square
Garden’s Felt Forum, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center’s
Outdoor Festivals, American Ballet Theatre, New York State Theatre,
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Balboa Park (San Diego), NDI’s schools (Maine
and New Hampshire), and the Rodotto and Fenice (Venice, Italy). As a member
of Tap Kids USA, appeared with the Pointer Sisters, for Polaroid's 50th
Anniversary (Boston). Featured performer on 20/20 feature on NDI,
promoting The Event of the Year on the Today Show. Danced in Emile
Ardolino’s film OFF BEAT. Has performed with Mary Tyler Moore, Ann
Reinking, Cloris Leachman, Charlotte d’Amboise, Christopher d’Amboise,
Judy Collins, and Savion Glover.
Anu
Annam (they/flexi), is an acclaimed artist, educator, curator, and
administrator. In their 30-year artistic practice, they explore psychology
through watercolor, acrylic, oil, and collage weaving realistic depictions
and abstractions of figures and faces creating an overall image of honest
emotion. They are faculty at numerous institutions and have won multiple
arts, teaching, and community grants from New York State Council on the
Arts, New York Foundation of the Arts, and Suffolk County. Annam is the
founder/director of the arts-based support and advocacy organization, SEA
of Visibility, which provides robust, multi-disciplinary arts and
education programs that center queer/BIPOC folx with invisible
disabilities aiding in the integration of the disabled community into the
cultural landscape of New York.
Concert: 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Encore Film Screening: 10 PM
Refreshments: Complimentary savory hors d’oeuvres,
sweets and mocktails will be served and delicious snacks from the Sky Room Café
will be available for purchase.
SATURDAY / NOV 12 / MEMBERS $7 / PUBLIC $12
KINDLY RSVP by Nov 10th : EVENTBRITE, FB or
email seaofvisibility@gmail.com. Thanks in advance!
COMPS & DONATIONS: ALL are invited! If a
community member is facing financial difficulty but wants to attend, please
contact seaofvisibility@gmail.com. Conversely, if if a person wants to give, to
continue this programming to be affordable while paying artists to make more
art, contact us there as well, or simply donate on EVENTBRITE: www.tinyurl.com/seacclivinglife
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig chronicles the life of a
manic-depressive musician and artist, using a blend of home movies, Johnston's
own audiotapes, vintage performances and current footage. Johnston has recorded
more than 10 full-length albums and amassed a prolific portfolio of sketches,
and has among his supporters Matt Groening, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Beck, and
Tom Waits.
USA / 2005 / 110 MIN. / PG-13 / DIR. JEFF FEUERZEIG
ABOUT EVENT
Daniel Johnston was a musician and visual artist plagued
with hallucinations and mood swings that have been called many names, either
clinical or disparaging, for too many years. But with the support of his fans,
he practiced his art—influencing Nirvana and even having his work exhibited in
the Whitney Biennial. His voice was heard, and his art was seen.
SEA of Visibility provides support for fem
identifying/nonbinary, queer, immigrant and BIPOC folx so the vast tapestry of
marginalized experiences that comprise the mental health and disabled community
can express ourselves and find professional and social acceptance as Johnston
had in his prolific life.
Kelly Olshan’s piece is the featured exhibition image. It is
evocative of the sometimes even irrational hope that we need to
LIVE LIFE. As we continue to open up after an unprecedented shutdown, we invite
all to come together at the Cinema Arts Centre to see this
thoughtful exhibition as well as the film doc, The Devil & Daniel Johnston
and concert with Coffee NAP and Greg Baker (formerly of This’ll Kill Ya). We
will have an artist panel with a discussion on mental health.
www.seaofvisibility.com
SEA of Visibility
M I S S I O N . S T A T E M E N T
SEA of Visibility is an organization that embraces BIPOC,
immigrant, queer and disabled artists and allies, focusing on neurodiversity
and mental health. It “Supports Expression through the Arts” (SEA) and promotes
destigmatization and integration through multidisciplinary arts exhibitions,
performances and art-making programs. It provides peer and professional support
and offers coping and compensatory strategies for its participants, helping to
create art that broadens the greater community’s vision of what mental illness
is.
Sponsors
Made possible by funds provided by Suffolk County.
