A few weeks ago Linus Coraggio sent me an email with links to videos by the gorgeous Filmmaker Nancy August and her filmmaking partner Shane from a project that they have been filming about Artists in the Lower East Side arts scene in the 1980's in New York City. Linus is one of the Artists who they have been filming and interviewing, and because I have written about Linus in my blog and there are several pieces of his and a variety of styles of his work at YES Gallery, I reached out to Nancy to let her know how much I enjoyed viewing the videos Linus had shared and to see if there was a way that we could perhaps have an Artist talk at the gallery with her and Shane and with Linus and possibly show some of the video footage. She responded to me right away and suggested we have a call to talk more, and when we did there was so much that was so wonderful to talk about, including some stories of my own history with Linus Coraggio, that she asked if she could come to the gallery to meet me and interview me there. The footage they have already created is so excellent and done with such beautiful artistic energy, vision and care that I was honored to have her invite me to be a part of what they are creating.
On June 1, Nancy and Shane visited YES Gallery, and it was such a beautiful day. The weather was lovely and our visit was so inspiring and full of such a wonderful energy. I chose to wear a dress from the 2001 spring and summer collection by the Marvelous Couture Designer Jean Paul Knott who I have written about in these pages before, who I worked with in his first years in New York City when he arrived from Belgium for New York Fashion Week after being introduced to him by the marvelous Artist, Designer, Photographer, and Producer Eugene Galles who I have also written about and have had the honor to know for a number of very special and creative years. Although the dress was not from the 1980's, the spirit behind the work that we all did during our time together had so much impact and influence on my own creative life and vision.
There will be more to come that is beautiful to share from the meeting with Nancy and Shane, but for now I'll share some of the early videos they've begun to share with me that they have edited from that beautiful and very special blessing of an afternoon.
Blessings,
Jannie Susan
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