Collaboration with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater

I was honored to be selected as one of this years visual artist for Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, Terminus, E_Merging II to be premiered on April 10, 11 and 12, 2008, at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall. I am collaborating with choreographer Domenic Walsh and lighting designer Jeremy Choate in developing the visual aspects of the dance piece through the use of installation, original paintings and costume design (see attached Flyer).

This is an exciting project for me and hope you you can make it to the premier.

E_Merging II
Featuring a world premiere work by Dominic Walsh set against artwork and installation by contemporary artist Nicola Parente, with music created and performed live by Two Star Synphony. Also, featuring the U.S. premiere of Gustavo Ramires Sansano's award-winning Dicese, with design elements by Navid Ghedami and Cameron Sands.

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall
April 10 & 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Family Matinee April 12, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Tickets $17, $30, $42, $75 VIP Opening Night Package (includes priority seating plus exclusive post-show cocktail reception with performers at Artista)
Senior, Group & Student Rates Available
Post-Performance Q & A with the Artist

For tickets information, please call the box office at 713-315-2525 or visit:

http://www.dwdt.org/season.htm

Texas National Art Competition/Exhibition 2008

© Nicola Parente
From the Edge of Urban Time Series:
Urban Movement , 2007 - 12 x 48 in (30.5 x 121.9cm) - Mixed Media on Panel

I was ecstatic to hear that one of my paintings was selected for the Texas National 2008 Exhibition to be held on April 5 - May 18, 2008 (Stephen F. Austin Art Galleries).

On average 800 artists enter the competition. Over 1,200 entries were received from all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Only 5 Houston Artist were selected (NICOLA PARENTE, JOHN ADELMAN, BILL GRAFFIS, M. JUNE HILL, QUANHAI PAN, AND LYNN RUOFF).

TEXAS NATIONAL Art Competition and Exhibition is in its 14th year on the national scene. It was created in 1995 by the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) as an annual event for artists living and working in the United States. Jurors for each year's event have been internationally acclaimed artists: Leon Golub, Faith Ringgold, Doug and Mike Starn, Martha Erlebacher, James McGarrell, The Art Guys, Donald Sultan, Sandy Skoglund, Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor, Ed Moses, James Surls, Paul Brach and MANUAL (Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill). Juror for 2008 is Roger Shimomura.

"TEXAS NATIONAL 2008" juror, Roger Shimomura, received his B.A. from the University of Washington, Seattle, and his M.F.A. from Syracuse University, New York. He has had over 125 solo exhibitions of paintings and prints, as well as presented his experimental theater pieces at such venues as the Franklin Furnace, New York City, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. He is the recipient of more than 30 grants, of which four are National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Painting and Performance Art. Shimomura has been a visiting artist and lectured on his work at more than 200 universities, art schools, and museums across the country. Shimomura's personal papers and letters are being collected by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He is represented by The Flomenhaft Gallery, New York City; Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle; and Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City. Roger Shimomura's full bio, resume, and links to his work can be found on his website: www.rshim.com.

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Our actions, our words and our thoughts determine our karma, in other words, the happiness and the suffering that will be our lot.

--Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Recommended Exhibition - Foto Fest 2008

A MUST SEE!... FotoFest’s 12th edition of the International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art, presents work by 34 Chinese artists, March 7- April 20, 2008 in Houston, Texas. Photography from China 1934-2008 features ten newly commissioned and curated exhibitions, including two recently recovered archives from the 1930s and 1940s. The China programs are a cornerstone of FOTOFEST2008, the six-week city-wide celebration of photo-based art.

Among 118 participating spaces in FOTOFEST2008, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is presenting three special exhibitions for FOTOFEST2008: the work of contemporary Japanese photographer Miwa Yanagi from The Deutsche Bank Collection; a retrospective of the influential British photographer Bill Brandt; a presentation inter-relating photography and the scholarship of pioneering U.S. photohistorian Beaumont Newhall. The Menil Collection presents the exhibition Vivid Vernacular: William Christenberry, William Eggleston, and Walker Evans, highlighting unexpected connections between these three remarkable photographers. The Holocaust Museum Houston shows works on the conflict and genocide in Darfur by seven photojournalists.