bill berry, jr. with artist, Marisol Landers bill berry, jr. & Cynthia Aikman (friend and supporter of aaduna) pictured here - click on arrow to enjoy the slideshow of aaduna at the Seward House Museum 2012, a First Friday Event. aaduna, Inc. and its publication, aaduna, continue the institutional commitment to provide viable platforms for contributing artists to share their creativity with an audience. These type of programmatic initiatives will continue in 2012 and aaduna appreciates the support of the Sovereign Foundation . Make sure you check out the video clip posting to hear part of Marisol's "Artist Talk." Click on aaduna at The Seward House Museum, First Friday, June 2012 on the right if not posted below. Thanks!

"Of Textures and Light" is a solo exhibition of the artwork of Marisol Landers. She refers to her work as “prayer painting” or “soul sketching.” This exhibition will run through the end of June at The Seward House Museum, 33 South Street, Auburn, NY. Ms. Landers will also exhibit in aaduna's summer 2012 issue (Borders Gallery) scheduled to launch on June 12, 2012. Visit http://www.aaduna.org/

Artist Talk: The Process of Discovery 5:30 – 6 PM Museum’s South Porch Area This free event is a Seward House Museum First Friday Celebration The Seward House Museum 33 South Street, Auburn, New York aaduna...an online journal— Seeks your unpublished poetry, fiction, non-fiction and visual images http://www.aaduna.org/

The aaduna Board of Directors convened on Monday, May 7th for an evening of spirited and challenging discussion while developing constructive recommendations for aaduna’s continued growth and development. While no formal actions were taken at this session, the board requested an expansion of the timeframe to receive and review meeting reports so they can have more time to devote to discussing strategic planning and institutional viability at their September meeting. (l-r) Dave Bergan, President & Billye Chabot, Treasurer Patricia Clark, Vice President Walt Aikman, Secretary  Patricia Clark & Dave Bergan Ellen Blalock & Walt Aikman bill berry, jr Many thanks to BOD member, Sheila Applegate (missing from photos) for documenting the evening which began at 6:30PM and adjourned close to 10:00 PM.  Sean McLeod and Patricia Clark

Reflecting on "I Am White," Ami Danett states, The work that I submitted to aaduna ...  has a post-modern structure, but it addresses the myth of race, social constructions, and human relationships predicated on physical appearance. It is attempting to show that collective acceptance and adherence to this myth makes for a very concrete reality that is doing nothing more than reinforcing the myth. Read her full interview in the May E-ViewPoints.  Click the above link and enjoy her conversation with bill berry.

For the 2012 Seneca County Arts Council (SCAC) Annual Members Only Themed Art Show (with this year’s theme being “Between the Lines,”) a call went out to writers to invite them to develop a piece of writing inspired by or reflecting the imagery of the artwork.   As the written pieces hung adjacent to the artwork that inspired the words, writers read their work at the exhibition’s Opening Reception on April 27 th  from 5:30 -7:00 PM. bill berry selected two works, "Between the Lines" and "Morning Ritual" for his poetic inspirations.   His readings were videotaped by Lisa Brennan, aaduna’s visual arts editor.     The show at the Art Council Gallery, located at 109 Fall Street, Seneca Falls , NY , will run through mid-May.   The gallery is open from 10 AM – 4 PM, Monday – Friday and 10 Am – 1 PM on Saturday.        View LIVE poetry reading #1:   "Read between the Lines and..."  by bill berry, jr : ...

April is National Poetry Month. aaduna heralded its celebration with a poetry reading and performance at Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, New Jersey on the afternoon of April 10. Tamara J. Madison and Cyd Charisse Fulton delivered inspiring and poignant readings of their work and then engaged the packed classroom of aspiring student writers, HCCC faculty and administrators in discussion about the craft and business of writing and performance as a spoken word artist. The program was a rousing success and at the end of the affair, aaduna was invited to return to the campus next year.